OKTA for personal Use

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xanatus123

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#20063 12-Mar-2008 10:16

Hi,

Im looking at the OKTA Touch from purely a general cell phone point of view (cos its the nicest telecom phone i can see).

Is this an appropriate phone or is it set up purely for the PDA kinda person?

Im aware that to use the internet and email you have to have an appropriate plan and im not sure i want to spend that kind of money to be able to just send pictures etc.

What are your Views?

Sorry about bringing this back up but the previous convo i looked at was locked.

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#116090 12-Mar-2008 10:35

If data pricing scares you off, then the unit will be overkill for you.
If you do much texting you may find the touchscreen keypad a pain, with no tactile feedback.
Other than that, I think its a great phone.

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xanatus123

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#116094 12-Mar-2008 10:58

My other option is the Nokia 6275, but i like the look and touch screen idea of the OKTA a lot more.

Still am i better to go for the 6275 because its more suited to my potential use or is the OKTA not a problem in this respect? (assuming purchase price is not a factor)

Upgrading from a Nokia 6265 slider which i lost, and i feel the 6275 is definately a step backwards in the, dare i say it (and i apologise in advance), "coolness department". Though it looks like all the programing and the screen itself is almost identical.

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#116106 12-Mar-2008 12:03

xanatus123: My other option is the Nokia 6275, but i like the look and touch screen idea of the OKTA a lot more.

Still am i better to go for the 6275 because its more suited to my potential use or is the OKTA not a problem in this respect? (assuming purchase price is not a factor)

Upgrading from a Nokia 6265 slider which i lost, and i feel the 6275 is definately a step backwards in the, dare i say it (and i apologise in advance), "coolness department". Though it looks like all the programing and the screen itself is almost identical.

The Nokia 6275 is an improvement over the 6265, much better software, and it doesn't lag as much. The 6275 is also a better 'phone' than the Okta Touch in terms of voice quality. If you want a phone get the Nokia, if you want a PDA, get the HTC Touch.

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#117182 17-Mar-2008 17:12

My wife recently bought the Touch as a personal phone/email client. She loves it, just as a phone even, and while she's technically literate she's not an ubergeek by any stretch. I really rate it.
Also, she's just using it to check and reply to gmail every now and again and that's not big data usage at all.

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#117194 17-Mar-2008 18:03

I agree with garethw. The Touch is a lovely phone-PDA.

The touch screen is just so clear and easy to use, never had to use the stylus.

Its a pity I gave it up due to being given another toy to play with....

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#117204 17-Mar-2008 19:01

Im only a personal user, and have the touch and rate it immensely. The touch screen is a bit iffy when texting via normal 12 button style, but i find it much quicker and easier to send text using th e stylus and the mini qwerty keyboard.

The $10 minimum charge for the data aspect surprisingly isnt noticeable, and I have used it to check emails etc on the go when away from anywhere with internet access. Once you start using it you will regret (well i did anyway) ever not owning one. I do reccomend it.

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#117464 19-Mar-2008 09:02

You said about sending pictures...

FYI - you cannot send Photos (MMS) unless its attached to an email and being sent to another email. (This uses data)
You can however, tranfer them to your PC free of charge using the supplied cable and software.

xanatus123

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#117488 19-Mar-2008 11:17

Ok so i got the phone.. it is Awesome!

The amount of things you can do with it compared to a normal phone is great.. love excell and word can send docs and edit stuff and email without being near my comp.

I have had a play around and i have 1 question.

- You can set any pic you want as the background. however it is watermarked and even with the today screen and all others turned off it is still water marked.

- Is it possible to turn off the water marking and have a normal picture in the back like i could on my nokia?

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#117494 19-Mar-2008 11:37

Sure can,

go to start > programs > pictures and videos > highlight the pic you want > menu > set as today backround > set transparency level to 0%

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#117496 19-Mar-2008 11:48

Awesome. Thanks heaps

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#117580 19-Mar-2008 18:08

glad to see you got the touch!

the okta touch is one of my main phones, I mainly use it for txting (I max out the 500 txts for ten dollars every month), the calender for my courses at uni, and for a bit a of voice calling (and sometimes photos if it is daylight and I don't have my other phone at hand)

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#117627 19-Mar-2008 20:28

So do you have to have a data plan with Telecom to send and receive emails? I am seriously thinking of getting a touch and mobile email will be handy. I probably wouldn't use the email that much however to warrant spending extra just for the service. I am currently with vodafone and with them you just pay for what data you use (albeit at a high rate). I have always had GSM phones and don't really know much about how the Telecom network works.

So if I sign up to Telecom what would be the minimum monthly spend I would be looking at to be able to use mobile email?

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#117631 19-Mar-2008 20:41

I assume they will rape you hard with casual data charges if sending emails

however I know with non-smart phones you can use the normal txting to send a txt to a email address, which charges at 20c.... so does that apply here too? I would be curious to know the exact details of how charging works, if it is as I am thinking here

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#117633 19-Mar-2008 20:47

The mobile data pricing can be found on the Telecom website.

How much data (or whether you can use casual plan) you need, depends on how much you use it and how much you send/recieve.

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#117636 19-Mar-2008 20:56

The casual rate is no monthly fee with an $8 per MB charge, I wouldn't recommend this.

The next plan up "Flexi" is $10 per month with a $1 per MB charge. This plan is great because on these devices you can limit the size of the email coming through, by doing this you can receive over 1000 emails for $11 per month!

Using the internet is a different story, text pages like Google are about 2KB per page so won't use much of your plan at all, but if go to a website that has a lot of moving pictures you will be using more of your allowance. The Touch displays how many KB per page at the bottom of your internet screen when it loads up so you know what your doing...

Hope this helped :)

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