I bought the Samsung Galaxy Europa on Payg from phones4u, for £70, my first ever Android phone, and very impressed. Upgrading from 2.1 to Froyo 2.2 isn't difficult either which makes a big difference, especially for using it as a modem connected to my laptop. I got it on t-mobile and got their unlimited texts and unlimited internet for £10 a month.

Cheers I'll have a look.

I would look at you T&C`s regarding that one, so be careful if you are using your phone as a modem.

Subject to a fair use policy of 500MB per month.

What does that equate to do you reckon?

5000 clicks on Facebook?

Massive difference between the Desire HD and the Desire mate. The HD has a lithium battery, the desire does not!

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Have a few mates with a Desire who've never had issues with it.

Answer to this is probably NO

I bought music on my orange download 20 songs which are all copyrighted and saved them to my memory card.
I have put this memory card into my new phone on vodafone and none of them will play so i was wondering is there anyway round this or have i just wasted £20 on songs?

Out of interest is the Samsung Genio Slide any good?

Cheers

Looking at a Blackberry for an upgrade this year. Notice that some haven't got 3G; how would I browse the internet without this if i'm not in a WiFi zone?

Any other tips on which Blackberry to go for?

You don't need 3G to browse the internet, unless you want to stream video and the like - I generally have 3G switched off to save battery life.

Had a gander at the new Sony Ericsson Experia Arc, pretty cool phone, nice screen and camera,slim and running Android Gingerbread 2.3.2

Think I have narrowed it down to with either a Blackberry Curve 8520 or Curve 9300.

Anyone got one? Good or bad?

If its a Blackberry your after get the 9700 Bold, miles better than the too efforts you mentioned.

I have the 9300 3G Curve and am very impressed so far. Miles faster than my old 8900 Curve even in 2G mode, much more reliable and about double the battery life for the same usage.

Ive got the 8520 well impressed with it better signal on vodafone than orange but once WIFI is on brilliant

I know, but out of my price range which is why I quoted the two I did.

Has anyone got a HTC Hero/G2?

I like the look of the phone.

What do people think of them?

Had one on my last contract. Decent phone but it is a bit slow compared to newer phones, especially after updates.

Thanks mate.

I want a HTC but dont really want to spend that much, i.e. Desire HD.

How much is the original Desire these days? It really is a vast improvement on the Hero.

Have you considered a Wildfire?

Im not sure, there are so many HTC phones.

I have had a look at the Wildfire, but then people say you may as well get an Orange San Francisco phone.

My Vodafone contact end on Sunday and have just started looking for a new phone and contract. I've seen an offer from Talk Mobile - 500 mins, 1500 texts and unlimited data, with a free HTC Desire S for £25 a month - what's the catch? I hadn't heard of them until a Carphone Warehouse radio ad two days ago.

I have a HTC Hero.In the settings menu there is an "un- highlighted" option for Internet Sharing (share phones mobile internet with PC). Now I've been told this can be unlocked by rooting the phone ,but I don't want to do that.
Are there any reasonably priced phones which have this on as standard.I know the Desire HD has it ,but it's too expensive for me.
Thanks