Re: Q: off the shelf cellphones and the mac

[Jude DaShiell]

I have a Nokia 6620 now and am going to upgrade it at the end of May this 
year.  Two reasons for this.  First it's not a 3rd edition phone and talks 
to work the web browser needs at least a 2nd edition phone.  I have the 
3rd edition software but don't have the 2nd edition software.  The second 
reason I'm going to upgrade is multimedia or the lack of multimedia.  The 
only thing this phone can play are .ram files and it can't do .pls files 
or any of the other formats on the web.  Not at all helpful for listening 
to streams or podcasts.  The only way I would possibly even touch 
mobilespeak is if it can do better accessibility than talks 3rd edition 
software can and I've read writing to the contrary on that count.  The 
phone I now have I'll be giving to a friend after I key in the unlock code 
so it can hook up to any network in the world since he intends to do 
overseas travel with it.  Other than that, the Nokia 6620 can do email and 
text messages just fine.  I probably ought to look for a phone that can 
download usenet newsgroups too and handle irc but that might be pushing 
the envelope a bit too much.