Web Design Forum: Sam G - Viewing Profile

Your link is broken.

I think you can get chat room modules for this forum software.

CBA with downloading an IRC client and all that jazz - I think the last time I used IRC chat was about 10 years ago!

Web based chat is where it's at.

Edit: I know the link Dizi posted is for a web based IRC client, but would still mean I'd have to use a separate site/tab in my browser!

I can browse the Internet fairly well on my phone (and have done so when I've been extremely bored waiting for something/someone and not near a computer etc.) using either the built-in browser or Opera browser that I've installed on it. But then, I wouldn't particularly want to use the Internet on my phone ordinarily - I have laptops and desktops for that purpose, I also have a netbook for when I'm travelling and need to keep up-to-date on my emails or need to use the Internet generally. A mobile phone will never be someone's #1 choice for web browsing with such a small screen, and I think if I had an iPhone I would still have the same opinion.

Re. the phone holding - some people might hold their phones like that if they are on handsfree (I've seen people do it!). Regardless of how people hold their phones, you can't deny that there is clearly a fundamental problem with the iPhone if simply wrapping your hands around it causes it to lose signal strength? As a test I tried this on my Nokia and it still had full signal so it can't be said that this is a problem that all types of mobile phone have.

I'm not saying that the iPhone is a piece of crap and Nokias rule BTW - I've had loads of phones from several manufacturers including Nokia that have been as useful as a chocolate teapot.

I do think there is a gap in the market for 'better' phones though - is there not any phones that have the same or better features than the iPhone? If not, why not? Why must people buy an iPhone because it's the only 'cool' phone worth having?

Sorry - I'm ranting and asking too many questions again - LOL!

No offence to all you Apple fanboys/girls out there, but I'd rather have a phone that functions over one that looks pretty and does "cool" things. I use my phone for both business and personal use, so the last thing I need is something that won't consistently give me a full signal in a good signal area (whatever way I want to hold my phone - not how Apple dictates I should hold my phone) or pay for a phone that costs a year's wages in a third world country!

I pay £30/month for my tariff with O2 and got my phone free, I refuse to pay nearly £200 for a phone that will be obsolete within a year (like most phones are anyway, let's face it) to keep my same tariff.

Just my two cents.

Don't be silly - we need another 3 months worth of discussion, at least.