shinyphone!

[juliet]

Hurrah, the Orange site have Treos back in stock, & I have just ordered one. And sorted my transfer from TMobile as well (the why-are-you-leaving woman was surprisingly quick, although admittedly I just had to say 'cos I want *this* phone and you don't have it!' & she went 'oh well fair enough'). ShinyPhone should arrive in the next few days; and phone number should switch over within a week. Must remember to copy everything off my SIM first, mind, or I shall lose Many Numbers. At least I can put it all in the *current* Treo, and then copy it across to the new one when that arrives.

[bounce]

(nb this is Legitimate Expenditure honest, owing as how a) the current Treo is dying a death & has taken to randomly stopping responding to keypresses till I talk to it sternly & hit it a bit, & b) I will be saving around a tenner a month or more on the new Orange plan)

Also have had productive day at work learning about XML::Simple. Proper update about actually exciting things to follow at some point, honest. I just keep being busy *doing* the exciting things, this is the trouble...

Comments

[beingjdc.livejournal.com]

You understand I will be playing with your Treo in order to confirm to myself whether or not I want one?

[juliet]

Sure, no problem. Does this mean you will be *visiting* soon?

The Treo is the Best Thing Ever. You will want one.

[beingjdc.livejournal.com]

Er, well, there's SB, I know you're probably not going, but I imagine I'll come down. Obviously this weekend wherever I am you're not, unless by some chance I end up in Cambridge.

[juliet]

I probably won't go (though you never know - it was OK with the going early & leaving early last time), but yes, should definitely catch up at some point!

[mzdt.livejournal.com]

pssst - give me a shout when the old treo is well and truly retired, unless you've had better offers for it's future...?

The Treo 180 does seem a bit daft - you can copy across SIM card numbers to the quickdial section of the contacts list, but not the main info section...? Or am I missing something?

[juliet]

the only thing I can think of is that I *might* see if I can get anything for it on Ebay. I am *so* broke atm... :-/ Were you just after it for parts?

That annoyed me about the 180 as well.

[mzdt.livejournal.com]

well. parts/experimentation - having been inside mine (when the earpiece died) I'm happy about the magnet thingy problem, and wanted to see what could be done to make it work elegantly at least with the hands-free kit. What happens to it after that...? Mine will break one day, I know, and if there's the opportunity to play with one beforehand... It all depends on what you want to do with it, really. It could be tidied up with a sharp knife and just used as a PDA very easily. Feel free to think of a number...

[juliet]

Mine couldn't, really, be used even just as a PDA any more - the casing is starting to come a little loose, and the column of buttons on the very far left (including the blue key!) occasionally stop working, until you prod at the casing a bit. So I think it's not really worth ebaying it - you're welcome to it!

[simonb.livejournal.com]

You could always use the method I used to get the numbers across; transfer the numbers into the Treo contact book and then just copy that database across.

The charger and hotsync cable from the Treo180 work with the Treo600 as well which is handy.

[mzdt.livejournal.com]

how do I copy the .db file from the quickdial to the contacts list, though?

[simonb.livejournal.com]

No idea; at first guess by hand :(