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Cheapest so far:
£169.99
+ £30.99 per mnth for 200mins
http://www.e2save.com/mobile/phones/disphandset.php?network=O2&handset=XDA2S
I doubt you'll find it much cheaper than that. I got mine for £9.99 on an O2 Max plan, but now the lowest price for the handset on that tariff is about £50.
I've also heard through the rumour mill that stock of the XDA IIs is about to become a bit thin on the ground soon owing to supply/demand issues; HTC can't seem to make these devices fast enough to satisfy the carriers... just look at the debacle that is happening with Orange and the M2000.
Besides - do you want to spend all your time trawling for a slightly better deal, or do you want to actually be using and XDA IIs in the near future?
From T-mobile as an MDA III
£295 + £15 a month
If it's the MDA III, then the best price ATM seems to be via the following
http://www.onestopphoneshop.co.uk/ourdeals.php?PROV=121&OFF=1MDA3&TAR=RELAX22
Assuming 'Guest' doesn't want to spend much more than £30/month on his tariff, the best deal is for Relax 200 on a 12-month contract, being £32/month (with half-price line rental for the first 3 months)
Selecting this, the cost of the MDA III is only £59.99. If 'Guest' opted for an 18-month contract, the handset would be £24.99, and if they don't mind paying £51/month for 400 x-net minutes, they wouldn't have to pay a penny for the handset at all.
Naturally, all this is assuming that 'Guest' would be happy on T-Mobile as opposed to O2
A bit late... but I picked up my MDA III for £140 plus £13p/m (for 12 months) rising to £26 (for the last 6 of the contract) yesterday. Shame that there doesn't seem to be any way with T-Mobile of buying bundled GPRS on contract.
Considering that the O2 shop next door wanted £249 for the XDA IIs and £30p/m for 12 months, it seemed a pretty good deal frankly.
I should make the purchase cost back selling my Nokia 6600 on once it's unlocked, fingers crossed.
Fwiw, I got mine from Uplands a couple of months ago at £125 & £35/mth, but I do use a fair few minutes each month and this worked out the most cost effective.
Not wanting to sound like a ringer, I got great customer service (next day delivery after faxing some docs) and friendly, personal attention.
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Got mine from Uplands as well; I tried to place an order with The Link early in the new year (seeing as the handset was going for nowt on O2 Max) but they were out of stock. Uplands was the next best thing at £9.99 and I got the handest early the next day; no complaints there so I'll no doubt go back to them come August when I can port across my other Orange number...
I told O2 I was moving to Orange (on £25 a month O2 100 online contract) as Orange had offered me an MPV2000 for free and O2 said they would matchit!!! XDAIIs FOC - Result
I got mine from The Link - they knocked 200 quid off the price of the handset, so it ended up cost £40 for the handset, plus £30 a month on the o2 200 package.
I don't know why they knocked so much off - no-one else had stock, and now they can't get stock themselves.
I got mine from the Link just before Xmas. 150 pounds plus 30 pounds a month for 300 any minutes (double mins for first 3 months)
Got mine last sat 29th in the link on o2 max, it cost me nothing but the line rental is £75 per month.
(hope to have cheaper bills now as i was having £150 bills on xnet 400 through singlepoint!)
www.buymobilephones.net has it quite cheap
My M2000 was £0.00 with £0.00 line rental!
Gotta have some perks of working for the company! :wink:
Just got mine for £180 on £16/month line. Prices gone down to £99 on £25 line rental and above from 02 shop
I paid £180 with £20 line rental from 02 shop not too long ago...
By far the best deal I could find.
Bought one from O2 Shop. Since I've already monthly contract somewhere else, I opted for the Data only package. It was £9 a month, and the Handset costed £200-ish.
Seems like the wait is over. The UK site of expansys has it announced for next week. Hope to see it in other locations soon.
Victor
yup saw it on the website http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=HTC _P3600
selling for £429.95, abt singapore $1300.00
No was refering to Artemis
Ok, but I was refering to Artemis. This is its forum.
Link is here http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=P3300_DELUXE
oops forgot to change the link when i edit the post just now sorry!!!
yeah tempted to get this or the p3600 htc trinity...
I am not a fan of Expensis prices...Artemis by HTC is 383 GBP in Germany, including 16% tax. Price differences for Tytn and Trinity are much higher, especially once the product is available from one of the German networks, under their own brand, sans contract of course...
T-Mobile UK
I've just ordered an MDA Compact III from T-mobile UK on a upgrade, it should be coming tomorrow
how much in total did u pay for the MDA Compact III?
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On the upgrade it cost me about £60
u mean £60 for the upgrade or for the device plus upgrade?!
@lmf_slacker: In Europe operators give away mobile phones almost for free, or free, if one extends his contract or signs a new one, usually for 24 months. Therefore an Artemis can cost only 60 pounds.
Lucas> wow ok, seems like Singapore should pratice too!!! haha... thanks for the info, £60 is like such a dream price for me haha...
Anyone know what the instore price is for a "25 pm tarrif?
I called O2 today and to upgrade my exec on a £25 tarrif they wanted £259 pounds. Nearly fell off my chair laughing, PAC code on its way to me hello vodaphone
i just upgraded to 02 orbit for free!
I just upgraded to o2 200 £30.00 / month ( same as I've been on for ages ) - phone cost £99.99.
I think if i'd gone for £35.00 / month the cost drops to £49.99
Best deal on t-mobile (who needs wifi)
I went for an MDA Compact III (I dont use wi-fi).... I got it on 18month contract UFIX for £15 a month (this is the UFIX) then £7 a month bolt on for web and walk (unlimited connection).... The t-mobile web site is in fact more expensive than the shops... I went into my local t-mobile shop and picked up two with my girlfriend... the guy said they usually would be £40 for the phone but we could have them for £20 each... so a 18 month contract for 22.00 a month and £20 for the phone which we both thought was an excellent deal!... the boxes were unsealed (but) the phones were intact and not touched just shown to customers... there is quite a few t-mobile shops with ones opened and you can get a good deal on these handsets, I did go to another t-mobile shop before hand but the Artemis looked like it had been dropped so I didnt touch it !....
free of charge at o2 shop - i am on £30 per month tariff but had my qtek s100 since june last year.
i got mine 49.48 on T-Mobile Flext web 'n' walk 22.50 a month for the full 18 month contract. was on T-Mobile website for 79.99!! So better deal on the High Street.
Thank you, so basically they were trying to rip me off :-(
Shame the t-mobile version doesn't have wifi as I do use it quite a bit with my xda exec
Will try a local store next and see if they give me a more realistic offer, I think my problem was I don't normally go over my minutes so O2 are probably not that bothered if I move.
Ta
just to say it seems some shops have been getting the price confused on this handset, when I phoned the store (to see if they had any cheap microsd cards) the day after....they said they gave me the phone free by accident as the pricing hadn't been sorted with them by o2. Reckon they had to pay upgrade charges for me thanks o2
I phoned up for a PAC code and they upgraded mine for free £35 tariff.
I tried O2 earlier today, the local shop didn't have any Orbit's in stock, they wouldn't offer any decent sim only tariffs to use GPRS so I decided to move elsewhere (T-Mobile Web and Walk).
O2 wouldn't issue a code over the phone to move networks - I have to wait for a text message, T-Mobile account and device is set-up, just waiting to port the number across.
I can live without the WiFi to be honest, if I need it I will use one of my other toys, both my main phones (Artemis and MDA-III) still feel lighter in the pocket than carrying around either the Exec or IIs both of which are bricks using extended batteries.
Ten years plus with O2 - goodbye, you really need to address the mobile internet costs, your tariff is beyond a joke - Mike
O2 are not selling the Orbit sim free as it is there "baby" and will only be released with a contract for now.
on my £20 contract o2 UK told me that i did not spend enough to justify a cheaper upgrade - the £200 was too much for me, considering they would have given me £100 to stay with my old imate jam (so £300 upgrade then).
so i cancelled, in writing. would have gone with o2 online.
i just received a text giving me a finishing date when someone from o2 called asking why i was quitting. he offered me a great deal:
100mins 400text £15/month and £100 for the orbit.
chuffed!
moral: i don't think o2 are so prepared to offer better deals if you just threaten to quit with them - but maybe if you get more serious....
Well I left O2, and when contacted the chap was most reasonable when I explained the reason for leaving was due to the high cost of the GPRS usage. He inquired which provider I was switching to - when I mentioned the Web n Walk contract he said little more, my mind was made up prior to the call.
No offer they could make would come close, there again it all depends how you use the device, at between 15 to 25MB per day when mobile I had to address the cost of GPRS - Mike
Can anyone tell me if the T-Mobile version of the O2 Orbit has Wi-FI I seen from an earlier post that this may not be the case. But I am not sure this is correct? thanks Jd76.
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Can anyone tell me if the T-Mobile version of the O2 Orbit has Wi-FI I seen from an earlier post that this may not be the case. But I am not sure this is correct? thanks Jd76.
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Hi jd76 - it has not i am afraid - why they have done that seems madness but there you go
The T-Mobile MDA Compact-III as it is known does NOT have WiFi when supplied in the UK, certain other European versions of the T-Mobile MDA-C-III do have WiFi, so I guess its rip of Britain time again! that said the device is very good and combined with the GPRS Web & Walk you have internet where ever and when ever you like (its just a bit slow) - Mike
Thanks Meschle & Mikealder but I would prefer Wi-Fi built in so looks like O2 when time for upgrading...thanks..
us orbit?
when will artemis or orbit be available in the us?
O2 Best Deals
I went into the Watford store in the UK and said that I had my pac code with me from Vodafone and immediately got a free XDA Orbit (which comes unlocked) on a 12 mnth tariff for £35 a month (400 mins, 100 txt), and after 6 months I can lower my tariff. Just waiting for a 2gb micro sd now. £39.99 from play.com
Hi,
It may worth noting that other than for one month in last years contracr o2 never logged my GPRS usage.
I had a 6mb usage limit and according to their site I never used any of the allowance! Though in the one month they did log it they stung me for an extra £20.
As I never used my Wifi on my JAMin it was a no-brainer switching to T-Mobile and I got the same deal as one of the other posters @ £49 for phone Flext20 (£22.50 per month with WnW).
I was paying £24 with o2.
Regards
I am currently due a handset upgrade with O2.
They told me that I can have an O2 Orbit (HTC Artemis) for £159.99 without CoPilot, or £299.99 with CoPilot. I am assuming that "CoPilot" just includes maps of UK and Ireland (the lady I spoke to didn't seem to know a lot about the package).
Looking at the TomTom web site, it seems that I can get complete maps of Europe (and probably better software!) for £85.
It therefore seems like a no-brainer to me that I should get the handset without CoPilot from O2, and then buy a copy of TT6.
Am I missing something obvious?
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I am currently due a handset upgrade with O2.
They told me that I can have an O2 Orbit (HTC Artemis) for £159.99 without CoPilot, or £299.99 with CoPilot. I am assuming that "CoPilot" just includes maps of UK and Ireland (the lady I spoke to didn't seem to know a lot about the package).
Looking at the TomTom web site, it seems that I can get complete maps of Europe (and probably better software!) for £85.
It therefore seems like a no-brainer to me that I should get the handset without CoPilot from O2, and then buy a copy of TT6.
Am I missing something obvious?
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Philip said:
I am currently due a handset upgrade with O2.
They told me that I can have an O2 Orbit (HTC Artemis) for £159.99 without CoPilot, or £299.99 with CoPilot. I am assuming that "CoPilot" just includes maps of UK and Ireland (the lady I spoke to didn't seem to know a lot about the package).
Looking at the TomTom web site, it seems that I can get complete maps of Europe (and probably better software!) for £85.
It therefore seems like a no-brainer to me that I should get the handset without CoPilot from O2, and then buy a copy of TT6.
Am I missing something obvious?
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No brainer, p.s. a friend of mine just went from Orange to O2 today in an O2 shop, his bill is normally about £50 a month and basic O2 package is £40 a month they gave him the Orbit with Co-Pilot for free.
You should get a free Orbit and the copilot pack from O2 if you are taking a £40 contract
O2 shops give you £30 for ANY old handset you care to hand in
You can then ebay your copilot for around £50 and buy TomTom
Hays
The O2 Co-Pilot Package includes full European Maps, a 256MB Mini-SD Card, Car Mount and Car Charger. It doesn't include a case
Co-Pilot costs about £85, a Micro SD Card will cost you £10ish (if you shop around, at least my 1GB did), a car mount will cost you £20 if you go for the basic one and a USB Car Charger will cost you £10.
I've got GPS kit and all of it's good quality but I purchased a brodit mount in the end because I all ready had the Brodit Brackets in my car. And I ended up going back to TomTom because I prefer the interface.
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You should get a free Orbit and the copilot pack from O2 if you are taking a £40 contract
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I am on a All Time 200 Pay UpFront tariff with O2 - I pay £149 for 12 months (which is about £12.50 per month) and get 200 anytime minutes per month included, so I have no desire to change tariffs, especially as I never use the full 200 minutes in a month.
I rang O2 back today, and this time I was quoted £149.99 without CoPilot and £199.99 with it - and they confirmed that the "with" prices includes a car mount. Only problem is that they have no CoPilots in stock (they do have the phone), so suggested that I need to go to an O2 shop.
I'll try that, but I strongly suspect that they will quote me a higher price, especially given that I do not want to change my tariff!
just so you know....
ive done this twice!
go into the o2 shop, as long as you are within 3 months i think you can cancel your current contract and open a new one and get the phone for free rather then pay the £100+ to upgrade. this requires a £40+ contract.
i got my alpine & universal this way at least a month and a half before my upgrade date.
It was the lady in the shop that told me this, she even printed the letter to post to o2 to cancel the current contract and gave me the uni right there and then. very helpful!
i only went into town to buy some jeans
i have tom tom installed but having issues with it stalling on the splash screen 9 times out of 10! the tom tom i have has european maps with the speed cameras POI. I got the Co Pilot kit free with my orbit and am considering ebaying it.
Question:
Does someone know if Co Pilot is more stable on the Artemis than TT6? If so, i'll go to that!
Also, if I do decide to do this, can i get the speed camera infor for co pilot?
Thanks!
Hi. I haven't used TT since I think it was called En Route, and on a Psion 5! But CoPilot works fine on an Orbit. I've had it (CoPilot 6, full Europe maps) on an XDA Exec, with a BT GPSlim236, running from a 2Gb Ultra SD, even though ALK recommend it installed to main memory, and it was excellent. The same prog runs fine on the Orbit, every bit as quickly, although I was quite worried about the possibility of the Micro SD card suffering corruption, as many members here have suffered. So far it has been perfect, no problems at all, except the built in receiver is a little slower to first fix, and I've seen it having a few problems for a few seconds sometimes finding exactly where it is. There is a socket for an external aerial, which I think would help, but it seems that getting one with the correct connector is very difficult. In the meantime, I've tried my BT 236 with it, and reception now is excellent. However, you may want to sell the CoPilot 6 fairly quickly on Ebay, because CoPilot 7 is due to be released very soon - it was announced a week ago, and the value of 6 may then go down a bit. Besides having the latest maps, 7 will also be WM6 compatible, and it definitely works on an Orbit, because the guys from ALK were demonstrating it on Orbits.. Speed camera updates and lots of other POIs can be downloaded from
http://www.pocketgpsworld.com
on payment of a subscription fee. Hope this helps..
Actually, that's a thought for everyone here hoping for an upgrade to WM6 - will all the software, including TT, still be functional?
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hi all
CO PILOT IS ABSOLUTE RUBBISH, TRUST ME, TOMTOM ALL THE WAY
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hi all
CO PILOT IS ABSOLUTE RUBBISH, TRUST ME, TOMTOM ALL THE WAY
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but are you not getting the annoying stalling at the splash screen issue? if not, have you got round it somehow?
I never have any issue with TomTom splash screens. Must be the version you are using
Upgrades
I always seem to get a deal every year on a different phone..
Always get the phone number for the customer loyalty department.
Shop around for a good deal from other providers then phone the loyalty department and tell them that their competitors have offered you a better deal to switch networks. (I always make the competitors deal sound a little better than it is) Ask the customer loyalty department if they can better the offer if you stay with them. You can usually get a cashback offer that blows away anything you can get over the counter.
Last time I switched providers I kept my old handset, got a brand new razor phone (which I ebayed) and got half price line rental for 9 months. I don't use that many minutes so the money I got from ebaying the phone payed for my bill for the whole year!
i have 1 on these co-pilot pack with my orbit but i do not need it so i am willing to sell it to some one on this site for £60 in p&p
the guy i got it off also provided a cd with all the tom tom software and maps
pm me or cantact me at [email protected]
collection wellcome
i just put the co-pilot on ebay check out the link below
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....MESE:IT&viewitem=&item=300085472090&rd=1&rd=1
Item number: 300085472090
copilot
I have been using copilot for real.
I have no experience of TomTom.
Copilot seems fine but slow to start up - otherwise it takes me very accurately to where I want to mine with very little problem.
I got my Orbit as a free upgrade and paid £50 for co-pilot Uk but it was UK only. They supply all European maps but the code that I enter only gets me UK.
tomtom6 works flawlessly on my xda orbit. have maps of western europe and have been using it in a motorhome
Definitely TomTom
You need to upgrade to version 6.02 for stability - you can torrent it or message me... really simple installation, just copy everything to your SD cars and run the install cab.
Works flawlessly, 100% stable, much better than it did on my old XDA Mini S.
I got Copilot with my Orbits (three for my company), tried it and hated it... you can't use it quickly with your finger in the car, unlike TomTom... TomTom's interface is much better. Copilot also takes ages to load. Sold my copilot software (3 copies) on ebay for £40 each!!!
If you need a car bracket, the O2 Copilot kit is just a standard multi-pda mount, you can get them for a fiver on ebay. If you get one with adjustabl;e feet at the bottom of it, you can supeglue the usb lead into position to give a permanent charging cradle!
I've also designed a custom menu interface for my TomTom to remove unneccessary buttons... you can do it free online at http://www.skux.net/tomtom/menubuilder2/index.php
I got Copilot because it was £40, versus £110 for TomTom. It's a fair price as it's about half a good. Mind you I haven't used it much, because it sucks more than getting lost in the first place. TomTom every time.
Got my upgrade XDA Orbit for free (£25 Anytime 200 & the 20Mb data Bolt-on for £10) - & co-pilot was £49.
I tend to agree though - it doesn't look good. Awkward to use and pretty non-intuitive (have been used to using my BMW system).
Can anyone answer as to how you just get the map displayed on co-pilot 6 without having to have a route entered? Would just like to know where I am some of the time, not necessarily to have fannied about entering a route and all...
Does anyone know of the best place to buy one of these?
They seem to be getting dearer on ebay.£320 or so.
Perhaps this is still the best bet! Thanks.
You can get a 12 month deal in o2 shops for £35 -£40 per month for 12 months contract with a free Orbit
They give you £30 trade in for any old phone
You can ebay the co-pilot pack ( I got £60)
co-pilot pack
i have one of these co-pilot packs for sale.
comes with a 256mb micro sd and all tom tom maps of the uk
£60 inc p&p
collection is welcome from east london near east ham train stn
or contact me at [email protected]
Option 1: Get Orbit from O2 for free (£40/month 12 months)and sell Copilot on ebay.. you get around £60. You can keep the car holder and car charger that comes with it. Then get a TT6 software for around £80
Option 2: Get HTC P3300(Premium) from expansys (Pay £105, £35/month tariff). You get TT6 + Maps of Western Europe on DVD, Free Car cradle and car charger.
What are the differences? Simple.. if you buy O2 branded, you may need to SIM unlock if you want to use other sim cards that will cost you some money. Subscriptionwise, £40 x 12 = £480... £35 x 12 = 420 (£60 savings on Option 2)
Its just a small amount to pay after all for option 2 and no hassle... where as option 1 ... you need to do a lot of things blah blah blah.. and you get crap O2 software....
Its a big gamble getting these expensive stuffs from ebay... you never know what **** the seller has done to it why they are selling it!
This is only my own opinion, everyone has individual choices anyway... im just telling you mine.. kapeesh!!!
Thanks for your replys,and guidance.Have taken a chance and bought a two week old one from ebay.Cost £280 all in. Lets hope it comes ok,and is as described.Thanks
I'm very satisfied with the deal I made. Been previously with Vodafone. Requested PAC code and went to T-Mobile. Got 12 mth Web'n'Walk tarrif 32.5/mth with 1 GB data. Paid 29.99 for MDA Compact III with insurance but you can cancel it any time. I know, some ppl say NO WiFi but to be honest I don't see big disadvantage. Browsing on PPC does not give big difference between WiFi and GPRS. Having 1GB I don't need to look for hotspots and being at home I prefer to browse on big screen. I agree however with nm8 - everyone has different preferences.
P.S.
I've been using for about a year XDA Exec and on WiFi battery died so quickly that I used it so rarely that it wasn't big deal to have it. With GPRS it is perfect compromise between speed and power consumption.
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I'm very satisfied with the deal I made. Been previously with Vodafone. Requested PAC code and went to T-Mobile. Got 12 mth Web'n'Walk tarrif 32.5/mth with 1 GB data. Paid 29.99 for MDA Compact III with insurance but you can cancel it any time. I know, some ppl say NO WiFi but to be honest I don't see big disadvantage. Browsing on PPC does not give big difference between WiFi and GPRS. Having 1GB I don't need to look for hotspots and being at home I prefer to browse on big screen. I agree however with nm8 - everyone has different preferences.
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what do u mean no WIfI ???
cheerz, cudo
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what do u mean no WIfI ???
cheerz, cudo
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Mean that Artemis version of T-Mobile's MDA Compact III does not have WiFi.
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Option 1: Get Orbit from O2 for free (£40/month 12 months)and sell Copilot on ebay.. you get around £60. You can keep the car holder and car charger that comes with it. Then get a TT6 software for around £80
Option 2: Get HTC P3300(Premium) from expansys (Pay £105, £35/month tariff). You get TT6 + Maps of Western Europe on DVD, Free Car cradle and car charger.
What are the differences? Simple.. if you buy O2 branded, you may need to SIM unlock if you want to use other sim cards that will cost you some money. Subscriptionwise, £40 x 12 = £480... £35 x 12 = 420 (£60 savings on Option 2)
Its just a small amount to pay after all for option 2 and no hassle... where as option 1 ... you need to do a lot of things blah blah blah.. and you get crap O2 software....
Its a big gamble getting these expensive stuffs from ebay... you never know what **** the seller has done to it why they are selling it!
This is only my own opinion, everyone has individual choices anyway... im just telling you mine.. kapeesh!!!
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1. O2 has cut back on its software to virtually nothing
2. O2 does not lock its XDAs (unique in the market)
Adigital said:
I'm very satisfied with the deal I made. Been previously with Vodafone. Requested PAC code and went to T-Mobile. Got 12 mth Web'n'Walk tarrif 32.5/mth with 1 GB data. Paid 29.99 for MDA Compact III with insurance but you can cancel it any time. I know, some ppl say NO WiFi but to be honest I don't see big disadvantage. Browsing on PPC does not give big difference between WiFi and GPRS. Having 1GB I don't need to look for hotspots and being at home I prefer to browse on big screen. I agree however with nm8 - everyone has different preferences.
P.S.
I've been using for about a year XDA Exec and on WiFi battery died so quickly that I used it so rarely that it wasn't big deal to have it. With GPRS it is perfect compromise between speed and power consumption.
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I use WiFi on my N560 to listen to online music especially at night I just plug in the wall charger... WiFi is also important to me because I need internet connection to access some software updates (www.epocrates.com). And I like to browse my emails occassionally when Im in bed (lazy me)