27 posts tagged “inq1”

Currently I'm on a terrible mobile plan that no longer suits my needs.  As much as I like 3 Mobile, their customer service sucks as does their inflexibility.  There's a plan that would be ideal which is exactly the same cost as I'm paying right now.  Will they let me change to it?  Will they hell!

So, instead I have a plan that doesn't have anywhere near the amount of texts I need (damn you friends, family and acquaintances with your new fangled unlimited tariffs!).  Can I get an add-on that gives me unlimited texts?  Nope.  Can I get an add-on that at least gives me a significant extra bunch for a reasonable sum?  Again.. nope!

What does that leave me with?  Well I'm in one of those bloody 18 month contracts.  Off the top of my head, I don't think I'm yet halfway through it.  I need more texts - that is that.  The only sensible thing to do would seem to be to get a short term contract that offers me more texts and carrying yet another mobile around with me.  As such I've been keeping an eye on what's on offer.  Oh, and despite all of this - I'm still looking to 3 first, hence I discovered this... (even though I was meant to be looking at contract, not PAYG...)

INQ1 - £79.99 - PAYG

Note the price?  Good!  That was back in December.  Now let's have a look at how much it costs two months later...

INQ1 now £88.29. Success gone to it's head

A couple of months ago, if you were using Quidco, you could've had the INQ1 on PAYG for just £58.99... see

That price rise pales into insignificance when you look at how much the Sony Ericsson W595 has gone up (I believe it's around £50 more expensive on PAYG now!)

I still don't know what to do.  Right now I'd just be happy to be able to use the internet I'm paying for on my existing phone to work.  As it is its routinely blocking my attempts to connect and as such MMS and push email isn't working either.  But that sorry state of affairs is for another post entirely!

It would appear that Facebook leads to an increased risk of cancer. Well, at least that's what popular (and unpopular) British newspaper, The Daily Mail claim.

We could have a huge health crisis on our hands (and in our hands) if lots of people rush out and buy the world's best mobile device of the year... the INQ1 (aka the 'facebook phone').

Fear not though as, like almost all of these health scares emanating from the Mail, it's a load of old cod's wallop (aka a load of old bollocks).  Everyone knows it's MySpace that gives you cancer*

Daily Mail sez using interweb makes you ill

*that's a joke Rupert!

Hutchison Whampoa spin-off INQ Mobile's INQ1 has won best phone at this year's Mobile World Congress.  Well done guys!

Taken with the phone that was in that box

I just noticed I never took a picture of the INQ1 itself when I had it!  Or, if I did I didn't upload it.  Oh well.

Social networking site Bebo is already taking Mobile seriously.  They have a rather nice, rather clean, rather useful mobile site.  But that's not enough any more.  Things need to be better integrated, as seamless and uncomplicated for the end user as possible.  That's the logic behind Hutchison Whampoa spin-off INQ Mobile, and their INQ1 (the so called 'Facebook phone').

Incidentally I found the absence of Bebo from the integrated features a huge omission, especially when one considers the huge amount of younger people (in the UK especially) that use it over Facebook and MySpace.  I was told by INQ folk that the platform they've used for Facebook integration can be adapted for more social nets as and when they come on board.

In my opinion a 'Bebo phone' would be huge in that market.  But what do I know?  I only have five friends on Bebo (I'm really too old to be on it, had my arm twisted by younger family members!)

IntoMobile: Bebo Open Mobile launched to spread Bebo across mobiles

There's a post of mine that's getting quite a few hits at the moment but, alas, the details contained in it are, unfortunately, out of date.

Which post? This one: Quality handset, 6 month contract and just £15 p/m? Waah?!

I've been looking into getting a six month contract with 3 (it's cheaper to do this than add-on an extra 200 texts per month to my existing contract!!) and this is unfortunately NOT one of the handsets available.  There are only three handsets available on this tariff and they're the Skypephone (the original one, not the new and improved version), the LG KF310 and the Nokia 3120.

Ideally the 6220 Classic or the INQ1 would be available on this 6 month tariff, but that's not likely any time soon (but a boy can dream, can he not?)

My time with the INQ1 has now been consigned to the pages of history.  I have so many thoughts about it that I don't know where to begin.  It feels very much like the handset is a work in progress rather than a polished, finished product.  Don't get me wrong though, despite this I would wholeheartedly recommend it to those that I know would love it.  Heck, I loved it - it had barely been out of my hands since the day it was (eventually!) delivered.

My full thoughts on it are for another day though.  One thing I would ask of the INQ Mobile guys is that they come up with a built-in screen capture app.  I would've loved furnishing my blog with screen shots of the menu system, the weather widget I had running on it, what third party apps looked like etc... but couldn't.  Taking pictures of the INQ1's screen isn't quite the same and those shots tend to look terrible (and require a lot more time, effort and patience!)

My time with the INQ1 is coming to a close.  I've grown kinda fond of the little fella.  Sure the thing's not perfect but many of its foibles can easily be overlooked or worked around.

Now I have to get it all ready, which means backing up what I had on it (will be kinda difficult for some things as the trial units weren't shipped with the CD with the PC Suite on it.. d'oh!)  For instance I have no idea how to back up any text messages, so I'm gonna just have to sacrifice them (I like keeping messages, rarely will I delete them).

Anyway, I better get on with it...