marina

Yes, I've decided it's time to join in - I want a mobile phone. Cheap
and cheerful, PAYG, reliable, easy to use, with a camera (but it
doesn't have to be a good one). Anyone got a fairly decent one going
cheap?

And my friend wants a cheap, reliable little car - anyone outing one?

Reading area.

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BGN

On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 16:47:10 GMT, marina <pericles@ntlXXWorld.com>
wrote:

>Yes, I've decided it's time to join in - I want a mobile phone. Cheap
>and cheerful, PAYG, reliable, easy to use,

<http://www.mym.co.uk/bilingual/graphics/telephone.jpg>

> with a camera (but it doesn't have to be a good one).

<http://www.toynutz.com/FleaMktToyCamera01.jpg>

>And my friend wants a cheap, reliable little car - anyone outing one?

<http://www.amba-marketing.com/smsimg/283mobytoycar-pink_u.jpg>

>Reading area.

<http://www.ci.kenai.ak.us/librarygraphics/readingarea.jpg>
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Sena

marina said...
> Yes, I've decided it's time to join in - I want a mobile phone. Cheap
> and cheerful, PAYG, reliable, easy to use, with a camera (but it
> doesn't have to be a good one). Anyone got a fairly decent one going
> cheap?
>
> And my friend wants a cheap, reliable little car - anyone outing one?
>
Orange's wibble often have cheap phobiles, but not usually with a
camera. That said, my current phobile has a camera (not brilliant, but
it does have one) and cost around £40 from one of Orange's retail
outlets. You'll probably find that other netjbexf have retail shops
TAAW, and of course wibbles. They might also have similar offers.

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marina <pericles@ntlXXWorld.com> wrote in
news:ef24b3lf1fr40482l80tr3bl87c19195ln@4ax.com:

> Yes, I've decided it's time to join in - I want a mobile phone. Cheap
> and cheerful, PAYG, reliable, easy to use, with a camera (but it
> doesn't have to be a good one). Anyone got a fairly decent one going
> cheap?
>
> And my friend wants a cheap, reliable little car - anyone outing one?
>
> Reading area.
>

Cheapest way to get a phone is to have a contract one on a rebate scheme.
Works for me. You'll need to be fairly disciplined to claim the rebates in
the time windows, though.

I'm currently on a £35 a month Vodafone tariff, which works out free for 12
months after the final rebate.

Come Novemeber I'll cancel this contract and sign up to another one.

I got the last one from http://www.coolnewmobile.co.uk/ but they seem to be
mainly 18 month contracts now.

http://www.hotukdeals.com/ has details of contract & PAYG deals e.g.
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deal/40719...hocolate-nokia
The phones are unfashionable but perfectly serviceable, considering the
overall cost of bugger all.

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BGN

On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 18:08:39 +0000 (UTC), wessie
<putmynamehere@tesco.net> wrote:

>marina <pericles@ntlXXWorld.com> wrote in
>news:ef24b3lf1fr40482l80tr3bl87c19195ln@4ax.com :
>
>> Yes, I've decided it's time to join in - I want a mobile phone. Cheap
>> and cheerful, PAYG, reliable, easy to use, with a camera (but it
>> doesn't have to be a good one). Anyone got a fairly decent one going
>> cheap?
>>
>> And my friend wants a cheap, reliable little car - anyone outing one?
>>
>> Reading area.
>>
>
>Cheapest way to get a phone is to have a contract one on a rebate scheme.
>Works for me. You'll need to be fairly disciplined to claim the rebates in
>the time windows, though.
>
>I'm currently on a £35 a month Vodafone tariff, which works out free for 12
>months after the final rebate.
>
>Come Novemeber I'll cancel this contract and sign up to another one.

What the lady needs is one of these:

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDqsnyY_e4o>

I've had mine for over a month now and I can confidently say it's
going very high up on my list of 'best phones I've ever owned'
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marina wrote:
>
> Yes, I've decided it's time to join in - I want a mobile phone. Cheap
> and cheerful, PAYG, reliable, easy to use, with a camera (but it
> doesn't have to be a good one). Anyone got a fairly decent one going
> cheap?

I'm possibly about to offload my old Nokia 6230 (vodafone). It does just
about everything but it's a few years old so isn't as all-singing
all-dancing as current models. Going rate on ebay seems to be 30-50
quid, I'll take 25.

Failing that, I've got a Nokia 3200 (Vodafone-badged cover, but
allegedly unlocked) of unknown parentage which you can take off my hands
for free. It's got a camera but not much else and it's worth buttons.

Both Maidenhead.

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ogden

BGN wrote:
>
> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 18:08:39 +0000 (UTC), wessie
> <putmynamehere@tesco.net> wrote:
>
> >marina <pericles@ntlXXWorld.com> wrote in
> >news:ef24b3lf1fr40482l80tr3bl87c19195ln@4ax.com :
> >
> >> Yes, I've decided it's time to join in - I want a mobile phone. Cheap
> >> and cheerful, PAYG, reliable, easy to use, with a camera (but it
> >> doesn't have to be a good one). Anyone got a fairly decent one going
> >> cheap?
> >>
> What the lady needs is one of these:
>
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDqsnyY_e4o>

Now you either appear to be recommending an account on Youtube or a 400
quid phone. Neither of which meets the posted requirement.

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NickNoxx

ogden wrote:
> marina wrote:
>> Yes, I've decided it's time to join in - I want a mobile phone. Cheap
>> and cheerful, PAYG, reliable, easy to use, with a camera (but it
>> doesn't have to be a good one). Anyone got a fairly decent one going
>> cheap?
>
> I'm possibly about to offload my old Nokia 6230 (vodafone). It does just
> about everything but it's a few years old so isn't as all-singing
> all-dancing as current models. Going rate on ebay seems to be 30-50
> quid, I'll take 25.
>
> Failing that, I've got a Nokia 3200 (Vodafone-badged cover, but
> allegedly unlocked) of unknown parentage which you can take off my hands
> for free. It's got a camera but not much else and it's worth buttons.
>
> Both Maidenhead.
>
I've got a 6230 that you can't have because I really like it. :-)

CT

marina wrote:

> Yes, I've decided it's time to join in - I want a mobile phone. Cheap
> and cheerful, PAYG, reliable, easy to use, with a camera (but it
> doesn't have to be a good one). Anyone got a fairly decent one going
> cheap?
>
> And my friend wants a cheap, reliable little car - anyone outing one?
>
> Reading area.

SWMBO got a PAYG phone from Orange for a tenner a couple of months
back. An Alcatel, I think. She had to buy a tenner's worth of credit
too.

--
Chris

BGN

On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 20:14:18 +0100, ogden <ogden@pre.org> wrote:

>BGN wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 18:08:39 +0000 (UTC), wessie
>> <putmynamehere@tesco.net> wrote:
>>
>> >marina <pericles@ntlXXWorld.com> wrote in
>> >news:ef24b3lf1fr40482l80tr3bl87c19195ln@4ax.com :
>> >
>> >> Yes, I've decided it's time to join in - I want a mobile phone. Cheap
>> >> and cheerful, PAYG, reliable, easy to use, with a camera (but it
>> >> doesn't have to be a good one). Anyone got a fairly decent one going
>> >> cheap?
>> >>
>> What the lady needs is one of these:
>>
>> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDqsnyY_e4o>
>
>Now you either appear to be recommending an account on Youtube or a 400
>quid phone. Neither of which meets the posted requirement.

That link isn't recommending an account on youtube, it's a URL to a
commercial.
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In article <pje4b3lm67du1o4b7frmnqbsl807lrvd9o@4ax.com>, BGN
<nickmooney@spamcop.net> writes
>On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 20:14:18 +0100, ogden <ogden@pre.org> wrote:
>
>>BGN wrote:
>>>
>>> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 18:08:39 +0000 (UTC), wessie
>>> <putmynamehere@tesco.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> >marina <pericles@ntlXXWorld.com> wrote in
>>> >news:ef24b3lf1fr40482l80tr3bl87c19195ln@4ax.com :
>>> >
>>> >> Yes, I've decided it's time to join in - I want a mobile phone. Cheap
>>> >> and cheerful, PAYG, reliable, easy to use, with a camera (but it
>>> >> doesn't have to be a good one). Anyone got a fairly decent one going
>>> >> cheap?
>>> >>
>>> What the lady needs is one of these:
>>>
>>> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDqsnyY_e4o>
>>
>>Now you either appear to be recommending an account on Youtube or a 400
>>quid phone. Neither of which meets the posted requirement.
>
>That link isn't recommending an account on youtube, it's a URL to a
>commercial.

Why would Marina want to buy a commercial?


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Andy Burns

On 02/08/2007 20:49, CT wrote:

> SWMBO got a PAYG phone from Orange for a tenner a couple of months
> back.

Whenever I upgrade my orange phone, they send me a free PAYG SIM and I
re-register my old phone with it and pass it to parents. Check if you
have any friends who're flashing round their fancy new phone and slip
'em a few drinks for their old one ...

then stick a sim in it.
http://shop.orange.co.uk/shop/sim/payg_sim

steve auvache

In article <13b4eveig66bib6@corp.supernews.com>, Andy Burns <usenet.july
2007@adslpipe.co.uk> writes
>On 02/08/2007 20:49, CT wrote:
>
>> SWMBO got a PAYG phone from Orange for a tenner a couple of months
>> back.
>
>Whenever I upgrade my orange phone, they send me a free PAYG SIM and I
>re-register my old phone with it and pass it to parents. Check if you
>have any friends who're flashing round their fancy new phone and slip
>'em a few drinks for their old one ...
>
>then stick a sim in it.
>http://shop.orange.co.uk/shop/sim/payg_sim

Orange payg rocks for electronic pocketwatch owners. I still have
7squids credit left and I last topped it up in I can't remember when, it
may have been last year even.



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BGN

On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 21:13:51 +0100, steve auvache
<dont_spam@thecow.me.uk> wrote:

>>>> >> Yes, I've decided it's time to join in - I want a mobile phone. Cheap
>>>> >> and cheerful, PAYG, reliable, easy to use, with a camera (but it
>>>> >> doesn't have to be a good one). Anyone got a fairly decent one going
>>>> >> cheap?
>>>> >>
>>>> What the lady needs is one of these:
>>>>
>>>> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDqsnyY_e4o>
>>>
>>>Now you either appear to be recommending an account on Youtube or a 400
>>>quid phone. Neither of which meets the posted requirement.
>>
>>That link isn't recommending an account on youtube, it's a URL to a
>>commercial.
>
>Why would Marina want to buy a commercial?

Don't you frame them and put them on your wall?
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Malc

CT wrote:
> marina wrote:
>
>> Yes, I've decided it's time to join in - I want a mobile phone. Cheap
>> and cheerful, PAYG, reliable, easy to use, with a camera (but it
>> doesn't have to be a good one). Anyone got a fairly decent one going
>> cheap?
>>
>> And my friend wants a cheap, reliable little car - anyone outing one?
>>
>> Reading area.
>
> SWMBO got a PAYG phone from Orange for a tenner a couple of months
> back. An Alcatel, I think. She had to buy a tenner's worth of credit
> too.

I've got one of those but it didn't have a camera. It's not bad though but I
have my doubts as to its longevity.

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And an eel bites your cheek
That's a moray

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The message <Xns9980C2BFBBE64wtymmmsas@85.214.90.228>
from wessie <putmynamehere@tesco.net> contains these words:

> Cheapest way to get a phone is to have a contract one on a rebate scheme.

Far cheaper is to buy a 2nd hand one. I bought Mum a Nokia 3330 a while
ago 'cos some git in the phone shop had sold her a tiny Motorola which
wasn't even slightly suitable for an 84 year old with MS and slow
fingers. £6 didn't seem too much for a nice big phone with big buttons.

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CT

Malc wrote:

>
> I've got one of those but it didn't have a camera. It's not bad
> though but I have my doubts as to its longevity.

She's only wanted to make calls and text. Pretty much all I do with a
V3 so I might as well get one myself.

--
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NickNoxx

NickNoxx wrote:

>>
> I've got a 6230 that you can't have because I really like it. :-)

This is a recommendation ukrm style (for those in the shedde)

Timo Geusch

marina wrote:

> Yes, I've decided it's time to join in - I want a mobile phone. Cheap
> and cheerful, PAYG, reliable, easy to use, with a camera (but it
> doesn't have to be a good one). Anyone got a fairly decent one going
> cheap?
>
> And my friend wants a cheap, reliable little car - anyone outing one?

Possibly, but it'd be a Merc 250D - while it's been reliable so far,
it's not exactly little...

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ogden

BGN wrote:
>
> On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 20:14:18 +0100, ogden <ogden@pre.org> wrote:
>
> >BGN wrote:
> >>
> >> What the lady needs is one of these:
> >>
> >> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDqsnyY_e4o>
> >
> >Now you either appear to be recommending an account on Youtube or a 400
> >quid phone. Neither of which meets the posted requirement.
>
> That link isn't recommending an account on youtube, it's a URL to a
> commercial.

Yes. A commercial for a 400 quid phone. What *is* your point?

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wessie

Guy King <guy.king@zetnet.co.uk> wrote in
news:313030303432373946B24A9020@zetnet.co.uk:

> The message <Xns9980C2BFBBE64wtymmmsas@85.214.90.228>
> from wessie <putmynamehere@tesco.net> contains these words:
>
>> Cheapest way to get a phone is to have a contract one on a rebate
>> scheme.
>
> Far cheaper is to buy a 2nd hand one. I bought Mum a Nokia 3330 a
> while ago 'cos some git in the phone shop had sold her a tiny Motorola
> which wasn't even slightly suitable for an 84 year old with MS and
> slow fingers. £6 didn't seem too much for a nice big phone with big
> buttons.
>

£6? That's a lot.

Actually, my current phone, over 12 months and once the cashback checks
are in, will net me a profit of £50 (well about £45 once you factor in
the registered post costs for the rebate claims).

I will get a 100% line rental rebate, of £420 from the vendor. As I went
to their website via the Quidco portal, I will get a further £50
cashback, just from clicking on a link.

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wessie

ogden <ogden@pre.org> wrote in news:46B24718.DC95F942@pre.org:

> BGN wrote:
>> That link isn't recommending an account on youtube, it's a URL to a
>> commercial.
>
> Yes. A commercial for a 400 quid phone. What *is* your point?
>

Gaining your attention, I guess. Keep up the good work.

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Andy Burns

On 02/08/2007 21:52, wessie wrote:

> I will get a 100% line rental rebate, of £420 from the vendor.

Unless they mysteriously go bust!

ogden

wessie wrote:
>
> ogden <ogden@pre.org> wrote in news:46B24718.DC95F942@pre.org:
>
> > BGN wrote:
> >> That link isn't recommending an account on youtube, it's a URL to a
> >> commercial.
> >
> > Yes. A commercial for a 400 quid phone. What *is* your point?
> >
>
> Gaining your attention, I guess. Keep up the good work.

The long summer evenings in Folkestone must just fly by.

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Andy Burns

On 02/08/2007 22:27, wessie wrote:

> Well, I've had all but £164 of the line rental rebate so far this year. All
> paid within the specified time frame.

fairy nuff, I suppose they bank on some people forgetting to claim, but
you do hear horror stories with this type of company, they need to keep
signing up more new customers, to pay the rebates back to the old
customers, until one day ...

wessie

Andy Burns <usenet.july2007@adslpipe.co.uk> wrote in
news:13b4jash9sej13a@corp.supernews.com:

> On 02/08/2007 22:27, wessie wrote:
>
>> Well, I've had all but £164 of the line rental rebate so far this yea
> r. All
>> paid within the specified time frame.
>
> fairy nuff, I suppose they bank on some people forgetting to claim, but
> you do hear horror stories with this type of company, they need to keep
> signing up more new customers, to pay the rebates back to the old
> customers, until one day ...
>
>
>

No doubt. People forget as the time window is usually just 1 month. People
don't send in the correct document(s). They have a full rebuttal service.

Simply follow the instructions and invest 98p in recorded delivery. 6 weeks
later a cheque for £84 drops through your letterbox.

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zymurgy@technologist.com

On 2 Aug, 17:47, marina <peric...@ntlXXWorld.com> wrote:
>
> And my friend wants a cheap, reliable little car - anyone outing one?

I'm outing an old Nissan Micra, taxed to end October, Mot to mid
November.

> Reading area.

Check. About 15 miles away.

P.

Sena

BGN said...
> What the lady needs is one of these:
>
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDqsnyY_e4o>

Raises the question, 'when is a phone not a phone'? It seems to do
everything, but I'll bet it's not cheap. Neither, I suspect, does it
make toast.

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Sena

Guy King said...
> The message <Xns9980C2BFBBE64wtymmmsas@85.214.90.228>
> from wessie <putmynamehere@tesco.net> contains these words:
>
> > Cheapest way to get a phone is to have a contract one on a rebate scheme.
>
> Far cheaper is to buy a 2nd hand one. I bought Mum a Nokia 3330 a while
> ago 'cos some git in the phone shop had sold her a tiny Motorola which
> wasn't even slightly suitable for an 84 year old with MS and slow
> fingers. £6 didn't seem too much for a nice big phone with big buttons.
>
I've had a 3330 and a 3230 and they were both pretty good. Robert's got
the 3230 now; the 3330 came a cropper when I dropped it and the screen
broke. The phone was still working, but I couldn't tell whether it was
switched on or off; neither could I make calls because I couldn't see
what was on the screen. I replaced it with this:

http://tinyurl.com/324s9o

(resolves to
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5472963/Trail/C$cip%
3D41921.Office,+PC+and+phones%3EC$cip%3D41989.Mobi le+phones%3EC$cip%
3D41992.T-mobile+Mobile+phones.htm)

I think I paid about £40 for it in the local Orange shop, which isn't
too bad considering the cost of a lot of today's phones.

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Sena

wessie said...
> £6? That's a lot.
>
> Actually, my current phone, over 12 months and once the cashback checks
> are in, will net me a profit of £50 (well about £45 once you factor in
> the registered post costs for the rebate claims).
>
How does that jbex then? I mean, how do you get a phobile for nowt, let
alone molish a prophet?

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Sena <"\"#\""@cymoeddorguk.privacy.net> wrote in
news:MPG.211c6d7e350597aa98d4a5@news.individual.ne t:

> wessie said...
>> £6? That's a lot.
>>
>> Actually, my current phone, over 12 months and once the cashback checks
>> are in, will net me a profit of £50 (well about £45 once you factor in
>> the registered post costs for the rebate claims).
>>
> How does that jbex then? I mean, how do you get a phobile for nowt, let
> alone molish a prophet?
>

See my ebay auction. Buy it now price of a reasonable 99p plus £38.50 P&P

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Sena

wessie said...
> Sena <"\"#\""@cymoeddorguk.privacy.net> wrote in
> news:MPG.211c6d7e350597aa98d4a5@news.individual.ne t:
>
> > wessie said...
> >> £6? That's a lot.
> >>
> >> Actually, my current phone, over 12 months and once the cashback checks
> >> are in, will net me a profit of £50 (well about £45 once you factor in
> >> the registered post costs for the rebate claims).
> >>
> > How does that jbex then? I mean, how do you get a phobile for nowt, let
> > alone molish a prophet?
> >
>
> See my ebay auction. Buy it now price of a reasonable 99p plus £38.50 P&P
>
Happy to, but whereabouts on eBay are you? A URL wouldn't go amiss...

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BGN

On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 22:19:43 +0100, ogden <ogden@pre.org> wrote:

>> >> That link isn't recommending an account on youtube, it's a URL to a
>> >> commercial.
>> >
>> > Yes. A commercial for a 400 quid phone. What *is* your point?
>>
>> Gaining your attention, I guess. Keep up the good work.
>
>The long summer evenings in Folkestone must just fly by.

I don't live in Folkestone.
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On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 22:32:33 +0100, Andy Burns
<usenet.july2007@adslpipe.co.uk> wrote:

>> Well, I've had all but £164 of the line rental rebate so far this year. All
>> paid within the specified time frame.
>
>fairy nuff, I suppose they bank on some people forgetting to claim, but
>you do hear horror stories with this type of company, they need to keep
>signing up more new customers, to pay the rebates back to the old
>customers, until one day ...

I've done this for several years too and have never had a problem. I
just select companies for cashback deals who have a decent history and
a trusted brand.
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On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 23:39:29 +0100, Sena
<"\"#\""@cymoeddorguk.privacy.net> wrote:

>> £6? That's a lot.
>>
>> Actually, my current phone, over 12 months and once the cashback checks
>> are in, will net me a profit of £50 (well about £45 once you factor in
>> the registered post costs for the rebate claims).
>>
>How does that jbex then? I mean, how do you get a phobile for nowt, let
>alone molish a prophet?

Have a look at www.mobileshop.com (been around for years) and click on
their "12 Months FREE Deals" thing from the list on the left. Have a
look at the phones you're interested in, have a look at the same
phones in highstreet shops if you want, check out the network coverage
and then buy buy buy.

It might be worth noting that some of these "12 months free" deals
*may* have an 18-month contract so you need to work out the cost of
the 6 months at the end you'll actually pay for and then work it out
over the whole contract period. As with most of these cashback deals
you'll end up paying the normal monthly fee and having to claim it
back. Just make sure you follow wessie's advice on how to do it and
you're unlikely to have a problem.
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marina wrote:
> Yes, I've decided it's time to join in - I want a mobile phone. Cheap
> and cheerful, PAYG, reliable, easy to use, with a camera (but it
> doesn't have to be a good one). Anyone got a fairly decent one going
> cheap?

Laura's old Toshiba TS10[1] is now surplus to requirements. Not a
leading-edge all-time classic, but it's kinda quirky, pleasant to use and
free. I think it's locked to Vodafone, and the glass over the camera lens
is cracked (although this doesn't show up on photographs).

[1]http://www.gsmarena.com/toshiba_ts10-1528.php

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