Mobile Question

[Lily]

Can anyone help?

I have a Nokia 6310i phone for work and a car kit with it (connected through speakers etc). I don't pay for this as its a work phone.

The 6310 is no longer being issued and i am not keen on the new phones we can get and by all accounts they are not very good. Also the car kit is not great.

I would like to stick with Nokia and would be happy to get a new phone myself and use work sim card but I am loathe to pay the fees for the car kit to be changed completely. I have been told that they cannot just replace the craddle with a new one to fit new phone.

Is this correct?

If I get a new phone can anyone suggest options for replacing car kit that is cheap.

btw, I dont want a bluetooth headset thingy, it has to be a proper car kit.

ta muchly

[ath748]

I also have the 6310i car kit installed, but if you get a car kit adapter (CARK95) from O2 or wherever, you upgrade it so it can take a Nokia 6100, which is what I've done.

Ade.

[Rushjob]

I'vre just gone from the 6310i to the 6230.
I bought a cradle convertor from ebay for £60 which does the same thing for the cark91 kit in both our cars.
20 minutes max to swap over.

[Lily]

ok, will have to have a look and see what the 6230 is like and try and find the right cradle...

If i go for a complete change any ideas on cost for a new car kit? Work will only pay if its one of theirs which i dont like!

[Rushjob]

Lily - this is the convertor from the same guy I dealt with - good seller.
There is a list of compatible phones that you can choose from so you aren't restricted to one model.
Ebay ad (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=57244&item=6356352251&rd=1)
Cheers
Andy

[Lily]

ANdy

Thanks for that. I have been looking at different sites and Nokia/ebay and its all just a jumble to me. I can't work any of it out... must be a girl thing!

[Lily]

okay...when it says it can be connected into my existing control box...just how hard is that? could I do it or would i need an engineer?

[Rushjob]

One plug and one aerial connector.
That's it.
It even mounts to the original Nokia bracket holding the cradle onto the dash.

[Lily]

hmmm...sound good then, will have to look at the phones that it will take and see what i can sort out. thanks for your help

[yeti]

Lily, if you are with O2, and a business user, they can be persuaded to give you the car kit adaptor for free which is what I got with my new 6230 - which is a crap phone! IMHO. Buttons too small and close together for a serial texter like me.....

[yeti]

Maybe we should all bombard Nokia to tell them what t***s they are for discountinuing their most succesful phone ever.....(A development engineer from Nokia told me that!)

[Lily]

Yeti

Work use Orange and we have our own helpdesk etc for it as I guess we have a fair few users. Everything has to be arranged through them and they have agreed phones etc which are now some really nasty ones that just don't fancy.

[madmav]

Lilly the only way to go is Parrot car kit i'ts awsome!!!!!!!!
u 2 u me !......mav

[adam]

can anyone tell me how i go about gettin g the Ducati logo on my phone, i have a sony Ericsson T6010.
thanks.

[chrisw]

How about handsfree through this car stereo unit (bluetooth).

http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&langId=-1&catalogId=2501&productId=108062

[Lily]

Dont really want to change the stereo as well as its a pretty new car and the car kit sis all connected through stereo anyway.