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Lobster 700tv. Web access via Opera.
Eater Sundae
23-02-2007
I've already posted this in the wrong area, so I've copied it into here.

My brand spanking new Virgin Lobster 700TV is due to arrive tomorrow. I've never had gprs on a phone before, let alone Windows Mobile 5.0, so I'm not sure what I can and cannot do.

I understand that Opera is worth downloading, to configure web pages for a mobile's screen. The Opera web site lists lots of phones, but not the Lobster. Does this mean that I cannot use Opera, or are all Windows Mobile 5.0 systems basically the same and it therefore will work on any W M 5.0 unit?

If I can't use Opera, are there any other browsers which shrink web pages in a similar way, and can be used on the Lobster?

Thanks for any help that anyone can give.
tomorrow
24-02-2007
Point me in the direction of Opera and, if time permits, I will install on my Lobster

Which I totally love btw .....

I've been too busy to look into what it really can do - I also want to find out what games I can download for it too ....
Eater Sundae
24-02-2007
Originally Posted by tomorrow:
“Point me in the direction of Opera and, if time permits, I will install on my Lobster

Which I totally love btw .....

I've been too busy to look into what it really can do - I also want to find out what games I can download for it too ....”

This is their web site

http://www.opera.com/products/mobile/
tomorrow
24-02-2007
Cheers .... I've downloaded and will install it tomorrow evening

Let you know how I get on then .....
Eater Sundae
25-02-2007
I've also seen adverts for onspeed. Does anyone have any experience of this on a mobile, and is it worth the money?
blinginbunni
25-02-2007
Is the lobster phone good? I was thinking about getting it but before i get it i want to know what tv channels it gets and if it has a good signal?
Eater Sundae
26-02-2007
Originally Posted by blinginbunni:
“Is the lobster phone good? I was thinking about getting it but before i get it i want to know what tv channels it gets and if it has a good signal? ”

I've only just got mine (on Saturday), so don't really know yet. I didn't get it for the TV, I wanted it for the largish screen (320 x 240) for occasional www or wap access, Windows mobile 5.0, mp3 player and DAB radio.

Also, I've got it on Pay As You Go. With PAYG, you get the TV feature for 3 months, after which its £5 per month. With contracts, TV access is included for the life of the contract. Once my 3 months runs out, I'll not bother with the TV part. DAB radio is free forever, and BBC1 will be free until approx September.

It picks up BBC1, C4, E4, ITN News & ITV1, plus 30 odd dab radio stations. From what I've read on other sites, the C4 is not as normal C4, but is a mobile device version). You can either listen to the Lobster via the earphones or via a speaker in the phone, but either way you still need to plug the earphones in, as they act as the aerial, which is a bit inconvenient.

My house has a steel frame, which affects my normal freeview TV reception at home, so I need to mount my indoor TV aerial carefully, to work properly. I had no such problems with the TV reception through the Lobster. It scanned and picked up the 5 TV channels and 30 odd radio stations straight away. It seems to have picked national radio stations (I wanted it mainly for BBC Radio 5-live, without the reception problems of medium wave), plus some London based ones, plus local ones (in my case, Sheffield/South Yorkshire), which is good. I've only watched the TV Stations for a few minutes, to check that they worked. They were OK for me, but when I read some on-line reviews, it was clear that some other people had poorer reception..

In summary, I think the TV feature is limited, particularly if it doesn't take off and get more channels. But even so, I think the phone is great value for money, as it has dab radio, mp3 player, 1.3 mp camera.

The phone cost me £100, plus a couple of pounds postage, from the virgin mobile web site. It came with £5 of calls on the sim card, plus £30 of future call vouchers, ie a total of £35. (When I first looked this phone up on the website, a few weeks ago, there appeared to be some restrictions with these £30 vouchers, ie that you had £5 allowance per month, for each of the first 6 months, with no option of transferring any of the unused airtime to the next month, but when they actually arrived there was no sign of any restrictions, they appear to be normal top up vouchers.

Another nice feature, when I ordered it online, was that I could specify a particular day for delivery (mon to sat inclusive), and specify am or pm. So I was able to specify that it should arrive on Saturday morning. It did.
DXRulz
26-02-2007
I go on 2 sometimes 3 holidays a year and im going to get one of these Lobster TV phones simply because i want something to do on the journey there and back and also because its runs Windows Mobile 5.0 which makes it a smartphone
Eater Sundae
03-03-2007
Although the Lobster 700TV is not mentioned on the Opera website, I decided to go ahead and download Opera Mini.

Despite a couple of false starts, because I didn't know what I was doing , it loaded OK (I loaded the more power hungry option), and it works fine.
popp
04-03-2007
i bought my lobster before xmas. cost me £99.99 and came with £25 air time and £25 virgin vouchers which i had to send off. i find the phone okay, there are a few niggley things that let it down like you cant get a leather case for it or change the headphones. you can use different headphones for mp3 playback but wont work on tv or dab, . also you cant adjust the sound to give it more base, but apart from minor niggles its okay for £50, and until i can get a case to fit it i only use it at home as a media player , dont want to scratch it. dont know if anyone is aware of this but you can get it unlocked free of charge through virgin as long as you have £30 of credit. regards popp
Last edited by popp : 04-03-2007 at 09:34
Eater Sundae
04-03-2007
Originally Posted by popp:
“i bought my lobster before xmas. cost me £99.99 and came with £25 air time and £25 virgin vouchers which i had to send off. i find the phone okay, there are a few niggley things that let it down like you cant get a leather case for it or change the headphones. you can use different headphones for mp3 playback but wont work on tv or dab, . also you cant adjust the sound to give it more base, but apart from minor niggles its okay for £50, and until i can get a case to fit it i only use it at home as a media player , dont want to scratch it. dont know if anyone is aware of this but you can get it unlocked free of charge through virgin as long as you have £30 of credit. regards popp ”

I've bought one of these, as a temporary measure, until a proper case is available

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Universal-Mobi...QQcmdZViewItem


Its a stretchy "knitted nylon" sort of material, so it fits around the odd shape of the Lobster.

That's a great deal you got. and a handy bit of information about the free unlocking.
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