@moxxey  you mean something like a Serenetta or Serene  haha!

Must be very rich kids to have an iPhone as the plans are still expensve or £500 for sim free

Chris wrote:

I have recently ditched my Iphone for a Nokia 800. Until the software update due in January that corrects its appaling MP3 playback it is a sound phone(I can now make calls without them failing half way through!!!! Novelty or what)

Hi Chris,

Hope your new year is upto a good start. 

I take it that you have got the Lumia 800 which runs Windows Mobile .  If this is the case, you have got yourself a very nice phone that has full voice functionality (SMS creation and response, follow up on calls, messages, meetings, etc.)  I woudl be interested to know if it does use voice with media as well.  Historically, Nokia and Ericsson had great telephony and SMS functionality.  They seem to have continued this tradition.  The sound quality via the 3.5mm outlet would always be inferior compared to USB or the iPhone port.  So, it may not be a software problem.  However, your challenge will not be finding the adaptor that allows you to use the BS8 from the top.  This time it is the funcaitonality of the operating system on the your device because the device will change the tracks and increase the volume though it is you who hold the remote control.  BS8 has a mini USB port near the 3.5mm socket as well as a line-level input around the back.  However, the USB port should be controlled from Windows or MAC operating system once the drivers are loaded on the personal computer.  The new Windows Mobile machine has to be able to do the same.  If you have not sold the iPhone, you may keep using it as an audio playback device while using the new Nokia for business and social networking etc. Good luck and please write an update :).

Yes it is the Lumia, and a very good phone it is(much better reception). The built in FM radio and Mix Radio sound fine but playback of MP3 is terrible. Nokia are releasing an update in January to improve this and release more juice from the battery. I ditched my Iphone no problem but the Ipad is a different matter, so if and when i get an 8 (or the Beolit 12) i will use that. Still a big fan of Apple tv.

Syncing my photos and music are exactly the same as if i was using my Iphone, so i still use Itunes/Iphoto. Trying to find an Ical to Windows calender program!

Just listened to the Radio 4 Gerald Hoffnung play on BBC iPlayer through the iPad docked on the BS8.

The sound quality is astonishing: even though we've got the loudness/wall setting to give a good bass, speech is not compromised and is crystal clear. There's also plenty of power reserve...... we were sat about 30ft away in a fully carpeted room with more than adequate volume at around a mid setting.

Graham