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anymore info?

mellybelly

Nov 20, 2006, 3:22 PM
Anymore info about the Nokia 6265?
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krickt

Nov 20, 2006, 3:34 PM
It gets here when it gets here. No news! Sorry honey. I wish we had it, I think it's going to be a tougher phone than the KRZR.
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mellybelly

Nov 20, 2006, 3:37 PM
what do mean by "tougher"?
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drksyde

Nov 20, 2006, 3:57 PM
I think she means "more durable".

The KRZR front is ALL GLASS.

Also the nokia is estimated early Dec. No concrete date yet.
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krickt

Nov 20, 2006, 4:58 PM
Exactly. Sorry, I've dumbed down my vocab for my customer base lately. The date of the Nokia release is being stalled by Nokia, they promised us a certain number for launch, and came up massively short on inventory. I can't wait to see it.
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nathanmills999

Nov 21, 2006, 11:18 AM
Definitely tougher. And the springloaded slider is going to be nice, too.

As for a date...I was told yesterday that we're looking at a December 1st release date. That's from USCC brass...not my agent folks.
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BillyGoatGruff

Nov 22, 2006, 11:40 AM
Any news on what features USCC will have crippled out of the 6265i (e.g. bluetooth OBEX, using your own custome ringtones, wallpapers, etc). I know they crippled the ability to use your own custom ringtones on the 6255i and 6235i to try and force customers to buy ringtones thru EE.
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krickt

Nov 24, 2006, 11:00 AM
I'm still hacked about the recording feature being blocked from use as a ringtone. I wonder if Nokia has an unlocking program that can help with that. Other phones allow recorded sounds to be used as ringtones, so I don't get why Nokia doesn't.
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sheeley14

Nov 24, 2006, 2:16 PM
The only phone i know that lets you use recordings as ringtones are LG's
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BillyGoatGruff

Nov 25, 2006, 12:29 PM
krickt said:
I wonder if Nokia has an unlocking program that can help with that. Other phones allow recorded sounds to be used as ringtones, so I don't get why Nokia doesn't.


It's not Nokia that cripples these features out of the phones. It's US Cellular who makes them disable features before they'll carry their phones. Nokia does have a program that allows re-enabling the crippled features. I think it's called Phoenix and is like a registry editor for the phone's operating system and is only available to Nokia phone techs, the general public cannot get this software unless they can find a pirated copy.
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krickt

Nov 25, 2006, 12:43 PM
I'm not general public, but I have heard that there is a program or something. I know it's USCC, but only Nokia can help you undo it.
I saw that the librarian of congress is making a ruling that some of the "crippling" actions that the different companies do are not protected by copywright. I know that isn't the same issue that they were investigating, but it's the same action. Who knows. It would be nice to "unlock" my phone.
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