i phones

[tallpaul69]

....if thats how you spell it.

About once a year I look at the provision of "mobile communications devices" as we used to say in Megolithic Era.

I need to equip six people with whatever kit is necessary to keep in touch with them inside the U.K.None of us is very tech savvy,most of us are advancing into middle age.We operate mostly from our cars or at best from construction site offices or from hotel rooms in the evenongs (or evenings as some people say)

We need to be able to send voicemails and emails,to get information about local suppliers and other businesses etc etc.We will often need to send or receive quite large email attachments (including blueprints/specifications etc)

The kit needs to be VERY robust,easy to operate for largish peeps with largish hands etc etc.

Right now we use Dell laptops with 3g dongles and conventional Samsung C3350 phones.Our network is Orange.

Are iPhones what we need or something else?What are the pros and cons of other kit?

All help gratefully received

[Lady Anna]

Have you considered iPigeon?

[tallpaul69]

Originally Posted by Lady Anna

Have you considered iPigeon?

.....considered along with clay pigeon,Captain Pigeon etc etc and REJECTED.

Forgot to add that whatever device we choose has to look V.Butch

[Lady Anna]

You definitely need an iBrick then.

Sausage fingers can cope with iPhones far better than most Blackberrys but iPhones are not compatible with toilets and cement mixers.

[Lady Anna]

You'd be better off with the mini iPads.

[tallpaul69]

Originally Posted by Lady Anna

You'd be better off with the mini iPads.

Thank you very much for that;visited the Clapham Junction branch of "Fones4Numpties" and was thoroughly patronised by the inevitable yoot called Kris.

They look very much like the right solution-any ideas about comparitive qualities of various makes?

"Kris" appeared too busy working out his putative commission to be very interested.

Incidentally I got EE 4G on one dongle today although it didn't seem any different from 3G

[Lady Anna]

Originally Posted by tallpaul69

Thank you very much for that;visited the Clapham Junction branch of "Fones4Numpties" and was thoroughly patronised by the inevitable yoot called Kris.

They look very much like the right solution-any ideas about comparitive qualities of various makes?

"Kris" appeared too busy working out his putative commission to be very interested.

Incidentally I got EE 4G on one dongle today although it didn't seem any different from 3G

We got a tablet from someone or other and it was rubbish, I can't remember the make. I swear by my iPad. I'm permanently attached to it. It's more expensive but it's more useful.

http://www.apple.com/uk/ipad/?cid=ww...-10001&sissr=1

The small new iPad minis may be better for you if the standard is too big. You can probably also use iCloud to store and share data amongst each other. You can with iPad so I can't see why you can't with the mini version. You can Facetime each other to wave hello, or show them a problem.

You can also download Find iPhone on your pads. You can track your pad if you lose it. You can track each other. You can also lock down or wipe your pad if it gets stolen.

[electrocbtslave]

Thanks again;incidentally your expertise in this area is actually a highly valuable commodity-objective information in this area commands the same sort of premium as hens teeth

[Lady Anna]

I'm also extremely good at Hay Day, Simpson's Tapped Out and Paradise Cove.

I know. You're impressed.

[electrocbtslave]

Did you give up on running the cyber restaurant(?) that had so entranced you at one stage?