Comments on: Hands-on review: INQ1 a.k.a. the ‘Facebook phone’ http://www.last100.com/2009/03/23/hands-on-review-inq1-aka-the-facebook-phone/ Tracking the digital lifestyle Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:33:41 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Brendan Mollo http://www.last100.com/2009/03/23/hands-on-review-inq1-aka-the-facebook-phone/#comment-72247 Brendan Mollo Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:28:39 +0000 http://www.last100.com/?p=3939#comment-72247 What is the loud speaker part of phone like? What is the loud speaker part of phone like?

]]> By: Elmar http://www.last100.com/2009/03/23/hands-on-review-inq1-aka-the-facebook-phone/#comment-69385 Elmar Thu, 07 May 2009 21:59:29 +0000 http://www.last100.com/?p=3939#comment-69385 Thank you very much for your answer. It was great to read it straight from you… I read like 5 official reviews and they all suck, it's all facebook phone, facebook phone, but they don't tell you that it means very limited face book! If it can't do even wordscraper than all I can tell is to tell the world how I feel? Well that sucks… The Skype thing sounds good, but I bet there is some catch, that I can't just buy the phone and talk unlimited on Skype…, I bet they get me somehow, and same with the face book… I bet some charges come up, for sending mail or something… How do the maps work? Any good? … and do they charge you for using them too, or it just plain doesn't work… In many unofficial reviews I read, that the phone acts crazy, and that the battery is always dead, and you can't even do anything if the battery is dead, and the phone is plugged in!!! You have to wait! That sounds crazy! That is why I have still very old phone and pay as you go, since one always has a feeling that they trying to trick you… I much rather give money to Skype on calls everywhere, since they were always fair, and honest… No bull… And then the locked phone thing also! Charge me whatever, but do not lock it! Do not make me feel like I am buying slavery for myself… Anyway I was hoping I found something cool, but now I feel like all the hype is just trickery, and since I can't figure out how much they would charge me for what on their web site, I think I leave this one be…, and wait for company with plain English… maybe forever…, but better than being f…d with, by another corporation… Shouldn't they expect that on pay as you go it should be crystal clear for what one is paying, since it is going to be evaluated by some uber stingy b…ards like me??? Thank you very much for your answer. It was great to read it straight from you… I read like 5 official reviews and they all suck, it’s all facebook phone, facebook phone, but they don’t tell you that it means very limited face book! If it can’t do even wordscraper than all I can tell is to tell the world how I feel? Well that sucks…
The Skype thing sounds good, but I bet there is some catch, that I can’t just buy the phone and talk unlimited on Skype…, I bet they get me somehow, and same with the face book… I bet some charges come up, for sending mail or something… How do the maps work? Any good? … and do they charge you for using them too, or it just plain doesn’t work… In many unofficial reviews I read, that the phone acts crazy, and that the battery is always dead, and you can’t even do anything if the battery is dead, and the phone is plugged in!!! You have to wait! That sounds crazy! That is why I have still very old phone and pay as you go, since one always has a feeling that they trying to trick you… I much rather give money to Skype on calls everywhere, since they were always fair, and honest… No bull…
And then the locked phone thing also! Charge me whatever, but do not lock it! Do not make me feel like I am buying slavery for myself…
Anyway I was hoping I found something cool, but now I feel like all the hype is just trickery, and since I can’t figure out how much they would charge me for what on their web site, I think I leave this one be…, and wait for company with plain English… maybe forever…, but better than being f…d with, by another corporation… Shouldn’t they expect that on pay as you go it should be crystal clear for what one is paying, since it is going to be evaluated by some uber stingy b…ards like me???

]]> By: Steve (last100) http://www.last100.com/2009/03/23/hands-on-review-inq1-aka-the-facebook-phone/#comment-69060 Steve (last100) Tue, 05 May 2009 21:30:56 +0000 http://www.last100.com/?p=3939#comment-69060 Hi Elmar, I'll do my best to answer: <i>1. So do I understand it right, that I can call for only 5GBP a month (on Pay As You Go) anybody on Skype anywhere for 4000 minutes a month?</i> Yes. Although as from this month, you don't even need to top up to use Skype. <i>2. I have to top up at least 5 pounds per month right?</i> Not to use Skype, but to use Facebook and other Internet services I think you need a data bundle at £5 per month. <i>3. and I can also play let’s say scrabble (or rather wordscraper or lexulous, I hate Hasbro) for as long as I want?</i> No. The mobile version of Facebook does't work with games as far as I know. Only core aspects of the site. <i>4. I am basically looking for device I can Skype on and play the scrabble on facebook all the time for as cheap as it gets. Is this it?</i> It's the cheapest for Skype and core Facebook access, including syncing your Facebook and Skype contacts with the phone. <i>5.I can’t get any monthly pay plan since I do not live in UK the whole year around, but only about 5-8 months, and for that it would be worth it I think, but can I then stick some other European sim card in to it, and use it at least like a phone, or will it became dead once I leave UK?</i> The phone is locked to "3", so unless the country you are going to has a "3" network then I don't think you can use the phone. Hi Elmar,

I’ll do my best to answer:

1. So do I understand it right, that I can call for only 5GBP a month (on Pay As You Go) anybody on Skype anywhere for 4000 minutes a month?

Yes. Although as from this month, you don’t even need to top up to use Skype.

2. I have to top up at least 5 pounds per month right?

Not to use Skype, but to use Facebook and other Internet services I think you need a data bundle at £5 per month.

3. and I can also play let’s say scrabble (or rather wordscraper or lexulous, I hate Hasbro) for as long as I want?

No. The mobile version of Facebook does’t work with games as far as I know. Only core aspects of the site.

4. I am basically looking for device I can Skype on and play the scrabble on facebook all the time for as cheap as it gets. Is this it?

It’s the cheapest for Skype and core Facebook access, including syncing your Facebook and Skype contacts with the phone.

5.I can’t get any monthly pay plan since I do not live in UK the whole year around, but only about 5-8 months, and for that it would be worth it I think, but can I then stick some other European sim card in to it, and use it at least like a phone, or will it became dead once I leave UK?

The phone is locked to “3″, so unless the country you are going to has a “3″ network then I don’t think you can use the phone.

]]> By: Elmar http://www.last100.com/2009/03/23/hands-on-review-inq1-aka-the-facebook-phone/#comment-69057 Elmar Tue, 05 May 2009 21:13:25 +0000 http://www.last100.com/?p=3939#comment-69057 1. So do I understand it right, that I can call for only 5GBP a month (on Pay As You Go) anybody on Skype anywhere for 4000 minutes a month? 2. I have to top up at least 5 pounds per month right? 3. and I can also play let's say scrabble (or rather wordscraper or lexulous, I hate Hasbro) for as long as I want? 4. I am basically looking for device I can Skype on and play the scrabble on facebook all the time for as cheap as it gets. Is this it? 5.I can't get any monthly pay plan since I do not live in UK the whole year around, but only about 5-8 months, and for that it would be worth it I think, but can I then stick some other European sim card in to it, and use it at least like a phone, or will it became dead once I leave UK? 1. So do I understand it right, that I can call for only 5GBP a month (on Pay As You Go) anybody on Skype anywhere for 4000 minutes a month?
2. I have to top up at least 5 pounds per month right?
3. and I can also play let’s say scrabble (or rather wordscraper or lexulous, I hate Hasbro) for as long as I want?
4. I am basically looking for device I can Skype on and play the scrabble on facebook all the time for as cheap as it gets. Is this it?
5.I can’t get any monthly pay plan since I do not live in UK the whole year around, but only about 5-8 months, and for that it would be worth it I think, but can I then stick some other European sim card in to it, and use it at least like a phone, or will it became dead once I leave UK?

]]> By: Steve O'Hear http://www.last100.com/2009/03/23/hands-on-review-inq1-aka-the-facebook-phone/#comment-68697 Steve O'Hear Fri, 01 May 2009 11:29:58 +0000 http://www.last100.com/?p=3939#comment-68697 As long as the "call" is initiated using the INQ1's skype application, then the call is Skype-to-Skype, so yes you can use your fair use 4000 minutes. You will need to both be on the "3" network of course to use the INQ1, but I'm presuming you knew that already :-) Alternatively, on of you could be using a PC running Skype with a headset. That would also be Skype-to-Skype. As long as the “call” is initiated using the INQ1’s skype application, then the call is Skype-to-Skype, so yes you can use your fair use 4000 minutes. You will need to both be on the “3″ network of course to use the INQ1, but I’m presuming you knew that already :-)

Alternatively, on of you could be using a PC running Skype with a headset. That would also be Skype-to-Skype.

]]> By: Colenso http://www.last100.com/2009/03/23/hands-on-review-inq1-aka-the-facebook-phone/#comment-68694 Colenso Fri, 01 May 2009 05:25:36 +0000 http://www.last100.com/?p=3939#comment-68694 Great review Steve. I'm still a little confused, however, by how Skype enables free calls on the INQ1, particularly between two INQ1 users in different countries. For instance, if my son and my daughter were each to have a INQ1, and one were in Cambridge, in the UK, and the other were in Melbourne, Australia, would each be able to use their 4000 minutes of free Skype per month to talk to each other using their INQ1s? Great review Steve.

I’m still a little confused, however, by how Skype enables free calls on the INQ1, particularly between two INQ1 users in different countries. For instance, if my son and my daughter were each to have a INQ1, and one were in Cambridge, in the UK, and the other were in Melbourne, Australia, would each be able to use their 4000 minutes of free Skype per month to talk to each other using their INQ1s?

]]> By: Steve O'Hear http://www.last100.com/2009/03/23/hands-on-review-inq1-aka-the-facebook-phone/#comment-68588 Steve O'Hear Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:20:31 +0000 http://www.last100.com/?p=3939#comment-68588 Yes it does but... The INQ1 is offered on a pay-monthly tariff on "3" that includes "unlimited" Facebook access and other data. And for PAYG, you're encouraged to take out the unlimited data package as a top up (£5 per month in the UK, I think). So if done right, you won't ring up a huge bill at all - it's pretty good value. Yes it does but… The INQ1 is offered on a pay-monthly tariff on “3″ that includes “unlimited” Facebook access and other data. And for PAYG, you’re encouraged to take out the unlimited data package as a top up (£5 per month in the UK, I think). So if done right, you won’t ring up a huge bill at all – it’s pretty good value.

]]> By: Ashleigh http://www.last100.com/2009/03/23/hands-on-review-inq1-aka-the-facebook-phone/#comment-68570 Ashleigh Tue, 21 Apr 2009 06:43:01 +0000 http://www.last100.com/?p=3939#comment-68570 Does that mean if you are logged into Facebook all day, you are being charged as being on the internet all day with your phone? Does that mean if you are logged into Facebook all day, you are being charged as being on the internet all day with your phone?

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