while trying to decide if i NEED a iphone and going through lists of reasons for and against.

can anyone tell me if you can use a @ntlworld.com email address (my current one) on the iphone and does it support `imap` (delete on pc if deleted on phone) and `push` (tell me when mail is received instead of checking) mail? cant seem to get a answer on internet

ta

 

PM Thrush as he's the resident iphone expert

 

Yes it works with @ntlworld.com (as that's what I use)

 

As above I have ntlworld.com and its works fine, I think it even auto configured it too

 

cheers boys..

 

EDIT - actually it DOES support IMAP EDIT #2 - don't think it supports PUSH tho, only fetch (iphone allows you to set fetch to auto-fetch every 15, 30 or 60mins, or manually

I set my NTL address to forward to my gmail, and run gmail through IMAP on my iphone - works perfectly. Even uses my NTL email address as the "sent from" address when replying to emails forwarded from my NTL address.

 

cheers dude so by forwarding through gmail your able to use push?

whats the chances of the pay as you squawk version coming down in price?
can you actualy get deals on the iphones or is it one price like it or lump it.

 

oh yeh and how ruggid are the phones? slight knock and is it fooked? im a firefighter so it may get the odd bump in my pocket will it survive? im scared about the screen

 

Well you have to take care of it for sure - remember the screen is made from thin glass! But I've dropped mine (whilst not in a case - I hate cases!) a couple times and no bother. The back has a few scratches but the screens still fine. Just don't get it wet FFS!

As for PUSH - as far as I know, only MobileMe, Exchange and Yahoo Mail support push on the iPhone. Gmail won't as Google want you to buy their G1 phone (which incidentally DOES support gmail push). But I have mine fetch every 15mins and whilst at work thats plenty adequate as I'm busy doing other things anyway. And anytime you wanna check all you need do it tap the Mail App and it checks straightaway.

As for price - no idea if the PAYG are coming down, but I doubt you'll get any negotiation on price. They never have before, doubt they will now.

 

I phones are surprisingly tough, never had a scratch on the screen on mine and i work in professional kitchens and it does get regular drops & knocks!

There allergic to water though :-(

 

as said, i've probably dropped mine 30-40 times and its never damaged the screen, always expect to pick it up with a smashed screen but never has as of yet.

must say its the best phone i've ever had, a little slow loading app and stuff, but had it about 6 months now and its great.

 

I'm just restoring mine as I managed to corrupt the database on it last week

 

as far as i'm aware the glass is tempered? that means it's pretty tough, i'm sure there was a vid on youtube on some lad going hell for leather on it with a key and not a mark was left.

i'm a fireman also and i wouldn't worry about it, left mine in my pocket during a few shouts by accident and never a problem!

 

cheers mate you`ll know the kind of bumps and stuff it will get then crawling about in the dark and stuff lol..

 

yea, normally ends up a bit sweaty to but it's done it no harm.

 

Was looking at getting an 8G iPhone for my next upgrade, but as I'm "only" on a £30 a month contract, they wanted £99 for the upgrade. I told O2 to cancel my contract and I'll go to vodafone and I'll get a blackberry storm.

They offered me a returns/refurbed by Apple, ones for free

I have decided if I should go for that yet.

Anyone had one of the refurbed ones ?

 

That was probably the video for the film guard screen protectors - showing that with the screen protector on, keys won't scratch it....

 

It wasn't thrush...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFasCOkaEuA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-sRbeBehNs

Faster fords, i believe a price drop is coming in May if you can hold off till then? Should get it for free then.

 

I like how he says " as you can see", you can see fck all on a youtube video

 

iPhone is currently £59 and £159 on the £35 and £45 tariff's, and will become free on both of them in May, but will still cost on the £30 a month tariff. No mention of a drop in price for the PAYG...

 

Thanks guys, I will wait until May then and see what deals are on