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I’ve been using IM, Opera, WirelessIRC, IMAP, Putty, and a bunch of other things just fine since the phone arrived. I’d send the thing back if I couldn’t. I’m on the $20 unlimited MEdia plan. Granted I’ve heard that some people only had access to WAP but I’m doing just fine over here.

Thanks for the iSync tip, that’s going to come in handy.

Add to that T-Mobile’s $20/month unlimited Internet (with complete willingness to discuss how to use the phone as a Bluetooth modem for your laptop) compared to Cingular’s $70/month for the same (the $20/month appears to be WAP only — good luck with IMAP or SSH and say goodbye to direct IM), and I think I’m well ahead on the deal.

Oh yeah, no operator screen, no crippled anything…

On the Mac connectivity issue:

It wouldn’t connect for me when I tried at work when I first got the phone, but when I went home, it worked just fine. No clue why. Use the “Set up Bluetooth Device…” option. Once connected, it works just fine with Address Book. My only real complaint is that the Address Book categories don’t map to Nokai categories. Minor “gotcha” is that the “sync only this group” option in iSync apparently doesn’t work with “smart groups”

“This one goes to eleven…”

I picked up my 6682 last Friday and can’t seem to put it down. It really is a great phone. I’m on a Mac Powerbook and have had great luck syncing and transferring files via bluetooth. The only problem I’m having right now is getting my Powerbook to connect to the 6682 via bluetooth for internet access. That setup has always been tricky with anyphone so I expect it will take a few hours of experimenting to get the modem scripts right. If anyone has any suggestions on that, drop me a line at coltwest@hotmail.com. The 6682 truly is a fantastic phone.

I’ve been transfering files to it with a card reader on my Ubuntu Linux Laptop. iSync 2.1 and the 6682 should work but I haven’t tried that. I’ve also heard that the new PC Suite is somewhat tolerable, but I haven’t tried that either.

So far I’ve upgraded Opera, installed WirelessIRC and run through the settings and played with the installed apps. Next up are Python for Series 60, FExplorer, Putty, and a few others. I’ll definitely be writing about my 6682 over the next couple of days and I’ll try to include some screenshots.

If you’re looking for crucial apps, I would check out Jim’s S60 Getting Started page and his Must Have Apps page.

What PC platform are you using the 6682 with? Any chance it’s a Mac? Do you have any pics of the phone or of the applications you’re using with it.

Thanks,
Alex

I agree, the keys are a little too close, but it’s a minor annoyance. I’m definitely going to miss holding my 3650 gameboy-style for quick typing. At the same time I’m slower but realtively proficient at T9 on the 6682 already. I think I’m a little faster on it than on the taco.