I admit that I can't answer any of your questions but the last one

Most phones I know have a Bluetooth device that connects your phone and computer together so you can transfer photos from your phone to your computer. Another method is a kind of "dock" that does the same thing really.

Hope my help wasn't useless Good luck finding the right phone though

Go to one of the main boys like carphone warehouse or phones for you as they will be able to give you a broader picture in a more independent way. They aren't trying to sell you any particular network provider just the phone that suits you best

I find the Samsung phones offered by Virgin the best (have had three)..........you can get a fairly cheap one if all you want is Pay As You Go (get one that has 3-5 Megapixel for good pics) and it will come with a lead that connects phone to computer that you can upload your pics (software disc is included and very easy to navigate and use) hope this helps

Pay As You Go suits me because I never make calls, only text ... and I probably average one text a day. Not a big mobile user, me

If you intend to make a lot of calls though, it is very expensive

Thanks for the replies ...
lol my last mobile was many years ago like a brick ..lol

I dont make many calls its just the incoming ones ..

I will look about I may get a unwanted phone soon ...

Mike you can pick up phone's cheap enough if it's just for the basic texts, calls, pictures.

As you'll know i'm not very techy either but I use a Nokia 6300. I've always has Nokia phones as these are the easiest to work (to me anyway)

Also, for uploading pics to the PC as said you can get a bluetooth USB thing that goes into the side of your PC, make sure the Bluetooth's on on your phone and your PC should pick up your phone and phone should pick up the PC so you can link and transfer data.

I had a bit trouble with the Bluetooth on my phone not picking up my laptop so I gave up and just used the USB cable which came with my phone and "drag and drop" any pics, music etc from the phone to the laptop

Also, if your phone comes with a memory card so you can store more, you can take the memory card out and put it into one of those things (can't remember the name) then plug it into the usb slot in your computer.

Hope SOME of this makes sense - and hurry up and get a mobile!

take a long look at chinese mobile phone, they are half the price of uk models and will offer the obvious phone/sms/mms/ photo and video beyond that even the basic ones have built in mp3 and video players (with micro sd memory card expansion) prices start at around £35 including shipping. they also frequently come with a spare battery, all are usb charged and will connect to your pc by the same usb cable with no drivers needed just plug in and its drag and drop or they can use bluetooth with a cheap £2 dongle on your pc.

dont forget most mobile companies will offer you a free payg sim card if you ask them.

if you want details of a few places to buy from pm me.

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Originally posted by Big Brothers Big Scam:
take a long look at chinese mobile phone, they are half the price of uk models and will offer the obvious phone/sms/mms/ photo and video beyond that even the basic ones have built in mp3 and video players (with micro sd memory card expansion) prices start at around £35 including shipping. they also frequently come with a spare battery, all are usb charged and will connect to your pc by the same usb cable with no drivers needed just plug in and its drag and drop or they can use bluetooth with a cheap £2 dongle on your pc.

dont forget most mobile companies will offer you a free payg sim card if you ask them.

if you want details of a few places to buy from pm me.

Wow that's handy, i'll remember that I'm with o2 pay and go cos it was the cheapest at the time but I think most of them are about the same tarriff's these days depending what you use most.