[ILUG] POTD the prize is back

[Proinnsias Breathnach]

On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 02:15:10PM +0000, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> David Howe wrote:
> > The latest geeky must have is an old Nokia that just make phone calls and
> > does not have a camera and mp3 player. It does one thing well.
> 
> I notice that you can get a new Nokia 6310i on ebay for around €60
> (was €200 last year IIRC). I'm not giving mine up until there
> is a new phone with its 17 days standby time.
> 
> Pádraig.
> 
Indeed, they seem to have come down a lot in price :
http://www.expansys.com/p.aspx?i=141184

They were about £200 last year - refurbished. New ones can't be had for
love or money - rumour has it that nokia stopped making 'em not because
they couldn't sell 'em, but because they couldn't sell anything else
while they were on sale to business users.

P