Handy

[miryam_moz85]

i just want to buy a new handy..my last one was a nokia n73..and i was really satisfied..but now it's time for a change..just want to try somethig else..not a nokia again..so any suggestions..what'S yours??
Thanks in advance

 

[sistasheila]

i dont have one
oh the english word for handy is cell phone

 

[nowherefast]

yeah, when I read the title, I thought you were talking about a handy...you know...handy...

I wasn't aware that you were refering to a cellphone

 

[Walkers Crisp]

The Brits call it a "mobile" .

 

[EPbabe]

i just want to buy a new handy..my last one was a nokia n73..and i was really satisfied..but now it's time for a change..just want to try somethig else..not a nokia again..so any suggestions..what'S yours??
Thanks in advance

I'm a Nokia girl. In prehistoric ages I had an Ericsoon GA628, of the size of a brick. Just found a pic:

Yes it was really that ugly. When it was too cold outside, it just switched off!

And yes, only Germans call it handy.

 

[Old Sib]

I had one of those too. They seemed so small at the time. I remember the 1980's ones. They were nearly the length of your forearm.
Whenever an American friend asks me to call them on their cell phone, I always tell them I never knew they were in prison. I'll get me coat...

 

[miryam_moz85]

I'm a Nokia girl. In prehistoric ages I had an Ericsoon GA628, of the size of a brick. Just found a pic:

Yes it was really that ugly. When it was too cold outside, it just switched off!

And yes, only Germans call it handy.

oh, and i wondered in cause of the few posts ..
ok..i'm out..next time

i got a similar 2 years ago..then this one:

it was really nice but it's time for a change..

 

[lapislazuli]

yeah, when I read the title, I thought you were talking about a handy...you know...handy...

I wasn't aware that you were refering to a cellphone

Stephen Fry has lost his "Handy" :

 

[EPbabe]

I had one of those too. They seemed so small at the time. I remember the 1980's ones. They were nearly the length of your forearm.
Whenever an American friend asks me to call them on their cell phone, I always tell them I never knew they were in prison. I'll get me coat...

Lolz, do you know why they're called cellphones?

French call them gsm. We call it mobile.

I don't remember the 80s ones, because there weren't any here in Hungary. My parents got their first fixed line telephone in the mid-90s.

 

[Paulc]

in my humble opinion QI is the funniest programme on TV in the UK right now - absolute genius.

 

[EPbabe]

in my humble opinion QI is the funniest programme on TV in the UK right now - absolute genius.

I agree with you. And I have a spiritual crush on Stephen Fry.

 

[Old Sib]

Lolz, do you know why they're called cellphones?

French call them gsm. We call it mobile.

I don't remember the 80s ones, because there weren't any here in Hungary. My parents got their first fixed line telephone in the mid-90s.

Is it to do with the battery?
Here in Direland, we didn't get running water 'til the 90's...

 

[EPbabe]

Is it to do with the battery?

The network is divided into cells. Or what. That's all I know.

Here in Direland, we didn't get running water 'til the 90's...

That's sweet, thank you, for consoling me.

 

[Chartres]

Wait till iPhone gen. 2 comes.

By the way, "mobil" (sans the -e) in Sweden.

 

[laughing_anne]

Back in the early 90s my mum used our mobile as a hammer... Not kidding either.

 

[almareallymatters]

This is my phone...

...and my ring tone is This Charming Man. I wouldn't reccomend it though as it's really crap to use...but it is very pretty!

 

[down_in_albion]

I have one of these. It's stylish but the keypad is annoying. As usual I opted for style over substance