Block data connections? (And goodbye)

[3Shirts]

Hi all,
I have recently got a new Samsung Omnia (i900) and am giving my N95 to my girlfriend. I will therefore be much less regular on here if at all
I was wondering, since she does not have a data package like I did, is there an app that will stop any attempts at data connection? I can disable it where I remember and tell her what things might try to do it (like maps) but it would be a nice extra protection.

Anyway, thanks to everyone for all the help and laughs and, if things don't work out with WinMo, I may well be back here with my next phone

[kontraband]

you're leaving?! :(


Its ok tho... we'll look after your girlfriend if she has any questions...

[3Shirts]

Um... thanks, I think

[kontraband]

Originally Posted by 3Shirts

Um... thanks, I think

HA HA<, actually re-reading that it could be interpretted 1 of 2 ways. I was being sincere tho!

[lnt999]

So how do you find the Omnia? I'm considering the exact same thing, had the N95 for ages so was thinking of the Omnia.

[3Shirts]

It's really good. Took a lot more tinkering and third party apps to get it how I wanted but it's very very nice. It is what I thought, not an upgrade to the N95 so much as a change but it does everything the N95 does and WinMo has a decent support/developer base so you won't miss that aspect of Symbian. The camera isn't quite as good which, I think, is down to the lenses but it is still more than adequate. The only other niggle is the screen which is tricky to see in full sunlight and a complete fingerprint magnet but you can't really expect much else from a touchscreen

Also, back on topic, anyone know of any software that will do the job I need?

[dmcconachie]

Couldn't you just delete the access point? Failing that I'm pretty sure you can password protect it so that it will prompt for a password every time it tries to connect.

[3Shirts]

Good idea. It never occurred to me to just delete the AP

[dmcconachie]

Only reason it occurred to me was that I nearly resorted to that whilst in NY last week. Too many apps that didn't warn when roaming so I kept catching the damn thing connected!

[xerxes]

Originally Posted by 3Shirts

It's really good. Took a lot more tinkering and third party apps to get it how I wanted but it's very very nice. It is what I thought, not an upgrade to the N95 so much as a change but it does everything the N95 does and WinMo has a decent support/developer base so you won't miss that aspect of Symbian. The camera isn't quite as good which, I think, is down to the lenses but it is still more than adequate. The only other niggle is the screen which is tricky to see in full sunlight and a complete fingerprint magnet but you can't really expect much else from a touchscreen

Also, back on topic, anyone know of any software that will do the job I need?

So is WinMo 6.1 finally stable enough to use as a phone?

I've had 2 WinMo's Pro devices and 3 Windows Smartphones and I've never been able to reliably use one as my main phone. I've never tried 6.1 though.

I currently have a Samsung Blackjack on WM5 which I only use for email and calendar and even then it still crashes about once per week and has to have the battery pulled to restart!

If the Omnia is stable I would probably switch as my work only supports email and remote calendar sync on WinMo devices.