Party Vibe

you should get an Ericsson 332 like Noel Edmonds has

http://www.britishtelephones.com/t332.htm

seriously, all my mates these days seem to have a mixture of Sony Ericsson K or W series.

I’ve got a K800i which has a reasonable camera but not quite as good as a standalone digital camera (but I am fussy about photo qualities)

W series, as expected, are geared towards sound (but I did find the MP3 player on the K800i wasn’t bad).

unfortunately the handsfree kit on mine has developed a fault so I haven’t been listening as much.

that may be just as well though as I nearly crashed my bicycle into an Anglian water roadworks and came close to knocking down two emos whilst listening to one of Ill Horse’s mixes and not paying attention to the road..

W series

which model? 300 series (“deal or now deal” type phone) or 700 series (the one most peoples parents would have been likely to have)

you can get a replica 700 series (with push buttons rather than a dial and the “new” letter codes) for about £30.

The authentic 700 series phones can be got for about £15-50 depending on condition and/or whether they have been correctly restored (if not they will take excessive ringing current for a modern line and cause problems with other extension phones).

Or some abandoned offices / buildings often still have 700 series phones (look in what remains of the comms room!)

I obtained and restored a red one date marked 1972 (my year of birth!), which I still have at home. I am going to connect it to a VOIP line one day (once I have worked out a way of converting the pulse dialling to DTMF!) just for the comedy value …