What I want from a mobile telephone

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What I want from a Mobile Telephone 

I'm interested in getting a mobile which is running an operating platform that is compatible with Nokia's OS, or at least it can seamlessly exchange data.

Software Features:

• Profiles: It should have TIMED profiles - from 7am to 9am Silent Profile, which switxhes to Outdoor Profile afterwards automatically
• Transfer dictionary to other mobile/PC

TxT: 

• Allow only TxT that are sent from Tzedek (or any other 'Kosher') Messaging Centre, which will be tasked with filtering out Loshon Hora, Gossip, time wasters etc.
• 'Learn' new words: The spell checker learns new words but it should retain them for future use, and remember them.  Not like the Nokia 7610 that ‘drops’ words as it goes over a certain limit of new words learned!  Otherwise I have to spell every new word all over again.
• Also, I shouldn't have to 'teach' the mobile new words that have been saved into the spelling checker, after each re-boot (this really happens with my existing Nokia 7610!).
• Predictive TxT - When writing an SMS, learn new words and remember it in the dictionary
• Cancel TxT messages from outbox whilst they are still there waiting to be sent, without having to switch the Profile to Aeroplane Mode
• When a recipient's number is invalid (e.g. out of order, missing a digit etc.) alert me even before I hit the Send Button
• TxT messages should not be accepted with a Song, Sound or Alert, during the time that the User is Davening - based on the Diary / Organiser

eMail:

• Copy and paste sent or received eMail content

Contacts - BizCards:

• More flexibility with sent or received Business Cards
• When sending a Business Card as a TxT message, to be able to edit the message. 
• Do not send Business Cards as Business Cards only as editable TxT
• Find a name or multiple names as I type a number: sometimes I save a number under a new contact, whilst this number is already saved under an existing contact.  As a result, the caller display does not work, as it cannot show both names.
• When searching for a name, be it a person's name or a company name, it should bring up either (sometimes you remember a name but not the company and vice versa).
• Predictive Contacts - Find any contact that contains the first search character entered etc. (also referred to as Wild Cards, to describe a search using '*')
• Capacity to store about 10,000 contacts, each of which will contain Telephone numbers and other data relevant to a particular contact
• Long Contact Names (more than 12 characters)
• When transferring contact telephone book to/from Outlook / Act / etc., it should keep the Contact Labels (i.e. Nickname, Son's Tel No, Swiss Mobile) which I ad to contacts, and also keep the details within these fields.
• Contact Groups that can be transferred to another mobile - e.g. when upgrading to a new model
• The mobile vendor should be tasked with importing all contacts of the whole local community into the Telephone Book, which will save countless hours of typing, retyping, transferring, saving etc. - gaining lost time multiplied by as many contacts there are in the community!
• Feature: Copy AND Delete Contacts from the old Mobile to the new Mobile

Contacts - TxT

• Learn names: When writing a TxT message, the spell checker should allow the usage of stored names in the telephone book.  Otherwise I end up spelling a name once in the telephone book and then again in the TxT messages. 

Contacts - Integrate

• Synchronise Calendar, Address Book, Memo and other Notes with PC: Transfer contacts to another mobile - Guide How to transfer contacts and calendar from Nokia C5-03 to Nokia 6300 4G, To Do Items to other Apps (e.g. Outlook) or MacOS (iCal or Entourage).
• Allow Contact BizCards to be exchanged with a Bluetooth compatible Cordless Landline Telephone Handset

Calendar / Diary / Organiser

• Transfer Calendar Items from one day to the next
• Copy Calendar Items from Calendar to TxT Messages, eMail etc.
• Calendar to have default ON for Alarm
• Set recurring appointments for a day, a week, a month or a year - and/or workweekdays (i.e carpooling) only or weekends (i.e. play tennis) only - or a certain day / set of days of the month (i.e. mortgage payment)
• Connect Calendar to Address Book (or Contacts) so that if I want to set a reminder to call someone I can have a option in both Calendar and Address Book to Make A Reminder/Note (sometimes described in Technical Specifications as "Shared Memory" or "Dynamic Memory")
• Davening and Learning Times (Shiur, SYDTTW etc.) for the local area should be visible in the Organiser
• Zmanim for Shabbos etc. should be set automatically by the User's Locale

Languages:

• English
• Hebrew

Integrate

• Link to Windows (2000 / XP / NT ) 11, Server
• Mac Compatible

Hardware features:

• Size:
• The smallest size should be inside a writing pen. The earpiece on top and the mouthpiece at the bottom tip.  The keypad should reveal itself when the two halves of the pen open up.
• The medium size should not exceed the depth of a Shirt pocket.
• The largest size should be as a C5 envelope: Large enough to act as a Tablet but should not exceed the depth of a Jacket bosom pocket.
• Handset features
• SmartPhone-like handset
• Speakerphone
• Touchscreen
• Image Capture
• Audio Integration
• Voice Capture (MP3 or any format that can be transferred as a computer file)
• Cordless Recharger
• Battery Capacity
• Navigation App should work independently; unlike some Mobile where the Navigation App only works with the In-Car's Broadband Connection. 

Display:

• When a caller answers a call, it should indicate so on the display

Calls:

• Switch Call Forwarding to landline on automatically, if and when there is no reception due to lack of cell coverage in the area
• Allow a TxT to be sent when someone is calling and you cannot answer
• Allow a TxT to be sent when someone is calling and you are in the middle of another call

Connectivity:

• BlueTooth that ALWAYS works with another device
• Infra Red
• USB I, II
• WiFi

Contract Details:

• One to Five Years
• 1,000 Minutes p/m, anytime, anywhere, any network - Transferable to next months
• 100 TxT messages - Transferable to next months
• 100 eMail messages - Transferable to next months

What I don't need:

• WWW Accesss
• WAP Accesss
• Video Capture
• Videoconferencing
• 400 Ringtones (3 is just right)
• Bluetooth Earpiece
• Gaming
• Moving parts (flippable mouthpiece like Motorola, expandable keyboard)
• Car Kit

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I started this document on 21/11/1995, when the mobile was becoming more ubiquitous and the prevalent models were I-mate SP5, XDA (O2) or Treo, (Orange), E-Ten, or a PalmOS / SmartPhone, N95, Nokia N95 8GB, N82, E51, E61i.

Updated 19/01/2025: We now have 4G and 5G, so the Nokia models listed henceforth would be ideal - if only they answer to all the original requirements: Nokia 105 4G, Nokia 110 4G, Nokia 6700, Nokia 6700, Nokia 8000 4G, Nokia 8110 4G - Do Not Touch!, 

See also: 

https://www.gsmchoice.com