The Nokia 6301i is a modern classic - battery lasts for ages, adequate ring tones and tactile buttons. It's a phone and has old-school sms facility - suits me fine as it fits the car kit without buggering about with bluetooth. When I was at an Airbooos meeting not that long ago, several senior engineers were clinging on to their trusty, if rather battered, 6310i phones and fighting off all attempts to inflict one of those glass panel kiddyphones with their dismal battery life upon them. Main reason being that the damn things invariably ran out of battery power when out in the field...
Berets.... "À l'eau, c'est l'heure" would seem appropriate for the vendeur des oignons in John Eacott's photo....
