My Sony Ericsson W960i is my first Symbian UIQ 3.0 Smartphone and I love it. It was a struggle at first when I had crashes and reboots and I couldn't even answer a call so forget running ActiveSync and Google Maps but now everything is under control, well almost...It is very confusing knowing which Internet account to use for which application. If you get it wrong the best that can happen is that an application won't work. The worst that can happen is that the application will connect using an expensive data tariff and run up a huge bill before you realise it.
Use the Internet accounts application to specify your Internet Accounts and Internet Groups.
If Vodafone is your mobile service provider your W960i should have been supplied with preconfigured Internet connections which are called Contract Wap and Contract Internet?
Use Contract Wap For Web Browsing
Contract Wap allows you to access specific Vodafone content such as Vodafone Live and Mobile TV.
Using Contract Wap will allow you to connect the live.vodafone.com portal and will ensure that all images that you download are downsized for your mobile. Controlling image sizes is important because it helps you to stay under your monthly 120Mb Mobile Internet download limit.
The Contract Wap connection will also allow you to turn on the optional Vodafone facility to tailor your web pages for mobile viewing by breaking a page into numbered sections although I don't recommend using this feature as I don't think it is needed on the large screen W960i.
You can also access your on-line favourites stored on the Vodafone website.
If you use Contract Internet for web browsing then you will not be able to access Vodafone Live and your images will be downloaded full size as they would be normally for a desktop PC. Downloading full size images on a mobile phone is unnecessary and uses up more of your download allowance.
Use Contract Internet For Applications
Use Contract Internet for ActiveSync and other data applications.
Contact Internet makes a direct connection to the remote server which is ideal for data applications. The data will not be interfered with or modified by Vodafone. Be aware that if you download a large email attachment then you could use up your entire monthly download allowance in one go.
How To Specify The Connection
The Vodafone supplied web browser uses the Internet connection specified by your default group. Your default group is the one shown in italics.
Other applications such as ActiveSync have a tab where you can specify the connection to use.
For Java applications such as Google Maps or Opera Mini you can set the connection on a per application basis using Control Panel, Security, MIDlet accounts. In my experience the Java applications will work using either Contact Wap or Contact Internet so to be on the safe side I use Contact Wap.
If you have a Vodafone PAYT service then you need to substitute PAYT Wap and PAYT Internet for Contact Wap and Contract Internet respectively.
This explanation applies to the Sony Ericsson W960i and it probably applies also to other Symbian UIQ 3.0 smartphones such as P1i, W950i, P990i and M600i.
Good luck and please post your progress in the comments section.
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