I received my new cellphone today, a Nokia 6210 Navigator. My old phone (a 6110 Navigator) was involved in an unfortunate accident involving several litres of water and a certain Fisher and Paykel laundry appliance.

The new phone, while otherwise very slick and appealing, does not allow me to:

• sync calendar and contact entries from my Mac
• use turn-by-turn navigation (without a yearly subscription, paid to Nokia)

For the privilege of losing these features, I need only pay $175!

Vodafone (actually Marsh & McLennan, the insurance provider) did not give me the option of choosing another phone (yes, I asked).

My old phone performed both these duties flawlessly, so if you have a 6110 Navigator but you don’t sync to a Mac and you don’t use the voice navigation, I’d love to discuss the possibility of a swap.

Additionally, my MacBook Pro’s battery has swolen up to twice its original size but is not covered under the battery replacement scheme. Furious. Anger.

Ok I’m done

Update: I have finally found an iSync plug-in that actually works with the 6210 Navigator. Its a commercial product that cost around $20.00 AU, but a small price to pay to make the phone half useful to me.

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