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I would think that any decent phone (like most if not all Nokias do)
Ooh you're just asking to be flamed
My HTC Windows Mobile phone is 10 times better than any Nokia I've had (7 of them). And it doesn't "ask" me to allow a web connection to carry out a task that I should already know about.
I don't see the point of having a phone which asks you every time it needs to connect to the web. If you're opening Opera, collecting email etc, it stands to reason you need to connect to the web to do this.
For apps that connect automatically to the web such as weather apps, if they had to wait for the user to accept a data connection, you might as well update everything manually.
On any decent phone
there are options to turn data connections on and off, configure how the phone connects to the web and in which order of preference (PC, Wi-fi, HSDPA etc).As long as the user reads their phone manual, and the instructions that come with any downloaded app, then the phone should never connect to the web without the user's knowledge.
SV
Hehehehe, I guess my writing skills aren't what they used to be 
Perhaps I should have phrased it this way instead:
i.e. I didn't mean to imply that 'most if not all Nokias' are decent :-p, but only that they ask the user whether they want to connect.
And I know that perhaps for you and me it is obvious when a phone will want to connect and when not, however you have to consider the great numbers of users out there who are not as tech-savvy and to whom many of these things don't automatically 'stand to reason'.
It's them that have to be protected by having safety features like this.
Of course I totally agree that every user of modern hi-tech devices should always familiarise themselves with all their features and not take things for granted.
Perhaps I should have phrased it this way instead:
I would think any decent phone would ask the user if they want to go online (like most if not all Nokias do)
i.e. I didn't mean to imply that 'most if not all Nokias' are decent :-p, but only that they ask the user whether they want to connect.
And I know that perhaps for you and me it is obvious when a phone will want to connect and when not, however you have to consider the great numbers of users out there who are not as tech-savvy and to whom many of these things don't automatically 'stand to reason'.
It's them that have to be protected by having safety features like this.
Of course I totally agree that every user of modern hi-tech devices should always familiarise themselves with all their features and not take things for granted.
I was just having a bit of fun with you DonDino, as it came across as "if your phone doesn't prompt you before going online it's rubbish"
To be fair though, asking first time with an option not to ask again would be handy on my WM phone. As in "do you wish to connect / don't ask me again for this program".
My phone cost me a few pennies in connections when I got it and I tracked it down to HTC's weather app which was connecting automatically. Alright, it might not have broken the bank, but if I didn't check my online account every few days, which I do, then those pennies would have added up.
So I do sympathise with the Original Poster. Despite my comments yesterday. I've changed my mind - you shouldn't have to read instructions for every app as well as the phone - the default should be not to connect, so you have to activate automatic updates.
SV
To be fair though, asking first time with an option not to ask again would be handy on my WM phone. As in "do you wish to connect / don't ask me again for this program".
My phone cost me a few pennies in connections when I got it and I tracked it down to HTC's weather app which was connecting automatically. Alright, it might not have broken the bank, but if I didn't check my online account every few days, which I do, then those pennies would have added up.
So I do sympathise with the Original Poster. Despite my comments yesterday. I've changed my mind - you shouldn't have to read instructions for every app as well as the phone - the default should be not to connect, so you have to activate automatic updates.
SV
