Well, it’s back to the trusty Nokia Lumia 800 again. This time not as an idle experiment, but because my iPhone4 has lost the power of speech; that is, the mic (internal and wired remote) do not function, which is an expensive motherboard fix on what is now a very old and “well used” (!) mobile.

The long and the short of it is I have to use my ‘backup’ smart phone until I work out what new one to buy, if any. In the meantime, I’m having to discover alternative ways of doing things I’ve gotten used to doing.. More details next post