G'day Glen,

Looks like you are on 3 Mobile I got mine from them, but did not get the 1GB data package deal, so I have to pay extra for the X-series package.

OK, so here goes :

1. 1GB or 1000MB approx. is quite a lot to use on a phone. I cant really give you a good estimate, but you can check your usage on your phone. Go to Menu -> Log -> Packet data. (Be aware that 3 includes downloades & uploades in the 1GB data plan, so you should sum up the all sent & received data figures. Also, you should reset the data once your billing cycle ends so you can track your usage for the month.

2. If you have wi-fi @ home, you can do so. All you do is click on WLAN Scanning at the bottom of your home screen and it should detect your home wi-fi network. If you're on the go, you can switch to your 3 mobile's 3.5G connection.

3. You do get charged for sending and receiving emails, but you dont have to worry about it since you get the 1GB data plan, sending & receiving emails dont take up much bandwith. Again, you should check your data usage for a better estimate. Once you get past the first few days of checking your usage, you should be able to get a good estimate.

4. Looks like you have push email enabled. Yes, you are always on the net but you wont get charged seperately if you do not exceed the 1GB data limit.

5. Garmin is a GPS software, supposed to be pretty good. Unless you really rely on GPS, you dont need to bother. I personally like Google Maps, as far as Australia is concerned, its very much accurate. Your battery life will suffer if you have push email enabled. I tried it and I find that I dont get stellar battery life.

Cheers mate.

if you're on the go and there's no wifi available then it would just keep on scanning for the wifi lor (: i guess that sort of drains battery so most of the time you'd turn it off, even at home. I mean you have a pc at home right? :/ so why would you use your phone. I dont know but for me, I only turn it on when I'm looking for something, and if wifi is available then I'd use wifi, if not its 3g (but sometimes i have problems with 3g as well). Once I'm done looking for wad I'm looking, then I just switch it off and go about my normal business. It auto detects the 3g network, so there isnt a need to change over to 3g or wadever like that. But wifi yes la, u need to scan, but thts abt it