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By: screen_doors

screen_doors — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 03:25:05 +0000

Geez I wish we could get decent products here in the states. I run a retractable screen door business, and I'm always looking for the latest. Unfortunately the latest here is 2 yrs old globally.

By: screen_doors

screen_doors — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:25:05 +0000

Geez I wish we could get decent products here in the states. I run a retractable screen door business, and I'm always looking for the latest. Unfortunately the latest here is 2 yrs old globally.

By: screen_doors

screen_doors — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:25:05 +0000

Geez I wish we could get decent products here in the states. I run a retractable screen door business, and I'm always looking for the latest. Unfortunately the latest here is 2 yrs old globally.

By: HeavyLight

HeavyLight — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:55:26 +0000

Sorry I wasn’t clearer, John.

What I meant was that you’d have to *pay* Â£3/mth (to use WLM) “on top” of the Â£7.50/mth (for 120MB of data).

By comparison, on Three’s X-Series I can use WLM (or any other IM client I fancy) *within* my 1GB data allowance for Â£5/mth. And lets face it, it’s not going to amount to *that* much data.

So for what I’d consider a normal smartphone airtime package, VF charge more than twice the price of Three for much, much less data.

Any other ‘additional extras Ewan ought to know about?
;-*)

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By: John

John — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:38:27 +0000

HeavyLight wrote: how on earth do VF justify charging Â£3/mth for a branded version of Windows Live Messenger? (Even if you *can* send 3000 messages every day!) And thatâ€™s on top of Â£7.50/mth for 120MB!

Its not though, is it – the data for the messenger service is included within the Â£3.

By: Ben Smith

Ben Smith — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 23:56:01 +0000

I think I’m “Vodafone-curious”…

Love the idea of the rock-solid network and could tolerate high-ish tariffs (Passport’s nice though), but always use more than 120MB per month so that could get expensive. Having gone from nothing to unlimited with x-series I’m not even sure I could develop the discipline to track my usage to avoid the nasty bills…

By: Ben Whitaker

Ben Whitaker — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 12:30:21 +0000

Was bowled over by this:

“A paltry 120mb of data per month. 250 text messages. We. Shall. See.”

Good luck! Minimum 3G data package in Indonesia is 250 Mb for seven Euros a month. Twenty Euros a month gets you 3 gigabytes.

Sounds like you’re getting just enough to get in trouble.

Still, congrats on your upgrade. Now get JoikuSpot on your E90 and an iPhone and do your web browsing on the iPhone at megabit speeds from taxis. That’s what we do over here…

E90 plus iPhone at 3G speeds via JoikuSpot- yes ! Now we’re talking…

By: HeavyLight

HeavyLight — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 23:01:57 +0000

John wrote: if you liked the Xseries blog as a 3 customer, youâ€™ll love
http://forum.vodafone.co.uk/

Just spent 15 minutes laughing at the variously misread, misinterpreted and sometimes downright misinformed responses from some of the VF team.

I especially enjoyed Matt15′s struggle to update his N95 firmware: NSU wouldn’t recognise the product code — turns out VF had sent him a dodgy replacement phone. But it was up to *him* to figure out how to change the code back to a legit VF-UK one! And then he got warned that doing such naughty things might void his warranty!

How on earth do VF justify charging Â£3/mth for a branded version of Windows Live Messenger? (Even if you *can* send 3000 messages every day!)
And that’s on top of Â£7.50/mth for 120MB!

Ewan, you’re a disgrace and I hope you’re thoroughly ashamed of yourself!
What kind of example are you setting the industry by supporting these rip-off merchants?

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By: se fanboy

se fanboy — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 03:51:13 +0000

ewan, i’m shocked you moved to vf.
i was considering leaving vf for 3, reason for leaving is the restricted access to the internet on my mobile. the browser on my mobile can’t open certain addresses because vf does not allow it, i’m not talking about 18+ sites, normal sites. also i can’t save my numbers via mobyko from vf 3g service, i have to do it when i am in a hot spot.
i hope you’ll let us know about the differences in mobile internet from these 2 companies. let us know if there are some sites you can’t access from vf that you used to access from 3.
thanks.

By: snoyt

snoyt — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:43:25 +0000

I went T-mobile across the channel since they are the only that don’t have a real data limit. Also they are the only ones allowing SIP over web-and-walk. Okay, the bandwidth is a bit tight for this stuff. Still. IT works! I have not yet found any port restrictions except smtp of course.

Vodafone is setting limits in the Netherlands, you get a undisclosed datalimit. They call it fair user policy. 10x the average user… Well, that’s not me. If I hookup my N95 to my desktops USB-port for power and start streaming 128kbit radio during worktime. I’d do 10+ GB per month…

Besides no free e-mail or other annoying services that bind you to a carrier. No Vodafone live of t-mobile t-zones for me. I just connect to carrier-independent solution anytime.

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By: John

John — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:51:23 +0000

if you liked the Xseries blog as a 3 customer, you’ll love
http://forum.vodafone.co.uk/

By: MarkW

MarkW — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:58:04 +0000

Can’t say I’m entirely shocked. I’ve recently re-committed to 3 (for 18 months, for heaven’s sake! I hate that – but…) because our relationship has been okay and I don’t want to be worrying about going over data allowances. Big BUT here though – when my father-in-law retired from a job that provided his mobile and needed one of his own for his new business I told him to go to Voda! Why? Because he just wants a phone that works for voice and SMS wherever he is and I’ve become nervous about recommending 3 to people because CS and coverage can be patchy.

My new N95 8GB is all good news though – holds a signal like you wouldn’t believe and didn’t cost me a penny for the upgrade (also have the 3 USB modem which has been a great performer – home and abroad).

By: Ged Carroll

Ged Carroll — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:24:30 +0000

Hi Ewan,

I loved Vodafone, I just didn’t love their bills, particularly when roaming. With regards the E90, its a cracking device I love mine, however like alll Nokias you can’t load it with a 1000+ contacts because otherwise it starts to play up.

If you have a Mac Nokia have a great iSync plugin that makes the whole process a cinch

Enjoy

Ged

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By: Terence Eden

Terence Eden — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:15:39 +0000

Yes, come to the Dark Side!

By: AJ

AJ — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:20:02 +0000

You are right about the xseries blog – their heart was never in it – and they way they just dropped it was pretty brutal. Still they led the way and the x-series is as wicked as it was when it started. I have also never had any problems with dropped calls or call quality any time I was with 3uk. Honest. Vodafone isn’t everything it is made out to be having been with them for 3 years. Call quality where I live (right next to a tube station) is 1 bar max – is and forever has been. Actually, I never understood what all the fuss was about. Good luck with Vodafone. I am off to O2 myself – for a change of scenery more than anything else.

By: Jeb

Jeb — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 04:10:44 +0000

I must say Ewan, I am shocked that you went with the Verizon of the UK. I’m also surprised that 3 closing your blog affected your decision so much. I am so impressed with your phone pick of phones. I hope you enjoy it. I saw an enormous amount of E90 at MWC and it made me want one again.

Congrats on the new service and phone.