Jonathan MacDonald is at it again. Make sure you’ve got a cup of coffee for this one. He’s laid bare the fascinating reality of ‘choice’ (or as he refers to the practice, ‘choice architecutre’) in the context of the SMS messages he routinely receives from Vodafone. He’s not picking on them per se — indeed, [...]
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Freepost Vodafone Recycling – the only address you need
That’s the address for your used phones. If you’re a Vodafone customer (and, I suppose, even if you’re not), you can donate your old handsets to charity easily now thanks to a brand new service from Vodafone. Recycling is nothing new — and especially in terms of donating to charity. It’s nice to see Vodafone [...]
Unlocked by 3 MiFi unit and now I’m flying
I picked up a sim card from Vodafone the other day. But I couldn’t really use it until I unlocked the MiFi unit. Thank you to the many readers who suggested an array of sites to help unlock Huwaei devices. I’m delighted to say that Paul Shadwell’s fantastic guide worked perfectly for me. I paid [...]
RIM’s carrier-billing hat-trick with Vodafone, Telefonica & T-Mobile
Congratulations to the team at RIM who’ve notched up a perfect hat-trick this morning announcing not one, not two but three carrier-billing partnerships with the global behemoths of Vodafone, Telefonica and T-Mobile (Deutsche Telecom). This is excellent news. It means that shortly, if you’re an App World user, you’ll be able to pay for your [...]
Why Vodafone had to play ball with Egypt’s Government
Although I was none-too-impressed by Vodafone’s behaviour in Egypt over the past few days, I would like to make it clear that I absolutely understand it. Time for some admonishing from an anonymous reader who explains very clearly why Vodafone had no choice but to switch service off: 1: Licence. Vodafone has a licence, a [...]
So if I was in Egypt right now, and I needed help… where would you be, Vodafone?
It’s a good few hundred quid a month I pay to Vodafone for services here in the United Kingdom. One would imagine that if I was working in Egypt, my Vodafone UK handsets would naturally roam on to Vodafone Egypt. Right? I should expect that’s the preferred network. Thus if I was in Egypt right [...]
Vodafone ‘obliged’ to suspend service in Egypt
If you’re one of Vodafone’s 28 million customers in Egypt — and you’re resident in one of the hotspot areas of the country demonstrating dissatisfaction with the Government — chances are, you might not have mobile service. That’s right. Vodafone Egypt has been ‘obliged to comply’ with the Government order. AP/Businessweek reports: Telecoms company Vodafone [...]
Impressed by Vodafone UK’s support service
I was searching earlier for the Vodafone UK APN settings. I know the details off by heart but I wanted to confirm nothing had changed since I last messed around setting up the APN on an unlocked Android device. I came across this rather helpful Vodafone official site. Genius. I’m delighted. This kind of clear, [...]
Day 103 of the Vodafone Zero-3G Experience in Richmond
So I’ve been doing a lot of consultancy with a massive, global, huge, big company in Richmond-Upon-Thames for quite a while now. 103 days, approximately. There is next to no Vodafone signal in the building, despite it being located in downtown PRIME Richmond. Walk outside and wave your handset around and you’ll be lucky to [...]
Vodafone’s My Account system exposes user information
There’s a raft of Vodafone UK customers up in arms because of a recently discovered exploit with the company’s My Account online control panel. Mobile enthusiast-cum-uber-geek Terence Eden documents the joyous experience on his blog. The quick overview? Use the password reminder feature to type in a random phone number and the system will tell [...]
The mobile reality: I’m in Richmond and I can only get EDGE
Well then. Yet again I am reminded of how supremely rubbish the mobile industry is. Occasionally I manage to pull myself out of this stupor and allow myself to get very excited at the possibilities. Then reality slaps me on the face with a big, wet haddock. I’ve been doing some work in Richmond-Upon-Thames. Near [...]
Vodafone discontinues bespoke 360 handsets; H2 cancelled
If you recall a few weeks ago I posted an exclusive from the Vodafone 360 team announcing the upcoming arrival of the Vodafone 360 Samsung H2. I’d taken a look at the H2 and found it a rather nice improvement on the Samsung H1 (the original top-end 360 handset). Well, I’ve got some news straight [...]
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T-Mobile’s Full Monty price plan: Unlimited everything — it’s brilliant and it’s the way ahead
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Trying DaaS on my iPad — it really does rock
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