Posted by abubakar
@brym: just read ur ordeal with glo. I would reduce NCC's gbosas to 1.
First, they should have detected such shortcomings b4 it becomes epidemic.
Second, they should have given them a a few working days to reimburse u, not a month. Its not like they are transfering $1000000000 to ur swiss bank acc.
Third, Glo should have been penalised for the "duress" they put u thru to resolve an issue that really ddnt need so much correspondence. The fact that they complained that u took the issue up to ncc is even more reason that they should get penalised. Would it really hurt if they gave u N50000 as some compensation?
Posted by ambyzown
On 2009-03-06 18:01:00, abubakar wrote:
@amby: im torn btwn getting the G900 and the P1. What is gearing u to leave the P1? Im a bit addicted to qwerty keys now, so to go back to a standard numerical will be hard. Pls let me know ur problems with the P1. My P990 is on its last leg now!
Abu, I have absolutely no issues with my P1, but I just feel I should change the phone after having used it for over 6months now. Plus the G900 has a 5mp camera. As for the full qwerty keyboard I wouldn't miss it, cos I use HWR most of the time
Posted by abubakar
@amby: oh! I forgot im talking to a big man! My phone cycle is closer to 18 months. Sorry for disturbing u, sir!
i'm glad to hear the P1 isnt messing up. I think i'll go for it and stay with qwerty. I never really liked HWR. Its to slow. It will take me an hr to write this post with it. I'd forget half of what i want to right b4 i get to writing it. And the fact that its a bit cheaper doesnt hurt either. Now, which way is best to transfer my settings, apps etc?
Posted by ambyzown
On 2009-03-07 00:50:00, abubakar wrote:
@amby: oh! I forgot im talking to a big man! My phone cycle is closer to 18 months. Sorry for disturbing u, sir!
i'm glad to hear the P1 isnt messing up. I think i'll go for it and stay with qwerty. I never really liked HWR. Its to slow. It will take me an hr to write this post with it. I'd forget half of what i want to right b4 i get to writing it. And the fact that its a bit cheaper doesnt hurt either. Now, which way is best to transfer my settings, apps etc?
You've gotta be kidding me! HWR is slow??? maybe on your phone but definitely not on my P1. I like to change phones at least every six months, bcos I get bored with the phone, plus after like six months, the housing usually gets scratched and begins to look old. I no be big boy oh.
Posted by brym!
@abu: I'm not too sure about the MTN zone thing but I guess that you probably activated "area information" on your phone. Could the percentage display just be signal strength from the nearest base station?
About Glo, I am just content that I got what was due to me. You can imagine how many of their customers they cheat by failing to honour promo promises. Nobody need advise me to take part in any glo promo again
[ This Message was edited by: brym! on 2009-03-08 08:40 ]
Posted by abubakar
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@amby: you just sold urself out! Why do the big boys get new phones? Bcos they are getting scratched and they are getting bored with it! Common man like me changes phone when the keypad fails or the charging point is problematic! Pls can i have 3 big boy laffs! HAW! HAW!!! HAW!!!
And regards to HWR, not that im a typist, but u cant scribble on the screen as fast as i can type. Im sure anyone with any usual decent exposure to a qwerty keyboard can dish out 24 words a minute on a qwerty or better. Doubt a HWR can. But if u can, i've got to see u in action. I can do abt 60 words a min when im inspired but do. an average of 40 per min like now. But like i said, if u can do equal or better, pls make an instructional video for me. It'll astound people more than the typing!
Posted by abubakar
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@brym: i suspected the area info thing, but its always been on. It started at they same period that i put my US and UK sims in my phone to test if the wap would work. I also registered my nite bundle at the same time. That all got me to thinking one or the other had a hand it it as the foreign sims have so many built in settings once u put them in. (the t-mobile changed my mtn mms settings!) but as an update, i thru in an unused mtn sim into an old phone and got the same MTNZONE 50%. So it might be the area info agter all. I'll fiddle around and see.
Abt the glo, at the end of the day, u got ur dough, but glo ddnt learn any lesson and 2mrw they will work twice as hard to cheat another! Not u, but surely someone else.
Posted by brym!
On 2009-03-06 18:01:00, abubakar wrote:
@amby: im torn btwn getting the G900 and the P1. What is gearing u to leave the P1? Im a bit addicted to qwerty keys now, so to go back to a standard numerical will be hard. Pls let me know ur problems with the P1. My P990 is on its last leg now!
I am on my third P1 now:
Sold the the first one to O'Yom day after I bought it: Reason? Cognitive Dissonance...couldn't reconcile expectations to price I paid for it.
Bought the second one a week after, used it for 10 months and sold it to a junior colleague...housing was looking bad besides headphone/charge port
problems.
Bought the third one a couple of months ago...I looked around but did not see a better "affordable" smartphone.
The way I see it, I'll be using the current one till 2010...making me the Platoon Commander of the last bastion of UIQ.
[ This Message was edited by: brym! on 2009-03-10 11:11 ]
Posted by abubakar
@brym: that really goes to show that the phone has the stuff. I should have bought one while i was away, especially as the naira keeps crashing against the dollar. Any one thinking of going abroad should buy pounds then change to dollars when u get out.
Posted by ambyzown
I really don't get it, how can the naira crash against the dollar and remain stable against the pound? I heard it was 179 naira to a dollar.... How outrageous.
P1 sure rocks, but like brym, my phone is getting scratched and need a shiny new phone. I'm attracted to the G900 because of the superior camera quality (BTW P1 camera sucks) plus I want a UIQ3 phone so I can easily transfer all my applications and mods without stress.
Posted by Ifedisky
@ Abu: I'm gobsmacked nobody knows what mtn time zone is
It actually is a tariff reducing plan on mtn extra cool + some other packages. The more the percentage on ur phone screen, the less the charges. You have to register though. Look it up on there webby ok. I'm down right now so I cant search for the link
Posted by brym!
On 2009-03-11 11:27:13, Ifedisky wrote:
@ Abu: I'm gobsmacked nobody knows what mtn time zone is
It actually is a tariff reducing plan on mtn extra cool + some other packages. The more the percentage on ur phone screen, the less the charges. You have to register though. Look it up on there webby ok. I'm down right now so I cant search for the link
@Ify: Checked MTN site could not find any info. I had to google it and got this from www. nigeriabestforum.com
"Hi Friends,
There is something going on now with MTN which I want to bring to you.
Have you noticed that MTN now shows MTN ZONE on your phone recently? If yes, then you are in for cheap calls. They don’t want you to know it. If not, they would have advertised it ever since.
Anyway, here is what you will do to enjoy cheap calls.
Steps to take:
1. When you see the MTN Zone on your phone at about 60, 70, 80, 90%, then dial: *135*1# and Send/Ok
2. After that immediately dial: *135*7# and Send/Ok. Please, if don’t type this second one, you will not be able to receive calls.
3. When you want to make calls, it will show you the percentage discount of the call. Assuming you want to call another MTN line: 0703.2733047. The network will show something like 50% or 90%. What it means is that you will be given a discount of 50% or 90% on the call you want to make. If you like the discount, just place your call. With this measure and feature, you can make 5minutes call with N20 only.
4. If you want to migrate back to the package you were using before, do dial: *135*9# and Send/Ok
So, do enjoy cheap calls these days.
Ken Nwankwo"
Posted by ambyzown
Hmmm, interesting. And that makes a lot of sense. All this while I thot it was raw code for area info. But lately, I haven't seen it on my phone
Posted by abubakar
This MTNZONE has raised more questions than it has answered! Im always weary of THE HIDDEN CHARGE!!! The top on my list being
1- how much is charged for migration
2- how much is charged when u are not in the ZONE? (ie no MTN ZONE msg)
3- does the discount fluctuate while u make the call or does the percentage u catch at the onset remain for the whole call?
4- what are the charges for sms? Do i still get my extra cool N5 sms?
5- cost of returning back to old tariff?
Have another sim that i might just experiment with to see. But if anyone has the answers, save me the hassle! Did some one say gobsmacked? Havent heard that in ages! Ifed o!
Posted by abubakar
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I wanted to make an comment when brym spoke of the 5mp cam but refrained. But i think i have to stir things up. Pls dont take it personal, cos i've come to respect both of ur observations and views over a wide range of topics. But.... UNA DON CRAZE!
Seriously, i dont see the point of the average joe looking for a camera sporting more than 2mp! Anyone that needs more than that needs a camera with optical zoom. As lond as the 2mp cam has a good lens and its exposure settings etc are good (like the great old k750) u can take fine pixs than would look great on any large screen. Its only if u want to put up picture on ur 60 inch computer monitor (i heard amby has 3 of them!) that u will appreciate the 5mp. For proper photos, i bring out my small sony cam with 7mp and 3x optical zoom. That is enough for me. Even if im producing a billboard!
Posted by abubakar
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Its this ur stupid CBN gov! After all that noise about trying to strengthen the naira against the dollar by decimalization abracadabra, he turns around to purposely devalue the naira by hoarding dollars so that we will have more (valueless) naira in our next budget. Im not an economist and ddnt even read economics in sec sch, but i think i understand it more than Soludo, or at least more than he would lead us to believe he knows. My UK US trip was really subdued do to the devaluation. But had i known it was still going to fall, i would have still bought some electronics on sale and sold them here at a premium! 20 20 hindsight vision.
Posted by Ifedisky
@brym: you got it spot on for the time zone thing. I was in Enugu a while ago and i was getting 90% on my phone regularly. You can imagine 90% off your regular tariff. There is no hidden charges except the txt msgs which go up to #10 from #5-#7. Really down wiv typhi now so cant flow. Cheers
Posted by Ifedisky
On 2009-03-12 09:32:00, abubakar wrote:
Did some one say gobsmacked? Havent heard that in ages! Ifed o!
Posted by brym!
[ This Message was edited by: brym! on 2009-03-13 09:47 ]
Posted by brym!
On 2009-03-12 18:51:27, Ifedisky wrote:
@brym: ... Really down wiv typhi now so cant flow. Cheers
Sorry about the typhoid fever, hope you get better soon. Wonder why it is so common these days. When i first had it about 30 years ago, I was admitted at Univ of Benin Teaching Hospital for nearly ten days. The ailment was so rare then that the medical students doing their clinicals often gathered around my bed to see ' that handsome boy with typhoid'. Boy, I felt like a guinea pig but enjoyed the attention.
Anyway, just mind what goes into your system.
@ALL: Hold on to your phone tightly and take care of it too because the prices of phones are shooting up sharply. No thanks to the current exchange rate of the naira.
[ This Message was edited by: brym! on 2009-03-13 09:48 ]
Posted by abubakar
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Im still skeptical. What happens to calls to people on family and friends? According to the brym's post, u need 60% to 90% to register, which i only have seen once by accident around 3am! Its mostly 50 or lower. Good luck with the typhoid.
Posted by brym!
On 2009-03-12 10:01:00, abubakar wrote:
But.... UNA DON CRAZE!
i dont see the point of the average joe looking for a camera sporting more than 2mp!
Em, abu! I no be average joe na?
High Mega-pixel camera phones never tickled me that much until the birth of my child. And a camera phone is always available and handy to capture those very rare moments in his life. A high mega-pixel camera phone just makes the images better.
[ This Message was edited by: brym! on 2009-03-13 11:24 ]
Posted by ambyzown
@Abu: You will always get a better picture from a camera with higher MPs bcos you can squeeze in more pixels into any given picture.
Try rhis, take a 5MP camera phone, set it to take photos at 2MP size, then compare the resultant photo with one taken by a 2MP camera phone. You'll see what I mean.
Posted by abubakar
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@amby and brym: i too love photos, but as i said b4, the difference btwn a 2mp and 5mp on ur average monitor is hardly noticeably, talk less on a 6x4 or 8x10 print, as long as the lens and exposure of the phone is good. Anyhow, these days its hard to find anything less than a 3.2mp. But as i said b4, if u really love photos and want quality pics of the kids having fun or the best friends wedding, instead of shelling out some serious wad for a new cam phone with 5mp, get a simple dig cam for less than 17k (soludo's strangle hold on the naira not withstanding!) and take much better pix! No way can the cam phone beat the pix. And dont say u cant carry the cam around for impromptu moments! Im sure both of u still log around 6 phones btwn u! Make una just admit am! Una de do big boy!
Posted by ambyzown
@Abu: You win, I be big boy and I love to play with new gadgets.
Posted by abubakar
@amby: EHEN! Now u r talking! Remain brym! But talking abt gadgets, i went to the SE store in london and the x1 they had on display wanted me to run mad! If only i had a spare £530!!! Na lie! My conscience wouldnt let me sleep if i had bought it. That would have bought me a p1 and a nice new notebook on sale! I just hope its price (relatively) crashes by next yr.
Posted by brym!
On 2009-03-14 03:54:00, abubakar wrote:
And dont say u cant carry the cam around for impromptu moments! Im sure both of u still log around 6 phones btwn u! Make una just admit am! Una de do big boy!
abu, if I admit what you want me to admit, I'll be admiiting what I don't want to admit!
Besides, I only have one mobile phone. My other phone, an N95( a gift from my boss) stays at home always. I realy hate carrying 'load' that is why my passion these days is looking for a qwerty touch- screen smarphone under 100gm.
[ This Message was edited by: brym! on 2009-03-16 09:31 ]
Posted by abubakar
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Big boys hate to carry load. Its small boys that carry multiple phones so that they can make cheap calls on one network, enyoy family and friends on another while making N5 text on the 3rd network.
Big boys need less weight in thier pockets to make room for car keys, platinum cards, roll of N1000 notes, etc hence the 100gm phone makes soo much of a difference than a, say, 165gm phone. Average joe needs a phone that when pick pocketed will change the gait of his walk due to the weight and a phone that can also be used as aweapon!
Posted by brym!
abu: Haba! This your big boy fixation...hope you don't write for City People gossip columns?
Cool boats at Jim Ovia's Civic Centre : Impromptu snapshot from my P1
Posted by brym!
Opera FingerTouch for UIQ3
Info and download link here: http://my.opera.com/operamobile/blog/2009/03/05/opera-fingertouch
Posted by ambyzown
Thanks Brym for the Touch Opera Mobile. This is the best Opera browser I've used. I like it
The animations are really very cool.
I inserted my Zain SIM into my P1 yesterday, and I'm really impressed with the speed of their data services. Even though service here is limited to EDGE its still quite fast and stable. (My P1 isn't EDGE enabled) so I'm stuck with GPRS.
Oh, and did anyone notice any changes on Esato? Especially when posting?
Posted by abubakar
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Lol! Have no fixation! Its the way u talk in ur posts that just made me want to point it out! U were talking the talk but claiming not to walk the walk! Anyhow, mtn hasnt given me the speed or the consistency to download ur 4mb+ opera. Im still wondering if it will give my RAM challenged p990 a cardiac arrest! Will try to download overnight tonight. And think, on this same planet, there are people getting 7mbps! Shame NCC!
Posted by abubakar
As i suspected, the opera mini isnt supported by my phone. Till i get my P1.
Posted by ambyzown
@Abu: go get ur P1 immediately and start enjoying Opera mobile finger version. P1 is about N35k now abi?
Posted by abubakar
@amby: thats if "Soludodization" of the naira hasnt made it closer to 45k. Think i gotta start a new thread and call it ABUSE SOLUDO HERE!
Posted by brym!
Got my current one for 33.5K in December, 08. Guess the current price from 2 shops in Saka Tinubu: 48.5K!!! Where are we heading to?
Posted by ambyzown
Yipes!!! 15k price hike in just 3 months?
Posted by abubakar
I have better things to do with my worthless naira! Last week, i heard bcos of an impending opec drop in output, oil prices rose to $48! If we ev eventually hit $100 will Soludo start basking in the excess or what? Naija's case is just too bad.
Posted by Ifedisky
On 2009-03-13 11:22:00, abubakar wrote:
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Im still skeptical. What happens to calls to people on family and friends? According to the brym's post, u need 60% to 90% to register, which i only have seen once by accident around 3am! Its mostly 50 or lower. Good luck with the typhoid.
Posted by Ifedisky
On 2009-03-16 14:31:20, brym! wrote:
abu: Haba! This your big boy fixation...hope you don't write for City People gossip columns?
Cool boats at Jim Ovia's Civic Centre : Impromptu snapshot from my P1
Good pix. Wouldn't mind a sail in one of em toys
Posted by ambyzown
I didn't want to talk about that photo, but Ifed has made me change my mind.
Did anyone else notice the refuse that littered the surface of the water? or were you all taken in by the beauty of the boats?
Posted by Ifedisky
On 2009-03-19 16:50:59, ambyzown wrote:
I didn't want to talk about that photo, but Ifed has made me change my mind.
Did anyone else notice the refuse that littered the surface of the water? or were you all taken in by the beauty of the boats?
See no evil, hear no...?!
Posted by abubakar
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I ddnt want to say anything either. But now the cat's out, Who is our minister of environment? And what is being done abt the polythene plague we are under? Some countries have banned thin polythene bags all together. Personally i prefer not to take one when i pick up bread at the neighborhood kiosk etc. What happened to the good old days when we used to carry baskets to the market?
Posted by 2tek
Well u need to see the damage "leather" has done to nasarawa state. Anything u buy must be accompanied by leather.(leather= polythene bag). And people just throw em everywhere
I'm tryin to fund a mastercard but this naira-dollar palava no gree. A dollar was sold for 189 in abj.
Posted by abubakar
@2tek: if its something pressing u need the mastercard for, u best close eye and make the payments. Unless u are planning to do more than just open the acc and make so. $140 should be enough. But unless crude oil takes a steep rise in price, i dont see the dollar coming close to $150 anytime soon. Sad. So sad.
I heard those $2000 cars from Tata are out in showrooms in india. Previous to the dollar hike, i was thinking we would have brand new indian cars flooding naija streets for under N400k retail. Now with dollar edging $200, how much will the car cost here?
Posted by 2tek
Intercontinental says minimum openin balance is $150. The only snag is that its gonna take 3-4 weeks for me to get d card. I will check out access and gt 2moro though.
Man utd has done harikiri. They ve hit the self destruct button. My team chelsea aint no better too,couldn't capitalize and lost. The league is still man utd to loose but i just have this eirie feelin liverpool is gonna steal it under their nose.
Tried my google map yesterday wit free wifi assist and gps of course. It was impressive. Now all i need is a navigation map for this abj.
Starcoms did a number on me,like play like play 100 hours finished in 2 weeks despite the fact that i kept d browsin to few hours daily and some days i don't even connect. I think i will just move to the 24-7 package and will never switch off my laptop.
Anybody using visafone or multilinks 3g to connect? I need 2 know how the service is. Starcom aint bad sha...dedicated i-zap customer care et al.
I'm pretty sure they are makin more money from d internet service than telephone sef. I can remember like last month i was stuck in nasarawa 4 like 3 weeks so my subscription expired so i didn't bother renewing since i was out of coverage,they called my phone and asked if there was no problem or if i was facing a challenge wit their package. I laughed and told d lady i was broke. She laughed back. Funny lass.
Posted by abubakar
@2tek: from what i hear, starcomms has better coverage and speed in abj than multilinks, but dont ave a clue abt visa. And abt the 100 hours on starcomms, u have to log out properly or else the system will still think u r online.
What do u want to do with the mastercard? If it can be done with the opening balance (minus the $20 or so they will charge) then u'll have no probs.
Posted by 2tek
@abubakar Can you define what loggin off properly mean? Do you mean hittin d disconnect button when i finish browsing? I don't use their i-zap interphase to connect because i run ubuntu on my laptop. And even on d rare days i run vista i simply just use d windows network manager to connect. My system is kinda starved of ram so i try to keep running apps to a minimum. Most time when i'm done browsin i just eject the modem (express card).
Posted by abubakar
U got it right. The disconnect button.
Posted by abubakar
This has been a quiet week!!
Im sad to hear about Tata's new $2000 car, the Nano, coming out with only 100,000 units, only for India. Was hoping they would flood into naija before the yr runs out so i could get one for my wifey! Might even buy 2 and sell my car! What some environmentalist are complaining abt the car is utter rubbish though!