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Muhammad-Oli
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Yeah I thought Vodafone's fair usage policy wouldn't allow us to use $375 worth and pay only $6. If the figure is true, it seems as if Vodafone would be making a huge loss. If not, they're at least making a bad financial decision... They could be making so much more off us! Not that I'm complaining...
And yeah definitely good news on the SE front in my opinion. But I'm personally more excited to hear that Howard Stringer is being put into the mix. I'm hoping this will bring SE in line with the likes of the PlayStation, Bravia and Cyber-shot brands which are at the forefront of their respective technologies.
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carkitter
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I think it demonstrates how little on-net calling costs Vodafone and ultimately, why MTR's should be low or non existant.
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I think vodafone are probably making $5.99 per month from people using bestmate and calling for about 500 minutes 
Edit: ok I suck at england. By that I ment it probably cost vodafone 1 cent per 500 minutes on net calling
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SE's problems aren't a lack of technology, it's a lack of sales. The niche market SE sells to has moved on to the next fad and that's what happens with niches. Apple inspired the current fad, SE needs to inspire the next one.
The questions are "What do we need that we don't have, that we don't yet realize we need, and when will SE make it available for sale?" |
soane28
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I will see what SE come up with by the end of the year i think before i decide how they are to fare next year. I just feel like we arent going to see anything exciting from SE until next year.
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I saw an N97 dummy in a Vodafone shop last week and it looked like a nice piece of hardware but the price... the iPhone looks like a good value proposition in comparison.
Has everyone checked out the new Nokia Smartbook? Not bad eh? I wonder how much Voda would charge per month for that coupled with a data plan...
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soane28
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carkitter - yes the N97 does look good aye? I did see that also but forgot to mention.
certainly not bad for a mobile phone company! Wonder how much it would cost? Or did i miss that bit?
Seriously considering getting the Nokia N86. The LG Renoir as much as i still love it, is extremely slow. Everything takes ages to load and its really getting on my nerves. Ive even installed a persons custom firmware that was made to help improve the speed with no luck! Dont have the money for the 12 megapixel gang, will upgrade to one of them at a later date.
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Muhammad-Oli
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On 2009-08-25 09:01:24, carkitter wrote:
Has everyone checked out the new Nokia Smartbook? Not bad eh? I wonder how much Voda would charge per month for that coupled with a data plan...
I think it looks stunning for a netbook. Who would have thought it would take a mobile phone manufacturer to make a netbook that actually had a point of difference over the rest of them.
You may know I have an HP Mini which is HP's netbook entry. They are really really great little things, and extremely portable.
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carkitter
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On 2009-08-25 13:52:35, Muhammad-Oli wrote:
You may know I have an HP Mini which is HP's netbook entry. They are really really great little things, and extremely portable.
I didn't know that actually; how big is the screen?
I struggle with small screens TBH, 10" is about the minimum I could cope with, I think. When I bought the Vaio, I agonised over the move from 15.4" to 14.1" screen but the chance to get a Vaio for 1200 bucks was too good to miss.
One of my fellow students has a HP notebook with an 18" screen, its gorgeous!  Another has a white Eee PC running XP and he swears by it.
BTW, I've made a few updates to the "Visiting NZ..." thread including some recent investigation into Prepay wifi. Has anyone tried Prepay wifi or wifi at Starbucks or wherever?
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carkitter
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Some shockingly low prices at Expert Infotech at the moment.
T700 = $290
C510 = $319
G900 = $385 (is this the cheapest ever 5Mp camphone?)
C905 = $629
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Muhammad-Oli
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On 2009-08-25 14:54:10, carkitter wrote:
On 2009-08-25 13:52:35, Muhammad-Oli wrote:
You may know I have an HP Mini which is HP's netbook entry. They are really really great little things, and extremely portable.
I didn't know that actually; how big is the screen?
I struggle with small screens TBH, 10" is about the minimum I could cope with, I think. When I bought the Vaio, I agonised over the move from 15.4" to 14.1" screen but the chance to get a Vaio for 1200 bucks was too good to miss.
One of my fellow students has a HP notebook with an 18" screen, its gorgeous! Another has a white Eee PC running XP and he swears by it.
It's a 10" screen which is about as small as I could go too. I still mostly use my larger Mac at home, but the Mini is great for when I head away for a night or something. Surprisingly the Intel Atom processor doesn't slow things down too much.
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I just won a Trademe auction for a G705  |
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I'd say 15" is about as low as I would go, but I wouldn't go any resoulution lower than WSXGA+ (1680x1050) (even though my current monitor is SXGA)
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Muhammad-Oli
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On 2009-08-26 03:22:00, carkitter wrote:
I just won a Trademe auction for a G705
Nice one, is it for yourself or your wife? Brand new?
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It's for me.
It's a one week old, unwanted gift. I saved $115 on the new price.
You'll know I've picked it up when my Avatar changes...
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