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Kryptik
Joined: Jun 24, 2005
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From: Port Elizabeth, S.Africa
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Thanx Mikky, Season's Greetings to you as well. Can somebody perhaps clarify something for me. I'm passing my old PS1 to my nephew, together with loads of games. Now, on my Samsung tv i never had problems with the screen discolouring, etc but his mom maintains that Playstations damage television screens. Any evidence of this?
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Rhino8
Joined: Jan 07, 2005
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From: South Africa (Bloemfontein)
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If the playstation damages your screen, shouldnt your dvd player do the same? I think its false accusations tho
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Kryptik
Joined: Jun 24, 2005
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From: Port Elizabeth, S.Africa
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Exactly!!! The fact that you can plonk other discs into a PS without any detrimental effects to the screen logically means that games won't damage it either. I tried explaining that to my sis-in-law. It's easier to decline Latin verbs than to reason with her, she's as obstinate as a mule.
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Siosal
Joined: Oct 27, 2004
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From: South Africa
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Sorry iff this was already discussed, internet is acting up and can't access older pages.
What does everyone think about Virgin mobile going into partnership with cell C?
I'd like a psp too. Got offered one in a damaged box by a friend in retail for R700 but it went quicker than I could get the money.
Thats my 2c worth anyway. Seasons greetings to everyone.
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amawanqa
Joined: May 08, 2004
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From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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Just quickly going back to the Vodafone branding issue again,
so a lot of people in SA perhaps regard having a full-on enabled Vodafone phone,with full access and using the Vodafone content as some kind of 'exclusivity' factor to brag about,in the vein of "Oh,I'm not just using Vodacom...I've got an actual Vodafone phone,with all this and that,and if I upgrade to Vodafone 3G I can do blah..blah..blah..not like you simple Vodacom peasants..."
Oh dear...and if I somehow haven't over-dramatised the situation in the above paragraph,then this sad state of affairs really shows how SA could do with some more networks trying to penetrate the SA market.
If Vodafone is enjoying and causing SA consumers to have such brand loyalty due to some kind of exclusivity factor,or through people not thinking further than their noses to search the net for free downloads and content,then I find the lack of lateral thinking by the SA public disturbing.
Correct me if I am wrong;I'll actually feel relieved if my assumptions are found flawed,as it may restore a bit more faith in SA cellphone consumers' reasoning and rationalising.
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Rhino8
Joined: Jan 07, 2005
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From: South Africa (Bloemfontein)
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O2 in sa, you really think that will happen?
I live voda live coz i get free wap, and i do use a load of it, especially on my site.
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JK
Joined: Feb 24, 2005
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From: S. Africa - JOZI
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On 2005-12-09 12:30:34, Siosal wrote:
Sorry iff this was already discussed, internet is acting up and can't access older pages.
What does everyone think about Virgin mobile going into partnership with cell C?
I'd like a psp too. Got offered one in a damaged box by a friend in retail for R700 but it went quicker than I could get the money.
Thats my 2c worth anyway. Seasons greetings to everyone.
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Shame, for cell cs sake i hope it does something, i still doubt it will promote them to second best sp! |
brix25
Joined: Aug 20, 2003
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From: Cape Town, South Africa
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It has to be said that Vodafone is a powerful brand. One of the reasons Cell C went into partnership with Virgin is to exploit the latters brand recognition and it's uber cool factor.
On the surface that's what the average subscriber aspires to, a cool brand with a network that will work most of the time and offers "good" products( in actaul fact trying to differentiate between network products is a near impossible- they're all the same)
Off topic. Data bundles were supposed to go on sale yesterday, anyone bought them yet?
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amawanqa
Joined: May 08, 2004
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From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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Valid points.Perhaps my ranting is just reflecting my personal distaste for network branding and any form of restrictions that we have in the UK,like 'locked' phones,etc.
To be fair,the networks here are responsible for making handsets more affordable with the many pay-as-you-go offers as opposed to sim-free,and the networks do have numerous incentives to warrant some brand loyalty,such as the O2 online sim monthly sms allowances,or Orange's freebies,or whatever.
I just don't enjoy feeling 'bound' to a specific network;I have a collection of sim cards from most of the UK networks and try capitalise on their offers as and when it suits,in unlocked handsets.
I guess I am just trying to have the best of both worlds;having my 'cake' and eating it by trying to maximise the deals that the networks have on phones and services without being obliged to stick to one specific network or their branding.
Scaley wanqa,I be. 
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Kryptik
Joined: Jun 24, 2005
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From: Port Elizabeth, S.Africa
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If i may slightly digress, does anybody know why my buddy's T610 keeps freezing when the camera is being used, and is there a remedy for it?
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brix25
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I think your buddy needs a fw upgrade. That's the only thing I can think of right now. If he doesn't want to deal with Vodacare he could try a master reset which is not guarenteed to fix the problem. The T610 is not my favourite SE for ahost of reasons.
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amawanqa
Joined: May 08, 2004
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From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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Had a chance to play with a mate's Motorola MPX200 'smart'phone.He got it new off ebay;still has the protective film on the screen.
Although this has long been superceded by the MPX220 and MPX300,it was the first time that I've had a fiddle with a Windows (2002) phone.A lot has been said about this phone's less than perfect record.
Can't say that all the menus are the most intuitive,but obviously I am new to these.
The build quality seems pretty damn good,with a pseudo-'flip-flop' paint effect,with all glittery bits within the black.
Well-finished indeed.
The 'home' screen is certainly customisable,as regards layout and content.
Quite a few Orange sub-menus pre-loaded,such as Orange back-up,Orange Update,Orange Media etc.
Not a shabby handset as such,but it is quite a chubby handset;would give the SE Z1010 a run for its money as regards girth...
While still on Moto phones,the L6 and L7 SLVR are now available here.
Best prices so far is £90 for the L6 with free BT headset on O2 PAYG, and £150 for the SLVR,also on PAYG.
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brix25
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From: Cape Town, South Africa
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Right wanqsta, there were a lot of complaints about the MPx200- especially it's software. This could be attributed to the fact that this phone was a trail blazer when it came to Windows-based smartphones.
I'm thoroughly enjoying my P910...after three days I've gotten used to the qwerty keyboard, still don't have the handwriting-recognition figured out but I wouldn't want to use the stylus all that much.
Now my question is why can't SE put the scroller-wheel in there other phones? I mean it would make life so bloody easy.
BTW, do S60 games work on the P910? I've downloaded the latest installment of the Prince of Persia franchise and it doesn't want to open.
Yesterday I was ready to part with R550 after seeing a brand new T600 in one of cellphone shops down here...it's so tiny it would've been the perfect foil for my P910i.
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amawanqa
Joined: May 08, 2004
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From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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@ brix,
I have also had no luck with using S60 games.I tried to install a few arcade classics last year,like Raiden etc.which was on a Nokia 6600 'games and ringtones' cd, but to no avail.
So after a few searches earlier this year,you'll find some stuff here..oh wait...ermmm...check your PM.
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brix25
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From: Cape Town, South Africa
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@da wanqsta: Thanks for that one bro.
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