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brix25
Joined: Aug 20, 2003
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@da wanqsta: After witnessing the debacle that was Bafana Bafana at the African Nations Cup, I'll take three back-to-back defeats any day by the Gunners.
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zani_003
Joined: Mar 02, 2005
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From: South Africa, Durban
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nope i didnt go to that! am too busy these days, those varsity ppl r makin my life a nightmare!!
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Siosal
Joined: Oct 27, 2004
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From: South Africa
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I see mtn's in bundle data has gone down to R1.50/R1.25. Voda still sits on R2.00 p/mb no matter what package. Hopefully they'll be forced to lower their prices too.
Competition is a great thing!
In other news, has anyone heard anything after virgin got into partnership with cell c? Went kinda quiet.
Added to that, anyone seen the new SE phones (p990 etc) being brought out? Damn! I want.
I also see nokia has dragged themselves back from bankruptcy after 2 years. Thanks to the N series. I'm sorry, I still feel the N90 is ugly. But hey.... what do I know? |
brix25
Joined: Aug 20, 2003
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Happy New Year Siosal!
News is kinda slow around this time of year...I can confirm that the W550 is out through Vodacom-unbranded.
When I saw Richard Branson at the gym didn't a get chance to question him on what the hell he was doing trying to make Cell C sexy- they're in need of an Extreme Makeover.
BTW was tempted to part with some cash today when I saw a used K600 being sold for R1600at a shop.
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Kryptik
Joined: Jun 24, 2005
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From: Port Elizabeth, S.Africa
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Welcome, xbz85. I see that Vodacom's ad on tv is still being shown, i think it's the one involving Bafana scoring two goals in a game. I don't think there'll be any winners ;-)
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brix25
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LOL@ da krypsta. I didn't watch their game last night...I'm no masochist, I can only take so much punishment.
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TeenInvader
Joined: May 13, 2005
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From: South Africa - Jo'burg
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Hi Peeeps
Ay no this Bafana & SAFA needs some serious attension.
Thank god I didn't waste my time yesterday by watching the game.
Anyway poor me still waiting for my fone from Vodacom.
Week 2 now. Last week friday I went to collect. Only to find that the fone more fcked up than before, it was not assembled correctly nothing worked.
I should be get notherone vandag. |
brix25
Joined: Aug 20, 2003
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Sorry to hear about your tale of woe...my experiences with Sony Ericsson and Vodacom have overall been good, especially when it came to customer care.
It should be as simple as loading new fw onto the phone but seemingly, from what you're telling us, Vodacom has done more bad then good.
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Kryptik
Joined: Jun 24, 2005
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From: Port Elizabeth, S.Africa
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Ja nee, a buddy from Ghana has been teasing me non-stop, every message contains helpful hints such as hanging the coach, castration, etc. Does anybody know of good pc sites for Nokia software for aforesaid buddy? I was tempted to send him a virus, just because...
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Siosal
Joined: Oct 27, 2004
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From: South Africa
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Happy new year Brix!
I'm totally happy with SE/Voda to be honest. I heard the k600 was kinda flimsy brix. I dunno first hand though.
I really hope cell c buck up cause it can only be a good wake up call to the other networks.
The W810 looks stunning though. it's a k750 with edge and a 512 mb card!
But I have to wait till October. Oh well, bigger and better things I'm sure. |
brix25
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Heya Siosal!
I recall the middle of last year, Tahir saying that we would have a 3mp cameraphone available in SA by December 2005...well, we're still waiting. The K600, which I predicted would be released on MTN never came our way which is a pity.
I read funny article in the newspaper this afternoon. Some bloke is complaining about how bad MTN's reception is in Constantia, then in the very next paragraph it's explained that the reason for his reception is so due to the fact that the area's ratepayers have refused to have a mast constructed.
Check out his website...www.cellhell.co.za (nice take on the Hellkom craze)
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TeenInvader
Joined: May 13, 2005
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On 2006-01-31 09:52:22, brix25 wrote:
Sorry to hear about your tale of woe...my experiences with Sony Ericsson and Vodacom have overall been good, especially when it came to customer care.
It should be as simple as loading new fw onto the phone but seemingly, from what you're telling us, Vodacom has done more bad then good.
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The problem with them is that they always want to open the phone to check for liquid damage even if u tell them whats the problem.
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brix25
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LOL @ bongzino...Thats simply a trick by Vodacom to say that you warrantee is void if they can find liquid damage.
The fact is though that unless your phone is sweating like a pig(see-through pouch) or you have a tendency to drop it in pools of water there is no chance of significant liquid damage.
And to think that Vodashop actually sells these see-through pouches. Me thinks they should come with a warning.
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Siosal
Joined: Oct 27, 2004
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From: South Africa
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Yeah brix, that whole mtn reception thing is inda odd. But hey, it's the little things in life that make it interesting.
I'm sure the k600 will eventually be brought over to voda. (i mean mtn got black berry after a while didn't they?)
I hear a lot of people are divided on the p990. Smaller screen but more features. I guess you have to sacrifice certain thing sto keep production costs low. I really like w900 though. Caught my ineterst there.
The nokia n series baffles me. Other than being on the bulky side, they just don't grab me. Although I'm glad they have gone away from the confusing number only system. Getting to play with the new samsungs too. What? The D600 can't vibrate AND ring? Oh dear. I never did really like the slide phones though. Couldn't hit the 1 2 3 buttons well and you really have to hold with 2 hands when dialling or typing.
I know quite a few people moving from mtn to voda this year. I don't really know the why's, but there you go. On the subject of vodacom, all well and good that they chose that rather annoying "i like the way" as their theme song, but as if they diidn't over play the song on the radio in the first place, we now have it introducing just about every other song on the high 5 @ 5. Thats killing me.
And that.... animal thats now their mascot. I cringe... really. It's the equivalent of a freakin telletubby. But I guess everyone has to have something annoying (the hello summa guy anyone?).
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brix25
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What's with all the anger at Vodacom's little meerkat...I think the ad is much better then last year's striptease ad for Vodafone Live which was annoying.
I seriously doubt we'll be seeing the K600 in South Africa.
I'm a bit late on this but while browsing Vodacom's website I discovered that they had quietly launched a Push-to-Talk service which is currently only available to corporate subscribers.
*R199 p/m for 500 pushes, every push after that will cost 35 cents.
*Introductory special of R149 p/m to get people pushing.
Check out the site, there's nice guide to this "new" technology which uses VoIP via GPRS...quite nifty if you ask me...hopefully it will be widely available come the end of this year when people are bored with video calls.
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