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brym!
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On 2009-03-02 04:16:28, ambyzown wrote:
Idou of course 
S60 touch UI seems promising too, but no pocketable device running it has been made yet, so its a waiting game. In the interim, I still intend to replace my P1 with the G900 next month. Its now N45k
The 5800 Xpress Music runs on same platform(S60v5) and it is very pocketable( barely smaller than Idou).
At N45k, the G900 is expensive! I guess it would have been cheaper if it were not for the recent crash in the naira.
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brym!
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On 2009-03-02 12:42:06, brym! wrote:
The 5800 Xpress Music runs on same platform(S60v5)
... Idou is also the first announced device to ever run on the brand new open source Symbian UI that's still being developed by the Symbian Foundation.(GSM Arena)
@amby: Sorry, I am wrong Idou runs on a different platform.
My MTN 'nite plan' has expired and I am really not sure I want to renew it...Too many late nights recently. |
2tek
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@dawny; If you are in Abj proper i think Starcomms Izap will suffice. really dont know about the other providers e.g zoom, multilinks, visafone and their coverage. I stay in Gaduwa and the izap is ok here but when i go into town it gets better. |
abubakar
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@brym: im disappointed at mtn's nite bundle more especially so bcos even though there is a gprs signal, there is no access on many nights. After gearing myself up for a late night, its frustrating to have no access. Tried calling the CC but no show. I've lost 4 nights since i started.
@all: am i the only one with MTNZONE 50% on my phone? The percentage used to swing from 10% to 50% on my standby screen. What is that abt? |
abubakar
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@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! |
abubakar
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@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? |
ambyzown
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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 |
abubakar
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@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? |
ambyzown
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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. |
brym!
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@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
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abubakar
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On 2009-03-07 22:14:10, ambyzown wrote:
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.
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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! |
abubakar
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On 2009-03-08 09:34:20, brym! wrote:
@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
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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. |
brym!
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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.
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@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. |
ambyzown
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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. |
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