Disqus - Friends of silpol

Re: On Drumming And Distractions

constantine — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:45:54 -0000

I have that exact same plan as well.

Re: Mobile Industry Review turns into a weekly newsletter next Friday

constantine — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 06:04:31 -0000

RSS would be preferred, I agree. I signed up for the newsletter option anyway.

Re: Mobile Industry Review turns into a weekly newsletter next Friday

constantine — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 06:03:43 -0000

not really. don't judge content by the method used for transmission.

Re: How to Create Loopable Wallpapers for Nokia N900

constantine — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 05:38:57 -0000

in full agreement with that statement

Re: Why the Nokia N900 is No Better Than an HTC Mogul

Abul — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:55:27 -0000

Sensational headlines usually get the reader in, but usually end up with reader disgruntled, confused and leaving unless the article itself is crystal clear and there is a clear point being made.

Thanks for the update, this should help the others who were on the verge of a rant.

Re: Underwhelmed by Pre launch buzz

whatleydude — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:37:35 -0000

Dun dun dun, @adonisdemon in 'not clicking through' shocker...

Caption: "This is what sarcasm looks like kids..."

;))

Re: Palm Pre launch party [There ain't no party like an O2 party... Hey... Ho... etc]

whatleydude — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:10:18 -0000

Not sure what you mean?

Re: Vodafone Live!, not available on the N86

whatleydude — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:46:45 -0000

'the x-plore option' - do tell

Re: Video Diary: Whatley & the Sony Ericsson Satio in Soho

whatleydude — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:53:20 -0000

The camera on the Satio beats everything else hands down.

By miles.

But.. Battery, sharing and just the damn size of the thing put me off.

Re: Vodafone Live!, not available on the N86

whatleydude — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:50:30 -0000

Serves me right for liking Vodafone so much? Eh?

I pay Vodafone a *shed* ton of cash every month to use their network, surely I - as the paying consumer - should be able to use whichever handset I choose.

Re: Vodafone Live!, not available on the N86

whatleydude — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:49:20 -0000

I must say Lee (and it's something I've expressed privately to Terence too), even though a solution is yet to present itself, I do appreciate the time and effort Vodafone are taking to engage with this issue.

I'm looking forward to VF360, much.

Re: Vodafone Live!, not available on the N86

whatleydude — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:46:25 -0000

"As much as I love Mippin (they're a major technology provider behind http://vodafone.com/myweb )"

Um.. is that a Really Mobile exclusive?!

:D

(that's kind of awesome btw)

Re: Vodafone Live!, not available on the N86

whatleydude — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:41:12 -0000

I appreciate the in-depth response, I do.

However I only have one answer to one of your questions. Which is:

"So, should we show links to the games, music, apps etc? Or should we remove them? Or should we show them, but on download present a warning that what you've bought may not work and there are no refunds if we don't support your phone?"

Yes. You should.

"We don't recognise your handset as a Vodafone Live! handset, we think the best service is X but cannot guarantee it will work 100%. If you'd like to talk to Vodafone about upgrading to a Vodafone Live! handset we do support, please call 08700 700 191 from your handset or click here to carry on."

Give the user the choice, offer to up-sell them AND include a call to action.

Surely this is a better option than just having the service bork everytime I need to check my trains?

Re: Vodafone Live!, not available on the N86

whatleydude — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:36:13 -0000

You can rant about it here properly if you'd like, you have my email buddy...

Re: Vodafone Live!, not available on the N86

whatleydude — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:35:35 -0000

EXACTLY!

Re: Vodafone Live!, not available on the N86

whatleydude — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:32:43 -0000

Win. Saving that now.

Shame, doubt I'll be heading back to VF Live! anytime soon...

Re: Vodafone Live!, not available on the N86

whatleydude — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:32:23 -0000

Makes sense huh?

Re: How Microsoft Office 10 will be locked out of my toolbag

whatleydude — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:25:39 -0000

Horses for courses though surely?

The iPhone wins hands down for any kind of content consumption. Music, video, navigating the web... It's a perfect device. But when it comes to content *creation*, then - to my mind at least - it has to be a Nokia.

Android is kicking it (aside from a few reported battery issues) it's well thought out UI which has fantastically produced a true unified comms system for the 21st Century.. *if* you're Google-centric, of course.

;)

Re: All change in the UK: Orange announces iPhone 3G/3GS agreement

whatleydude — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:01:10 -0000

For the record, I have a Satio. It's right here.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/whatleydude/390358...

The camera on it is *amazing*, see here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/whatleydude/390406...

However, it is one chunky handset. The iPhone which, and anyone in this stream will tell you, I am no fan of, is much more comfortable to hold and easier to use. The Satio is running a poor man's version of Symbian 5th Edition and really could benefit from either an OS overhaul (something like Android would be awesome on this device) and/or some firmware improvements that a) fix the horrendous battery issues, (360hrs? Really? What, if you leave it plugged in you mean?) and b) Do something about the UI.

At least with an iPhone I can send a photo to flickr. Still trying to work that one out on the Satio.

Yours,

A fan of neither SE or the iPhone,

James

Re: Interface Preview: Vodafone 360 Samsung H1

whatleydude — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:27:39 -0000

Vodafone already have the iPhone, just not in the UK.

Re: So much news, so little time…

whatleydude — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:29:14 -0000

I know! I totally forgot about that, I was talking to Rafe Blandford earlier on this afternoon to see if he had any thoughts on the Ovi Dev Day and his (out of character) response was - 'On Monday'.

Citing OTA as the reason... !!!

Re: Jessica’s Quick and Easy Healthy Chili

mona — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:13:30 -0000

Kevin LOL!! Way to skool Jessica then end it with a polite: "But, like I said, it still looks tasty."

And seriously, I am anti-vegan-vegetarian-organic-episcopalian(?)-FULL-BLOWN-carnivore but you don't even KNOW how good her chili is. #CantMakeThisCrapUp

Re: Jessica’s Quick and Easy Healthy Chili

mona — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:02:14 -0000

You tricked me. I ate soy crumbles. And I liked it. Still not sure how I feel 'bout that, but damn straight your EFin chili is BOMB.

Re: Samsung Galaxy i7500: First look & unboxing

Abul — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:42:42 -0000

Just pointing out that we bash Nokia for putting out devices with small batteries and here we have a case of SE doing the same thing, and Samsung failing with a huge one! Nokia deserves some credit, and probably some praise from the same bloggers who bashed them for putting out such devices (I put my hand up).

Since the Original N95 and it's battery problems, which seem to have been solved with firmware tweaks, Nokia has done a solid job on providing adequate battery life with their handsets on the majority of devices put to market.

Re: A Dongle Discovery

whatleydude — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:43:39 -0000

Wow, we must've really only *just* missed each other. Ask Rob about the six lunatics he had over on the Lucozade Challenge. I'm sure he'll have a story or two... :)