New iPhone

[Rik]

I thought from the opening, that they were going into "They're coming to take me away".

[pctech]

Well, thats errr different.

[Rik]

It was. I always felt the singer sounded a bit like Bob Monkhouse.

[pctech]

No reason why not.

He's been resurrected once for that strange ad for a worthwhile cause.

[Rik]

It was weird, wasn't it, albeit technically clever.

[pctech]

Yes

Here's a link for anyone that wants to see it again.

[Rik]

It had quite an impact really, didn't it. It certainly made me think.

[pctech]

Me too.

Took me by surprise the first time I saw it on TV (was the intent I suppose) but it made me think about how technically clever it was but also about the message.

[Rik]

Exactly, first we took in the technical brilliance, then the message hit home. A brilliant ad in the end.

[pctech]

I fear we have strayed off topic.

[Rik]

It's what we do here, Mitch.

[pctech]

Indeed and if it had been any other forum I'd probably have a slap on the wrist by now.

[Rik]

We regard threads as conversations, we answer the main point, then drift off into other issues, coming back to the main point as required. We feel it's more natural, and friendly, than tightly regimented topics.

[pctech]

I have to agree there.

[Rik]

It's not for everyone, Mitch, but most people seem to like it that way, and it does feel more natural. The analogy I've used in the past is that if a bunch of friends are having a drink in a pub and someone comes in to ask directions, they'll stop, give him their full attention and help then, when he leaves, drift back into conversation. If he comes back again, they'll stop again and so on.

[Lance]

And those that don't like it don't have to be here

[Steve]

I've got some 6 months of my contract left,so the max buy out is 6x £20 /month, it will depend whether I'm a platinum,gold or silver customer as to how much this reduced by i.e Silver one month rebate ,Platinum 6 months rebate. Or you can buy a pay and go. I'm tempted to swap for a basic phone in 6 months time and look at the iPad.

[Simon]

Going back to the man in the pub asking directions, if he comes in a third time, we tell him to either buy a round, or piss off and get a map. 

[Gary]

I've got some 6 months of my contract left,so the max buy out is 6x £20 /month, it will depend whether I'm a platinum,gold or silver customer as to how much this reduced by i.e Silver one month rebate ,Platinum 6 months rebate. Or you can buy a pay and go. I'm tempted to swap for a basic phone in 6 months time and look at the iPad.

The ipad has no real hold on me, a p[hone is more important, ill do the 6mhs contract deal and rebate and get the iPhone 4, I'll look at the iPad in a year to see how its improved.

[Tacitus]

I'm curious about their request for the hotspots be turned off for a demo to work properly. Does this mean the iphone can't cope when it detects more than a few?

Nothing to do with the iPhone as such.  I imagine the organisers simply didn't provide enough bandwidth for the number of connections.  Given that it was a computer conference you'd think they would realise usage would be heavy, but there we are.

[Gary]

Nothing to do with the iPhone as such.  I imagine the organisers simply didn't provide enough bandwidth for the number of connections.  Given that it was a computer conference you'd think they would realise usage would be heavy, but there we are.

That makes sense. Mobile hotspots like the mobile phone repaters used at events can become quickly saturated if not enough bandwidth was given in the first place

[pctech]

If any of the Blackberry/iPhone/HTC fans on O2 are planning a trip to London you'll be pleased to know that apparently Nokia Siemens Networks have completed network upgrades that should increase data and voice capacity.


You can read more here

[Rik]

I heard Simon was driving up immediately.

[pctech]

On a mobile dedicated forum I am a mod on (which is slowly drowning in spam because the admins won't implement anti-spam defences) we had a lot of people complaining about O2's network in London since the iPhone was launched and as you seem to have a healthy mobile data user base here I thought I'd mention it.

[Rik]

We're relatively lucky with spam, Mitch, but we do have quite a lot of automatic barriers in the way, plus we watch the new members IP addresses like hawks.