Banks and Cash Withdrawals
My Barclays Premier Account allows £750 daily withdrawals.
So that plus a credit card, or perhaps a Personal and Joint account like that would get you £1500 in 2 simple transactions. It's not that much money.
Posts by Vince
128 posts • joined Wednesday 16th May 2007 17:36 GMT
Downgradings....
Hmm, in theory this sounds good... but... as a T-Mobile user (which means I have good throughput and service, a good price and good Customer Services unlike if I was on with the fruit), I'd rather have 1 bar of T-Mobile service with its capacity and data routing, than 5 bars of Oranges signal but the dial-up modem speeds you get, so in many ways this is likely to be a downgrade...
Not that simple to switch
This increase is going to be a huge problem for most people. It's really not as simple as just saying "switch to Linux". If it really was as simple as just switching, people would do it more often...
It can be done and in some places and cases it can be done relatively quickly and easily - but in other businesses it would be a lot more difficult and potentially more costly than the increases etc.
correct answers? giffgaff? haha.
Correct answers "much later"? You're not using the same Giffgaff then... I find it is "not at all" rather than "much later"
Re: Comparable?
As a netflix customer I can answer that...
Senna = not on netflix
Faster = not so much
The Green Hornet = no
Happy Potter = no...
...you get the hint?
(but I still love netflix and watch it more than my Sky box now (although I haven't movies on my Sky Sub and I don't really watch movies much, so it's mostly comedy and TV series that I never saw on TV for me...)
speeds
I have a tmob pay monthly deal, all of 13.00 a month, includes unlim hand set data, current speed 2.4 down, 558kbps up.
Would be surprised if Monty tariff is worse given the much higher cost
Posted in What's in the box, Windows sysadmin?
@Goat Jam
Ah I see you're still harping on to days of old - Windows Server 2008, and the newer 2008 R2 along with desktop versions like 7 etc do have a web server included, but like much of Windows these days it isn't usable or active at all unless you explicitly go and enable it. It's pretty much like having the installer pre-loaded but not actually installed.
Your argument on the security fail is therefore a fail in itself and based on history rather than reality over the last few years.
Oh and just to save time, before we get into the "but Linux has never included this security fail blah blah" - that's good, you go live in the past, you know back when Linux SMTP servers also thought it was just as acceptable to be open relay by default. Things change... times move on...
As for bloat, I guess it depends how much you care. Windows Server uses more space than Linux, true enough but disk storage is dead cheap, and at least I haven't got to go and apt-get or some other variant a bucketload more things I need to get going. It's just a different way of doing things.
@anon re TV quality
Funny you mention it, I moved to Virgin last year because my premises had a really duff BT line, and actually fixing it would be beyond BTs reasonable problem and just stupid money, so the only useful fix would be to get an alternative. Hi Virgin.
So I figure I may as well kill all the birds with that one stone, so move the broadband, tv and such to them.
I'll give them praise - my 50MB service was spot on, I got those speeds (when I was downloading from somewhere with enough bandwidth (eg our servers), and worked faultlessly the whole time.
TV on the other hand... well the set top box sucked, wouldn't output to SCART and HDMI at the same time for reasons Virgin understand but I suspect is something between inadequate spec of set top box and anti-watching-stuff in another room with repeaters etc thing. Ignoring that, and the box just not being very good at remembering to record stuff (or worse, just recording random stuff and then assuming it has been recording for 3 months and then deleting everything, no really)... the picture quality, even on a HD channel was frankly abysmal. Worst TV I've ever watched.
4 months in, I cancelled virgin, terminated the lot early. Spent the next few months with them chasing me for the £180 cancellation fee (they still had a valid direct debit, had said they'd take it from there but never did, rang me and insisted I paid them despite also agreeing they had a valid DD and had said they'd take it) and never collected any of my equipment they say they own and must have back blah blah.
Moved house after that, got Sky again, and it all just works. Sky picture good, shame the box can't hold more TV (1TB box still not that big) (yeah I could upgrade myself, but not the point), and broadband works - not as fast true, but I got over the rare benefit of that 50meg service...
We're still talking about this because?
Er OK pedromap here's a way...
I have a Motorola Atrix. I download Podcasts, several. Daily and Weekly ones. My Atrix has a linux install built into it, and connecting it to a screen (which is not tethering no matter how many times morons say it is) means I get access to full desktop Firefox among other things.
Using said firefox I can watch BBC iPlayer, I can download lots of stuff, browse full fat web pages, and many other things, all legitimately, and none by tethering. I can EASILY (and do) sail past 10GB a month.
OK sure, the Atrix is unusual in this regard (today, but give it time...)
Yes it is undoubtedly true that "some" will be tethering or otherwise doing things against the T&Cs, or are just using as much data as they possibly can because they can - in the same way some people download never ending "linux ISOs" if you believe them but somehow never have time to watch, sorry, install them.
So there are really only 3 issues:
(a) Some users can legitimately use a lot of data without breaching the terms and conditions, and as it stands, those users are not only complying with the terms of service, giffgaff right now are obliged to provide that service in return for the consideration (the money paid) otherwise they are in breach of the terms to the customer.
(b) Some users are using the service against the terms they signed up to. This is not a point for debate, you're either compliant or you are not. If you are doing anything accepted as tethering by anyone sane (eg except morons who think chargers or headphones are suddenly tethering). then you're in breach and should (as per your terms) be disconnected.
(c) Giffgaff like many many before make these problems for themselves. If they could not bill for the data, they could have said, for 'x' per month you get 'y' amount of data, and said NOTHING about the fact it was unlimited - some will work it out and get lucky, many won't, and anyone accidentally using over the agreed limit will have a nice experience too. Once they can bill, give it a month, let people know what they used and if more than allowed either tell them they'll have to reduce in future, or pay 'n' for more data.
If they're able to bill for the data, then the problem never crops up unless someone set a limit that was also unsustainable (this person therefore needs to be redeployed to a different area of the business since financials are not for them).
However, giffgaff started with "data is free, use as much as you want" then continue with "unlimited data". Given they're offering "unlimited" that's what they should be providing (subject to you complying with your side of the bargain).
They are of course entitled to change the offer - I'm not sure why there is such a debate. They've got the right to change things, various notice periods may apply (generally quite short since nobody has a long term contract), and once said notice period is over, if the offer isn't like the old one, you can moan as much as you like, but you weren't offered the service for any duration beyond that which you had paid for it.
Meanwhile for the majority of people, this is indifferent "news" because they're not using an amount of data outside the agreement that causes a problem, and even if they were tethering (not that it makes it OK) they don't use enough to cause any concerns. So in the same way that 1% will be using all the data if those numbers stack up, I suspect that same 1% will be crying themselves a frikking river of upset over something they're not obliged to receive for more than 'd' days, and that doubtless a good number of them will be using a service they haven't paid for (no, sorry, "I paid for unlimited data and it doesn't matter how I use it" is NOT a valid argument because actually you did not. You paid for unlimited data for specified purposes).
OK, so now where is the IT news?
or how about it not being tethering...
So this nonsense about headphones being a tethering scenario.... what nonsense.
Headphones do not process the data received over 3G, the phone has a DAC, it converts this and the headphones receive the audio signal from that.
Your TV does not process the data, but the result of the data...
Your laptop receives the IP Packets sent on 3G. That is tethering.
Now about this limited unlimited... for the 'n' amount of revenue received how much data is feasible while still giving margin, when calculated in a sane way. Then take some away, to give margin. Problem solved. Now publish *that* amount.
If network has capacity and you have used the guaranteed allowance you can..
A) Offer customers "best efforts" option of low priority data when capacity allows. Send them a text so they know they are at that point ... and maybe warn them beforehand too.
B) Offer a paid option of more data with the paid priority again.
For example, my phone downloads podcasts daily. It does it at 3am. Network has capacity spare, no major cost to provider for me using it, so i should be able to get good speeds and even if I do not, i don't mind since it is downloading for later.
If i needed data NOW I would be able to live with what is available on best efforts, or pay to get it PDQ.
The sooner we get away from the nonsense of unlimited with limits the better.
License is not the same as Copyright.
I'm not sure people quite get this...
The issue isn't about license keys, entitlement to use a license etc.
It's about the code that is on the copies being made. The code is copyrighted, and Microsoft property. Comet were making copies of copyright code without permission from the legit, legal copyright holder.
License to use software is not the same as copyright of the item itself.
Got it?
Posted in 08 Wizard
Also you could try...
By the looks of it you're on t-mobile from the screenshots, so one thing you could also do is add the 08 number booster, £2.13 gives you 30 minutes of calls to the 0845 brigade. Obviously not perfect or as good potentially but takes those calls down to 7p/min give or take and could be worth it if you haven't got an alternative number to hand.
Vodafone offer something similar, for an additional fee will let you use inclusive minutes for some types of 08 number.
I don't think Orange, Three or O2 have such an option. Obviously the above isn't perfect but it could help in some cases.
Seperately though this "rip off line rental" claim - obviously not substanciated but I'm guessing your line rental gives you a generous bundle of minutes and texts, and probably internet access and probably a subsidised phone, so it isn't necessarily such a "rip off" --- unlike landline line rental where for £10-£15 typically you generally get sod all included and have to pay more generally speaking for "inclusive" minutes. Comparatively speaking, mobiles offer better bang for your buck I would argue.
Great to see the usual misinformed bunch yapping.
First off, they have better accuracy than "the mall" using the moble, it is possible to get very accurate ideas of where someone is just from what is done now. For whatever obscure reason you think Bluetooth would help... not really, since it is not default on for pretty much anyone in the mall (the point is to know what people do/where they go), but it also is MORE trackable to an individual than the current system.
Second, all those who keep banging a drum on privacy... if you don't want that level of tracking, then forget the shopping centre/mall, but think more about having a mobile in general. Your movements can be tracked, and quite possibly are at times, routinely.
I quite value my privacy, but our shopping centre does (maybe did... we noticed it looks like some parts have been removed recently) use Path Intelligence, and I have to say I don't massively care - it is pretty clever, and as long as they are using TMSI type stuff generally speaking it wouldn't massively upset me from a privacy perspective IF (a) it cannot track a specific person and just shows general areas as I believe it does from what I have seen thus far, and (b) that it has some sort of max-track time since if you do work near the centre there is a possibility potentially that my TMSI won't change all day if I don't have to change cell.
I'm all for privacy, but there is a "when it matters" perspective here, combined with the usual FUD being spewed forth.
Grr! This is the sort of backward thinking that should be banned
This is the sort of stuff generally that annoys me more generally and not in this particular case (mostly cause I have no Playstations etc)
But I do have for example a lot of android devices, and they're all mine. They're all signed in with the same google account - and I do use them all. So why exactly does the actual device being used have anything to do with it?
Find a way to track simultaneous use or something sure, that I can understand, but really? Limit the number of devices, that sounds like a low-tech, nasty cop out - as time goes by it is certain we'll have more devices on average - that's how things are developing.
@SuperTim
I think Tim has noticed the bug in BMWs that I had noticed myself, although I think they may have been sharing flawed technology with other manufacturers who make vehicles, such as the new 4x4 style Volvos, which also have without doubt this flaw.
Titles are optional, which is a shame
...because the sarcastic stuff said in the title because you had to have one was good for the posts.
mines the one with the xoom in the (large) pocket...
I was sceptical of tablets in general, and as my past experience of Motorola was not stunning I had reservations.
Then I tried a friends.
Then I bought one. 32GB with 3G.
It is now my most used device. It gets used everyday, for hours from watching video to writing documents. I am amazed just how much use I get for it, and how many new uses I keep finding. Worth the 479 I paid, absolutely.
My only complaints are the poor volume buttons and insanely weak charger and its associated annoyances, but ignoring that minor grumble, it rocks.
Most useful gadget i have bought in a while (and I buy loads).
Posted in DNS hijack hits The Register: All well
PGP Signing was not/is not the issue...
re PGP signing...
Um well the change of nameservers for theregister.co.uk would have required a secured request from netnames to Nominet, so the issue isn't that the nameserver changes aren't controlled/signed/restricted, more that if you use a registrar like netnames that has a "control panel" and automates that, breeching that defeats the other.
the reg could have a nominet account itself and not need a third party, not have a control panel and problem solved, or use someone like my company which for this very reason has no such automation - much harder to compromise something if there is nothing to compromise!
This leaves us with the human hijacking and compromise issues, which are more readily dealt with using a shotgun[1].
[1] Obviously we wouldn't use one.
Ah Tom Tom...
I have just called tomTom because my TomTom Go Live 1005 (UK And Europe) - catchy title nav device has got multiple faults. This I can live with, it happens. I can also say they were quick to open an RMA.
The only issue is they haven't got any backup functionality for new TomToms like mine, so you cannot backup settings, favourites and saved POIs etc. Boo!
That is frankly poor, and a shame because when it works, my Sat Nav has been amazing, the Live Traffic Info has saved me sitting in jams numerous times.
Posted in HP Envy 17 3D Core i7 laptop
Didn't make me envious, so I sent it back...
Ah yes the laptop that promises so much, but in fact is ****. Totally ****.
Battery life is rotten, 45 minutes. What the hell is the point of that. Try playing BBC iPlayer HD content on battery, it gets worse and worse until break up - does it with a clean install, a factory install or an alternative install. Even playing unreal tournament it wasn't happy. It has horrid Disk I/O performance (half the speed AT BEST) of my last laptop (and measured as such, not just perception).
It's the first time HP have left me down, and I sent it back for a full refund. A complete joke of a laptop.
It also gets ridiculously hot doing normal tasks (and no other laptop of similar spec gets as warm) - the whole thing feels like design went over reliability and function with this, which is probably why it sucks. Run run away...
Three not the first...
Well Orange have charged for Delivery Reports for a long time, so 3 aren't exactly starting this, but instead following the lead from Orange.
The whole idea of charging me to confirm the message was delivered is interesting (and possibly a bit unreasonable). Still for me it is a non issue because other than prefixing every message I send on O2, they don't do delivery reports...
Posted in 2011 Ford Focus
What @TheFamousGrouse said... and then some...
Everything as said by "The Infamous Grouse".
It isn't clever, funny or even worthwhile being a moron who cannot be arsed to indicate when changing lanes or at roundabouts. I mean seriously, it doesn't really cost you anything (unless a fractional bit of wear measured in some tiny unit matters that much), and we would all get home safer, easier and with less messing around (and hey, we'd prob end up being able to save the planet better by avoiding extra slow downs because we think you're about to do something you aren't doing, which is better for the general environment if you think about it).
I swear you should have this as standard, and while we're at it, some sort of gunfire from the rear car after a few seconds warning to shoot you if you cannot get a grip of the basic concept of not parking your car on my rear bumper but keep a sane distance "just in case" any of us have something suddenly needing some rapid slow down (you know, like cocks who undertake AND don't indicate and then just dive right on a roundabout from the left filter lane all in a few seconds.
(The only flaw with the grouses roundabout suggestion would be how you'd "indicate" to signal "straight across" ... of course if everyone did just indicate properly we'd know what the lack of indication meant too.
Old tariffs still rule...
Meanwhile my existing O2 tariff offers unlimited texts (no fair use policy), unlimited data (no fair use, tethering allowed, only "not allowed" service is "video streaming"... not that I care), unlimited mms, unlimited roaming texts (sent not just received), free incoming roaming calls in europe (no fair use), included roaming data, unlimited o2/o2 calls, free calls to 10 landlines, 1200 minutes for x-net/other landlines, 3 month usage rollover, double minutes bonus for 2400 total. Plus various other extras.
Still on that tariff, still paying £45, still can't be beaten. Especially when abroad. Like now...
The only downside to O2 is the pathettic 3G coverage. However, nobody else can even come close to the current deal so I'll be staying put.
Posted in MozyHome stiffs unlimited users
Um...
Yeah the drives are cheap, but spinning them 24/7 isn't as cheap....
Can't say I am amazed that O2 beat the others.
As an O2 customer, I'll tell you why they're considered good by some... like me.
I'm admittedly with O2 Business, but the tariff I have is brilliant, and despite being 4 years old or more, completely unmatchable by anyone else. Free roaming texts & pic messages, calls and a fixed price cap on data usage for overseas use (handy cause I'm just about to head out the country again), then coupled with free o2/o2 calls (70% of the calls are O2), stupidly generous cross net mins, unlimited texts, truly unlimited usage, brilliant policy on upgrades/changes, ability to let me do sim swaps with no hassle, very good customer services when you do need it, plus other odds and sods (free facebook/twitter text messaging, bluebook, priority for o2 arena stuff) make them utterly compelling. I look at the competition every couple of months, nobody has beaten them yet for pricing or service.
The only real downsides to O2 are that they still don't think 3G coverage matters (though they are still by far the best on just having basic 2G coverage everywhere I go (yep subjective, but for me I have never been left wanting), and they do seem to have a habit of text messaging delays from time to time. They have also had 2-3 data outages (so have everyone else).
Of course how people feel on the newer tariffs with less of the good stuff, and consumer customer services I have no idea.
Yawn. Seriously, it's very simple...
Yeah, see the iphone 4 antennagate stuff.
You've got a weak signal, you picking up the phone moves it and likely pushes it over the edge.
Plus if you're on 3G signals breathe, so on-the-edge coverage is variable.
That and many other reasons.
Posted in Three is voted the best UK network
@samster
"'Frank' from 3 (obviously not his real name) told me that "3 install special software on their handsets to make them compatible' and as a result , unbranded handsets (e.g. those without the 3 logo) can not be supported. What absolute tosh. No amount of reasoning with the clowns on support helps you in this situation."
Actually, you're wrong. There have been 2-3 handsets I know of where the initial firmware released was not fully compatible with 3 (and other networks) and thus you needed a firmware upgrade before it worked at all, or worked reliably, so there is an element of truth.
Kindle Good, Paper Bad.
I got a Kindle recently and it is really rather good. It's one of those things I bought thinking "hmm, will it be any use and will I care in a couple of weeks" but actually I do. I've read far more material than I've read in years in book form, just because it makes it more portable, and I can read books to suit my mood. I tend to be reading several books at once, but as I don't have to carry them all around, it makes that more accessible and feasible.
I can well believe that the digital versions are more popular.
@Graham Jordan ... sounds familiar
I've been a long term Nokia dude too, owned every communicator etc etc. ... Always bought them SIM Free .... always paid well over the odds.
The N900 was the last straw. For me it was the ridiculous Micro USB which broke, just like it did on the N97, same design flaw, same fault, same stupid stupid mistakes.
I played with my other halfs HTC Desire for an hour or so. I bought one. The Nokias are binned. I won't be going back.
Posted in Stick a fork in floppies - they're done
RE: How long will it take for microsoft to keep up?
Good to see you're up to date yourself. I can only assume you've not used Vista or 7 then?
No Floppy Drive in sight.
Live in Hope!
That "Farmville", "Mafia Wars" et all will go.
Yes, there is value in it. Precisely £0. So nothing to refund.
Of course if Dell say they're offering a PC for £200 with Windows 7 Home Premium, 2GB RAM, 160GB Drive, DVD-RW Drive, Mini Tower Case etc and they don't offer an option to "remove" Windows (which they normally don't) then there is effectively no direct cost for Windows. If the PC can be readily ordered with no windows then it is a little different since there is a clear "component part" to it.
If it cannot be shown that the vendor of a product offers is a standalone option (in this sense Dell is the vendor for windows in the same way they're the vendor for the memory, drive etc and offering it on a "all or nothing" basis) it is in fact inclusive (not free), but there is £0 value attached, and therefore nothing to refund.
There is case law on this.
Of course if you call Dell and ask them to ship you a PC sans windows, they will, and do. What this gets you in reduced price or not is pretty much down to your bartering skills and sales chimp.
However more importantly, if you just avoid buying Dell (never a bad thing) and buy hardware from someone else that doesn't bundle it, then it no longer matters. The key here is not buying a machine with something you don't want. There is choice, go elsewhere.
Straightening out the facts...
@Harry the Snot
No, you're not reading correctly, we're on about the third level. It isn't <something>.uk that is going open, it is <something>.co.uk or <something>.org.uk etc.
@Fuzz
Some 2 letter and even 1 letter registrationed existed BEFORE these rules - they have been allowed to continue. Nominet have detailed this on the web site.
@Jess
I believe that HMRC etc no longer get priority status in an administration, so while it was once true, I think that is no longer the case.
Someone pointed out to me once that as
Posted in 3 gets Desire
@Michael Drownie (and wrong information)
"it will be locked to 3G only, mainly because 3 dont have much in the way of a 2G/2.5G network so they route all the voice calls over 3G. It'll only drop to 2G when you're out of 3G coverage at which point it piggy-backs on the T-Mobile network. So chances are you'll probably be stuck on 3G only."
Or in fact Orange, it used to be O2 but I'm pretty sure they've totally dropped that now.
Are you confusing the Three/T-Mobile Mast/Site Sharing/Network Merge with the 2G Fall Back to Orange? Methinks you are.
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@John Loader / Not just the south....
"The 3 upgrade map shows the South getting all the attention. Few people live where I do but a million or so visit - with little or no 3 coverage"
No, they're currently upgrading the South - they'll be upgrading other areas (and have) over time - three are the only network I've seen that can be bothered to provide network maintenance information so extensively - good work 3.
Posted in Steve Jobs uncloaks the 'iPad'
Wake me up when it is over
God that's a dull product. The Duplo version of the iPhone with added "not really needed" factor.
Still, hopefully it won't take off so I don't have to put up with plenty of tards telling me my preferred choice of device (which won't be an ipad funnily enough) should be replaced with one.
Posted in BT takes axe to Local Business
good riddence to the worst waste of BT money and effort.
BT Local Business is a steaming crock. i hate having to deal with them, I hate having to order anything through them.
in the end I got so fed up I stopped using BT for new services since they insist you use them.
i spent months trying to convice BT letting me speak to the sane people in London was better than p***poor local business clueless gimps.
they couldn't organise 1 isdn line with 10 ddi, yet they figured they could offer us complex solutions. i think not.
Which smartphone?!?
Funny, I have an N97. It did suck a bit to start with, but most recent firmware updates have sorted it nicely, but sadly I seem to have mullered the USB socket, so I'm waiting on a repair.
I did have an N900 on order, but I cancelled it. Stupid mistakes by Nokia (No MMS support, morons), and a lack of software (Gravity, Shazam, Spotify etc none of which I believe are available) made me realise that the N97 as long as I can get now to what I want.
Android didn't do it for me - I found that limited, frustrating and generally poor, iPhones just don't work for me - I find them poor once you remove the bling factor. Nokia have pretty much lost the plot, Win Mobile... yes well... I think that leaves maybe the Pre? No thanks, not a real phone that.
Not sure what else there is to pick from or what else may even come close to what I want.
The smartphone market is a bit crowded, but none of it appeals.
Not much use as a statistic
This sort of statistic isn't necessarily representative of smartphone share though.
Ignoring the obvious issues of admobs coverage via different OSes/handsets, other issues exist in this data as it ultimately is based on web browsing. That isn't what defines a smartphone though.
I own a few handsets and they don't all get used for web browsing - so it isn't entirely representative.
Horrah, bring it on.
I'm more than happy to see this - I have some data sims that can be on a best efforts basis and others I need on a "crap fan hit, need" basis.
Posted in HPcom spells 'IT disaster,' says UK firm
3com still bother?
3com kit. Ah yes, the pile of rubbish that that has always been. I don't think I ever used or owned a 3com bit of kit that was any good.
Meanwhile over in HP land, the Elitebook I own is rock solid, the Procurves haven't let me down yet, and I see no reason to look elsewhere.
Let's hope HP don't learn any lessons from 3com and just nuke a (poor) competitior.
Coming Soon as in "Already available"
Turbo already exists on the desktop. And makes a lot of sense when roaming for example using 3G....
Posted in Samsung GT-C6625
Not a bad little unit
That's funny, we've just got one of these in our office for testing as a Windows Mobile device, and despite all of us using more expensive smartphones, we all agree that for the price, it's not a bad little unit. Windows Mobile is still the poor part of this, but it really isn't all that bad.
The keyboard is pretty useable and you know if you've actually typed the keys or not, and the browsing speed etc is pretty reasonable, usual winmo terms conditions and catches apply.
Posted in Ofcom website takes second day off
Difficult to have a secondary provider is it?
Just how sodding difficult would it be for them to have had a standby site, with a different telco. The amount they'll have spent on IT and they still can't keep a simple and totally boring web site up!?!
Paris knows how...
Posted in T-Mobile picks Orange for merger
@J 21
"Does this merger violate the terms of a pay monthly contract, thus allowing me to leave T-Mobile without being charged?"
No.
@John Sanders "am I the only one..."
Well I'm not thinking the same. Mind you, I'm actually using Windows 7 Enterprise right now.
Plus points:
a) It's far faster on the same hardware (and I never found Vista bad on this machine)
b) It sleeps and resumes significantly faster (this matters to me)
c) It found almost every bit of my hardware out of the box (something Mac hasn't gotta do)
d) The thumbnail (aero mode) or app lists (basic mode) make switching faster
e) Securtiy controls are more useful and less pedantic
f) It runs just as happily on my 800Mhz netbook as it does on my dual core laptop
g) All of my apps (which include some bespoke and specialist) work just fine
and @Simon81 - 64-bit. 32-bit is soooooo outdated and needs to die.
Posted in Hands on with the Nokia N900
Double-Tap to Zoom - hello, not new....
Hmm, the "double tap to zoom" exists on my N97 too, so hardly new or stolen from the iPhone.
However, my N97 will be replaced by this thing the minute it's available (not that I have any real complaint about my N97 to begin with)
Posted in O2 just can't keep it up
More than 2 hours.
It was definately longer and still not fully resolved. My O2 Data PAYG Dongle isn't working, naturally I'd just stumped up my cash (that bit worked fine) for the top up but now I no longer need it, could theoretically try... oh no wait.... it STILL isn't working.
Until O2 got the iPhone it was always reliable and trusted - I never had reason to complain, but it is so commonplace now. The biggest issue I have is that my main phones are all on a 2 Year Business contract with them, so I'm going to have to argue to end it.
Posted in O2 data fails, again
O2 "dirty SIM" trick
Last time they had an outage (they've had wayyyy more than 3 in a few weeks, it's just that most aren't big enough that enough people notice for it to reach the press) they spent considerable time blaming my handset (because it "isn't supported" - though working fine otherwise, my SIM card (perhaps the contacts are dirty causing my speed slow down, uh huh yeah...), and just about anything else.
This time I'm not taking any more crap, they get £120/month off me, and I spend more time without data of late than I do with it, and when it is "working", I spent most of my time waiting for a page to lo<connection lost>, reload, downloa<connection lost>
You get the idea.
Still a result this time, they've started acknowledging it as an O2 problem (called 'em while it was screwed so they couldn't argue) and got a £46 + VAT refund. Still not good enough that it dies (I'd rather it just worked) but at least they're starting to cough up.
Opinion
David McLeman
My 25 years of comical IT buzzwords
Tim Worstall
Time to take a sniff at the coffee, perhaps
Chris Mellor
Will they have to drag him back like last time?
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