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Eh sì,ora sei proprio libero...specie se lavoravi per una piccola azienda artigianale di Reggio Emilia e qualche giorno fa ti è arrivato un sms che recitava così:"La Creativity Tiles ha chiuso l’attività per mancanza di lavoro e debiti ed ha affidato al nostro studio le quote e la ricerca di una soluzione a tale crisi. La preghiamo di non andare inutilmente al lavoro domani e di rivolgersi da domattina in poi a questo numero...". Dai,sorridi, Life is now!

Turkcell'in Türkiye'ye getireceği İPhone 3G bazı kesimlerde büyük merak uyandırdı. Peki 26 Eylül'de Türkiye'ye gelecek olan İPhone yuttdışında olduğu gibi Türkiye'de kullanılabilecek mi?

İşte bilmeniz gereken gerçekler:

Bir çok ülkede 200YTL gibi bir fiyat ve sözleşme ile alınabilen telefona balıklama atlamadan önce, bilinçi tüketici olmak hakkınız değil mi?

Elbette hakkınız. Örneğin ülkemizde 3G hizmetinin olmadığını, dolayısı ile iPhone'un adında 3G olmasının size EDGE bağlantısından fazlasını sağlayamacağını biliyor musunuz?

Peki ye iPhone 3G'nin içindeki GPS'in Türkiye'de rota çizemediğini, haliyle gideceğiniz yönü, sokakları belirleyemediğini, trafik durumunu gösteremediğini?

AppStore'un Türkiye adresi verilmiş hesaplar için ayrı bir sayfa açtığını, diğer uygulamaları indiremediğinizi, iPhone'daki iTunes'un "Ülkeniz henüz desteklenmiyor" uyarısı verip açılmadığını?

Peki, iPhone 3G'nin yapısı itibari ile arka plastik kapağının ne kadar kırılgan olduğunu, hatta kendi kendine çatladığını biliyor muydunuz?

Hepsini geçelim, başınıza bunlar gelince, Amerika'da hemen yenisi ile değişen ürünün, ülkemizde başınıza nasıl kalabileceğini?

3G hizmeti verilse dahi iPhone 3G'nin bu hizmetten tam randıman alamadığını?

Daha fazlası için buraya tıklayın.

Quien haya recibido el correo, tiene que mandar el número de pedido y su numero de dni a la dirección que indica, TiendaOnLineVodafone@Emergiacc.com

Si no tenéis el número de pedido (como todos) puedes llamar al 902 53 53 00 o intentar pedirlo en su web, http://tienda.vodafone.es/do/orderstatus/email/lostorder (A mi no me contestaron, probar vosotros)

Quien se quiera informas más profundamente que visite estos dos foros:

http://www.gsmspain.com/foros/h672615_Operadores-Vodafone_Oficial-Vodafone-baja-pantalones-LG-KU380.html

http://www.forocoches.com/foro/showthread.php?t=1024744

SANZIONI - Contestualmente l'Autorità ha avviato nei confronti ai due operatori telefonici procedimenti sanzionatori per le modalità finora adottate: nei confronti di Tim riguarda «l'inadeguatezza del preavviso nella modifica dell'autoricarica scattata il 6 agosto», per Vodafone «la scarsa trasparenza nelle condizioni economiche dell'offerta».

«VITTORIA DEI CONSUMATORI» - La decisione dell'Agcom è per Adoc, l'associazione nazionale per la difesa e l'orientamento dei consumatori, una vittoria dei cittadini e dell'annunciato «sciopero del telefonino» promosso dagli internauti. «L'Adoc continuerà a vigilare affinché vengano ripristinati i vecchi contratti e tariffe, fino a quando non saranno adottate tutte le misure che garantiscano pienamente i diritti dei consumatori - commenta Carlo Pileri, presidente dell'Adoc -. Le regole del Codice civile e del Codice del consumo devono essere rispettate, l'utente deve essere informato correttamente, visto che aveva compiuto delle scelte proprio in base alle offerte tariffarie che erano state promosse». Secondo l'associazione è «positivo l'allargamento del mercato delle telecomunicazioni e della conseguente offerta tariffaria proposta dagli operatori, sia tradizionali che virtuali», ma rimane «il buco nero del canone obbligatorio Telecom per la telefonia fissa che, a nostro avviso, andrebbe eliminato. Inoltre andrebbe abrogata definitivamente la tassa di concessione governativa sugli abbonamenti privati per la telefonia mobile. Una tassa anomala, obsoleta e vessatoria».

«VIA 5 MILIONI DI CLIENTI» - Intanto le associazione dei consumatori sono sul piede di guerra. Secondo una stima di Altroconsumo saranno 5 milioni gli utenti che non accetteranno i nuovi piani tariffari di Tim e Vodafone e che intendono cambiare operatore, mantenendo il vecchio numero. L'associazione sostiene che «sia Tim che Vodafone non devono far pagare gli utenti nel caso decidano di scegliere un altro operatore: portabilità e credito residuo devono essere fruibili dal consumatore senza pagare dai 5 agli 8 euro, come avviene di prassi». Inoltre - aggiunge - Tim non dovrebbe applicare le nuove tariffe da martedì 9 settembre, «data la diffida dell'Agcom e la poca chiarezza nelle informative inviate agli utenti».

LA REPLICA - Vodafone Italia ha comunque informato di aver già provveduto nei giorni scorsi a effettuare le modifiche richieste: sono disponibili sul sito web www.vodafone.it tutte le offerte Vodafone oggi sottoscrivibili, secondo gli schemi previsti dalle delibere dell’Autorità. Vodafone ricorda inoltre di aver garantito al cliente il diritto di recesso senza alcun onere e con restituzione del credito residuo, anche nel caso di richiesta di portabilità del numero.

Corriere della Sera

http://emailingfactory.com/vodafone/email_lg/mail_lg_texto_01.html

Via | methack

Ei, cum am văzut reclama asta nu mai pot să-mi scot blonda din cap. Adevărul e că arată super (părerea mea). Am tot căutat pe net să văd ce hram poartă. Am găsit ceva cred. S-ar părea că este nu alta decât Miri Ben-Ari s-au poate mă înşel. Totuşi asemănarea este foarte mare. Nu?

De vraag is natuurlijk of er meer bedrijven zijn die blogs op die manier lezen. Albert Heijn bijvoorbeeld, die bij mij geen goed meer kan doen sinds ze mijn dochter van twaalf met een vriendinnetje op woensdagmiddag de toegang tot de winkel weigerden omdat scholieren pas na drie uur 's middags naar binnen mogen. Ik heb een woedende mail gestuurd naar de klachtenbalie van Albert Heijn, dat ik het schandalig vond dat ze mijn lieve dochter weigerden binnen te laten, en of ze niet ook speciale winkeluren kunnen maken voor mannen, bejaarden, homo's, negers, hindoestanen, roodharigen, blinden en mensen met een stoma. Ik fulmineerde nog even verder dat ik het idioot vond dat ze aan de ene kant ouders met kinderen proberen binnen te halen met hun domme wuppie-acties, en aan de andere kant kinderen weren. De enige reactie die ik kreeg was dat ik kon bellen met de bedrijfsleider. Maar ik wil niet bellen met de bedrijfsleider. Ik wil dat Albert Heijn zegt: sorry, meisjes van twaalf zijn altijd welkom bij ons.

Ha, dat lucht lekker op. En nu maar wachten tot ik een mailtje krijg van een professionele Albert Heijn bloglezer, die zegt: sorry mevrouw Sikkel, uw dochter mag altijd de winkel in, ook voor drie uur 's middags.

00:00 on 22th August, iphone let its first baby cry out albeit very lamely. It was, I think one of the quietest launches for Apple any where in the world. They reported in Economic times that at the launch of the iphone at a Vodafone outlet in Connaught place, Delhi's plush business locality, the journalist heavily outnumbered the buyers (source: Knowledge@Wharton) Sigh! Had I been Nokia, I would have made out a sarcastic ' what a pity' expression.

What is the reason for such a poor response to one of the most talked about innovation? Price, I see is one of the reasons for such a meager response. While the best phones are available only at as high as 24k, paying 31k (about US $720) for the base iphone model seems ridiculous. That too when the same model in available at $199 in US. Does it not sound like discrimination? The model should have been cheaper in India. More than 50% correction and I bet if iphone is not a household name.

Apple, who is known for marketing its products very well seems to have lost a plot here. They have always managed to create the fanfare behind every thing they do. In fact, mac has made its way to the status symbols list almost every where. So what happened here? Did they give up even before they started? I think there is a catch here. May be Apple didn't want to launch iphone in countries in India. Unlike US, where they have a large customer base, India is pretty much novice to what Apple product are. So probably Apple didn't expect huge response and hence never wanted to create the same hoopla aka US. They have been quietly sitting and enjoying Airtel and Vodafone struggle to attract customers.

Another catch, while they launched iphone with a single operator elsewhere, they chose to go with India's leading GSM operators Airtel and Vodafone at a time. Now iphone's sale will have no impact on either Airtel or Vodafone simply because it is not going to amplify their sale. They are just happy to earn that extra money on commission of selling iphone through their stores. They might succeed poaching some from the rival CDMA operator and second largest in India, Reliance communications. But how much is that going to be? Not enough.

Absence of 3G is also not helping the sale again. iphone is using the EDGE technology available in India which is not enough to really unravel the true essence of the phone. So till the time there is no 3G, iphone deems like any other phone, albeit very costly.

Absence of basic features as I'm told is also working against the iphone. I have heard transfer of data through blue tooth is not possible, plus the phone is not compatible with any system but a Mac. There are enough headaches of using a touch screen already (ask me, I'm using one) and forwarding SMS is a big pain in the ass.

Besides the rivals are not keeping quite at all. Nokia N96, Philips Xenium, LG1000, Samsung Omnia have all chipped in. And all of these are priced at least 5k lesser than iphone. All I can say to APlle at the moment is "Best of Luck. You need it"

Sempre peggio... meno male che sono passato alla Wind!

Da: http://www.hwupgrade.it/news/telefonia/vodafone-nuova-multa-dall-antitrust_26394.html

[...] “Vodafone. Messaggio gratuito: il numero selezionato è inesistente o momentaneamente non disponibile. Se desidera informazioni sui numeri di telefono chiami l’892000”.

Il messaggio omette di dire che il servizio è a pagamento, con una tariffa di 1,74 euro alla risposta dell’operatore comprensivo dei primi 60 secondi di conversazione mentre la tariffazione dei minuti successivi è di 2,9 centesimi al secondo con scatti di 60 secondi addebitati anticipatamente (costo dello scatto 1,74 euro). [...]

[...] La questione è aggravata dal fatto che al momento della connessione con la numerazione 892000 si ascolta il messaggio “Vodafone. Messaggio gratuito. Digiti 1 per le tariffe oppure rimanga in linea”. [...]

[...] Pertanto L'antitrust ha deciso di irrogare a Vodafone una sanzione pecuniaria di importo pari a € 62.100. [...]

P.S. Mmh...

http://www.itpro.co.uk/605733/group-test-mobile-broadband

IT Pro magazine has reviewed the options for mobile broadband in the UK. To save you reading the article, Vodafone comes out on top.

Personally, I have also had success with Three mobile broadband, in fact I currently have a small business running their office over a shared Three mobile connection, as they were unable to get ADSL broadband.

Some people are now choosing mobile broadband as their main broadband connection at home, although the connection is still not as smooth as ADSL, and is probably not the best option if you need to share your connection with other people.

Sticking with the UK, Orange has started selling its first bundle of a mobile broadband dongle with an Asus laptop. 3 UK has also started selling packages in partnership with HP, and T-Mobile is offering an Acer laptop with a broadband package costing £30 (US$55.15) a month. Clearly, operators expect to recoup some of the costs behind the laptop subsidies by tying customers into long-term 24-month packages. Mobile operators are also familiar with this model from their handset subsidy experience. None of these laptops come with embedded 3G - though the USB dongles are provided free of charge as well.

The big question is - are operators ready to be PC retailers? In addition to selling mobile phones and accessories, Carphone Warehouse also sells home broadband, mobile broadband, laptops, iPods etc. So, it is not exactly a leap of faith for them to start offering laptop bundles with 3G mobile broadband. But are mobile operators ready to take on this challenge? Selling laptops means having to provide after-sales support that requires new skills for staff unaccustomed to such devices. Admittedly, laptop prices are coming down, but the real hidden cost is customer service and support.

Maybe there is an opportunity for operators in Central and Eastern Europe where broadband as well as retail markets are traditionally less developed. In fact, in Slovakia, Orange began selling laptops some 18 months ago and has already become the country's third-largest channel for laptop sales. But it remains to be seen how operators in developed markets fare given that ultra-low mobile broadband prices are already squeezing their margins - they would rather not incur additional costs for laptop after-sales service and support.

A los 15 minutos de recibir el e-mail recibí otro de un usuario diciendo que le habia llegado también:

El usuario dijo haber llamado a la tienda y que le comunicaron que sí era cierto. Pero yo no me fié y llamé y me dijeron todo lo contrario, y sobre todo que en ningún caso nos pedirian enviar nuestros datos a ningún e-mail externo a Vodafone.

Hasta nuevo aviso yo personalmente no enviaría nada de nada.

EDIT: Ahora me han dicho lo contrario... esperando confirmación

Adjunto Whois de emergiacc.com :

     Domain name: EMERGIACC.COM
     Created on: 2007-10-30
     Updated on: 2008-02-26
     Expires on: 2009-02-01
     Registrant Name: EMERGIA CONTACT CENTER, S.L.
     Contact: Emergia Contact Center, S.L.

También dejar claro que si se acepta eso, no podréis reclamar los demás moviles. Si decidimos ir a arbitraje hay bastantes posibilidades de ganar el caso.

Cette annonce fait suite à une phase pilote menée ces deux derniers mois.

Cable & Wireless, qui assurera la distribution des contenus, fournit également sa propre solution logicielle pour  piloter l´installation.

Les écrans diffuseront des messages promotionnels et informatifs, ajustables en temps réel depuis le siège britannique de Vodafone. Des ciblages par zones géographiques et heures de la journée sont également permis.

Now, as it happens with all celebrities, fame is followed by more fame; and fortune quickly comes rolling after. I am not sure whether fortune rolled after the Pug, but its fame has definitely been growing. In my canine opinion, the little Pug is going to be the face of all dogs in the years to come.

The genesis of this post lies in an advertisement that I saw in the Saturday newspaper. (Click here to view the advertisement.) I was about to conclude that it was a Vodafone advertisement and ask Cameo to turn the page, but something stopped me. The colors were all wrong…Vodafone doesn’t use yellows!

Then it dawned upon me…I realized that our dear Pug had landed another modeling assignment…and that this one was for a kibble company. This kibble brand is called “Pedigree,” and now they sport a picture of the oh-so-cute-and-cuddly pug with a may-be-cute-to-some cuddler in their newspaper advertisements; with a tag line, "Pedigree Hi Kafi Hai" that translates to – “Just Pedigree is enough!” Is it? I don’t mean in the “nutritional sense”… but in the “humane” sense!

If we go by their tag line, the dog’s menu begins to read: (Kibble + Water) multiplied by 2n, where n is the number of days in a dog’s life and the number 2 takes care of the diurnal administration of the dose (kibble-lovers please excuse)! Not very interesting…is it? How easy is it to convince a human to do the same…I mean, let us replace “kibble” with the tastiest and the most nutritious dish on the planet, and ask a human to eat it twice every day, with nothing but water, each day of his or her life! I would like to see how happy and satisfied that human would be.

Advertising works by playing tricks on a human’s mind, but it fails to fool the dogs. In fact, the tag line “Just Pedigree is enough!” gives humans a valid reason to reduce their dog-care-related workload. It reduces their cognitive dissonance and makes them feel comfortable in the “fact” that all the needs of their dog are being met by kibble! (Of course, the advertisement also mentions “water” and “love”, but you need to read the entire-copy-in-much-smaller print; to get to that.)

I know that most of you get kibble, but you get your snacks too. I also know your human friends love you enough to bring you dog-treats, share their sandwiches and spaghetti with you; but I’ve known dogs who’ve never known the taste of chicken for they ate “vegetarian” kibble all their lives; and the owners killed their dissonance by telling themselves that their dog was a “vegetarian”! I think that the idea of vegetarian kibble for dogs is a marketing exercise aimed at gratifying the human idiosyncrasies!

There are some “pet” dogs whose humans wouldn’t allow them on the sofas or the beds; and their humans wouldn’t touch them at all. Yet these dogs spent their entire lives protecting those very humans who considered them nothing but either a status symbol (oh, yes…in some countries, adopting a dog could be a status symbol) or an Intruder Alarm System robot…and they treat them so! They treat them as robots who just need fuel and maintenance (read kibble and baths)…and then expect them to work flawlessly until the last day of their robotic lives!

We dogs need love and affection, belly-rubs and ear-scratches, kisses and hugs, there’s no doubt about that…and if you doubt that, you are reading the wrong piece!

So to all those who love their dogs, but who mistakenly believe that dogs are happier eating nothing but kibble all their lives…I would like to say –

We too need a change of menu…not only from one brand or flavor of kibble to another, but also a taste of the delicacies that humans enjoy. I love KFC’s chicken…do you hear…I am sure your dog too would love it! Once in a couple of months, get a bucket of KFC chicken for your dog…you couldn’t spend your money better! Your dog reveres you as god; try being the god your dog thinks you are. If you are a vegetarian, you are so by choice…give the same choice to your dog. In 10 out of 10 cases, the dog would prefer being a non-vegetarian because that’s what we were meant to be…if you don’t believe me, check out our teeth!

And about “Just Pedigree is enough”…

Just Pedigree isn’t enough – at least it isn’t for me…and I don’t suppose it is for the little pug who innocently peers at you from the window of this advertisement! But then these are my views – the views of a dog…so who cares…any way!

Vodafone no ha querido dar su versión, ni tampoco ha dicho si piensa compensar a los afectados. "Se está estudiando qué ocurrió. Afecta a varios departamentos, así que todavía no tenemos una posición al respecto", han explicado fuentes de la empresa.

No copio todo puesto que ya sabemos qué ha pasado.

También hablan de gastos de envío:

A varios les han prometido que tarde o temprano les llegará. Eso sí, tendrán que pagar los gastos de envío, que pueden rondar los 18 euros.

En fin.

On the 22nd of August, India saw Apple entering the mobile phone market with its latest offering; iPhone 3G. So why are talking about it here, you ask. Since two weeks the iPhone which sold millions of pieces throughout the world managed to sell only (wait hold your breath!) 5000, yes 5000 pieces. This figure is the countrywide sales of the iPhone 3G.

So what went wrong? How come a product which generated blockbuster sales around the world muster only 5000 thousand units?

There are many reasons...
1. When most of the countries were selling the iPhone between INR 8000 to 15000, Indian operators came out with the price of INR 31600 (8GB) and INR 33600 (16GB). Automatically alienating most of the populace.
2. India does not have 3G and the target customers for this phone know that. (Airtel and Vodafone think they are clever... they are plain stupid if you ask me.) What were the service providers thinking?
3. Advance booking does not mean sales. The service providers know that. Again what was the purpose of having advance booking, especially when anyone could do it for free.
4. The iPhone (older one) in 16GB iteration sells for about INR 25000 in the grey market. That should have been a good enough barometer for pricing.
5. I asked a couple of people who are using the iPhone, whether they would have bought the new iPhone. They said that there is nothing 'new' as such in the new version. They also said its priced as a luxury device, which it is not!
6. I also asked a lot of people, if they would consider the iPhone or no over their existing phones. Almost all of them said that it is a great phone but not at all worth the price. The camera is just 2 mega pixel, there is no keypad, (A majority of India's population travels by two wheelers and buses, making it very inconvenient to sms or type anything). Also they were aware of the battery woes of the iPhone (this is something I really did not expect), The post-paid plans also were an impediment for most as they preferred the cheaper pricing structure of prepaid (pay as you go) plans.

I was also talking to a friend of mine, she had recently purchase the iPod nano 8GB. I asked what her views on the iPhone were. She said that the iPhone was great but she preferred her phone to be separate from her iPod. The reason, all the functions use one battery, which is a pain when u need the phone to work for the entire day. I have to agree on that, the more the features, the more battery life a phone eats up. She also put a forward a very pertinent question- "What if my phone gets spoilt, won't I lose my iPod too?" Again I have to agree.

Apple has indeed come out with a wonderful device, but in India they just haven't done their homework. Every western company that comes to India and refuses to learn, have to face this kind of a situation. There are many instances of something of this sort happening. When will these companies learn?

Airtel and Vodafone have decided to lower the prices by INR 5000 on the iPhone. Seriously what will you achieve by this? When your target customer knows that it will be cheaper to buy it in US and have it shipped here. Wake up Airtel and Vodafone! India has changed![caption id="attachment_118" align="aligncenter" width="510" caption="iPhone 3G"][/caption]

I think it's actually a bit fair that both parties pay for the call (as long as the phone sales people won't call me.... Now if they would pay me for the call on the other hand it's another matter!), this is also the way it works in the US, and will open up for more possibilities for companies like us to add value add services in between (in a away that is cost neutral for the customer in terms of the call itself).

Now I am not sure if it will hit the pre-paid subscribers as hard as Vodafone predict though.

Ok, dupa introducerea alambicata sa ajung naibii la subiect. M-au innebunit in ultima vreme reclamele la telefonie fixa ale operatorilor de comunicatii mobile. Zapp ma bate la cap cu fixtel, de ieri a inceput si Vodafone cu noul si revolutionarul lor sistem. De telefon fix. Adica, wtf, unde-i inovatia? Daca am mobil, de ce mi-as dori sa-l transform in fix? E ca si cum mi-as lua Mercedes cu climatizare automata si i-as pune pe bord un ventilator ca la Moskvitch-ul lu' tataie. Maine ma astept sa anunte astia cu mare pompa ca daca platesc 10 euro pot sa-mi transforme N95-ul in telefon cu disc...

$68 月費，又確實是十分吸引的。香港的通訊費用，比起很多國家都要平，這大概是因為香港地少人多，通訊網絡的舖設費用對比起利用率是相對是低成本吧。

很多人也未必知道「家+電話」(Home Phone Plus) 背後的科技是怎樣的。問過很多朋友，他們也未能確定是否需要拉線，接受是否穩定等問題。所以這一堆問題，令「家+電話」一直未能普及。這一次月費由 $118 減至 $68，減幅接近一半，相信會令不少朋友心動吧。

在「家+電話」推出之時，便已寫過一篇「解構 SmarTone Vodafone「家+電話」」，希望令非 Technical 的人士，能夠掌握少少這方面的知識。

解構家電話

簡單來說，「家+電話」就像是手提電話一樣，是用無線網絡連接的。所以，「家+電話」不用接駁電腦、寬頻或電話線。在 SmarTone Vodafone 登記後即可使用，不需要再約師傅安裝，但當然是電話座需要插上電源(一笑)，這令「家+電話」安裝比較傳統固網電話更快更簡單。。與手提電話不同的是，SmarTone Vodafone 會鎖定使用地址，在限定的幾百米的範圍內使用。所以也未可以像手提電話帶一樣出街用。如果要遷居，只須在12小時前通知客戶服務主任，更改登記地址，「家+電話」在新居有電就用得，非常方便。

今次「家+電話」一大賣點，是可以免費打出和接收 IP 電話，如果與海外親友通訊，確實可節省不少長途電話費用。

Smartone Vodafone「家+電話」的網頁
http://www.homephoneplus.com/