Re: More Mobile Phone discussion : Thu Sep 06, 2012 8:04 am  

andym1988 wrote:

Bought an old blackberry to use when working so my galaxy doesn't get damaged. Message on blackberry says data connection refused. I'm a newby to blackberry phones, anyone know what this means? The phones calls and texts perfectly and my SIM has data included.

I think with Blackberry you have to pay them direct a few quid a month for Internet access. Even when you get a contract with a Blackberry I think part of the money you pay goes to Blackberry for their data. So you may need to call them up to set up a data account or something. I've never owned a blackberry but I'm sure I've read that before

Re: More Mobile Phone discussion : Thu Sep 06, 2012 11:05 am  

Steve-O wrote:

I think with Blackberry you have to pay them direct a few quid a month for Internet access. Even when you get a contract with a Blackberry I think part of the money you pay goes to Blackberry for their data. So you may need to call them up to set up a data account or something. I've never owned a blackberry but I'm sure I've read that before

I've never come across that. In terms of data, it would go through the network's data network. The only involvement with Blackberry themselves is if you set up an email address, as it has to go through a Blackberry server I believe?

Re: More Mobile Phone discussion : Thu Sep 06, 2012 11:42 am  

The new Nokia Lumia windows 8 phones look mightily impressive. Could also see the start of an Apple-Samsung tit for tat series of court cases between Nokia/MS and Google as they've stolen (And barely changed) a few of Google's headline new features, such as Google Now.

Re: More Mobile Phone discussion : Tue Sep 11, 2012 12:31 pm  

Afternoon, I have a New IPhone 4 which has been out of the box about a week, my "old" IPhone4 was returned to me by some kind soul today, so if anyone wants to buy an IPhone 16GB 4S send me a pm.

Re: More Mobile Phone discussion : Tue Sep 11, 2012 12:50 pm  

Standee wrote:

Afternoon, I have a New IPhone 4 which has been out of the box about a week, my "old" IPhone4 was returned to me by some kind soul today, so if anyone wants to buy an IPhone 16GB 4S send me a pm.

If you reported the first phone as stolen/lost, it will no longer work as they will bar the IMEI?

Re: More Mobile Phone discussion : Tue Sep 11, 2012 1:02 pm  

What are everyone's thoughts on the 4g scandal?

Basically 4g is being introduced to the UK, bringing download speeds way ahead of most home broadband connections to mobile users. Everything Everywhere (A joint venture between the owners of T-Mobile and Orange) have been allowed by OFCOM to launch 4g first, ahead of the other major networks. They have now launched a new brand, EE, which will be the only 4g network in the country initially. They were allowed to do this as they had unused capacity on their current radio spectrum and the other networks now have to wait until some time in 2013 when OFCOM hold an auction for new radio frequencies reserved for 4g.

Surely a regulatory body like OFCOM is there to ensure monopolies and unfair competition are not possible? Yet they are deliberately giving one network, at least a 6 month head start and a massive competitive advantage.

With the new rumoured to be 4g compatible iphone 5 launching tomorrow, it will be mighty interesting to see if you will be able to get one on an EE contract. If you can, EE will have a truly gigantic advantage.

Re: More Mobile Phone discussion : Tue Sep 11, 2012 3:55 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

What are everyone's thoughts on the 4g scandal?

Basically 4g is being introduced to the UK, bringing download speeds way ahead of most home broadband connections to mobile users. Everything Everywhere (A joint venture between the owners of T-Mobile and Orange) have been allowed by OFCOM to launch 4g first, ahead of the other major networks. They have now launched a new brand, EE, which will be the only 4g network in the country initially. They were allowed to do this as they had unused capacity on their current radio spectrum and the other networks now have to wait until some time in 2013 when OFCOM hold an auction for new radio frequencies reserved for 4g.

Surely a regulatory body like OFCOM is there to ensure monopolies and unfair competition are not possible? Yet they are deliberately giving one network, at least a 6 month head start and a massive competitive advantage.

With the new rumoured to be 4g compatible iphone 5 launching tomorrow, it will be mighty interesting to see if you will be able to get one on an EE contract. If you can, EE will have a truly gigantic advantage.

I fail to see the scandal, EE have unused bandwidth so are using it for 4g, not their fault others have used up their space.

Re: More Mobile Phone discussion : Tue Sep 11, 2012 7:41 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

If you reported the first phone as stolen/lost, it will no longer work as they will bar the IMEI?

Id locked it using SOTI Mobi Control so I have control of it, not 02, so I've unlocked it.

Re: More Mobile Phone discussion : Tue Sep 11, 2012 8:40 pm  

Big Graeme wrote:

I fail to see the scandal, EE have unused bandwidth so are using it for 4g, not their fault others have used up their space.

EE's spare bandwidth came about because they merged two big networks to create the biggest mobile network in this country. OFCOM are then allowing the biggest network to launch 4g with the iPhone 5, Galaxy S3 and Nokia Lumia 920 months ahead of the bandwidth auction that will allow the other networks into the market.

It's anti competitive as they've just handed EE, already the biggest network, an enormous leg up on the other networks.

Would delaying EE's launch until 2013 not have been fairer?

OFCOM are there to prevent such things surely?

Vodafone wrote:

We are frankly shocked that Ofcom has reached this decision, the regulator has shown a careless disregard for the best interests of consumers, business and the wider economy through its refusal to properly regard the competitive distortion created by allowing one operator to run services before the ground has been laid for a fully competitive market.

I agree with the other networks. They didn't create the spare capacity through investment, they did it through being the biggest. They are now going to go from the biggest network to being the dominant network. I think it's clearly harmful for competition in the market, as they could easily charge £60 per month and people would still flock to it as it's the only network with 4g.

Re: More Mobile Phone discussion : Wed Sep 12, 2012 9:24 pm  

http://www.gsmarena.com/apple_announced_faster_and_wider_iphone_5-news-4794.php Thoughts on the iphone 5? Exactly as expected - precisely why I'm disappointed. I would have loved Apple to have thrown in something that had a bit of shock value but perhaps that's Apple's appeal the fact you know what you can get with an iphone. Apple consumers wont care though. People buy with their eyes. No-one apart from the phone buffs give a rats about specs. As long as the phone looks different to previous models and is pretty then it will still fly off the shelves.

http://www.gsmarena.com/apple_announced_faster_and_wider_iphone_5-news-4794.php Thoughts on the iphone 5? Exactly as expected - precisely why I'm disappointed. I would have loved Apple to have thrown in something that had a bit of shock value but perhaps that's Apple's appeal the fact you know what you can get with an iphone. Apple consumers wont care though. People buy with their eyes. No-one apart from the phone buffs give a rats about specs. As long as the phone looks different to previous models and is pretty then it will still fly off the shelves.