[vicsireland] Vodafone and Talks
- From: "Ulla Quayle" <ulla.quayle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "VICS" <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 09:45:27 +0100
Hi Everyone
I just wanted to drop a mail to the list to make members aware of
something which I was quite disappointed about, although not totally
surprised if I'm honest.
Having now become a permanent resident in Dublin, I felt it was about
time I got a Vodafone Ireland contract as just having a UK contract was
a bit awkward with all the roaming charges etc. I went into the
Vodafone store on Henry Street in Dublin to see what they could do for
me. I have to say that the staff were incredibly helpful and I ended up
ordering a Nokia N70. With the contract I got, the phone worked out at
â229 but I ordered it up anyway and was due to collect it a few days
later.
As the N70 is one of the newest phones in the Nokia range, I had hoped,
rather naively, that Vodafone would have put the latest version of Talks
onto it. I should have known better though. When it came, the phone
did have Talks installed but unfortunately it has version 2.01 which
isn't particularly brilliant with the N70. It works but it doesn't
always read some of the menus properly. For example, when you are
trying to add a new contact it can't seem to read parts of that menu.
Anyway, the phone is lovely and seems very easy and straightforward to
use. My gripe is that there is such an old version of Talks installed
on such a new and up to date phone. Maybe I'm being a little harsh on
Vodafone but I feel if we are spending so much money on a phone like
this, the least they can do is update the software. It now means that
anyone getting these phones will need to get the latest version of Talks
(which is another â40 on top of what they paid for the phone. To me,
this doesn't seem fair.
Sorry for the rant first thing on a Monday morning.
Best wishes.
Ulla
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