[vicsireland] Re: Vodafone and Talks
- From: "Stuart Lawler" <stuart.lawler@xxxxxxx>
- To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 07:55:04 +0100
Hi Ulla,
I would like, with your permission, to forward this mail to our contacts in
Vodafone.
It illustrates exactly what I have been telling them now since early March.
Can people please remember once again that at present, if you do purchase a
speech-ready phone from Vodafone, it will have talks 2.0 installed on it and
not Talks 2.5.
Upgrading costs â40.00, which is a heavily subsidised price by NCBI.
Please also note that NCBI does not or never has installed talks on the
handsets that are sold by Vodafone.
Regards,
Stuart.
-----Original Message-----
From: vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ulla Quayle
Sent: 29 May 2006 09:45
To: VICS
Subject: [vicsireland] Vodafone and Talks
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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