From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 16 Feb 2010 06:48 On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:42:49 +0000, Geoff Berrow <blthecat(a)ckdog.co.uk> wrote: >On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:27:11 +0000, >flavio_mataniTAKETHISBITOUT(a)mac.com (Flavio Matani) wrote: > >>> I have it, never used it. >> >>I have it and use it (last time five min. ago) but it is not worth �200. > >I /think/ I have it, but not knowing any other kind of voicemail I'm >not sure. Can someone describe the difference? If you press the VV button in the phone app and it works, coming up with your vm notifications, then you have it. Otherwise you have to manually type 121 and diddle with your voicemail in the classic linear style. Cheers - Jaimie -- "The problem is not that the world is full of fools, it's that lightning isn't being distributed correctly." - Mark Twain
From: Sara on 16 Feb 2010 11:39 In article <1je0776.1y9j8p41uw16v4N%usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk>, usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk (Woody) wrote: > Rob <patchoulianREMOVE(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 16/02/2010 10:48, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote: > > > On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:07:57 GMT, Rob<patchoulianREMOVE(a)gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > >> Having just got back from hols with an iPhone holder in our party, I've > > >> decided the time has come. Couple of questions: > > >> > > >> I figure PAYG is cheaper by about �200 for me over the two years of a > > >> contract, including the cost of year 2 wireless. Is this �200 likely to > > >> result in hassle/loss of features? > > > > > > No, although I *think* that currently only O2-on-contract has working > > > Visual Voicemail. Which I've never missed, and certainly isn't worth > > > �200. > > > > > > > Thanks - I don't know what that is, so it's hardly a priority! > > I have it, never used it. I love it, it's probably only really useful a couple of times a month, but when it is, it is. -- Sara Wishing the weather would cheer up
From: Howard on 16 Feb 2010 08:51 David Empson <dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz> wrote: > On that basis, if you buy an iPhone 3GS now, it will be superseded in > about four months. Do you want to wait that long for unknown > improvements? If not, buy it now. or wait and buy a discounted old model after the new one is launched.. H
From: Geoff Berrow on 16 Feb 2010 08:54 Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:42:49 +0000, Geoff Berrow > <blthecat(a)ckdog.co.uk> wrote: > > >On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:27:11 +0000, > >flavio_mataniTAKETHISBITOUT(a)mac.com (Flavio Matani) wrote: > > > >>> I have it, never used it. > >> > >>I have it and use it (last time five min. ago) but it is not worth > > > £200. > > > >I /think/ I have it, but not knowing any other kind of voicemail I'm > >not sure. Can someone describe the difference? > > If you press the VV button in the phone app and it works, coming up > with your vm notifications, then you have it. > > Otherwise you have to manually type 121 and diddle with your voicemail > in the classic linear style. > > Cheers - Jaimie Thanks. I don't diddle so I have visual voicemail -- Geoff Berrow
From: Woody on 16 Feb 2010 08:55
Geoff Berrow <blthecat(a)ckdog.co.uk> wrote: > On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:32:39 +0000, usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk (Woody) > wrote: > > >"You do know that the iPhone only works on the apple product" (which I > >assume means on a Mac) and various other things. > > > >Either way I was patient and a few minutes later got a text with my pac > >code. > > Took well over 20 minutes to get my PAC from Three and they kept on > even though I told them I had the phone and contract and that it was > sitting in my pocket!! Yes, I told them that too, but they have to follow their script. You can just sit back and settle into it. They are just doing their job and have no option to not follow their script. -- Woody |