Tag Archives: mobile network operators

Deep linking to Vodafone content

Posted on February 27, 2005 by Andrew

The other day I wanted to check train times on my mobile (which is the “killer app” for WAP/Web on my mobile phone, it sucks too badly for anything other than this, because of the low speed and the screen … Continue reading →

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The joy of Vodafone

Posted on February 18, 2005 by Andrew

…. or, Ruby on Rails is soft pr0n? Trying to access the Ruby On Rails wiki page on i18n, I got the above error. I’ve no idea why Vodafone are suddenly sending this again – I’ve turned off content control … Continue reading →

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Dear Vodafone ….

Posted on December 16, 2004 by Andrew

Dear Vodafone, Get the fsck out of my face. So far I have received four MMS spams from you: all identical, all incredibly dull and badly-formatted. My GPRS connection is permanently on trying to receive more, and my battery is … Continue reading →

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Mobile phone networks miss the point

Posted on October 23, 2004 by Andrew

How many phones do you carry around? Do you make business calls on your personal mobile phone, or vice-versa? How do you handle billing business and personal separately? We’ve been trying to find a solution to running up huge personal … Continue reading →

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Beware of Vodafone

Posted on July 17, 2004 by Andrew

Cutting a very long story short: last month when I was out of the country, I ran into problems using GPRS. After many long phone calls to Vodafone, they finally agreed it simply wasn’t working, and then agreed to refund … Continue reading →

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Carriers and content providers

Posted on March 4, 2004 by Andrew

Joi Ito writes that carriers shouldn’t be content providers: “I’m thinking more and more about how I think it might be a bad idea for the carriers to get into the content business [...] The main value that always-on provides … Continue reading →

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