Ext User(Marts)
15-11-2007, 06:44 PM
mattic wrote...
> I don't buy that. Over a million video calls were made in the first year.
> That's now up to a million a month.
How many of these calls are once off ones? You know, people who try it out for
the novelty factor? Of course, I'd be tipping that most of these calls will be
from teenagers to teenagers.
Anyway, where did you get these figures from?
> > Too expensive, too slow and trying to look at internet pages on a crappy
> > mobile phone display is like pushing shit uphill...
>
> You're doing it wrong.
How can I be "doing it wrong"? I open Internet Explorer. I enter a URL. It
navigates to that URL. It displays a webpage, one that's meant to be displayed
on a normal computer monitor, in a fucked up manner.
If there is another way of viewing web pages so that they're not fucked up,
perhaps you could enlighten us.
Not to mention that despite the claims by Telstra and its apologists that it's
"fast", it's slow loading. And I'm talking from experience. First using a
Samsung A501 and now a Palm Treo 750. I've also played with a mate's Samsung
Blackjack and another's Motorola Vxx (can't remember the model number but it's
NextG).
Now, if the cost of accessing data services was more reasonable, I'd probably
put up with the substandard service. But as it's hideously expensive, I don't
bother using said data services any more.
The Treo is used primarily as a PDA and as a basic phone.
--
A bachelor is someone who doesn't make the same mistake once..
> I don't buy that. Over a million video calls were made in the first year.
> That's now up to a million a month.
How many of these calls are once off ones? You know, people who try it out for
the novelty factor? Of course, I'd be tipping that most of these calls will be
from teenagers to teenagers.
Anyway, where did you get these figures from?
> > Too expensive, too slow and trying to look at internet pages on a crappy
> > mobile phone display is like pushing shit uphill...
>
> You're doing it wrong.
How can I be "doing it wrong"? I open Internet Explorer. I enter a URL. It
navigates to that URL. It displays a webpage, one that's meant to be displayed
on a normal computer monitor, in a fucked up manner.
If there is another way of viewing web pages so that they're not fucked up,
perhaps you could enlighten us.
Not to mention that despite the claims by Telstra and its apologists that it's
"fast", it's slow loading. And I'm talking from experience. First using a
Samsung A501 and now a Palm Treo 750. I've also played with a mate's Samsung
Blackjack and another's Motorola Vxx (can't remember the model number but it's
NextG).
Now, if the cost of accessing data services was more reasonable, I'd probably
put up with the substandard service. But as it's hideously expensive, I don't
bother using said data services any more.
The Treo is used primarily as a PDA and as a basic phone.
--
A bachelor is someone who doesn't make the same mistake once..