Now, I’ll be the first person to tell an Aboriginal joke. In saying that, I’ll also bag the shit ou of Kiwis, Asians, Brits etc. That doesn’t mean I hate them. I don’t think so anyway.
Everyone knows, the Aboriginals have a pretty bad reputation here in Australia. Why? Well, it’s more racism than anything.
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Posted in Uncategorized It doesn’t seem to matter what happens in the world, if you do something nice, or something you are meant to do. You’re a hero. I’ll use the baby under a train story. If you haven’t read about it, Google it. It’s been everywhere in the news. Put hero after it to find the list of heroes who have been added to the world because of this event.
It’s been a little while since RIM had a big device release. By big, I mean in terms of function and power. The 8900 Curve was a basic phone, made to look good, nothing more. The Pearl Flip should be renamed Pearl Flop.
Vodafone has advised that as part of the amagamation with Hutchinson Australia, they will close their Melbourne based call centre, and send more calls over to the Hutinson call centre in India.
Currently Vodafone Australia operate from Melbourne, Hobart and Cairo. Yes, I said Cairo, as in Egypt.
As a long time Vodafone user, with four active and contracted connections, I find this news a little, well, I guess the best way to put it, is I’m pretty pissed off.
I have nothing against Indians, but overall, I haven’t had a lot of success out of their call centres. Luckily, I only ever have to ring Vodafone when I want a new phone, and I would assume their sales teams will remain Australian based. Well I hope so anyway.
Cairo, they aren’t too bad, and there isn’t as much of a language barrier that most Indian call centres have, and their support is second to none.
But this corporate money grabbing in our companies has to stop, and they need to think of the end user, and the Australian jobs that are being lost.
It’s funny. A little while ago, a rep called me about my business service, and specifically spoke about their overseas support. Now I can’t imagine everyone else, apart from me had nice things to say about companies sending calls to India. Yet they go ahead, go against the customer, and do it anyway. And now, this bloke who was employed to see what people thought about Indian call centres, is most probably out of a job.
Anyway, I’m still pretty pissed off, so that’s my rant.
Now I’ve been pretty harsh on the iPhone, that’s clear for my absolute hatred for Apple and co-founder Steve Jobs. But to make sure I knew what I was talking about, and not just relying on the limited use I had with the device, and any hate sites on the Internet. Because trust me, there are a few.
Anyway, I bought a bloody iPhone, just to test it. Needless to say, I was quite surprised an impressed. However, it’s strong points, in my opinion, do not at all cater for business users.
Email
Most business’ still require a true push email client. Like the BlackBerry. The iPhone needs to connect at certain intervals, so go and check your inbox. Much like your mail client at home if you aren’t running an exchange system. So still not quite there, and from all views, will never compete with the BlackBerry.
Ease of Use
Typically, touch screen mobiles can be somewhat annoying to type on. Not so with the iPhone, however, one handed typing is out, which is a big deal for a lot of users. Also, it takes a lot more concentration that a regular phone, as you need to look harder at the screen to make sure your thumb is hitting the right icon. Not a big deal for some, but certainly for others.
Where is excels
Simply, the iPhone dominates mobile applications, games and of course, browsing. While I don’t agree with the App Store, and the control Apple has over what I can do with my phone, that’s easily overlooked by the amount of apps on it. OVer 70,000 I’m told.
Jailbreaking the phone give even more functionality, and means you can make the phone look and feel just how you want it. And of course, for the pirates among us. You can pirate anything too.
So who wins? Well for business, the BlackBerry still comes out on top. They simply work exactly how people want them to work. For a fun mobile device, the iPhone is the clear winner.
So I guess the statement I have used all along still stands. If you want a business phone, get a BlackBerry. If you want a toy, get an iPhone. It’s a pretty neat toy too.
QLD Motorways is the private company who operates both the Gateway Motorway, and the Logan Motorway in Brisbane. Both motorways suck, but it’s the things that are being done to fix the traffic problems, that is really proving that QLD Motorways are as useless as it gets.
I’ve used Linux operating systems on and off over the past few years. Linux fanbois will tell you that you don’t ever need Windows again, and it’s great to use Linux, because Windows is crap.
I’ve got one thing to say to those fanbois. Linux is still crap.
I don’t know who James is, and I didn’t get an email address that I can reply to him on, but ‘James’ had this to say.
Nashy
I like reading your rants, but maybe some pictures wouldn’t hurt? words are too much at times.
James
I mean this in no way to offend you James. But pictures simply piss me off. Unless I absolutely must post a picture, I don’t do it. It’s time I could be doing something else. Like, massaging my balls. Anyway. Here’s some awesome pictures.
For too long now, American and in this case Canadian companies decide that the rest of the world’s population doesn’t matter to them. It’s not the first time RIM has shafted their International users, to focus only on their own Canadian users, and of course, the United States.
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