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Orange data tariffs - the saga continues As you'll all know by now, I'm currently on Orange. I'm one of the many customers who are paying a rather large amount of cash for data. Today I've been charged nearly £12 for using just 7Mb of data, which seems to come from the "Pay As You Use" prices mentioned here. Pretty much all the other networks in the UK are aware that people will only use the mobile internet if they're given a decent data allowance and a fair price. So, after yet another stonking phone bill I called them to try and get a better deal. I went straight through to the, "Thinking of leaving Orange?" option and got a nice chap here in the UK. He told me that I could leave Orange at any time during the contract, but I'd have to pay the line rental due for the remainder of the contract. That amounts to over £300 currently, so I decided to at least listen to the data plans they had on offer for me. The guy then transferred me to the "help desk" which, of course, is outsourced somewhere else in the planet. The lady told me that there were three data "bundles" available for personal customers like myself. They are as follows.. 1 - For £1 per day you can browse as much as you like. 2 - For £8 per month you can browse as much as you like, up to 30Mb. 3 - For £5 per month you can browse in the evenings (7pm-7am) and weekends. Yes, that's it. I asked and asked again, but this is all that's available to Orange personal customers who aren't taking out a new contract.The first option is, in my opinion, not really useful because I would have to call and activate it on every day I want to use it. This isn't practical for many, and takes a good few minutes of call-centre navigation to sort out. The evening and weekend one didn't seem to have a fair usage cap, but again it's not suitable for me so, reluctantly, I've had to pay £8 for 30Mb. Orange, I believe, have come up with this 30Mb figure because they assume that people are only browsing "mobile compatible" sites on their phones. This is insane, especially with the imminent release of the HTC Touch Diamond - a device which promotes "Usable mobile internet". Customers on Orange will be scared of using the internet on their version of the Diamond. Orange do seem to have some other alternatives though, such as the Panther 40 tariff which offers 250Mb of anytime browsing for £35 per month, however it does mean signing up to a new 2 year contract. Read on and add your comments[Lees verder]
Ringo Ringtone Manager
This is Ringo - it'll provide an easy way to change your ringtones on your device plus you can set tones and pictures for friends, contacts and groups of people all at once. Users of the Ringo ringtone manager will now get a free collection of "blips and bloops" which are great for text sounds. You can download the software and use it free for 7 days or buy it for a rather steep $24.95 (£12.71). Link - Ringo Ringtone ManagerRead on and add your comments[Lees verder]
Gepost door Coolsmartphone News on 14-05-2008 in Mobile
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