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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 01:27 PM
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I cannot believe, you cant send or receive multimedia messages on them!!!
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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 01:30 PM
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Sorry to burst your bubble dude but they will only work until the next time your I-Phone speaks to itunes and attempts to download the latest update. It will register with apple as a non-uk phone and promptly disable it.

As for working on non-O2 network - not a chance. You maybe get a signal but the I-phone works in very specific settings only used by the I-phone and only O2 has this setup in the UK so making a call / sending a txt / using the internet will not be possible. Just becomes a very expensive I-pod
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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 01:34 PM
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dans, it works here fine on any provider, but the itunes bit is correct, if apple update firmware it will block the phone and you will have to unbrick it (can bo done now)
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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 01:36 PM
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Send me a test one
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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 01:36 PM
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Originally Posted by EsCosRacer
ur wrong, i´ll send maria a test unit and we´ll let her judge
Save you postage mate. I work in the Radio Engineering department at O2 UK xx
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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted by maria
I cannot believe, you cant send or receive multimedia messages on them!!!
?? I sent my bro' some pics to his iphone at the weekendand he got them fine...
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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 01:44 PM
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Ask Porkie!
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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 01:45 PM
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if you ask AQA on 63336 they say the iphone cant get mms either!
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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by EsCosRacer
typical women.....once they run outa arguments they point to their husbands....




well its his fault i said they cant send mms.... because thats what he told me!!!!!
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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 01:48 PM
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I bought one of this fella on ebay http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/gsb796

Had mine for a month on vodafone works perfectly no problems just click "cancel" when it asks in i tunes to update software!!!
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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 01:50 PM
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Having used one, i was extremely underwhelmed, and didnt cum in my pants as their slick appley marketing led me to believe would be the result

If only the mobile internet on those things was as fast as on the adverts..... the iphone just does things that other phones have been doing for years, but with all that fancy apple marketing it makes people believe theyre getting the latest thing and wonder how they ever lived without one

They certainly missed the boat with business users too, as it doesnt have the ability to connect to an exchange server/domino server using anything other than archaic pop3/imap protocols
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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted by DanS
As for working on non-O2 network - not a chance. You maybe get a signal but the I-phone works in very specific settings only used by the I-phone and only O2 has this setup in the UK so making a call / sending a txt / using the internet will not be possible. Just becomes a very expensive I-pod
How comes i have had not one problem on vodafone then? Every aspect of the phone works perfectly?!
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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by EsCosRacer
kevin_18 u got the 1.1.4 firmware ?
Yes i have and works fine plus with the unlocked i phone you can get 3rd party apps like, A NES emulator, Etch a sketch (which clears the screen when you shake the phone!) A psx emulator, piano keys and loads more.
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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 01:57 PM
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oh my god etch a sketch!!!!!!!!!


i sooooooooooo want one now just for that!!!
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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 01:57 PM
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You can get them for around Ł300 unlocked on ebay but i paid more because of the fella's feedback was exemplary.
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And sorry for those who dont know NES is "nintendo entertainment system" and PSX is "Playstation"
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Originally Posted by kevin_18
You can get them for around Ł300 unlocked on ebay but i paid more because of the fella's feedback was exemplary.
bargain sucker!
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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by BigMouthBillyBass
bargain sucker!
Well not if you sell your old phone for Ł150 (which i did) therefore i paid Ł175 for a decent phone and an 8GB Ipod.

Not that i was bothered about paying that.
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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by maria
Ask Porkie!
If you need to send him explicit pics, send them to my phone and i'll e-mail to him
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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by DanS
As for working on non-O2 network - not a chance. You maybe get a signal but the I-phone works in very specific settings only used by the I-phone and only O2 has this setup in the UK so making a call / sending a txt / using the internet will not be possible. Just becomes a very expensive I-pod
I've used one not on o2 and it worked fine.
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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 02:19 PM
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there is also the great shrinking ipod scandal that seems to have gone un-noticed

IPOD TOUCH 32GB - Ł329

IPOD CLASSIC 160GB - Ł229 80GB - Ł159

32GB....come on, they could have done better than that surely? Standard "proper" ipod size was always 30/40GB or something. 32GB is pointless especially for nearly 330 quid!

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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted by BigMouthBillyBass
there is also the great shrinking ipod scandal that seems to have gone un-noticed

IPOD TOUCH 32GB - Ł329

IPOD CLASSIC 160GB - Ł229 80GB - Ł159

32GB....come on, they could have done better than that surely? Standard "proper" ipod size was always 30/40GB or something. 32GB is pointless especially for nearly 330 quid!
Who needs more than 32GB on an ipod anyway?! thats more tunes than you can listen to in a lifetime!! including videos!
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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by kevin_18
Who needs more than 32GB on an ipod anyway?! thats more tunes than you can listen to in a lifetime!! including videos!
I get your point there, i have 90GB+ of music and sometimes when itunes is in shuffle mode, something will start playing and i will have no idea what the hell it is

But the pricing is all fecked, it's only 32GB yet costs Ł330!
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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by dunlop2008
If you need to send him explicit pics, send them to my phone and i'll e-mail to him


he doesnt have an iphone, so they get through to him just fine!!!!
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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 02:28 PM
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i just want an etch a sketch now!
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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 02:33 PM
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I have had one of these cracked for AGES on any provider Ziphone has been out ages and will sort it for you.

You can install a 3rd party app to do MMS on a jailbroken phone
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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 03:10 PM
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Originally Posted by EsCosRacer
dumbasses, go do homework..... or maybe thats to get u to buy the big ipod aswell
Kinda defeats the object really doesnt it, carrying a seperate phone and i-pood around

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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 03:57 PM
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iphone is crap anywat :P lol lol



does look pretty though.
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