This should be put on the Wiki under Advocacy (or similar):

On Fri, 2007-01-26 at 09:16 +0000, Andrew Loughran wrote:
> If anyone needs examples of how phones connect behind ones back, I can 
> provide a fair few.
> 
> I had the O2 XDA Orbit.  It looks like a smashing phone, but the software on 
> it lets it down massively.
> 
> The carrier have changed the software's functionality, so even when you 
> disable GPRS connection (like putting the phone into flight mode, but with 
> just GPRS) the software turns it back on.  This led to a bill of £26 after 
> just 5 days of having the phone.  Needless to say, the phone went back, and 
> I'm now sitting on my hands until I graduate from Uni, carry on my 
> professional career, and hopefully get my hands on the neo1973 in September.  
> I must say, the experience with integrated GPS was probably the best thing 
> about the phone.  I had to visit a client - the GPS took me to the nearest 
> car park, then I was able to use walk mode to find my way right to their 
> front door.  I had a handheld GPS before, which one couldn't really use to 
> the same extent.
--

Richi



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