Orange has become the latest company to suffer from Christmas confusion, developing amnesia about which handsets it’s actually selling.
e610_orange Orange's E610: how it appears in the carrier's catalogue
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The SPV E610 smartphone, which looks rather a lot like a rebranded Amoi 6711, appears …
I wasn't really paying much attention to this article until I realised - a touchscreen Treo form factor device with a full keyboard running Windows? Bloody hell. I didn't actually think I'd see the day when the Windows Mobile manufacturers would sit up and take notice.
Don't get me wrong - wild horses won't drag my PalmOS Treo away from me, but this looks perfect for a few of my mates who are coming up to upgrade time.
May just be me, but I see no mention of this phone being touchscreen in the article? It states that it's a smart phone, but I thought M$ qualifies smartphones as those phones which run WinMobile and no touchscreen?
(gotta go with Paris icon here... she is confusled!)
So you left them ages ago yet profess to know how they work now... what a great comment.
I've been with Orange (admittedly the business bunch but i manage the company phones) for 5 years and they're excellent, always helpful, good service etc...
Can't fault them at all.
@Adam - Samsung call the i600 a Smartphone and that is not touch screen but runs on MS, also the SPV E650 also on Orange is the same.... so i'm not sure what a Smartphone actually counts for!?
I've had two smartphones the old M500 and the newer M3100 both had touch screens but this Treo doesn't look too bad I have however moved to a more basic Sony Ericsson as I suffered with many crashes using the M3100 I just need a phone that works and that I don't have to keep charging all the time.
yes i did leave them ages ago & their customer service agents used to be as confused then as they are now by the sounds of it, all you have to is go read some of the many smart phone forum community's that are around to know that
I'm not saying it's the customer service people's faults just that O seem to have a bad habit of not arming them them with the facts they need to do their jobs, unless of course they're just not reading said facts
(im talking the end user bunch here not the business bunch)
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Orange unsure of own upcoming smartphone
Orange has become the latest company to suffer from Christmas confusion, developing amnesia about which handsets it’s actually selling. e610_orange Orange's E610: how it appears in the carrier's catalogue Image courtesy CoolSmartPhone.com The SPV E610 smartphone, which looks rather a lot like a rebranded Amoi 6711, appears …
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Posted Wednesday 12th December 2007 16:18 GMT
Anonymous Coward
Usual O then.... #
sounds like normal for Orange, not knowing their arse from their elbow, glad i left them ages ago....
Posted Thursday 13th December 2007 02:02 GMT
Rob Haswell
My god #
I wasn't really paying much attention to this article until I realised - a touchscreen Treo form factor device with a full keyboard running Windows? Bloody hell. I didn't actually think I'd see the day when the Windows Mobile manufacturers would sit up and take notice.
Don't get me wrong - wild horses won't drag my PalmOS Treo away from me, but this looks perfect for a few of my mates who are coming up to upgrade time.
Posted Thursday 13th December 2007 09:33 GMT
Adam Reiniger
Re: My God #
May just be me, but I see no mention of this phone being touchscreen in the article? It states that it's a smart phone, but I thought M$ qualifies smartphones as those phones which run WinMobile and no touchscreen?
(gotta go with Paris icon here... she is confusled!)
Posted Thursday 13th December 2007 10:59 GMT
Scott Mckenzie
@Coward #
So you left them ages ago yet profess to know how they work now... what a great comment.
I've been with Orange (admittedly the business bunch but i manage the company phones) for 5 years and they're excellent, always helpful, good service etc...
Can't fault them at all.
@Adam - Samsung call the i600 a Smartphone and that is not touch screen but runs on MS, also the SPV E650 also on Orange is the same.... so i'm not sure what a Smartphone actually counts for!?
Posted Thursday 13th December 2007 10:59 GMT
Wesley Wakeman
Re: Smartphones #
I've had two smartphones the old M500 and the newer M3100 both had touch screens but this Treo doesn't look too bad I have however moved to a more basic Sony Ericsson as I suffered with many crashes using the M3100 I just need a phone that works and that I don't have to keep charging all the time.
Posted Thursday 13th December 2007 10:59 GMT
Andrew Woodvine
Rob Haswell's comment #
What about a Palm Treo 750 for your mates, which is a touchscreen Treo with a full keyboard running Windows?
Posted Thursday 13th December 2007 13:07 GMT
Anonymous Coward
@ scott #
yes i did leave them ages ago & their customer service agents used to be as confused then as they are now by the sounds of it, all you have to is go read some of the many smart phone forum community's that are around to know that
I'm not saying it's the customer service people's faults just that O seem to have a bad habit of not arming them them with the facts they need to do their jobs, unless of course they're just not reading said facts
(im talking the end user bunch here not the business bunch)
Posted Thursday 13th December 2007 15:57 GMT
Rob Haswell
@Andrew Woodvine #
Last I checked, Orange don't carry Palms.
http://shop.orange.co.uk/shop/show/handsets/upgrade/all/all
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