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O2 (UK) Confirm XDA Mini Pro Release (& Great Deals)

In light of O2 Germany announcing that they will be releasing the wizard as the XDA Mini S, I have just spoken to O2 (UK)'s Marketing Dept & they Officially confirmed they will be follcwing suit, with a UK release date of late October or early November, (stock & supply pemitting, (haha, hehe), they also confirmed that it will be released in the UK under the brand name of the XDA Mini Pro instead of Mini S, GET EM WHILE THERE HOT BOYS (or not, as the case may be)
Regards & Best Wishes Ash'e.

October / November. Jeez that is ages away.
I'm now looking at the Tornado (i-mate SP5) but from looking on the Expansys site where you can pre-order this it is very very expensive.

O2 (UK) XDA Mini S Pricing
The Price of the XDA Wizard Pro looks like its going to be £199.99-GBP or less, sounds like a good deal to me, think I will leave the Tornado or XDA Phone well alone in light of that.
Regards Ash'e

The waiting is killing me...
Terran

ccsnet said:
The waiting is killing me...
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Don't get me started. I've had mine on order since August and I've been without a phone for a month :|

£474 actually: http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=125518

Actually not with an O2 Contract
Actually I need a new O2 contract, so instead of buying the I-Mate sim free version online, think I will hang on that little bit longer & get the XDA Mini Pro version of the HTC Wizard & save myself £300.00 GBP, since I need a new phone contract as I will need to make phone calls next year.
Always beer an early (wait for a good deal) adoptor, not an early, early take what ever deal I can, merely to get my hands on the latest kit first adoptor, you no I have always found what a difference a month can make when buying newly released tech.
Besides which my contact at O2 said that there is a chance that with the right contract it could even be free, (best for business 250 or above).
Oh on a foot note 02 business is offering completely free of charge GPRS access within reasonable usage limits (not more than 38 megs download a month).
All in all if you get a free Wizard and free GPRS access and some exclusive minutes every month for 18 months, sounds like a good deal to me.
Regards Ash'e

Where did you see unlimted data?
I'm buying a jasjar now w/o2 plan, not busniess, though I can, would love the data bit...

Its only available when you buy direct from O2 & when it is an XDA branded product & is available from the 15 of October, ethical usage does apply though.
Regards Ash'e

Are you sure that ethical usage does not apply?
So it would mean unlimited 3g? Skype calls and all? Unbelievable. Also, how do you know it is only available from the 15th vs the 3rd as o2 say? ( I spoke with o2 business today)

Not quite that easy
Although in theory Skype should work on GPRS, they say on the Skype site that there are problems with it, & Personally I have never managed to get it to work, usually lock in to a free WiFi Zone to use Skype.
Besides Which a Skype call on GPRS, would be highly bandwidth/megabyte intensive, which would be in contradiction of the O2 ethical usage limits.
However as to the date that is what I was told over the phone, could have moved it up my contact is one of my best mates from Oxford Uni who managed to become a director of O2 (lucky sod) but he does sometimes get his dates wrong he works in IT not marketing,
Nevertheless there is (within certain limits) free GPRS, which with a free XDA Mini Pro, & some inclusive minutes & texts I think its still a good deal and a great money saver,
Regards Ashe

Free Grprs - Data
This is the first i hear about this usage policy, but I thought the free data, whether 3g or gprs (I am getting the jasjar on an 02 contract for minutes, not data) was indeed only for o2 business users, and not the o2 35mb data only tarif (35GBp). I am confused as where the data is free.
You can have a data only business tariff, but that has a 35mb limit, besides, I don't know how you find unlimited data on o2??? (I get GPRS bills)

Let Me Explain
My buddy at O2 lets me know what the best deals are that are coming up, however O2 has a strict policy of not releasing any information to even its sales staff untill at max a couple of days before they become active, because if they did a lot of people would keep waiting for the better deals and this could makes there sales eratic.
As a customer they want you to take the best deal that is available at the time not what is on the cards in a months time.
O2 are trying to get there GPRS usage up and have come up with a plan to get more of there XDA business users used to using GPRS and the internet on there devices, knowing full well that once they get use to it even when the offer ends they will more than likely keep using it after experiencíng its advantages first hand.
I am just lucky that a director at O2 likes to keep me sweet because of certain aspects of my work and my long freindship with him, because of this I get the luxury of a little bit of pre-release information, thats all, believe me I always joke with him about giving me a little bit more for old times sake, I never get it though, although I do with a little bit of patience always get a good deal, he has never let me down yet, it was him that told me to hang on for the release of the XDA Mini Pro, and the unreleased release date for it, although O2 UK will corfirm that they definitely are releasing the XDA Mini Pro, my buddy just let me know when and what good deals would be attached to it.
Regards Ash'e

Softly, Softly Catchee Monkey.
In Light of some of the Sim Free prices I Keep seeing around this site, I think that maybe it might be worth waiting for some of the contract deal with the big providers.
Regards Ash'e

Sorry guys if this has been mentioned already, but for anyone that's missed this, what do you think of the 'magicians' successor, o2s' branded xda Atom?
Same form factor as the magician, but with WM 5.0, 128 Rom, on-board wifi, 262k QVGA screen, integrated FM Radio and a .....yes...2 megapixel camera upgrade!
I'm getting seriously confused. If we can believe these specs, it really throws a spanner in the works for me. I mean, I've pretty much decided on the Universal (just not sure on MDA Pro or o2s' Exec) but this 'Atom' thing is a serious upgrade from the old Jam and remains 'pocket friendly'. Opinions anyone...advice would be appreciated.
Anyway check this link and judge for yourselves.
read more here: http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/handhelds/0,39001703,39095540p,00.htm

i don't have any "sources" but i called up 02 and they confirmed that it will be released on the 3rd and the mini s should be out by the end of the year as they have it on there system as a near future release

To jaythemagicain:
if that post of yours was in response to mine,...thanks alot! I'll need to check out both the Exec and the Atom side by side, in person, to get a clearer perspective on things.
I was seriously contemplating the MDA Pro due out hopefully end of this month,...but now, can't wait till the 3rd! What's a few more days, right?

The Atom is Confusing Me To:
I have to admit that all the recent news as regards the XDA Atom, is confusing me to, had almost decided on the Wizard or XDA Mini Pro as they are now calling it unlike XDA Mini S there calling it in Germany, now however, the XDA Atom slowley creeps in and confuses us all again, a few confirmed specs would be really usefull.
Even Jag at O2 has heard nothing about it yet & I don't even know if it is anything to do with HTC.
Has anyone got any updated specs to put us all out of our misery
Regards Ash'e

It could be that it's the same sort of thing like voda and orange did when they basically made the jam but reworked it and made the vpa/spv versions.Perhaps one of the mini s's,but the keyboardless version,and reworked?

The Phantom Atom
Been searching for hours on the Internet & making lots of phone calls to everyone I know that may have any information on the Atom but to no avail, and no definative answer or information looks like we are just going to have to be patient, as I have said in other post this is almost like searching for the Holy Grail of Smartphones.
Every body loved the size of the magician, but wanted 128 Megs, WiFi & WM2005, but not to many people wanted the extra size, the slide out keyboard that caused the extra size or to have a slower CPU. Well it appears that the elusive XDA Atom fullfills all of these criteria, but is more elusive than the Holy Grail. However you can bet a pound to a dollar, that it will not reach Europe, and definatly not the UK, perhaps the operators are afraid to many people will buy them and start using Skype on WiFi, and effect there profits, it would certainly be easier to sell to the youth market because of its form factor.
Perhaps HTC should be listening to some of the comments on this forum as I reckon they could have a world beating Iconic device if they only thought about it and listened to what people are saying.
Oh well I will get down from my Soap Box now, any comments Chaps
Regards Ash'e

GOT XDA EXEC TODAY...BUT BOY WAS IT DIFFICULT

I was told on Sunday that the XDA EXEC was coming out on Monday 26th September at 8:30am.
As soon as i got to work i checked the O2 site not there, i nearly cried.. any way i rang at 8:30 they told me that it hadnt been put onto there system yet ..and asked me to ring back at 13:00, i did and now they tell me that its been put back by a week now iam angry and blowing steam and demand to speak to a manager and he says the same......
Now my heads spinning and im really stressed out,,,,i chill out for a couple of hours and i for some reason i check the O2 Business Site and there it is for SALE i rubb my eyes in disbelief and i ring immediately and get my company to Buy it for me...
£199.99 + vat device
tarriff £17.00/month + vat
100 x minutes
20 text
1mb data
50p a minute video calls but i will change this later with a bolt on..
when i came home this evening the XDA EXEC has dissapeared from site i did speak to someone this evening at O2 and he couldnt belief i actually got one, and they have sold there first wave of Business orders so i was bloody lucky.. next stock i was told is on Thursday but tread carefully and checked site very rugularly and be prepared to do battle with O2 toget one.. most sales advisors havnt a glue whats going on..
Peace out..

I am in disbelief, but then o2 is soooo disjointed it's possible!. One hand doesn't know what the others doing :wink: enjoy it anyhow, lucky sod!

I saw that same info on business site, but when I called the rep told me that you could noe order so I gave up... :evil: NOW I AM JUST FREAKING MADDDD! :wink: oh well, I guess it was not my luck today...Hey fanacreonte2804, maybe you can buy one for me sesing you're the MAN?

Well played.
Post pics when it arrives. Trying to decide whether it's worth selling my JasJar and getting an O2 Exec on contract.

fanacreonte2804 said:
I was told on Sunday that the XDA EXEC was coming out on Monday 26th September at 8:30am.
As soon as i got to work i checked the O2 site not there, i nearly cried.. any way i rang at 8:30 they told me that it hadnt been put onto there system yet ..and asked me to ring back at 13:00, i did and now they tell me that its been put back by a week now iam angry and blowing steam and demand to speak to a manager and he says the same......
Now my heads spinning and im really stressed out,,,,i chill out for a couple of hours and i for some reason i check the O2 Business Site and there it is for SALE i rubb my eyes in disbelief and i ring immediately and get my company to Buy it for me...
£199.99 + vat device
tarriff £17.00/month + vat
100 x minutes
20 text
1mb data
50p a minute video calls but i will change this later with a bolt on..
when i came home this evening the XDA EXEC has dissapeared from site i did speak to someone this evening at O2 and he couldnt belief i actually got one, and they have sold there first wave of Business orders so i was bloody lucky.. next stock i was told is on Thursday but tread carefully and checked site very rugularly and be prepared to do battle with O2 toget one.. most sales advisors havnt a glue whats going on..
Peace out..
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So i'm confused. Do you have one in your hands, or is it 'on the way'?

Called the non-web based o2 Contract line (0870 5860860) 3 times yesterday and kept getting told to ring back. This morning I have been told that the date has been put back to Monday 3 October 2005.
What makes me think that any domestic stock has been redirected to the business side of things :evil:

Spoke To O2 Last Night on Normal Custoer Services and they say it is now available

Just rung the number shown above, 402 select, business o2 and all say 3rd October and not before.
What number did you try?

Just spoke to contract services, and no, its not available till 3rd, and its not on system. He did admit somebody had spotted it on the website but says he doubts that if they ordered it they will get it before anyone ordering next week and possibly will need to re-order.
Looks like we all need to wait.
Oh, and just to make sure I get it first, O2 said it was delayed by a month and for NONE OF YOU to call untill November ok?

I have just put the phone down from O2 Marketing Director. Sadly, the XDA Exec's were involved in a fatal accident and therefore will not be available until 1st December.
For more information ring O2 Mid October for an update.
LOL... just kidding

Got tired of all the major network providers mucking me & the rest of us about. My wife agreed to me finally buying a JasJar in Tottenham Court road today at Inkino Ltd. They really are a nice set of people and very professional. They certainly will get my recommendation!
Just charging my new toy :lol: It's actually much more appealing to the eye than any photo I've seen of it. Well, there's undoubtedly nothing for me to report as you've all read the posts in this forum, but I will share solutions to problems encountered, as I come across them. Thanks to Xda developers, I feel well prepared and well informed. Thanks to all of you. & Thanks to my wife for putting up with my technoholic tendancies 8) Well she has ended up with my i-mate jam after all and is thoroughly loving it!

Im afraid if I spent that much on the JasJar my wife would go into premature labour (after killing me), so i have no choice but to wait for the major carriers.
I may end up getting two and selling one to these eager US people who cant get it as im due an upgrade for wifes tarif as well as taking out new one for me.
Looks like ill get one on o2 upgrade, then take out the T-mobile 100meg data tarif with the Universal as the phone.
Still at least a week to wait, but hell, if it was nokia it would be 6 months more, be obsolete when it was released and anyone that bought it would be ****** off at the fact 4 days later nokia release a better "i" version for less money.

The actual story of what happened with o2 (because I went through the same thing on Monday) is, according to the business Supervisor:
On Mon 26 Sep it was released by their I.T. department onto the business site by mistake.
Thousands of customers ordered it through the site and from the phone line who had taken this to mean it was available.
Once the mistake was realised, the person responsible in I.T. was fired and all orders stopped. Mine was in fact cancelled by them, without them telling me.

I was out and about today so decided to pop in to a few mobile phone shops and see what the story 'out on the street' was.
Vodafone
Never heard of the Universal or any of its derivatives.
O2
Got a new (October) catalogue out with the Exec listed at £150 on a 200 min contract. Expecting stock 'sometime this month'. Video calls on 3G will now be chargeable (to other networks) and data prices are now higher.
Orange
Had a dummy phone in store! Didn't know anything about availability or price though. In fact, had never seen it before.
So, there you go. Another week...

Some T-Mobile stores also have the dummy phone. It fits nicely in a front jeans pocket, and isn't as heavy as I expected! Also the keyboard is quite usable, even with my larger than average fingers!
And you know what they say about men with large fingers...

hey can u post the ext rom on ftp???
tia

CJSnet said:
Some T-Mobile stores also have the dummy phone. It fits nicely in a front jeans pocket, and isn't as heavy as I expected! Also the keyboard is quite usable, even with my larger than average fingers!
And you know what they say about men with large fingers...
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After finally holding one in my hand today I must admit how much smaller and better built it was than what I was expecting. All this fuss about it being too big - rubbish says I!

The o2.co.uk Website has moved the XDAi & XDAs to the end of the phones webpage leaving a nice little gap for the third in the current range on Monday???

XDA Exec Mobiles4everyone.com
Still no sign this am on O2 but Mobiles4everyone are offering Execs - whether or not for imediate delivery I don't yet know. Others are offering too. Cheers, Derek

That's great, and I like the pricing too.
But I can't find any of the other places you mention.
Let's try and get a list going here of:
* The best deals
* Those who have it in stock and offer quick delivery

SPV M5000 in Orange October Magazine

They say I'll be out by the end out the month..?
No prices yet though
The dummy is available in the shops and wasnt as big as I was expecting..

Yay, I like Orange. I played with the Demo in their shop, its actualy a good dummy phone, close to the real thing.
Also, Go to the website and get yourself a £1 payg sim.
Then spend £1 on ALL YOU CAN EAT gprs for the day.
Its in their catalogue, you can buy £4 for 4meg for the month, or £1 a day for all you want. Thats the best gprs deal ive seen anywhere, including most of the contracts.

£1 a day for all day!? sounds interesting!
thanks for the info.

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They say I'll be out by the end out the month..?
No prices yet though
The dummy is available in the shops and wasnt as big as I was expecting..
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Last time i rang them (which has been quite a lot over the last few weeks) they said it would be November when it was coming out..... getting so impatient now, been holding off getting a new phone for months to get this!

spoke to oramge in paddington station, and there is an offer where you get 1gig a month fo 3 month, which is great, but then after that you are down to 25 megs for 25 quid or something. they weren't able to offer anything in between.

The 1 gig for three months is a standard offer on all new contracts, its to get you "hooked" on data so they can then sell you loads.
They do sell bundles on their 'data' tarifs, and not too bad, about £25 for 65meg i think.

guys iv been with orange for donkey years and get my devices free on an upgrade (pda's etc) but this time im going to get the o2 exec pro, i know i know same spec etc but the o2 device (to me) just looks great!!!
whats your opinions on the looks for the devices jasjar the m5000 and the rest what looks the best??
p.s orange upgrades told me today it could be 18 oct if were lucky or nov, but thats orange for ya, always last to provide

as far as looks go,
The VPA IV i havent seen in person but it looks plain white to me
not that appealing, it just looks like a gameboy ds, not professional at all
The MDA Pro looks smart with the (almost) aluminium appearance
not the best looking phone of the lot but theres worse (see above)
The SPV M5000 has a gunmetal finish
i guess it can be appealing, its not as good looking as the MDA in my opinion
but they are close
to me though its a tie between the Jasjar and the XDA Exec in terms of sheer appearance, the black simply looks far more professional, and in my opinion far less of a toy (like the VPA), the only thing that clinches it between the 2 is the blue backlight on the keys of the XDA Exec. It's all down to preferance in the end, but that's mine

quiltfish << NICE JIBE :twisted: at the m2000, mate i couldnt agree more! lol :lol: i dont need a gun to defend my self iv got the m2000
just orded myo2 exec online cant wait till i get my hands on it!

I received a phone call today from a company (I can't remember their name) offering me a Free upgrade phone if I stay with Orange.
When I mentioned that I was only interested in the SPV M5000, he looked it up on his system and said that it had failed the testing by Orange and won't be available until February.
He didn't try to sell me an alternative, so I don't believe he was saying it to get me to choose another phone.
I hope he has got it wrong, but who knows. (Orange CS certainly don't) :?

I rang orange this afternoon and they told me it was just finishing the testing and would be ready for the end of the month!
I'm sure these people just pick a phrase out of a hat and say whatever it says!

If Orange mess about much more, i'll give up my 7 year relationship with them and move on..... I never can understand why they are always the last to release new phones!

drummer
>>> thats sales guys talking outa his ass. They will be releasing it as th chap here inoranges store has the device and let me have a play with it- the only issue he reported is that bcauses Oranges 3g Coverage is so poor customers will mainly be using 2g unless they are in a strong signal area(which are limited)but i guess they have to prove to the market that as always they are the last ones to bring out devices-mate iv been with orange contract for 7 donkey years and even though iwork for Vdafone I kept my main contractwith Orange as you know, you get used to having something around for so long(ABIT LIKE THE MISSES :lol: -- scrap that o shel kick my head in! :shock:
and my bills on average of 70-100 a month so all my upgrades i get for free (m2000) so i calld them and asked what they can do as my upgrades due in march they said they will let me upgrade in dec the earliset and they will give me the m5000 free- BUT i cant wait that long an as i prefar the look of the XDA-exec iv just orded that with O2 online and when i get my m5000 im floging it for a healthy profit
and guys they are going to offer you the 18 month contracts when you try to upgrade as being the best thing since a micro wave! but becarefull-catches : you can not upgrade for 18 months! and your phones warrenty period isonly for 12 months! soon though 12 month contrats will be phased out. Vodfone strated itandORangeo2 have followed suit.
shame

JUST GOT MY O2 EXEC!!!!!
and im loving it. been playing with it for a few hours theeeeeeeeeeeeeee only this that annoyed me was o2 active, id never used it before and iv read some people hate it and some love it well i hated it! tried to uninstall it through remove programmes dint do it so had to go into windows folder and hunt the files out I still have the battery icon on the top of my screen next to start does anyone know how to get rid of this?
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ok just released while I was on a mission to remove o2 active iv just buggerd up task manager, so i guess here we go with a reformat-- can anyone b kind enough to advise how to remove o2 active safely?
anyway besides from that i really love the device so far iv made a video call and that was good(until i lost 3g coverage-lol) and im geting use the device-even though its BIGGER and HEAVIER then my m2000 it feels fragile???
Im going to go hunt for sum quality stereo Bluetooth headsets and a stylish case

N2h said:
JUST GOT MY O2 EXEC!!!!!
and im loving it. been playing with it for a few hours theeeeeeeeeeeeeee only this that annoyed me was o2 active, id never used it before and iv read some people hate it and some love it well i hated it! tried to uninstall it through remove programmes dint do it so had to go into windows folder and hunt the files out I still have the battery icon on the top of my screen next to start does anyone know how to get rid of this?
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ok just released while I was on a mission to remove o2 active iv just buggerd up task manager, so i guess here we go with a reformat-- can anyone b kind enough to advise how to remove o2 active safely?
anyway besides from that i really love the device so far iv made a video call and that was good(until i lost 3g coverage-lol) and im geting use the device-even though its BIGGER and HEAVIER then my m2000 it feels fragile???
Im going to go hunt for sum quality stereo Bluetooth headsets and a stylish case
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It's very very difficult, but here goes.
READ THE F*CKING MANUAL
At startup you can choose basic, personal or corporate. Choose BASIC to get all your UK settings and skins and battery icon in today screen. No menus or anything else.
once again, READ THE F*CKING MANUAL!

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READ THE F*CKING MANUAL
At startup you can choose basic, personal or corporate. Choose BASIC to get all your UK settings and skins and battery icon in today screen. No menus or anything else.
once again, READ THE F*CKING MANUAL![/quote]<<<<<<<<
WHAT A ****ING TWAT! YEH THATS YOU "Southern_Man"
LISTEN PRICK WATCH YOUR ****ING LANGUAGE, OK ASSHOLE WHEN YOU SELECT BASIC OPTION ON INSTALLATION IT STILL INSTALLS THE "****ING FILES" TO YOUR DEVICE-SO RETARD KEEP YOUR ****ING OPINIONS TO YOURSELF!
AND IF YOUR PREPARED TO GIVE OTHER PEOPLE ABUSE WHEN THERE NO NEED TAKE THAT JUNK THAT YOU CALL A PDA AND SHOVE IT WHERE THE SUN DOES NOT SHINE"! ****!

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

I had a nice prepaid subscription with an upstarting provider back when I lived in Oslo. Free gprs/mms without any limitations whatsoever. My counter stopped on 4gigs after being online for a year but I think that's probably an error on the programme's side. Or?

Arctura >>
your one lucky guy!! lol
i dont think you should call your service provider to discuss this oversight!
its a shame we cant get a fluke like that with the uk networks

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Also, Go to the website and get yourself a £1 payg sim.
Then spend £1 on ALL YOU CAN EAT gprs for the day.
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wow... that is brilliant - thanks very much for pointing that out - you've probably saved me a fortune
i've got an O2 xda exec, but have ordered myself a £1 orange sim for those days when i know i've got a long train journey
(if anyone else is interested - see http://www.orange.co.uk/service_plans/payasyougo/extra_costs.html#more_Extras)

News for anyone who is considering the VPA version

I know that most people here already own a Jasjar or MDA and those who don't would much prefer the metalic finish of the SPV or the black XDA when they come out, but for those of you who are after the gameboy DS lookalike version, the VPA a word of warning, I have just gotten off of the phone with Vodafone as I was planning on getting my number transfer code... suddenly theyt start asking questions about why I want to transfer over to another network (no big surprise there) when I explained about the XDA Exec she slammed me on hold and sent me to her supervisor. She went through the options and hit me with some nasty figures...
First off its unlikely they will be getting it in before December
and far more scarily
Even if you sign up for an 18 month tarif at £99 a month (anytime 3000)they won't be selling it for less than £250 for either a new contract or upgrade, it would cost even more on the lower ones.
Although it is still up in the air as to weither they will be stocking the white device at the moment or rebadging the Qtek 9000 when they get their hands on it
something tells me voda won't be shifting many handsets

I've just finished a very interesting conversation with vodafone...
2 days ago I requested my PAC code in order to go for a deal I'd seen for a XDA exec via buymobilephones.com. I called today to get the pac code (takes 48 hours they said) and proceeded to signup with it on buymobilephones.com. Funnily enough their signup process died with an error on the final step!
Few seconds later, vodafone rung me... "We heard you're planning to leave becase you can't get an HTC Universal... we've made some special arrangements and you can have one, it's a Qtek..." he then proceeded to insist it was a Qtek 1620 (which *really* worried me because I think that's an HTC Blue Angel, not a Universal). We debated that for a while and he insisted that it's definitely a universal they're sending me - he described the rotating screen etc. So, it arrives tomorrow, new contract, fair enough, £70 cost, keep my wonderful 100mins for £15 a month tariff (was called online 100, and I'm not a heavy user so expected much higher costs to get a Universal).
So... I'm a very happy bunny (or at least I will be when it arrives tomorrow, and if it's a Universal), and I've only got good things to say about Vodafone right now! I should have asked whether the Qtek was going to be generally available from vodafone... but he did say it was a 'special retention arrangement'!
Matt S.

Let us know when it arrives please and what did you actually get

I am a business user and trying to get info about any smartphone devices is like getting blood out a stone. However they say the Qtek V1640 is imminent and "is the same as the O2 Exec". What finish it is I do not know. I presume it is just a rebadged QTek 9000
I would go and get one from another network, but we have hardware credit with Voda so it is effectively free!
If yours doeas turn up tomorrow I wold be very interested to hear !
T-Mobile and Orange have both offered trial units to keep me going until I can get a Voda one (not told them that!)

I'm not wanting to turn into C/S troll boy around here but ..
They will just blatantly lie to you.
They have to me already reg. billing and handset replacement.
The people they employ are often sub-intelligent and very young and the business methods of these companies are generally appauling.
Don't be suprised if they screw you over ..

I Agree with Gubb

A slightly pear-shaped twist...
Called vodafone this morning to confirm I should expect delivery today. Fine they said, all ok, you'll get it today.
4pm and no sign so I called again... this time, long while on hold... out of stock, no idea when we'll have it, try Monday, we're really sorry. They gave me £10 credit on my account however for messing me about, which is good I suppose, but obviously I'm a bit miffed.

Called back again, this time went through to the retentions team... he checked stock levels etc, assured me that they were coming in on Monday and I'd get it on Tuesday. I won't hold my breath.

Those Waiting From T-mobile...

2nd October.. T-mobile have updated their website, placed the MDA Vario II back on their website, Now that my mother says im allowed to have one, I rang to make sure they had some in stock, the person i was talking to, said there was quite a few ! Great !
Placed an order as soon as possible, with a bit of hitches during the order process using Firefox (did it in Internet Explorer in the end). Got my PAC Code from Orange (unfortunatly it has to come through the mail, delaying the process even more...)
Hopefulli i'll be a proud new owner of the MDA Vario II !!!! Can't wait.
Can anyone give me any useful links or tools? Any Pre-cautions?
Finally... I use a Series 60 Symbian (Nokia 7610), i want to backup all my messages and contacts and get them on the Pocket PC Somehow, Any ideas?

Yikes,
T-mob certinely know how to charge top whack?
Makes the VarioII V M3100 much more expensive on similar plans even ?
Maybe give it a week or two and see if the demand falls bringing down the prices hopefully..

LoL i hope your not trying to say im wasting my money...

gmatharu12 said:
LoL i hope your not trying to say im wasting my money...
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No not realy, just dont want to find the price of the phone dropping off next week due to increased supply and maybe less demand, with the recent shortage of the Vario II over the past weeks T-mob maybe think the price can be 'hiked up'
Any ideas of the cost of the phone maybe a few weeks back on similar deals ?

I think the prices are about the same as they were in August. They introduced a £30 off the phone promotion during September, which now looks like it has finished.
The £5 of the plans, and 3 months free webnwalk started in September, and looks like it is continuing. Although the WebNwalk plans are revised, giving you less data (although it isn't supposed to be a hard limit).
Anyone know how T-mobile implement changes to their plans for existing contracts?
Example; if we took out webnwalk with 2gb data, and it is now advertised as 1Gb.

lol thanks killabeezz, i hope not either, but compared to Orange deals, their deals are almost double on contract and handset price (unless upgrading).
38h21543: Im sure you get to keep your contract, until it ends, in which case you'll need to pick one of the new contracts. So you still get to keep the 2gb data.