Sverhnagly scam free style

The emergence of "new" fare Beeline "Freestyle" has coincided with another mass campaign of spamming offers almost free mobile phone exactly with the SIM-card Beeline. Is it possible that lohotronschikov their marketing departments that track operators and initiatives on this wave offering their counter-initiative? While most likely a coincidence.

Overview of VoIP-kit Plantronics Voyager 510

Package Contents: Headset USB-dongle Credle Cable to charge from USB Three interchangeable attachments for speaker CD with software PerSono Call User Additional accessories (not included):

Review of Bluetooth-headset Plantronics Voyager Pro

Package Contents: Headset Charger USB-cable User In some ways, by Plantronics is very similar to to Dell. Both are U.S. citizens (with some reservations, of course), both long time catered to the corporate sector and continue to do so until now. Both came on the market of consumer electronics for a wide-eyed, they say, like this interesting, new, cool. For Dell, this campaign resulted in the creation of a number of strange laptops that are somewhere between consumer and corporate, and Plantronics, too, were such strange model. Suffice it to recall P590 Pulsar - seems to be a wireless stereo headset for geeks, young people, but it was, and frankly some incomprehensible things like strongly protruding microphone, frankly dull appearance. However, if you look past models of both companies, we see a remarkable Plantronics Discovery 975, and a number of good low-cost models. The Dell has Adamo and Alienware, plus low-cost line, in the general interest. But the esprit de corps can not be eradicated. And let it be, if only to equipment containing it, worked well.

I-Mode from MTS - a little reflection about technology

Official announcement of the launch I-Mode in the MTS network took place on September 14, at the same time on sale there and the telephone. As an anticipatory publication, an article appeared Basil Kuzicheva, Development Director of MegaFon-Moscow ", which is on the run I-Mode in the Russian reality puts an end and in the process a little promoted innovation in MegaFon. You can read the material here. From the perspective of business ethics publication of such material against competitors is only possible on the company's internal resources (intranet is generally a collection of such harsh sentences and correctly configured for each company). But the mass mailing of articles to all the journalists looks extremely questionable move and shows that the launch of services still Megaphone touched a nerve. Voluntarily or involuntarily, but the material Kuzicheva caused a storm of debate, which in all its glory manifested themselves as supporters of the technology and its opponents. Especially taking a little time to reflect on the arguments on both sides, forced to admit that there is a rational core, and there, and there, but vce fixated on the technology itself and not pay attention to how I-Mode will be fed a normal user. After all, those who discusses i-mode today, wittingly or unwittingly are relevant to the field of mobile communications and the same article Kuzicheva aimed at a professional audience, or a keen interest in communication. However, to see the hot debate is enough to go into cells, where the whole spectrum of opinions.

Tariff plan "Intuition" from Beeline or another failure of the project operator's phone

In Russia, a very brief period of time when operators are not only selling telecommunications services, but also the source of supply of subscriber equipment that is sold to mobile phones. Over the years, participants in those events say that the trade was of phones forced, retail market phones did not exist and the operators to get it sorted as best we could. Wickedness in these words a lot more than the truth. If you look at the European market, which development is ahead of Russia today at 3-4 years, and then outpaced a good dozen years, we see the opposite picture: today, independent retailers, offering mobile phones, in Europe there is little, the whole market is monopolized shops acting under the auspices of the operators and owned by them in varying degrees. At the stage of network development, when the cover was minimal, and the customer base in the hundreds of people, operators have begun to develop and retail businesses. For them, creating points of presence was normal, and the network evolved simultaneously on the cover, and retail salons. In our country, the operators have decided to save money and reduce their risks, retail business, none of them did not develop, allowing many independent companies to become major retailers in Russia. And for operators phones have become just an appendage to the networks, and often annoying appendage: compatibility testing takes time, needs constant adjustment of own software, which is not ideal, the creation of options for additional services to users, answering questions, users, etc. The operator does not understand the business of mobile phones, in fact, all operators until recently in one voice declared that the sale terminals - non-core business that they are not interesting. But with the saturation of the market of communication services and a decrease in revenue growth from sales of voice traffic operators needed to find new ways to increase profitability. One of the main areas was the development of non-voice services as a priority feature is called work to create their own phones. By "their own mobile phones" refers not machines, created from scratch and adapting existing solutions with a clear binding to a specific operator. By binding we mean no SIM lock, but rather a set of functional characteristics with which the phone receives the new quality, expanding its functionality and consumer appeal, respectively, increases.

Starting tomorrow, MegaFon-Moscow renews its range of contractual rates. The new TA will receive the word "Challenge" in the title - this one could guess from the pre-street, and TV-commercials. Connect to existing TA today is still possible, but at midnight on October 9 activation contracts for "old" rates will be closed. Please find a new line with the rates and decide: Escape to the dealer to enter into a contract or wait quietly on Monday. For existing contract customers, nothing changes, they will still be serviced by its tariff. Closed to new connections following tariff plans: Reception Private, Friendly Reception, Reception Business, Unlimited, one to one, FixL. Since the information was not published officially MegaFon, there may be some minor refinements. Although I doubt it.

Softovy digest for iPhone. Issue 1

myRadios Developer - E. Degrange Website - iphone.degrange.net Price - $ 0.99 The program allows you to add a reference to the iPhone internet radio station. The program of four main sections - the actual radio, the list of favorite stations, a catalog of available stations and the tab "About". Even without additional settings in the catalog a huge number of Internet radio stations. They are grouped in alphabetical order, which includes genres, category and country. Any station in the directory, you can add to your favorites.

Review of Bluetooth-headset Plantronics Explorer 370

Package Contents: Headset Charger User Strap Packaging - blister

Mobile, we

Will not go down in history and tell about how, when and how did service MobileMe, developed by Apple. The fact that this software is firmly taken its place on the company's devices, it has penetrated not only into the bowels of computers and laptops, it can be found even in the Apple TV. I've been wanting to write about MobileMe, but all waiting for something ... Or rather, not even waiting for, and hoped that at least one of my card will buy this software directly online. Alas, while a card is not so simple, you could wait for years and centuries, but could not buy. As a result, a few days ago I undertook a sortie in one of the special shops, and there is three thousand six hundred rubles was purchased a boxed version of the program. The box is only a code and a brief guide, after activating safely dispose of all this trash. By the way, if suddenly your card fit, you can use the free version, it works for three months before you will receive a message about the need to pay for further use. In general, the calculations are as follows: about a hundred dollars a year, ie, in December of 2009, I would have to go out and buy a box with the code. Or look for the right card. In general, let's see what they take money from us.

Gambling on the iPhone. N3

All described in a review toys are available in App Store.

Review of Bluetooth-headset Plantronics Explorer 360

Package Contents: Headset Charger User Packaging - blister, not sealed, you can easily get the device for review. Photo packages are not provided in connection with the fact that, at the hands of a pre-sale sample.

MTS Jeans-Open: The attraction of unprecedented generosity?

C 5 to October 18, MTS offers its subscribers use prepaid-unlimited incoming calls for quite a ridiculous fee of $ 1.69 ($ 1.9942 from VAT). The proposal is decorated in a temporary action (as usually done in "Jeans"), serving until November 30 inclusive. This action caused a lot of issues, including the two main ones: whether "it works and why it was done?

MegaFon-Moscow: three million - a major figure

Its third million subscribers of MegaFon-Moscow took over 7 months. High growth rates, especially for competitive Moscow market. General Director of MegaFon-Moscow Igor Parfenov claims that subscriber growth is broadly according to the company's plans, but it's not quite true. Six months ago, three million bar in the company's anticipated overcome only by the end of the year, respectively, planned investment in network development and construction of new base stations, etc. Increased number of subscribers not only proportional to the dictates "mechanical" building the network settings, but some changes in priorities and in the pricing policy of the operator.

Review of Bluetooth-headset Plantronics Explorer 220

Package Contents: Headset Charger User What can we expect from the budget of the product? It just seems that there is nothing special, but here is where the important stuff, intended mostly for impulse purchases, these headsets can bring not only great joy but also great pain to their owners.

Overview bluetooth-headset Plantronics Discovery 975

Package Contents: Headset Cover with battery Cover for extras Carbine Charger Additional nozzle on the speaker Documentation You've probably noticed that in the year 2009 the number of reviews of Bluetooth-headset on the site decreased markedly. If the 2008th to me fell into the hands of six or even ten different devices, but now that number is much smaller. Sometimes so much so that there is nothing new. The blame for this lies not with me, but the manufacturer, and can we call it a fault? The crisis forced to stop the boom Bluetooth-enabled devices, several second-tier manufacturers have simply disappeared from the market, key players reduced the range to a reasonable extent, peretryahnuli range. Order of abundance, it was before, will be gone. Such a large number of crazy ideas of mad money - too. So I now with great interest went up to writing any review of innovations among wireless devices, and especially to such as the Plantronics Discovery 975. It replaces the highly successful predecessor, Discovery 925. And the changes should include not only a different design, but also a number of other significant differences.

New line of MTS: good rates low does not happen?

First impression - many, too many of the new tariffs. As many as 16 pieces. You can save money on periodicals, a couple of evenings a fascinating read is enough. And what about workers subscription service to learn it all by heart? And dealers who barely had time to realize / adopt new TA megaphone with their cherespolosnoy billing, and here a new attack in the form completely updated line of MTS? But the first impression was deceptive, the new tariffs as much as it was old. Just a variant of "All at once" total change slightly baffle. Speaking of "All at once," Where is the promised new "jeans"? They are no more, gone. More precisely, we multiply, renamed and merged into a new overall portfolio. This is really a surprise, brand Jeans seemed eternal and immutable. Try to understand the latest offers, all prices are in USD VAT.

MegaFon-Moscow fare "Studentchesky ISIC": attempt number two?

Creating a semi-tariff specifically for a particular audience - a delicate and thankless. Operator has to go to certain discounts and rebates to demonstrate the "exclusivity" deals, while simultaneously he could not make a bad bargain and give to three rubles a product that's already bad dismount the top five. Advertising promotion of this product does not shine as aggressive advertising available "exclusive" leads to a mere mortal irritation and subconscious desire to distance himself from the vendor. So by advertising here may be more harm than good. Respectively, and the audience in such TA is certainly small, and if suddenly be great - there is a clear error of the marketing department (see above). Such narrowly focused "group" rates should rather be seen as a fashion product, once again drawing attention to the brand and nothing more. This is precisely the role of branding in their time was assigned tariff Fashion, which we wrote at length a year ago. Today on TP Fashion few remember: "The Moor has done his job."

Free answering machine at 09 (MGTS): Now exactly 100 times the Room

Systems IVR (interactive voice answering machine) are widely used throughout the world. Typically, a large reference systems of airports, municipal services, automatic call routing in large corporations, etc. Despite the almost universal availability of touchtone in modern telephone networks, interactive system with the recognition of key words have not lost their value. First of all, thanks to more "friendly" and intuitive ease of use. "Press 1 to enter the main menu, 2 - for help with ..." works well, but to communicate with the system of voice is much nicer and more humane. " In Moscow city telephone network interactive voice may be the only reasonable solution - simply because of the technological specifics of the equipment. Well, it realized the leadership of MGTS, for which a special thank you to him. Not very well that in the system "is the place to be" some "curvature", but it is important to make the first move - bugs / deficiencies can and should be corrected. Much easier to do nothing and ... but we will not roll down on chewing truths.

"The Ukrainian Gambit" VimpelCom "

VimpelCom has announced it is buying 100% stake in the operator Ukrainian Radio Systems (URS, provides services under the brand name WellCom). On the proposed acquisition of Ukrainian operator, we wrote back in March. The process of closing stretches for 14 months because of disagreement company Telenor - one of the major shareholders in VimpelCom (26,6% of shares). Originally, the deal was supposed to conclude in April, the delay was more than six months. Nevertheless, the final decision to buy was made at a special September meeting of shareholders of VimpelCom and evening, Nov. 10 deal was closed. The total purchase price amounts to 231.3 million U.S. dollars. Price includes cost of purchase is equal to 206.5 million dollars, plus the costs of URS in the amount of 24.8 million U.S. dollars from the purchase date VimpelCom option. VimpelCom has also accepted the obligation on the debt of URS in the amount of approximately 23.5 million dollars, according to the General Director of VimpelCom Alexander Izosimov this debt will be restructured.

Gambling on the iPhone. N4

All described in the review game is well suited for mass festivities. As a prize winner can use a glass of champagne or a cake.

I-Mode from MTS. Russian operator puts an end to the global expansion of NTT DoCoMo

It is no secret that Russian companies are often represented by their managers love to give my services to corporations, businesses, and myself personally, that must be confessed, a greater importance. In the course are beautiful graphics, compelling speech about the growth of production of something, a favorable economic situation in the country. Regarding our mobile operators "bombast" until recently was held solely in pursuit of a subscriber, all tried to score on the phase of the maximum number of users. Gogol's "Dead Souls" anticipated events on the Russian market, some operators began to play in creating a fully virtual users with a single cent counts. The fall of MTS shares on the stock exchange after a very weak third quarter results and expectations of more big losses in the future is not accidental. The company's management was unable to clearly answer the reasons for going to explain the gift of "free" minutes, leading to the prolongation of life SIM-card (alas, no longer a living person). In the near future the company will have an equally unintelligible to explain the reasons resounding failure of the project I-Mode in the Russian market. The event is certainly interesting and worthy of attention at the local level, if not involvement in his company NTT DoCoMo. To this end, the Japanese operator I-Mode is a means of expansion into European markets and the struggle for profits in this very attractive market. Until December 2005 the expansion of NTT DoCoMo in Europe was extremely weak, if the home market of the order of 45.8 million subscribers using i-mode, regardless of the native market of such typed only 3.94 million. You can mention that in such competitive markets as the U.S. and the UK, this service has not attracted any interest at all (from both operators and consumers alike). Since 2001 (the year of launch i-mode in Europe) success is very questionable services, its development is not at a frantic pace, and the initiative lost. For example, the same Vodafone during this period boosted its subscriber base to 147 million users (including all operators, in which the company is involved). This operator is promoting a range of services under the brand Vodafon Live!, They just stand and competing for the i-mode.

Mobile hangover

Ended the long holidays safely prikuplennye reprimanded for Christmas greetings SIM-cards are tough work days. You can look around and try to sort out the mobile space and time. Yes, advertising "New Year" Jeans is still present, but the famous dvuhtsentovoy vnutrisetyu left to enjoy a little more than two weeks. Mobile vampires still clung to its perch until the March holidays, but a half months - is not an eternity. Meanwhile, somehow unnoticed (behind the fuss feast) entered into force "rules of rendering of mobile services, a separate interesting issue. Let's see what we are starting a new year 2006.

Smooth transition from pay-entry and other rumors and news

Thus, the State Duma is almost unanimously passed the third reading amendments to the Law on Communications. " Since the first of July a modernized law will come into force, and we will stop paying for incoming calls. Or, to put differently, almost certainly will begin to pay for all calls, including from home phones to mobiles. There is an extremely low probability of non-approval of amendments to the Federation Council or the President, but final approval is little doubt.

Overview charger Mophie Juice Pack

For the first time about this accessory, I read on one site, at the same time and felt an urge to buy it and try a case. Moreover, this desire has been justified not only the beauty of things, but also an issue. The fact is that with the help of his 3G, I check the mail. No, rather not say - there is an automatic check of the three mailboxes, one of which is connected to MobileMe. Also, I read a lot. And listening to music. And play games. As a result, forced to admit the sad fact: sometimes a fully charged phone is already in the evening complaining about twenty percent of the charge. More than once happened that morning had to rearrange SIM cards in more than a loaded machine - remember to periodically plug the iPhone in the cradle. In general, Mophi Juice Pack was supposed to save the situation. Especially, I am extremely attracted by the opportunity to solve two problems at once: and to increase working time, and get a pretty nice case. Both problems were not resolved.

Set "mobile office" Beeline: striped piano in the bushes

In all the internet forums on mobile topics are actively discussed large and small tweaks to connect your computer to the network via a mobile phone. If you connect a laptop Special PCMCI-card is more convenient, but most users, this option does not even consider due to high cost of such cards. However, the growing popularity of Wi-Fi and rapidly proliferating wireless access point (including free), plus quite comfortable EDGE-Internet make you think. An interesting novelty - a decision "mobile office" Beeline.

ISmes N2

His first company Koss headphones I bought many years ago for Palm T5, it was a good PDA with a strong body, high-quality display, well, very pleased with the presence of conventional connector 3,5 mm. Together with the program Pocket Music and Kossovskii "earphones was able to get enough high-quality and interesting sound. I can not remember how they were called, but I can point the finger at their reincarnation - headset Koss iSpark, in photographs it easily recognizable on the back, looks like it is on the tube, whether at pharmacies earplugs. So, those headphones for quite some time have served me. Exactly up to that time, until I bought Motorola MPx 200 (many still remember that wonderful sale in Euroset, as this smartphone could take less than five thousand). Well, behold, I looked at Motorola, looked at the headphones, and then, armed with a soldering iron, decided to unite them. And he made the headset. It was cool, I tell you. The sound was such a quality - some bass. The microphone worked, but the answer key is not furychila. But the design was done independently. The whole week I walked in and was proud of his ingenuity, and then changed to something more needs and MPx200, and self-made headset, and imported from the United States cradle for the device. I say there was a full set, just peak. Well, here, for sim my relationship with the company Koss ended. And resumed a couple of years ago when it was bought by multimedia headset - large closed headphones with a microphone. And I played in them, and podcasts are not just recorded, and "Skype" said. And then randomly put them in a package that was supposed to pick up the courier and all, look-fistula.

Review of Bluetooth-headset Plantronics Discovery 925

Package Contents: Headset Cover with built-in battery Charger with two types of plugs User Set of nozzles on the speaker USB-charging cable from the laptop I really wanted to start this article with polushpionskoy history when the two sat in a car without lights, passed each other some kind of convolution, puffing a cigarette, and then one that thicker, and shouted: "What's that, so it?" And the second calmly replied: "Not yet, Sergei, yet even there is no instructions. Later will try. " It was a really, or did not know only two people. In short, the first impression of the 925th, I was astonished, because in working Plantronics conservative designers who do not like to deviate from the good old forms. And here - just something unprecedented. And it concerns not only the appearance. Yes, before I say that going to somehow "pidmanut" agency, and gently rest the device in bins of the motherland. Broke, then lost. Or vice versa. Painfully good.

Review of Bluetooth-headset Plantronics Discovery 665

Package Contents: Headset Charge cap Charger for USB Charger into the cigarette lighter Charger for sockets Replacement nozzles for the speaker Ear User As I said earlier, the range of Plantronics was I missed due to the fact that it was difficult to get samples to test and buy these things money is not impossible to satiate. But now the situation has changed radically in one of the materials we will talk about the present, past and future of our country. In the meantime, I suggest you quickly get acquainted with one of the freshest ingredients, rather typical of the brand.