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July 10, 2008

iPhone: Orange sucks lemons


86_lowteck8561 an orange that has become a lemon which really is starting to smell like a dorian fruit.

Trying to get my iPhone from Orange sucks more than lemons...it is like one big Dorian fruit.

My last email yesterday from Orange says that my pre reserved phone is in my account section of their website.

"Nous sommes heureux de vous informer que le nouvel iPhone 3G est d’ores et déjà disponible sur orange.ch sous la rubrique «Mon Compte». Alors découvrez sans plus attendre l’incroyable monde iPhone avec Orange."

Well it is not. See video below. I am in an endless loop!! After calling customer services they told me to click on the left hand side of the page to access my pre registration for my iPhone. Well that does not work. They told me also that another email was to come tonight. Well getting old waiting for that one to arrive...

Aside from doubling my monthly bill because it is an iPhone and selling it for 399 CHF/12 month plan (very roughly 1.1 with USD) for 16Gb I am starting to think that this is somewhat of a joke. I have also just heard that for 1,200 849 CHF you can get a 16gb iPhone with no monthly plan - well that goes beyond a joke.

Now take into account that a friend of mine called my local orange shop and they told her that there are only 20 in stock. Well this joke gets so huge that it becomes a legend. Makes one wonder is this all just hardcore hype just to create an artificial sense of demand for this product by Orange? I am a big fan of the iPhone and everything that it comes with but all I can say now is WTF?

July 07, 2008

Chicken Sacrifice: Celebrate the chicken instead!

When times get tough and new web deployments are trying I have been known to say "Sacrify 3 chickens and it all be fixed!". This time I am going to try to celebrate the chicken in hopes of fruitful HTML, ASP, and .Net pages.

July 02, 2008

7-11 iPhone 3G Day

Iphone So I just got this email. Wow.. Is this a dream?...One generation later..?

Geeez...Who knows maybe one day Switzerland may even get affordable data plans so we can truly enjoy the iPhone and use it for what is was designed to do!

Ps. I hope the offers are really "attractive" and shapely.

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From: Orange Newsletter <newsletter.orange@hello-orange.ch>
Date: Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 6:38 PM
Subject: iPhone 3G with Orange
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phone, iPod and Internet in one fast 3G device


Dear Mr huot,

Thank you for your interest in the new Apple iPhone 3G and for registering with Orange. You will be one of the first to receive detailed information about our attractive Orange iPhone offer.

We can already confirm that you will have the choice between 3 devices:

  •  8 GB in black
  • 16 GB in black or white

Get prepared for the 11th of July to be one of the first to enjoy the iPhone 3G combining a phone, a widescreen iPod, and a breakthrough Internet device with rich HTML email and a desktop-class web browser.

We will be in touch with you within the next few days with attractive offers.


Best regards
Your Orange Team

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