i can understand maybe only we use vanity dialing. (why anyone else wouldnt, i dont know. it has obvious marketing advantages and i dont see any disadvantages.) but havent u ever had a need to use it for anything else?
i cant use TellMe (800-555-TELL) easily because u r asked to dial the first three letters of the service u want. for example, dial TRA for traffic. i also cant easily call moviefone (777-FILM) because it asks u to dial the first three letters of the movie u want. i cant easily access my medical plan info on the phone because u need to enter ur alphanumeric file number. i cant easily get travel tickets because i cant dial the city i want to go to. (i say easily because i eventually had to memorize what letters are on what keys).
there are countless examples of uses other than vanity dialing that people seem to forget about and i really dont know how any society lives without it unless they simply dont have such a vast array of automated phone services available to them. i can tell u that this is one of my biggest (yet so easily fixed by nokia) problems with my 5800. it is literally a daily inconvenience for me.
fine, if other people dont need it, spend 10 minutes programming a toggle option to turn it on/off. but to release phones in america that dont have basic locally used features and then wonder why you cant get phones to sell here?! come on nokia! im one of ur biggest fanboys but this is just ridiculously stupid! whether chris or brendan is right doesn't matter. the well taken point is that it should have been there all along.
usually when someone makes a product, another person eventually comes along and thinks of a way to make it even better. who came to america, took a telephone back, and was like "no, we dont need this part; lets just remove it"???
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youngcalihottie @ Nov 5th 2009 12:42AM
really? ONLY the US uses it? r u sure?
i can understand maybe only we use vanity dialing. (why anyone else wouldnt, i dont know. it has obvious marketing advantages and i dont see any disadvantages.) but havent u ever had a need to use it for anything else?
i cant use TellMe (800-555-TELL) easily because u r asked to dial the first three letters of the service u want. for example, dial TRA for traffic. i also cant easily call moviefone (777-FILM) because it asks u to dial the first three letters of the movie u want. i cant easily access my medical plan info on the phone because u need to enter ur alphanumeric file number. i cant easily get travel tickets because i cant dial the city i want to go to. (i say easily because i eventually had to memorize what letters are on what keys).
there are countless examples of uses other than vanity dialing that people seem to forget about and i really dont know how any society lives without it unless they simply dont have such a vast array of automated phone services available to them. i can tell u that this is one of my biggest (yet so easily fixed by nokia) problems with my 5800. it is literally a daily inconvenience for me.
fine, if other people dont need it, spend 10 minutes programming a toggle option to turn it on/off. but to release phones in america that dont have basic locally used features and then wonder why you cant get phones to sell here?! come on nokia! im one of ur biggest fanboys but this is just ridiculously stupid! whether chris or brendan is right doesn't matter. the well taken point is that it should have been there all along.
usually when someone makes a product, another person eventually comes along and thinks of a way to make it even better. who came to america, took a telephone back, and was like "no, we dont need this part; lets just remove it"???