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29-Jun-2008

 

Zimbabwe - what it were an oil giant?

Grrrrrrrr.....

The circumstances over the last few weeks have really annoyed me.

Mugabbe is no better than Saddam Hussain in my view. The world condemns, but sits by and observes and Tut Tuts to the despicable regime.

Short and sweet by my standards, but I can't help thinking that if Zimbabwe were an oil rich nation then the US and others would be dropping troops in to the country tomorrow proclaiming regime change is necessary.

Aren't politicians incredibly two-faced?

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03-Jun-2008

 

When phones were for making phone calls.


The latest great Nokia N78 is another new phone with GPS inbuilt, but this phone has yet another new feature that I haven't seen in a phone before - instead of just having a FM receiver to listen to a radio station on the move, this phone also features an FM transmitter in order that you can pick up music from your phone collection.

Does that confuse you ... it certainly confused me. If you have a radio, then what is the point other than the ability to pick exact tracks. If you are like me, then the radio is just some background noise when driving.

Ah well .... for those of you that aren't old fogies like me and like your new all-singing multifunction toys, then here is the blurb on the new phone for you:


Nokia N78 now available
£299.99 SIM free. Contract deals expected this week.
The Nokia N78 is a fully featured multimedia phone. With built-in GPS you can find your location quicker, and automatically tag your photos with your location which you can share with your friends when you upload the pictures online.
Music playback is a main feature of the N78, with up to 24 hours playback, a 3.5 mm audio output jack and the ability to easily synchronise your music collection or rip CDs directly to your Nokia N78.
There’s an FM radio built-in and also an FM transmitter, which allows you to play your music collection from your phone to a nearby stereo (such as your car radio) using a free FM frequency.
The 3.2 megapixel camera has autofocus and a Carl Zeiss lens. it can take photos at a resolution of 2048×1536 pixels and can record video at 15fps. Your can ppload your photos and video to your favourite online community like Flickr or YouTube in a single key press. High speed Wi-Fi and HSDPA allows you to upload media quickly.


Compare all Nokia N78 deals here

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01-Jun-2008

 

The Empowering Internet - getting the right deal


The Internet has come a long way since it first linked a few institutions and provided limited information sets.
Today, we have come to expect the Internet to be a vast library of information and resources at our fingertips and now many of us must wonder what life would be like without access to the Internet.
As consumers, we now have much information to digest allowing us to check others experience of products and services (e.g. honest hotel reviews or real life experiences of using products), enabling us to decide exactly what product is right for us.
So.....

theoretically getting the right product for the right price.

The snag which has recently been pointed out and which may be subject to a regulatory review is that many price comparison services (espec. insurance or utility comparison services) are either promoting deals which are not best for the consumer but earn them the highest commission or more questionably simply choosing to ignore and not to feature cheaper deals.

Comparison engines really only work when they present all available data in an unbiased way and allow the consumer to make the right choice for them.

Mobile phones are a case in point ... the comparison of the phones themselves is relatively straightforward, but the complicated set of tariffs and array of 'gift' offers makes it difficult to compare the deals on offer.

I am personally pleased to be able to promote OneStopCompare - a site dedicated to bring all comparison services to consumers attention such that they get the chance to understand all pricing options available to them rather than seeing a skewed version of the market.

OneStopCompare has to start somewhere and therefore starts dealing with one of the most complex pricing areas with a confusing sets of deals imaginable i.e. Mobile Phone Deals.

My new comparison service is now pulling all known internet available data feeds to give the consumer every chance of picking the right deal across the networks and phone suppliers, providing prices in a comparable way ... do you want a free laptop?... then what is the cheapest contract commitment to enable you to get that deal? OneStopCompare aims to provide you with exactly the unbiased data you need to make that choice.

Whilst I will be trying to bring other deals to the table in the same unbiased way (e.g. utility deals), please let me know if I have missed other available datafeeds for Mobile Phone Deals to enable me to keep my promise of unbiased information. If the feed is available, then I will aim to incorporate it too .... customer is king!!

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