The official beginning of the story was laid on December 17 last year, when the president of MTS Vasily Sidorov took an active part in the coloring of the traditional Japanese egg. Fun activities symbolized the launching of a new business project and carried out jointly with the governing party NTT DoCoMo. This momentous event could be considered the beginning of the expansion of the Japanese standard i-mode in Russia.
While only in the Ural region, but the decision of the Arbitration Court of Sverdlovsk region could eventually disrupt orderly system balances between contract and prepaid-rates in the birthplace of the largest federal operator.
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.
The market is not so much Bluetooth-set with a radio, a good old Nokia HS-12W, Motorola S605/S705, they all say that is readily available. First, even after three years after the start of sales remains quite expensive, worth about three thousand, but you can find and cheaper. The second was delivered to the market in miniscule amounts. Do all consumers Bluetooth-headset with FM-receiver? Practice shows that the interest of the public is, questions about such devices from time to time arise from our readers on the forum, in the letters. New Headset Samsung SBH-900, quite possibly, will be the answer to these questions. Yes, yes, there is a radio that can listen without having to connect to any device.
The fact that the design of mobile products by Samsung can meet a lot of things taken from the appearance of other companies, it is quite normal. Say this with full responsibility, because to say something else about the company with a market share can not - you can break a lance, arguing that doing so is impossible, but the business can be almost everything, as in war and in love. Therefore, I was not surprised by the numerous findings in appearance: the rear part of the flip Samsung G810 is very similar to the SE W910i, battery cover for F480 subtly resembles Nokia 6500 Slide, Keyboard i550 obviously already had seen me at the device SE. And so on and so forth, but most interesting is that with all this apparatus Samsung (not all of it on average and expensive) have a face and its magic. Take the same G810, well, no more, no one company of such a massive and classy brick under my rather big hands, big fans of all phones today have no respect, they are served with all sorts of thin little things, while the soul asks reincarnation W900. In general, if you look at today's headset, an understanding of where legs grow, will come to you very quickly. Of course, this is an attempt podkuzmit Motorola with its rid himself of the wires S9. Moreover, the attempt is not easy, but in his own way, with the correction of some deficiencies. But, alas, all of them failed to escape.
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.
From the beginning it is necessary and everything else, so you can completely do without the entry. Although I want to say that Samsung has been no recent pleases us to any airtight things, the situation and range of accessories consists smooth-smooth, no step aside. This here is low monogarniturki this overhead headset for music phones, and now more and not expensive stereo for those who, for whatever reason does not like big "ears."
I have long expected from companies such solutions, it is very necessary. And not just for phones, for example, if you look closely at the product range by Sony, you'll see there are many positions that complement each other, overlap, both directly and indirectly created an infrastructure that directly affects the usability of a gadget . Say, remember the headphones Sony BT-DR50, they created not only for phones, they are recommended to use with Walkman (this was particularly relevant with the emergence of players with built-in Bluetooth), and a series notebooks UX, and Playstation, and a home theater system . Samsung has now also have their own world in which the SBH-600 fit perfectly, here you and UMPC Q1 Ultra, and own home theater systems, plasma TVs, iPods with Bluetooth, phones with A2DP support, and so on. Accordingly, the decision to some extent universal. And for universal solutions that important? In my opinion, tenacity, to the passage of time you used this Thing with different techniques and do not feel disappointed. Think back to my Logitech mouse with Bluetooth, I do not remember the model, it was the first experience of the company (may be, remember, she has placed in the cradle "sinezuby" hub), it is seen a nearly a dozen computers, about the same notebook used and simply as a "connector" between the phone and PC, was I really do not remember how many years, five or even more, and it all works. A great example, in my opinion.
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.
Long time, oh, long time since my hands did not get supplies from Samsung, but this month you will find three prelyubopytneyshih device. I decided to start with the most interesting of all, namely the stereo solutions. Samsung SBH500 continues and develops the ideas of his predecessors, but the combination of characteristics is somewhat unique thing.
This is not the first attempt to make the company an expensive accessory, previous experience called WEP-420 Headset was developed in collaboration with the B & O, success in the market did not enjoy. Although, if we talk about its consumer properties, the proposal was interesting, from a good quality of voice, ending with a beautiful stand included. So, as if it might be good, found very few willing to pay for it for more than three thousand (as at first number was even higher). 900-I has been developed without the participation of B & O, among the products with which it is designed to compete, we can find and expensive products from other companies, but the main "enemy» - Plantronics 925. Well, let's see how good the WEP900.
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.
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?
By and large, in this article we will talk about the future of mono, then, that they may become over time. After all, it is clear that the division into mono, stereo - it's all marketing delights, by and large a bill. The Samsung decided to resolve this issue, and to light a small monsters called WEP-870 headset, which looks like a perfectly normal way to talk. But! Included are headphones that you can connect to the connector microUSB. Click - and now we face trick to listening to music. Very original.
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
Well, the company Samsung - the second of handset manufacturers - goes on the warpath. That is the task was implemented to make this headset, so she was able to almost everything, a kind of carrier of the latest trends. Two microphones, work simultaneously with two cameras, a long time - it's all about her. I can do is open your eyes to some of the features so compare with competitors. What I'll do that.
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.
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.
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.
"What a blestyashka" - that's the impression I got at once and still is. As if there was no company has a number of strict black headsets without fear or reproach. And as if there were not many attempts to get away from everyone there shining in the sun packages. In general, here we see a silver plastic front panel, metal design is not at all, ends like chrome. Note that the front plastic with a brushed metal effect, and that this same effect I personally do not like. That is "the sand - no matter replacing oats," as used to say, hero of the film "Gentlemen of Fortune." It is possible that it's just I'm so fussy, you look seem quite normal, it is a matter of taste. I showed the device to several friends, are polar views, someone reacted calmly, someone did not like just given a brilliant effect. After all, the headset is also quite large in size, clearly visible on the ear. Groove for the strap not covered slot for charging plug, bonding securely, it is unlikely to fall off during the operation. The speaker is covered with netting, the logo of the company is small, not too flashy. If you set aside the impression from the body, the general appearance of a rather interesting - it's all a square, with borders. Girls are so crude forms might not like.