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Had an interesting experience this evening. My buddy with the iMate Jam tells me his company is switching them to less-complicated devices a.k.a Nokia 6021.
This seems slightly silly since they now have to return 187 iMate Jam beauties, at a helluva loss too.
His explanation is that they're selecting a mobile which allows them to make and receive calls, and also send text. Duh, then why get the Jam in the first place?
Now their finance chaps reckon the 6021 is of similar monetary value. Maybe on Mars, i think... Something doesn't sound quite right...
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Posted: 2005-09-16 21:05:40
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@Kryptik: That's hilarious and it doesn't make any sense to replace a smartphone with a S40 phone.
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Posted: 2005-09-16 22:08:55
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The company in question is Diebold, the guys who maintain Standard Bank's cash machines... They're Yankee-based, so i guess anything's possible. Out of curiosity, where in the E.Cape does your better half come from, bro? @Wanksta, nite shift rocks... Insomnia seems to be confined to weekends... for now, at any rate :-)
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Posted: 2005-09-17 02:41:27
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@Kryptik: She's from some small rural village between Lady Frere and Queenstown...it's called Hewu.
My K700's battery indicator is acting up once more...guess it's water damage even though the phone hasn't been near a drop of water.
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Posted: 2005-09-17 06:04:44
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@ Kryptik,
I've been trying to make a concerted effort to hit the sack earlier,as my pseudo-zombie state in the mornings is bound to get the better of me at some point...
Wanq-Man is trying hard to be more of a morning person and not such a damn 'night-owl.'
@ brix,
At this rate,is your K700 gonna last till Feb?
If not,are you going to use the T39m as a stop-gap before taking the 3G plunge later?
The Blokia N70,with 3G,S60,2mp camera,etc is not too far off...
I'm trying to hang on for Hermione.
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Posted: 2005-09-17 09:30:00
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Hi buddies.This 'hermione' is it a s60 and will it come out this year ? I wonder how many people on this forum do know Afrikaans ?Thru my work I found out that the vast majority of SA does speak Afrikaans, but are reluctant to admit it.Also it come to my attention that indigenous people (i.e.Blacks) don't like to be addressed in their mother tongue.What the hell is going on ?
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Posted: 2005-09-17 09:59:37
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@ mario,
I'm not sure if you've seen the very busy Hermione(P910i replacement,Symbian) thread on esato.A lot of debate and rumours as regards the final specs.Supposed to be announced this month,but who knows.It might be out at the same time as your current fave N91...
As regards Afrikaans,I guess most of us can,and I am certainly not in denial about it,but there has been at least one on this forum who regularly posts who stated that he does not know much Afrikaans.It just makes sense to speak a more universal lingo,especially on forums like these.
As regards the last statement,well I'm not the most qualified to answer that,suffice to say that whenever I address and speak say,isiXhosa to Xhosa folk,the fact that I have made such an effort has seemingly always been very appreciated and enthusiastically received.Whether at a shop,petrol station,wherever.
Not that speaking indigenous languges is a sole factor obviously,but I find such efforts are good catalysts for developing some form of mutual respect.
Just my experiences,though...
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Posted: 2005-09-17 11:06:00
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@mario: The P950 aka Hermoine is supposedly coming out with UIQ 3.0. Will still have a touchscreen but with WiFi, EDGE, and 3G. There you have it SE's response to the evil empire.
Back to this issue about Afrikaans...depending on where you grew up you can either speak it or not. If in an area like say the rural Free State where a lot of Afrikaans is spoken black people will learn the language. If you're in an urban environment like Cape Town where people of different races generally don't mix you'll never be able to speak Afrikaans unless you were thought in an Afrikaans school.
Many white/coloured people are probably ashamed to speak Afrikaans because of all the negative socio-political connotations with the language and the people that spoke it.
Have to agree with the wanqsta, even if you're speaking broken isiXhosa you'll get my vote because at least you made an effort. Tony Leon I hope you're not reading this (can't stand a Houghton Xhosa accent)
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Posted: 2005-09-17 12:35:10
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On 2005-09-17 12:35:10, brix25 wrote:
@mario: The P950 aka Hermoine is supposedly coming out with UIQ 3.0. Will still have a touchscreen but with WiFi, EDGE, and 3G. There you have it SE's response to the evil empire.
This is correct and it's expected to be unveiled at the smartphone expo in London next month (October).
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Back to this issue about Afrikaans...depending on where you grew up you can either speak it or not. If in an area like say the rural Free State where a lot of Afrikaans is spoken black people will learn the language.
This is largely correct from my own experience. When I recently interviewed women from Namibia who were in Cape Town by invitation of Robben ISland, I could only converse with them in Afrikaans... for real.
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If you're in an urban environment like Cape Town where people of different races generally don't mix you'll never be able to speak Afrikaans unless you were thought in an Afrikaans school.
This is incorrect - the most spoken language in Cape Town is Afrikaans, the language spoken by the vast majority of coloured folks in the city. I speak English because of my schooling. However my parent are Afrikaans, and so are most others living in the coloured communities where I grew up.
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Posted: 2005-09-17 14:48:14
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It's been my experience that most of our darker-hued brethren who can speak Afrikaans usually aren't reticent about saying their say in the taal.
I currently have 2over-crowded classes of Grade 6 kids who are instructed by yours truly in various learning areas in Afrikaans.
At my school 2% are coloured, under 1% are white, the rest mostly Xhosa, with a sprinkling of other tribal affiliations.
En almal word in beide Engels en Afrikaans onderrig, alhoewel die oormeerdeheid in gebiede soos Motherwell woon, waar die werkloosheidssyfer ongelooflik hoog is, so it's apparent that background doesn't play too great a role in choice of language, apart from the mother tongue, of course.
The Kryptik One has been lucky having both parents rather proficient in English and Afrikaans thus enabling moi and siblings to grow up yapping away comfortably in both. However, i'd partially agree with Mario that many South Africans understand at least a smattering of die taal.
The Wanksta could perhaps bear this out, but i've heard that one can't even gossip in Afrikaans in shops in London these days since you're liable to find a South African listening to your comments... Regardless of their colour, i might add, or so i've been told.
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Posted: 2005-09-17 15:03:00
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