Nokia 9500 features?

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On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 09:02:49 -0000, Al Reynolds wrote:

> Morning,
>
> Orange (UK) finally have the 9500 on their site as
> "coming soon". It is at:
> http://shop.orange.co.uk/shop/show/handset/nokia_9500/
>
> On the features page:
> http://shop.orange.co.uk/shop/show [...] 0/features
> they list predictive text input, vibrating alert and
> voice activated dialling as features, whereas I
> thought the 9500 had none of these three.
>
> Can anyone with a 9500 confirm or deny this?
> Is it possible that Orange have a later version of
> the phone from Nokia?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Al Reynolds

Well my 9500 (Voda) certainly doesn't!

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"Al Reynolds" <ajr-news@bat400.com> writes:

> On the features page:
> http://shop.orange.co.uk/shop/show [...] 0/features
> they list predictive text input, vibrating alert and
> voice activated dialling as features, whereas I
> thought the 9500 had none of these three.

I believe whatever marketing person wrote that copy was smoking crack at
the time...

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"LJ" <ljnws@ljayNOSPAM.gro.ku> wrote:
>I emailed Orange Customer Services:
>
>> Hi, please can you confirm the Nokia 9500 really does have predictive
>> text,
>> vibrating alert and voice dialling as shown here:
>> http://shop.orange.co.uk/shop/show [...] 0/features
>> My SIM-free 9500 doesn't have any of those features!
>
> And they've just replied:
>
>> Thank you for your mail.
>>
>> I can confirm that the Orange version of the Nokia 9500 does have the
>> features
>> described in your mail.
>>
>> I trust this information is of assistance.
>>
>> Kind regards
>>
>> Ruth
>> Orange Customer Services
>
> Make of that what you will.
>
> Maybe I should email twice more...

I bet they checked their own website just to make sure!
Al

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This maybe a bit late but my Orange 9500 has none of the features, infact it
has less Orange customisation than any other phone I have got from them.

Alan


"LJ" <ljnws@ljayNOSPAM.gro.ku> wrote in message
news:jjqvg2-92b.ln1@invalid.com...
> On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 09:21:00 -0000, Al Reynolds wrote:
>>
>> I bet they checked their own website just to make sure!
>> Al
>
> Sure looks like it:
>
> - Thank you for your mail received 18 March regarding the Nokia 9500.
> -
> - I would like to advise that the above phone has the following features.
> -
> - Bluetooth Photo Messaging Chat Messaging Polyphonic Ringtones
> - Concatenated Messages Predictive Text DTMF Tones Tri-Band GPRS
> - Vibrating Alert HSCSD Voice Dialling Infrared Voice Recorder
> - Loudspeaker WAP
> -
> - For further information on Orange products and services please visit our
> - website, orange.co.uk.
> -
> - For all other information please call the help desk on 07973 100 150 for
> - pay monthly, or 07973 100 450 for pay as you go where a reppresentative
> - will be pleased to assist. Our operators are available 24 hours a day 7
> - days a week.
> -
> - I trust the above information is of assistance.
> -
> - Kind regards
> -
> - Tracy
> - Orange Customer Services
>
> Doh!
>
> LJ