Mobile phones can't even do the most basic stuff

Sunday, October 31. 2004

Mobile phones can't even do the most basic stuff

Why are today's mobile phones able to take pictures, send around multimedia mesages, record sounds, play midi and MP3 files as ringtones, and connect to the internet, even with IPv6 (when the mobile phone provider supports it)? Why are they able to synchronize their calendar directly with Outlook Express, and why can't they simply set the correct time when we switch from summer time to winter time? AFAIK there are hardly any mobile phones that honor the time information that it gets from the base station (the Nokia 6310i seems to be one of them), and the time information doesn't even seem to be set to the correct hour. That really sucks. So much advanced and fancy technology around, but in the last 4 bis 5 years when mobile phones became ubiquitous in Austria, none of the mobile phone providers or phone manufacturers were able to solve the most basic real world problems.

Posted by admin in Rants at 15:14 | Comments (5) | Trackbacks (0)

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really annoying. But at least it'S only twice a year.

#1 niko (Homepage) on 2004-10-31 15:36 (Reply)

Yup, I noticed that - my ten-year old ISDN phone sets its time automagically from the network while all the fancy-schmancy GSM phones I've owned haven't been able to get this right.

However, it didn't suck too much today - I had planned on getting up at 7 AM, then tarried until 8, and then noticed it was only seven - go pointless arbitrary shifts in time!

#2 Thomas Themel (Homepage) on 2004-10-31 15:47 (Reply)

oh yeah, we really need to find a way to stop the system from terrorizing us with the production of such cruel mobile phones.

#3 uhu on 2004-10-31 18:29 (Reply)

I have been using it when I have Corrupted dbx and Outlook express wont open. Outlook Express more stable and secure than other programs.

#4 Corrupted dbx. Outlook express wont open. (Homepage) on 2005-05-30 13:53 (Reply)

I must admit to being more impressed for Fix outlook express, Inbox repair tool and Dbx file recovery. I've even recommended it to all my friends.

#5 Fix outlook express. Inbox repair tool. Dbx file recovery (Homepage) on 2005-05-31 07:27 (Reply)

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