Comments on: Truphone speaks to the BBC about the N95 VoIP castration preformed by Vodafone http://www.intomobile.com/2007/05/16/truphone-speaks-to-the-bbc-about-the-n95-voip-castration-preformed-by-vodafone.html Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:48:22 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: serkoart http://www.intomobile.com/2007/05/16/truphone-speaks-to-the-bbc-about-the-n95-voip-castration-preformed-by-vodafone.html/comment-page-1/#comment-13454 serkoart Wed, 16 May 2007 16:14:13 +0000 http://www.intomobile.com/2007/05/16/truphone-speaks-to-the-bbc-about-the-n95-voip-castration-preformed-by-vodafone.html#comment-13454 It is a shame that they've done that to the Branded Euro N95s (didn't someone already post how to Unbrand an N95 online though?) The ring tone "lockout" depends on the Network and specific phone's firmware since I have had great success using just about any audio file as a ring tone for my "Branded" Nokia N75. For 99% of the Population in the U.S. Branded vs. Unbranded isn't viewed as that big of a difference (yet.) I suspect once the iPhone is released and gets a larger percentage of Mobile Device consumers (in the U.S.) to accept a $500 price point that very well may sway things but not much more than 2-3% of the total consumer base per year (that is my best case estimate.) It is a shame that they’ve done that to the Branded Euro N95s (didn’t someone already post how to Unbrand an N95 online though?)

The ring tone “lockout” depends on the Network and specific phone’s firmware since I have had great success using just about any audio file as a ring tone for my “Branded” Nokia N75.

For 99% of the Population in the U.S. Branded vs. Unbranded isn’t viewed as that big of a difference (yet.)

I suspect once the iPhone is released and gets a larger percentage of Mobile Device consumers (in the U.S.) to accept a $500 price point that very well may sway things but not much more than 2-3% of the total consumer base per year (that is my best case estimate.)

]]> By: Ricky Cadden http://www.intomobile.com/2007/05/16/truphone-speaks-to-the-bbc-about-the-n95-voip-castration-preformed-by-vodafone.html/comment-page-1/#comment-13453 Ricky Cadden Wed, 16 May 2007 15:05:46 +0000 http://www.intomobile.com/2007/05/16/truphone-speaks-to-the-bbc-about-the-n95-voip-castration-preformed-by-vodafone.html#comment-13453 What's more important, in my opinion, is that this is getting so much press, while US carriers do and have done this for years and no one seems to care. What’s more important, in my opinion, is that this is getting so much press, while US carriers do and have done this for years and no one seems to care.

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