Virgin Mobile Lobster 700TV: £34.98 DELIVERED! |
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 May 2 2007, 15:21
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 Peanut Brain  Group: MoDaCo Plus Posts: 6,266 Joined: 10th September 2004 From: Surrey, England Member No.: 56,072 Device(s): Athena, Qtek 8500  |
I got mine with the 20% but not the quidco discount
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May 2 2007, 15:36
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Regular  Group: Posters Posts: 94 Joined: 24th November 2002 Member No.: 48 |
QUOTE(Confucious @ May 2 2007, 16:21)  I got mine with the 20% but not the quidco discount Just did the same myself - If I had more patients I might have waited for Pauls reply. |
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May 2 2007, 15:43
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 The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 20,496 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
You just need to click thru from the Quidco site (setting your cookie), then you can go directly to the URL in the first post.
P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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May 2 2007, 15:47
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Regular Group: Posters Posts: 94 Joined: 24th November 2002 Member No.: 48 |
QUOTE(Paul (MVP) @ May 2 2007, 16:43) You just need to click thru from the Quidco site (setting your cookie), then you can go directly to the URL in the first post. P The only way to go directly to the url is to type it in - would tis not break the quidco link. Or is there a way to navigate to the 20% link via the quidco landing page? |
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May 2 2007, 15:58
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 20,496 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
No, the quidco stuff is stored in a cookie.
P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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May 2 2007, 16:06
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Regular Group: Posters Posts: 94 Joined: 24th November 2002 Member No.: 48 |
QUOTE(Paul (MVP) @ May 2 2007, 16:58) No, the quidco stuff is stored in a cookie. P Thanks - to late for me, I've ordered and want it tomorrow but it seems others have had the same problem so hopefully this will help them. Still a bargain at £42 - Thanks |
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May 2 2007, 16:32
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Regular Group: Posters Posts: 94 Joined: 24th November 2002 Member No.: 48 |
QUOTE(alanclose @ May 2 2007, 17:06) Thanks - to late for me, I've ordered and want it tomorrow but it seems others have had the same problem so hopefully this will help them. Still a bargain at £42 - Thanks Anyone else have a problem ordering this - I got a payment refused e-mail and when I phoned I got bounced from customer services to sales and back again and am now awaiting a call from sales again -seems to be a problem with the lifestyle discount code |
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May 2 2007, 19:12
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 Addict  Group: Posters Posts: 704 Joined: 1st September 2003 From: Birmingham Member No.: 14,544 Device(s): C550 |
Hi Alanclose I had the same problem, my order 'bounced' and I got a call from Virgin. When I tried to order over the phone they said they knew nothing about the 20%
 This also cancelled my Quidco order (I had to copy and paste the Virgin page to the Quidco page to get the discount box) but they said as I don't need a sim card then that takes £10 off the order and as I have spent more than £100 with Virgin Mobile this year I am eligible for a £10 upgrade discount. So thats £24 all in (£2 delivery charge) and I get the 200 mins as well  Hi again Dr Who when Paul did his 'Ask me about the Lobster' item I asked about the licensing etc and Paul said when you start to watch TV it makes a quick GPRS connection but if you check your credit afterwards you have not been charged. As for using a different sim card I don't think that would work as they check that you are a Virgin customer etc when you acquire the license. |
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May 3 2007, 17:34
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 Newbie  Group: Posters Posts: 24 Joined: 8th January 2003 From: Staffordshire Member No.: 1,708 Device(s): MDA Vario II |
Hello,
Well thought I'd grab one of these beings as they are such a good price. If I only use it for 3 months then thats fine.  Although I got the 20% discount, I'm not quite sure whether I was successful in the quidco discount as well - it's not showing any tracking details yet and I have to wait until after 06/05/07 to make a transaction chase. Guess I must have screwed up placing the order even though I cut and paste the lifestyle url from the quidco page. Then again I am a Spurs fan so I shouldn't expect to much!!  Delivery is due tomorrow. Made a quick call to virgin as checking some details and they were adamant that after the 3month trial I would be charged the £5 a month tv access charge but we shall see what happens..... I need to look into doing some research on this phone now to see what I can do with it. This post has been edited by cjgarside: May 3 2007, 18:33 -------------------- Post hoc, ergo proctor hoc.
(After, therefore because of it). Current: T-Mobile MDA Vario II with copilot on Flext 35 with W&W std. Previous: XDA IIi, SPV E200 & SPV plus a number of non smartphones/pocket PC's. |
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May 3 2007, 17:54
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 Moderator - Boing! Group: Admin Team Posts: 8,579 Joined: 12th December 2002 From: Guildford, UK Member No.: 993 Device(s): HTC TyTN II |
QUOTE(thelondonthing @ May 1 2007, 23:21) The marketing of this phone was the real disaster though. I haven't personally seen one advert for the Lobster in national press or magazines, let alone on television, and the only two or three ads I've seen for it have been very dull and uninspiring banner ads. Erm...the first advertising campaign for this handset had pamela anderson rattling on about how good it was!edit - of course thats not to say it was necessariky the best way to promote it, but at least virgin did try!
This phone was doomed to failure less because of its own merits - and although it's hardly the best euipped phone in the world, it does have mobile television! - and more because of Virgin Mobile's own failure to properly promote it. -------------------- This months MoDaCo WinMo Week device: the MWg Zinc II! Ask your questions HERE and download the show here! 2.25GB of backup storage online for free with Mozy! - https://mozy.com/?ref=VQ664H |
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May 3 2007, 22:51
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 Editor Dude Group: Moderator Team Posts: 1,712 Joined: 23rd April 2003 From: Leicester, UK Member No.: 4,973 Device(s): SPV M700 / E650 |
FYI: Quidco is now down to 9% discount (instead of the previous £8).
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May 4 2007, 12:07
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 Enthusiast  Group: Posters Posts: 207 Joined: 6th December 2002 From: Marylebone, London Member No.: 787 Device(s): HTC Vox |
Anybody have a link to its specs? I just went ahead and bought it because my current SDA is so craptacular that I was considering leaving WM phones alltogether. Does it run a decent version of the OS?
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May 4 2007, 16:40
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 Vario fanatic! Group: Posters Posts: 1,006 Joined: 11th January 2003 From: Leeds Member No.: 1,806 Device(s): MDA Vario II |
QUOTE(dearsina @ May 4 2007, 13:07) Anybody have a link to its specs? I just went ahead and bought it because my current SDA is so craptacular that I was considering leaving WM phones alltogether. Does it run a decent version of the OS? Release Date: October, 2006 Dimensions: 58 x 111.2 x 23.8 millimetres Mass: 140 grams (battery included) Software Environment Operating System: Windows Mobile 5.0 for Smartphone AKU 2.6 Microprocessor CPU: 32bit Texas Instruments OMAP 750 CPU Clock: 201 MHz Memory, Storage capacity ROM capacity: 128 MB RAM capacity: 64 MB Hard Disk capacity: Not supported Display Display Type: color transflective TFT , 65536 scales Display Resolution: 320 x 240 Display Diagonal: 2.2 " Sound Microphone: mono Speaker: mono Audio Output: 2.5mm jack Cellular Phone Cellular Networks: GSM900, GSM1800, GSM1900, UMTS2100 Cellular Data Standards: CSD, GPRS Call alert: 16 -chord melody Vibrating alert: Supported Control Peripherals Positioning Device: Not supported Keyboard: Built-in numeric phone keyboard, 12 keys Directional Pad: 5 -way block Jog / Scroll Wheel: Not supported Interfaces Expansion Slots: SDIO, microSD, TransFlash Serial: RS-232 , 115200bit/s USB: USB 1.1 client, 12Mbit/s , USB Series Mini-B (mini-USB) connector Bluetooth: Bluetooth 2.0 Wireless LAN: Not supported Multimedia Telecommunication Analog TV: Not supported Analog Radio: Not supported Digital Media Broadcast: DAB tuner Built-in Digital Camera Main Camera: CMOS sensor, 1.3MP Built-in Flash: Not supported Power Supply Battery: Lithium-ion , removable Battery Capacity: 1150 mAh This post has been edited by agent.m: May 4 2007, 16:51 -------------------- Pre phones:3210-3310-sl45i-m50-mt50-spv-T-mobile Sda - C550 - Nokia N70 - MDA Vario
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May 4 2007, 16:54
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 Addict Group: Posters Posts: 845 Joined: 26th November 2002 Member No.: 140 Device(s): VARIO III |
QUOTE(Alex (nedge2k) @ May 3 2007, 23:51) FYI: Quidco is now down to 9% discount (instead of the previous £8). Just logged onto my quidco account and you're right. Earnings are £3.87 from buying the phone, I thought maybe they had just taken their administration fee from the transaction. Looks like I'll be in negative equity with quidco unless I buy something else 
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May 5 2007, 13:07
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 1 Joined: 4th May 2007 Member No.: 252,974 |
Just bought one, thanks for this heads up, I would have never known, Im going to have three mobiles now, lol
I will just use the 3 months and the minutes up, then put it on the bay |
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May 5 2007, 15:31
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Addict Group: Posters Posts: 845 Joined: 26th November 2002 Member No.: 140 Device(s): VARIO III |
Got mine through this morning and arranged for it to be unlocked through Virgin, do they even care if you've already unlocked a phone on the account you're calling in from? I put a SIM that I had from a previous unlock that I'd done for my sister in law. She'd bought a cheap SE phone for her Father at Christmas and I'd paid £30 on the SIM that came with that phone to get it unlocked him. As I didn't want two SIMs sitting around with £30 on them I just used that SIM in my new Lobster 700TV intending to have just one SIM that I could give to my wife with £60 on it. The guy I spoke to didn't even question the fact that the SIM hadn't been used since December and already had a phone unlocked on it. Hopefully the unlock code will come through without any problems.
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May 6 2007, 07:47
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Addict Group: Posters Posts: 704 Joined: 1st September 2003 From: Birmingham Member No.: 14,544 Device(s): C550 |
Just to let everyone know, WM5 Storage works a treat on the Lobster
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May 6 2007, 10:40
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 19 Joined: 12th March 2003 Member No.: 3,434 |
I have to say i am surprisingly impressed with the lobster. tv quality is watchable and the dab radio is fantastic. my much beloved vario died two weeks ago, and my trusty aging c500 now seems a little bland. hopefully now with everyone snapping up these lobsters, new innovations will start being developed (i.e full screen landscape tv).
still haven't had a chance to check battery life, my house mate screwed up the initial charging period anyway when he tripped over a wire (allegedly). but i'm sure it'll b better than my 12 hour battery life on the Vario. This should hold me through until the smart phone of my dreams come through around june/july ok...i'm off to play with it....anyone know details on data charges with virgin? also...i topped up the 100 minutes but it only says i have 100....will it give me another 100 next month? |
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May 6 2007, 11:25
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Peanut Brain Group: MoDaCo Plus Posts: 6,266 Joined: 10th September 2004 From: Surrey, England Member No.: 56,072 Device(s): Athena, Qtek 8500 |
The 200 mins does seem to be 100 mins this month and 100 next month and it also comes with £5 credit.
I have no TV reception at all round here so it doesn't bode well for the train journey to work! I think Data charges are quite high on V - might have to get it unlocked to use my T Sim in it .... -------------------- He who asks a question looks foolish for 5 minutes. He who doesn't ask a question remains foolish forever.
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May 9 2007, 13:37
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Regular Group: Posters Posts: 64 Joined: 21st October 2004 From: Brighton Member No.: 61,414 Device(s): I-Mate SP5/XDA Mini S |
I've sim unlocked my lobster and using Voda. I put my virgin sim back in to download the TV licences but just keep getting a "check your connection settings" message. I put GPRS settings back to Virgin GPRS, but get the same message.
Can anyone help? |
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