Guest Paul [MVP] Posted November 26, 2002 Report Share Posted November 26, 2002 So what does everyone do for a living then? I am a software development consultant for the UK's largest insurer, and a mobile data specialist in a private capacity. You guys? P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest (MDS) Posted November 26, 2002 Report Share Posted November 26, 2002 i am a Student, in Boston. Originally from Russia, came here to study, upon graduation (May2003) will try getting a job in usa in marketing or finance... (these are my majors in school) :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rob.P Posted November 27, 2002 Report Share Posted November 27, 2002 I'm a New Media Developer/Designer, currently working for an FE College dragging them kicking and screaming into the 21st Century of Digital Marketing, the woes of the public sector :roll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ptwilliams Posted November 28, 2002 Report Share Posted November 28, 2002 Hi guys Just bought an SPV yesterday and still getting to grips with it after my T68... for such a "Smart" phone there are some glaring omissions which Im glad to have not been the only one to spot ! * Recurrent rules for alarm times (like the Ericsson) * SMS character counter to name just two! One useful thing which kept me annoyed for 5 hours yesterday was my inability to ActiveSync to my PC! Several phonecalls to people at Orange, one to Microsoft, and one to my Auntie (For sanity, not for tech support) I was still nowhere! The solution ? Norton Personal Firewall. Deactivated it, rebooted, and shazam, Synced first time !! It must have been blocking one of the ports it needs to Sync. One big question I've got is Text Messaging, sometimes, when I get an SMS even though I have the person as a contact I only get their number appearing... is this something to do with not having them in the full +44 format ? Enlighten me please! Returning slightly more to the topic (Tangent mode, off), I'm a Consultant Pharmacist for a large multiple retailer in Bournemouth - originally a Welsh valleys lad, now settled on the Dorset coast. So, I can do you a trade, fix my SPV probs and I'll cure your ailments :-) Thanks for a great newsgroup... will be a regular visitor! Pete W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Moony1234 Posted November 29, 2002 Report Share Posted November 29, 2002 "I am a software development consultant for the UK's largest insurer" Does that mean you could get me cheap/free car insurance :( Anyway, im a full time student studying software engineering. I also work part-time nightshift in Marks & Spencer Warehouse. I also run a web-hosting company which I wont mention in this thread as that would be un-professional and spam :D And... i still havent got my spv yet ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pscarratt Posted November 29, 2002 Report Share Posted November 29, 2002 Full time glamour model photographer...I wish... :wink: Actually a network engineer for a large American bank in London.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tom Posted November 29, 2002 Report Share Posted November 29, 2002 I'm a webmonkey in London. Bored off my tits by the work, but it pays the bills. Just about. Dammit, why is the SPV out of stock everywhere? It's *so* unfair... mv /pram/toys /dev/null Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest awarner [MVP] Posted November 29, 2002 Report Share Posted November 29, 2002 Electromechanical maintenance engineer/fitter what you guys brake I fix :D :( :( for the moment (until redundancy gets sorted) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spacemonkey Posted December 1, 2002 Report Share Posted December 1, 2002 I'm a general IT contractor, business systems mostly with a bit of web and stuff. SQL Guru is my primary focus. Living and working in london (I spend my life on the tube...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Treadsoftly Posted December 1, 2002 Report Share Posted December 1, 2002 I seem to be one of the few non-techie type people who has bought an SPV (and convinced my partner to get one too). I'm a psychologist. So, form an orderly line please, and no pushing :D :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Third_of_Five Posted December 1, 2002 Report Share Posted December 1, 2002 Im a Systems Software Engineer, Technical Consultant, Web Developer, Site Administrator, Project Manager, DBA ... The first being my primary role but I do all roles on a daily basis. Unix & Windows & Linux Just call me Jack :D Guess who gets bored easily! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chewie Posted December 1, 2002 Report Share Posted December 1, 2002 Web designer, network admin, DNS admin! oh the list goes on and on! I do a million different jobs, but get just the wage packet for one :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bibon Posted December 1, 2002 Report Share Posted December 1, 2002 Firstly I am from Greece. Secondly I am studding electrical engineering for three years now with just one year left. And thirdly I work as an article writer in a Greek mobile magazine named Connecting. That's all :( I live in Athens and I change mobile almost every week... :shock: :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dj simonz Posted December 2, 2002 Report Share Posted December 2, 2002 I'm studying Final Year Degree course in Computer Animation I'm a up and coming New Media/Grahic Design artist too. Hopefully when I grad, I can find a decent job in the London area. North East sucks for design jobs. Worst comes to the worst then will go into the Music Industry, I DJ part time and as a hobby playing all over the place. Recently done Ministry of Sound in London and I produce music in my spare time. Wouldnt mind working in a record label doing A&R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rob.P Posted December 2, 2002 Report Share Posted December 2, 2002 DJ, When you graduate head for a job with your skills in the entertainment sector, good money, more opportunities, the average commercial sector stuff is dwindling at the mo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rcraswell Posted December 2, 2002 Report Share Posted December 2, 2002 I'm a Smartphone (and other mobile device) developer for Action Engine in Redmond, WA (yes, just down the road from Microsoft.) We wrote the "Orange Backup" and "Orange Update" programs on the SPV. These same utilities shipped on the O2 XDA as "Action Backup" and "Action Update". In addition, we shipped the "my O2" application platform on the XDA. I have some good contacts within Microsoft, Orange, and HTC and have a pretty good idea of where things are going with the developer program and other issues. (Some of our code will be part of the solution.) I can't say anything else right now, but will let you guys know as soon as I can. --ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Treadsoftly Posted December 2, 2002 Report Share Posted December 2, 2002 That's great Ron. We'll look forward to hearing more from you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fbianchi Posted December 2, 2002 Report Share Posted December 2, 2002 working in paris, sw house, desktop mgt area, working with pcs from years (tandy... sinclair zx81...) using phones from years too (homemade at first, big antennas on my cooper and on my roof plus myriad of gsm.... lately t68i and 7650 after of course 7110 and 6310 !) happy to see there is people "involved and interested" of smartphone development ( i would resign from my company just to go in that area) not surprised by the lack of orange "intelligence" for marketing such a device !!! but more by microsoft "approach" ! when you know that ONE sms cost that, first thing is to be sure not to write more than x allowed caracters for that ! obvious for me that orange/crosoft techies dont'pay their phones bills themselves !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gunslinger Posted December 9, 2002 Report Share Posted December 9, 2002 Roland of Gilead is my Name. Otherwise known as The Gunslinger. Forever on a continuous journey towards the Dark Tower and the Last Stand between Good and Evil. Will be using the SPV as the new medium in this eternal battle and will hope to transport from other worlds: Druss the Legend, Morning Star, Jon Shannow and Waylander the Slayer, to aid me in my quest for the Dark Tower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest madu Posted December 12, 2002 Report Share Posted December 12, 2002 Right then.. Anyway, I'm working for a (large) insurance broker at the mo. Generally doing a management course at uni. Computer literacy - just do it for my own peace of mind.. It is so sad looking at people who try to figure out a piece of technology and FAIL miserably.. sometimes do it myself. And let's face it, technology is now the way forward!! The bad thing is keeping up to date with the gadgets - tooo expensive!! So you get a wkd toy once in a while (that is just toooo old of a toy in 1month time), SPV - mine this year (hopefully will be either soon updated/bugfixed or replaced by a more suitable toy). Right, off i go into the real world...... OFFICE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest youngerpants Posted December 21, 2002 Report Share Posted December 21, 2002 Like everyone else in this forum, i'm a 20 something male who works in the IT industry (consultant, telephony, new media, networks, unix etc) and like every other 20 something male in the IT industry, i got my SPV so i could watch pr0n on the train :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chewie Posted December 21, 2002 Report Share Posted December 21, 2002 ^ Oh you sumed up eberyone on this forum in such a true, true way :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Thurstan Posted December 22, 2002 Report Share Posted December 22, 2002 Haha, I actually work for Orange... before anyone asks no I don't have any inside info/access to free software or anything like that, but yeah I did get my SPV for free.! I don't have anything to do with the phone side of things, I'm a sports journalist (Orange Multimedia Operations), we deal with all the stuff you get as text/mms alerts and stuff that you see on the web/wap/spv sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TheDon Posted December 22, 2002 Report Share Posted December 22, 2002 Damn, everyone in their 20's and in the IT industry!!! :oops: No wonder this phone is so hard for me to use!! I'm TOO old for it!!!!!!!!!!! I'm not in IT!!!!!!!!! I had better go and buy a 3210 this phone is beyond me. :cry: :cry: :cry: or is it? Hey it's a forum, no the best forum and i've got you guys!!! I luv my SPV and even a Train Driver at the age of 33 has a chance. Go out and buy it all you other over 30's we too can use SPV's. :D :( :( :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Emad Posted December 22, 2002 Report Share Posted December 22, 2002 I worked in the good ol' IT industry in the delightfully interesting programming sector. Now I'm at uni wasting all that nice money I earned on shiny new gadgets (well, ok, I got my SPV free on a contract and I don't drink, so not wasting as much as most :D). I got my spv so I could play Doom/Worms in my maths/computing lectures (I do both subjects, so I get sooo many damn lectures) - so far no sign of either, but here's hoping! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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