Comments on: iPhone / Cost of living http://blog.daniel.ie/2008/03/03/iphone-cost-of-living/ Wed, 18 May 2011 11:24:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ダニエル氏 http://blog.daniel.ie/2008/03/03/iphone-cost-of-living/comment-page-1/#comment-664 ダニエル氏 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:31:13 +0000 http://xn--ick4b7a7i.net/wordpress/2008/03/03/iphone-cost-of-living/#comment-664 <p>RTE's reported of it uses the figures from the website. I'm not sure where the papers got the numbers from. They have a quote from an O2 spokesman about the 12GB; perhaps the spokesman got it wrong?</p> RTE’s reported of it uses the figures from the website. I’m not sure where the papers got the numbers from. They have a quote from an O2 spokesman about the 12GB; perhaps the spokesman got it wrong?

]]> By: Kevin Reale http://blog.daniel.ie/2008/03/03/iphone-cost-of-living/comment-page-1/#comment-663 Kevin Reale Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:22:32 +0000 http://xn--ick4b7a7i.net/wordpress/2008/03/03/iphone-cost-of-living/#comment-663 <p>O2 wrote back to me.</p> <p>"Thanks for your email.</p> <p>You’ve asked us about the Apple Iphone.</p> <p>O2 are delighted to announce the launch of the I-Phone in Ireland. The IPhone handset is available to O2 bill pay customers and will be available for purchase from March 14th. Pre orders can be made through your local O2 Retail store. Competitive Price Plans start at 45 euros per month. The I-Phone is exclusive to O2 and can only be used on the O2 Ireland Network. Further information in relation to this exciting handset can be found at o2.ie.</p> <p>O2 Customer Care"</p> <p>Why thanks. That addresses absolutely everything I asked about. :/</p> <p>I guess the two national newspapers got it wrong. Or the person talking to them hadn't a clue what they were talking about.</p> O2 wrote back to me.

“Thanks for your email.

You’ve asked us about the Apple Iphone.

O2 are delighted to announce the launch of the I-Phone in Ireland. The IPhone handset is available to O2 bill pay customers and will be available for purchase from March 14th. Pre orders can be made through your local O2 Retail store. Competitive Price Plans start at 45 euros per month. The I-Phone is exclusive to O2 and can only be used on the O2 Ireland Network. Further information in relation to this exciting handset can be found at o2.ie.

O2 Customer Care”

Why thanks. That addresses absolutely everything I asked about. :/

I guess the two national newspapers got it wrong. Or the person talking to them hadn’t a clue what they were talking about.

]]> By: Kevin Reale http://blog.daniel.ie/2008/03/03/iphone-cost-of-living/comment-page-1/#comment-662 Kevin Reale Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:45:30 +0000 http://xn--ick4b7a7i.net/wordpress/2008/03/03/iphone-cost-of-living/#comment-662 <p>http://www.hoovers.com/free/co/news/detail.xhtml?ID=133852&ArticleID=20080229670.4_61d30009df0e0fb7&source_type%5B%5D=n</p> <p>That's the one that was in the Business Section of the Times. I'm going to get to the bottom of this.</p> http://www.hoovers.com/free/co/news/detail.xhtml?ID=133852&ArticleID=20080229670.4_61d30009df0e0fb7&source_type%5B%5D=n

That’s the one that was in the Business Section of the Times. I’m going to get to the bottom of this.

]]> By: ダニエル氏 http://blog.daniel.ie/2008/03/03/iphone-cost-of-living/comment-page-1/#comment-661 ダニエル氏 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:12:49 +0000 http://xn--ick4b7a7i.net/wordpress/2008/03/03/iphone-cost-of-living/#comment-661 <p>Check out "Tariffs" <a href="http://www.o2online.ie/wps/wcm/connect/O2/Home/Shop/Phones/iPhone/Find+out+more" rel="nofollow">here</a>. O2 themselves say 1GB.</p> Check out “Tariffs” here. O2 themselves say 1GB.

]]> By: Kevin Reale http://blog.daniel.ie/2008/03/03/iphone-cost-of-living/comment-page-1/#comment-660 Kevin Reale Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:25:30 +0000 http://xn--ick4b7a7i.net/wordpress/2008/03/03/iphone-cost-of-living/#comment-660 <p>The Sunday Tribune said 12gb per month. Not unlimited but hardly something you're going to exceed any time soon.</p> The Sunday Tribune said 12gb per month. Not unlimited but hardly something you’re going to exceed any time soon.

]]> By: Tilmitt http://blog.daniel.ie/2008/03/03/iphone-cost-of-living/comment-page-1/#comment-659 Tilmitt Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:17:24 +0000 http://xn--ick4b7a7i.net/wordpress/2008/03/03/iphone-cost-of-living/#comment-659 <p>The carry trade has weakened the yen way below it's value on a purchasing power basis, and it's particular prevalent for us as the euro is one of the most overvalued currencies in the world, which I believe has been mainly caused by our badass head of the European central bank who refuses to cut rates in order to stem inflation. What a legend.</p> <p>I don't want to hijack your blog with my economic theories so I'll stop here! Enjoy the absurd purchasing power.</p> The carry trade has weakened the yen way below it’s value on a purchasing power basis, and it’s particular prevalent for us as the euro is one of the most overvalued currencies in the world, which I believe has been mainly caused by our badass head of the European central bank who refuses to cut rates in order to stem inflation. What a legend.

I don’t want to hijack your blog with my economic theories so I’ll stop here! Enjoy the absurd purchasing power.

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