Re: Unlocked French iPhone will use French language ONLY

<fufu.goldberg@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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: : Orange-France have to release an unlocked version of
: : the iPhone - by Law.
: :
: : Apple's master plan is to limit all these phones so
: : that they can only display French.
: :
: : I'm sure Canadians won't mind (since most of them are
: : French)

No they're not.

Ivor

On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:14:12 -0800 (PST), fufu.goldberg@yahoo.com
wrote:

>Orange-France have to release an unlocked version of the iPhone - by
>Law.
>
>Apple's master plan is to limit all these phones so that they can only
>display French.
>
>I'm sure Canadians won't mind (since most of them are French)

I think you'll find that most of the Canadians are actually Canadian
which means that they're not French or American.
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<fufu.goldberg@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I'm sure Canadians won't mind (since most of them are French)
>




no they are not! - and they don't speak french either.
you're thinking of one part - quebec.
that's like saying most british people speak welsh.



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On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 07:30:59 UTC, "the dog from that film you saw"
<dsb@removethisportionbtinternet.com> wrote:

>
> <fufu.goldberg@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:403abc10-6884-46e5-a809-31396cee1035@a28g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
>
>
> > I'm sure Canadians won't mind (since most of them are French)
>
> no they are not! - and they don't speak french either.
> you're thinking of one part - quebec.
> that's like saying most british people speak welsh.

Actually, it's like saying most British people ARE Welsh...!

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<fufu.goldberg@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Orange-France have to release an unlocked version of the iPhone - by
> Law.
>
> Apple's master plan is to limit all these phones so that they can only
> display French.
>
> I'm sure Canadians won't mind (since most of them are French)
>
> Time to learn some basic french?
>

Oh no, another google grooper crossposts more pointless codswallop.
fufu you really need to keep up with developments.
We all know about the bludgeoning legal thingymebobs being instigated
against apple and it's poor value iPhone and restrictive contracts with the
telecoms.
We all know that in the states Apple dramatically cut the price of an
iPhone and that early adopters are furious.
We all know that the iPhone is marketed requiring immediate updates
only available via the expensive contracts.
We all know that with the critical firmware update, Apple have been
forced to flag that it will "kill" unlocked iPhones.
We all know that the replacement iPhone was planned from day one.
The iPhone is designed to become obsolete very rapidly.
We all know now with the carefully engineered hype dying down that
at least here in UK, take up was poor, that most were alert to what a
pile of crap the iPhone is.
We know the timing coincides with Xmas, the subsequent sales, the
expected price drop, and then...the replacements launch in the spring.
We all know that mac devotees who bought into the hype are frantically
trying to justify to themselves and anyone else who will listen that they
haven't wasted their money (but they have though!).
You crossposted to the mac groups just to be provocative.
And yes we all know about that annoying UK queenie commedian/actor/
quiz show compare is always quoted as loving everything Apple, and
that it has nothing to do with him being "very close" to someone in Apple.
Now please drop the iPhone crap, it is an over-priced, low specification
girly phone for people with too much money and little taste.
End of subject.

<fufu.goldberg@yahoo.com> wrote:

> On Nov 21, 7:06 am, BGN <nickmoo...@spamcop.net> wrote:
> > On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:14:12 -0800 (PST), fufu.goldb...@yahoo.com
> > wrote:
> >
> > >Orange-France have to release an unlocked version of the iPhone - by
> > >Law.
> >
> > >Apple's master plan is to limit all these phones so that they can only
> > >display French.
> >
> > >I'm sure Canadians won't mind (since most of them are French)
> >
> > I think you'll find that most of the Canadians are actually Canadian
> > which means that they're not French or American.
> > --
>
>
> Okay, point taken, but the learning curve will be less steep for them
> as many of them will know at least elementary french as it is so
> widespread in Quebec.

Which is only one of the Canadian Provinces.

French is not widely spoken in the other 10 or so.

Nice post.
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"Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm@mendelson.com> wrote in message
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> Stuart Hutchinson wrote:
>> Which is only one of the Canadian Provinces.
>>
>> French is not widely spoken in the other 10 or so.
>
>
> However there is another issue that can prevent them being used in
> Canada. GSM service in France uses the 900 mHz and 1800 mHz bands. In
> Canada it uses 1900mHz, and possibly 850 mHz. All Apple has to do
> is limit the unlocked French phones to 900 mHz and 1800 mHz and
> they have fulfilled the requirments of French law, while not
> making them of any use to people in the U.S. or Canada.
>
> People who travel outside of Europe might complain, but I expect
> that's less than a few percent of their customers.
>
> Geoff.


I think you will need to add a few noughts to those frequencies if
you insist in expressing them in mili-Hertz

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