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#36795 1-Jul-2009 22:32

a little birdie told me..

dont know anything else..

just that voda dealers are not allowed to sell them

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#230092 1-Jul-2009 22:41

I thought this was a joke.. then I went to the vodafone website.. the magics disappeared! O_O

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#230103 1-Jul-2009 22:58

WTF? possibly a baseband or RF problem, maybe a software glitch or licensing/exclusivity issue?

Hope someone can shed some light onto it.

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#230113 1-Jul-2009 23:30

I think I know what's going on but at the moment is just a hunch...

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#230127 2-Jul-2009 00:24

What's your hunch

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#230141 2-Jul-2009 05:36

I think I may know too. I hope it's a lot more scandalous than a mere phone glitch.

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#230143 2-Jul-2009 05:57

Very mysterious. Is something weird going on, or are they just pulling that model in preparation for announcing the Hero?

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#230153 2-Jul-2009 07:48

paradoxsm: WTF? possibly a baseband or RF problem,

No its nothing technical about the handset

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#230156 2-Jul-2009 07:58

My guess it is related to trademark usage without authorisation.

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#230158 2-Jul-2009 08:04

LOL or trademark usage in inapproriate locations

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#230159 2-Jul-2009 08:10

Like having a well known brand body painted during parties?

Did Vodafone ask you to take down your pictures from their launch party Ben?

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#230167 2-Jul-2009 08:38

Oh no, thats not good... but somewhat funny at the same time :)
Would love to have seen the pics before they had been taken down, damn

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#230175 2-Jul-2009 09:04

I've checked the cached version of Ben's blog post - and it shows the old boys pictures, but all the body painted girls are gone - removed from the server but the IMG tags are still there.

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#230180 2-Jul-2009 09:22

I couldn't possibly comment Mauricio.

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#230192 2-Jul-2009 10:06

Need I be worried about my new HTC? I'm loving this phone - arrived yesterday.

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#230195 2-Jul-2009 10:14

I got one last week on launch day. Was searching vodafones site yesterday for some documents on the phone and couldn't find any reference to the magic.. thought it was maybe a glitch. But this explains it. I'm enjoying the phone though - is much more like a tiny computer than a phone. Even installed the SDK and will get cracking on messing around with that shortly.

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