Orange just sent me an email promoting their usual stuff – films, music, downloads etc. I was curious about what they were doing with V for Vendetta, so I followed the link. There I learnt I could download various media… except that I can’t.
Each time the 247 code that I should text to receive my downloads appears, alongside it is an asterisk that explains that “this service is unavailable on all Orange SPV phone, the PalmOne Treo and the LG U8150.”
So let’s be clear. The service will not work on any of Orange’s own-brand phones – that is to say, their SPV range.
Brilliant.
Of course, why precisely I’d want to spend £2 on a wallpaper that I could make myself in about 30 seconds using the PC wallpapers available free from the official site, is not something to worry about here.
Similarly, I can’t download ringtones or “voicetones” at the princely sum of £3.00-£3.50 each. Shame.
On a different matter, when is Orange going to release a Windows Smartphone with WiFi built in? Sadly the SPV 600, which would otherwise be my next phone, doesn’t have it. Is there something around the corner? I know they don’t want me making calls via Skype with it, hence cutting them out of the revenue stream. The M600 could be the answer, but it seems more of a PDA than a phone.