Mobile gadgets running Blackberry & Android OS'
Archive for May, 2009
[en] Is there a Heaven for free GPS trackers? [tech/GSM/GPS/BlackBerry]
01000 days
I was complaining here that the support for GPSed.com’s GPS tracker sucks. I still think that; I sent them an e-mail complaining about the problems I had while uploading the tracks (lots of features but the main one doesn’t work properly,recording only partial routes!) and they’ve replied after 4 days:
“—– Original Message —–
From: SHAPE Support Team <support@shapeservices.com>
To: xxx@gmail.com, SHAPE Support Team <support@shapeservices.com>
Sent: 25.04.2009 15:18
Subject: Re: Problem with uploaded tracks on gpsed.com
From: SHAPE Support Team <support@shapeservices.com>
To: xxx@gmail.com, SHAPE Support Team <support@shapeservices.com>
Sent: 25.04.2009 15:18
Subject: Re: Problem with uploaded tracks on gpsed.com
<
< Hello,
<
< Please accept our apologies for the problem.
< I have forwarded your track to our developers for further investigation.
< We’ll inform you about the result as soon as possible.
<
< Thank you for your patience!
<
< Best regards,”
< Hello,
<
< Please accept our apologies for the problem.
< I have forwarded your track to our developers for further investigation.
< We’ll inform you about the result as soon as possible.
<
< Thank you for your patience!
<
< Best regards,”
Meaning nothing, of course. Oh, yes, they took me into consideration but do one needs 4 days for that? They say they need to contact the developer. But why not providing a direct link to the developer, doesn’t the developer has an e-mail address?!
More laughs today:
“SHAPE Support Team to me
show details 10:49 AM (1 hour ago) Reply
show details 10:49 AM (1 hour ago) Reply
Hello,
Sorry for the inconvenience.
Our developers have detected the problem and
now they are working on fixing of it.
Please keep an eye on our updates.
Our developers have detected the problem and
now they are working on fixing of it.
Please keep an eye on our updates.
Best regards,
Alexandra Lyubchenko
SHAPE Support Team
SHAPE Services”
Alexandra Lyubchenko
SHAPE Support Team
SHAPE Services”
18 days later, they’ve finally detected the issue and they are working on fixing it! Come on! Really. I KNOW it’s a free service, but you need competence when running a SERVICE. Or so it seems, a service. Up until now it’s just a shadow of what it should be.
[en] Yet another InstaMapper GPS tracker upload [tech/GPS/GSM/BlackBerry]
01001 days
Just a quick upload with yet another InstaMapper track; this one‘s more detailed. This time I’ve used a 142 seconds pause between location updates for battery’ sake. The device goes to “sleep” between transmissions, which is a good thing (15%-20% of battery life in 3 hours is a good score for a GPS enabled device) but the result is quite inaccurate, and I’m pretty sure the calculations are done based on pinpoints. This means there is a half an hour period which wasn’t recorded (I stopped by for a visit but I was outside all the time) and the road isn’t followed exactly due to long pauses between pin-pointing.
But, hey, it’s nice for general purposes and if you get a car charger, then you can set it to transmit every 5 seconds or so; then, the result is bulls-eye!
[ro] Noi metode de spam! [Romanik]
21002 days
Primesc un mesaj publicitar de la blt.ro. Nu stiu cine sunt,n-am cumparat vreodatabilete de la ei, insa ma infurie nesimtirea de care dau dovada;pe zi ce trece, gasesc noi metode de eludare a legii, iar de data asta pe o parte ma calca pe nervi, pe de alta parte izbucnesc in ras.
Asa-i mesajul: “Primiti acest mesaj in urma abonarii dvs pe site-ul nostru sau printr-un site partener. Daca nu mai doriti sa primiti mesaje de la noi sau considerati ca abonarea dvs s-a produs din greseala, va rugam sa acceptati scuzele noastre pentru neplacerile provocate si sa apasati pe acest link pentru a va dezabona http://www.bltblahblah. Va multumim.”
Cretinii au trecut si “site-urile partenere” pentru a justifica spam-ul si a ingreuna gasirea vinovatului;probabl au contracte semnate cu sute de clienti, care le sunt si parteneri pana la urma,nu?
Cretinii au trecut si “site-urile partenere” pentru a justifica spam-ul si a ingreuna gasirea vinovatului;probabl au contracte semnate cu sute de clienti, care le sunt si parteneri pana la urma,nu?
Faza tare vine in momentul in care apesi link-ul;apare asta:
Ratatii nu ma pot dezabona pentru ca au o eroare in sistem (o aveau si ieri,or s-o aiba si maine) dar imi ofera posibilitatea de a suna la niste numere de telefon pentru a rezolva problema. Ah,ati observat cat de agramati sunt? Intr-o fraza de 15 cuvinte, un sfert sunt gresite! hahah Ce facem daca nu raspunde nimeni, pana la urma sunte in plina criza si oamenii n-au timp sa raspunda la telefoane. Este incredibil cum romanii gasesc tot felul de tertipuri de a ocoli o situatie absolut normala, in care un simplu sistem automat poate dezabona o adresa de e-mail cu 2 clickuri.
Le-am dat un email si le-am umplut frigideru’ de carne,i-am amenintat cu Protectia Consumatorului si astept cu interes raspunsul lor de luni. Daca nu-l primesc, am sa completez un formular. Cu putin noroc, isi iau cateva mii de lei amenda. Consider ca merita cele 5 minute pierdute scriind un email.
