Oxygen Phone Manager II advertising
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advertisements for OPMII at EVERY opportunity verging on spam?
I have no problem at all with somebody recommending something to me to solve
a problem, but not when there are quicker, cheaper, and perfectly good
alternative ways of solving the same problems - it's simply bad advice.
Over the past few of weeks I've seen people asking about several problems
(e.g. deleting ring tones and pictures) which can be solved by simply using
the built in phone menus. Yet OPMII was recommended and the postings fail to
mention that to use it you would require either IR or a lead. As most
computers do not have IR or come with free Nokia leads this can incur a cost
upwards of £30 and a delay until they can buy the hardware, not to mention
the hassle of downloading and installing software that you also need to pay
for to get the full functionality.
Many problems posted can also be solved with the completely free Nokia PC
Suite. Now ok, OPMII is a rival piece of software, but I don't see such
spammy adverts for LogoManager (another rival piece of software) - which, as
far as features are concerned, is a very similar piece of software.
If somebody said they wanted to edit their autoexec.bat file in Windows,
would you recommend they go out and buy Office XP Pro for £400 just because
it can edit text files plus a lot more. Of course not! If you have any sense
you'd tell them about Notepad. If somebody wanted an answering service who
is using BT, would you recommend they go out and buy a
Telephone/Fax/Email/Digital Answering Machine for £300? Of course not!
What's wrong with the free BT answer service? I feel that in a lot of cases
that OPMII is recommended, the advice is extremely crass at best. Giving
such advice in such cases just makes you look incompetent and highly lacking
in knowledge of Nokia phones. When someone posted saying they didn't know
how to delete a user ring tone and OPMII was recommended, that simply
suggests that you guys don't know about the "delete" option in the gallery
menu. Advertising it at every opportunity, in such a nonsensical situation,
simply comes across in the same manner that door to door salesmen do. You
guys wouldn't be going that much further by recommending OPMII every time
somebody posted to alt.comp.periphs saying they wanted to test their IR or
USB port with something.
Now, let me ask you all this: Would you want to buy a product from a door to
door salesman who's been to your door many times already, who gives out
obviously crass advice and who appears incompetent and severely lacking in
knowledge in the area that their product targets? I know I certainly
wouldn't! And that's exactly who you're coming across to people in this
newsgroup (IMHO).
Don't get me wrong, OPMII isn't a bad piece of software and does have its
place. Just like MS Office Pro is a great piece of software if you need its
features over and above what Notepad can do, and just like a
Telephone/Fax/Email/Digital Answering Machine is a great piece of kit if you
need to send faxes and emails without a computer. But come on you guys, why
not try recommending it to people who DO really need it (i.e. not the people
who don't know how to delete user graphics and ring tones from the gallery
using the menus). That way your advice will come across as good and you
would come across as knowing about the basics of nokia phones (such as the
previously mentioned delete function in the gallery) and people will trust
you, and hence consider buying your software as you come across as
knowledgeable in the area of Nokia phones.
Take it or leave it...
Adam
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