Crappy customer care recordings

The other day i was using Vodafones computerised customer care to
enquire about some new offers that i'd heard about. But since i'd been
relaxing to music until then, instead of using the usual nokia
headphones, I had plugged in a pair of hifi neodymium equipped phones.
And i was able to notice the difference in sensitivity and sound
reproduction in a different kinda way.

As soon as the recorded voice started playing I was not only able to
hear sales pitch but in the background there were a whole lot of guys
talking. Turning up the volume i was even able to hear a guy shouting
at another guy in hindi and another person giving the "welcome to
customer care" dialogue. =)
It's like a Kinder Egg. You can hear different sound bites for each
offer. I wonder if i'll be able to find something interesting in
there..

Bar code reader has become more nerdy

I just noticed this while running through the n95 apps. It seems the
bar code reader has been enhanced during the last firmware update to
include a physical representation of the reader calculating the
barcode that it detects from the camera. Upon scanning you can see the
autofocus coming into play and then a series of polygons show up on
the screen as the phone calculates and processes the images that
"sees". It looks pretty cool =)

Google Mobile Maps screwed up

Today as i returned from my hostel, traveling through my home town in
Kerala, a coastal area in South India, the Google maps application for
the nokia n95 screwed up big time. One moment i was cruising through
the NH47 National highway, and the next moment i was shown, according
to the mobile map, standing atop a building in Hoa Xuan, Vietnam.
Wondering if i'd taken a wrong turn somewhere which led me to Vietnam
from India I refreshed the GPS signal. And this time i ended up in
Bandar Seri, Indonesia. I decided to switch of the Nokia n95 and enjoy
Indonesia =)