Nokia response to MyNokia subscription in PR1.2

Why dont they just admit they forgot to put in a no thanks button and put it in right away so all people that update from now on dont have this issue

I put empty prepaid card in N900 for update. After update Nookia tried send sms to my nokia but failed as no money. No further attemp was made as telefphone believe sms was sent.

Put empty prepaid and your golden!

Care or not! but i allready flashed my device 15 times. this means 15 times sending an sms wich is absolutly ridiculous!

As from law aspect nokia must make an opt out function. They cannot say. send sms or you cant use the device!

I read about a solution. but i think an easier one is remove the sim card before firing up is the best solution for not sending the sms.

I'm in the camp that Nokia should never send unsolicited SMS messages, but I upgraded to PR1.2 and never got any such message. I'm in the U.S., is that why?

Phew! What a lecture!

Anyway, I didn't really mind the extra SMS. I am surprised how many are discontent with the $1 charge considering that the N900 is a premium device. Almost all carriers here in the US store IMEI information of the owners because the phones are tied to the carrier.

That being said, there should be an Opt-Out option. Its absence is a mistake that Nokia should accept.

I looked over my sales box. It has a simple white sticker with some bar codes, and basic product identifying information. On the bottom of the box in silver ink on dark gray paperboard, nice choice for contrast, there is the usual boilerplate about network dependant services, keep away from small children, and warranty. Unless it is on a microdot there is ZERO warning that

"Nokia will send at your expense an unencrypted SMS from your device that could expose certain personal data such as the IMEI, IMSI, Network, URL History, Contacts, GPS coordinates and battery level to a third party."

I do not know they sent all that information but isn't that the point? I don't know.

I do not want the Homeland Security people wondering about an SMS to the Federal and Islamic Republic of Comoros or where ever it was sent. Again, I don't know.

Since I bought my N900 I can use it as is. A bug fix (this is what PR1.2 is in fact) want me to agree to some extra Nokia rules? This is hard to accept.

How about the fact that I now have $1 in "international" text messages as I am in america and it contacted some text service in the EU

wtf is wrong with you guys? I simply ignore the 'MyNokia'-service, so why don't you?! stop complaining :) that's just pathetic..

@Matan, so you're suggesting we shouldn't ask because we know what the answer is? And do you suggest they don't care about the council; or the users? (Because I see flaws in either argument)

Even if this smell is bad they don't admit this saying you are in a rose field. If they admit the issue, anybody can sue them basing on their words so the only acceptable response from their perspective is denying or saying "this is a great (F)feature" . What you expect? Apologies ?

It seems no on even read the complaint, some dumb head just read few things, categorized the complaint, and sent a typical response back.

Did someone in the council really think that Nokia's response will be different than "We don't care about you, so shut up?"

Yes, and we all understand as N900 not the phone but mobile computer with phone functions, so why do they decide to get information by sms? it's ilogical, as there is option to send info via internet. and can they add this function to update and say if you don't want you don't have to update? i think sending info can be helpful for developing (the problem that there is no development on n900 lately by Nokia), but as in many other opensource(and not only) projects, you can put it in options or popup window "send some info blah blah blah", even microsoft is doing it like this. and last time microsoft did something without users attention they got sued and lost.

To be honest I was expecting this kind of attitude from Apple, not Nokia. Oh well. I know how to use my phone, I don't want to pay for some messages informing me of some basic features, so I naturally expect an opt out feature. Getting more and more convinced that my next phone won't be one from Nokia

It's not the "Computer Misuse Act" that Nokia need to be concerned with. They need to study the "Data Protection Act".

These are 2 very different acts with very different purposes.

They should have answered "f*** off" instead. That would have made me less angry than this nonsense. Whoever wrote that: Did they even understand what the whole issue is about? If so: Do they really despise us so much?

It's amazing how Nokia tries to deal with that by getting their lawyers checking the issue, rather than plainly admitting it's been a massive fail both in concept and implementation.

We are not amused >:-(