...genie.co.uk promises you everything it's made out to be. But with its many varied services such as its free SMS text messages, interest zones, updated news stories along with your own personalised calendar and chat room who could disagree that Genie is one of the more reputable UK sites today? ... Read review
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Advantages: Overwhelming amount of information on general topics of todays society.. Disadvantages: To use this site to the best of its abilities you need to own a WAP mobile phone.
Or are they? Well it seems to be a personal matter of choice as to whether www.genie.co.uk promises you everything it's made out to be. But with its many varied services such as its free SMS text messages, interest zones, updated news stories along with your own personalised calendar and chat room who could disagree that Genie is one of the more reputable UK sites today?
In general this site jam-packs almost everything a web page ... ...all kinds of information aimed at all kinds of different interests and ages. Although this site is mainly aimed at WAP or Genie mobile users and is based hugely on advertising for Genie mobile services it also has a lot more to offer for the general user. This person may not necessarily use Genie services or own a WAP mobile phone like myself and would just like to use this site for there own personal use as a source of interest and information which ... more
Or are they? Well it seems to be a personal matter of choice as to whether www.genie.co.uk promises you everything it's made out to be. But with its many varied services such as its free SMS text messages, interest zones, updated news stories along with your own personalised calendar and chat room who could disagree that Genie is one of the more reputable UK sites today?
In general this site jam-packs almost everything a web page could offer you into one simple to use site with all kinds of information aimed at all kinds of different interests and ages. Although this site is mainly aimed at WAP or Genie mobile users and is based hugely on advertising for Genie mobile services it also has a lot more to offer for the general user. This person may not necessarily use Genie services or own a WAP mobile phone like myself and would just like to use this site for there own personal use as a source of interest and information which this site carries out perfectly.
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WHAT THIS SITE HAS TO OFFER:
An overwhelming amount of different kinds of information topics are available but I shall try and point out some of the more popular ones that’s Genie has to offer. Due to the massive amount of information given on this site I will only be able to give a brief description of what it has to offer, this will also allow you to discover them in more detail if you wish to check this site out in the future.
Firstly there are the Interest Zones which provide a Genie user with specific interests that they might have and these include:
Business and Money: for those of you who perhaps might have a job relating to these two aspects you will find that this area tends to deal with stocks and shares and has a useful table to provide this information for you. If you have a WAP phone Genie allows you to receive info alerts on stock and share rates via your mobile phone by sending them to you. There is also a helpful section containing money facts that might be of interest to you.
Competitions: Although mainly aimed at Teenagers and children this section has all kinds of varied competitions which are fun to take part in including at present, winning tickets to see Madonna, S Club 7 and even one including the winner meeting the latest Big Brother evictee!
Entertainment: This provides an amazing amount of recent entertainment information such as the latest info on new coming movies, celebrity gossip, T.V soaps including Emmerdale and Eastenders, music, radio and computer games for the PC, N64, playstation and dreamcast.
Lifestyle: For all you singletons out there this section could be for you! This fairly new feature is ideal if you're looking for a friend or possible relationship - Genie mobile dating. When you register with this site you are also given your own mail account and this is where you can access it from. Another advantage to this section is that here you are given the chance to set up your very own Internet calendar. If you wish to set an important date on it and want to be reminded you can easily adjust the settings so Genie sends you an alert via your WAP mobile phone. Very helpful although less helpful if again you don’t own one of these!
Music: The latest music headlines also provide some info on celebs, which might be useful to you. Sections on shopping, again music and radio can all be found here plus a handy list of UK web listings.
News and Weather: Basically this zone will offer you every kind of news from all spheres including technology, sport, World News, UK news, politics, science and the environment. I found this section to have rounded up all the other news stories on the site and placed them here so if you are looking for general news then you only need to look here rather than the other more specific sections. The weather section shows the worlds weather or more specific areas if you so wish to search for them and you can have weather alert updates sent to your WAP mobile.
Phone: I found this section to be Genies main advertising place for their own mobile phone selection including WAP advertising, Genie mobile deals, new phone criteria's, price guides on mobile phones, networks and mobile services. This could be helpful to the perspective buyer although I found the immense advertising a disadvantage as the site seemed to sway more towards their own models rather than others which didn't leave much choice if you were interested in buying a mobile phone.
Sport: Includes sections on sport headlines but also more specific areas such as Cricket, Football, Rugby and motor racing so this would be a big advantage to a user who was only interested in one of these as theres plenty of information aimed at each topic. Also Genie will send you F1 and Football result mobile alerts to your mobile phone.
Travel: This has to be the most useful topic that Genie has provided in its Interest Zones mainly due to its huge archive of information dedicated to this section alone. Very helpful info on Destinations, flights, accommodation, holiday planning, travelling advice, special offer sections, travel guides, car hire advice and even routes and maps of the areas you are interested in are included. Good Travel agents are also recommended here. Excellent for all you people out there that are planning to get away this summer.
Webspace and ISP: This section mainly looks at advertising Genie Internet connections and provides you with a rates and fees table which is easy to read and not confusing like others can be. Advice and info is also given on Hardware and Software products.
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Well, I did warn you about the massive amount of information! But there's EVEN more to come yet including the main page, which yet again provides you with a double helping of useful info, based for all kinds of people. There's the mobile ring tones section which is about as good as any other except you do have to pay for these unfortunately and a logo section again which doesn’t come free but you can download to ANY mobile phone a FREE Genie logo which looks good. Also especially for students there's a students only area which features helpful advice about careers and educational aspects.
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ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES:
The amount and variety of information given on this site is definitely a huge advantage as it caters for people of all ages looking for all aspects that come with modern day life. Its ease of use web site is neatly presented giving it a clear presentation and any tables are clearly laid out and simple to use. Other advantages include the use of a chat room and a genie help tab and in my opinion this gets a 10 out of 10 for the use of communication throughout the site!
Disadvantages include the site may not always be as reliable as some others especially the Free SMS text messaging service. Often this service does not always work and people may not receive the text message you sent. This is a big let down and in my experience Genie free text messaging is the least reliable free text messaging site I have come across so far. When you try to send a text often the page will not load properly which trust me leaves you very frustrated when your half way through sending a text message to somebody!
Genie ring tones and mobile logos are not free which I believe is a big disadvantage considering this site is trying to promote their Genie mobile services and include this to be one. Probably the biggest disadvantage is that Genie is a site that has been based upon the user who has a WAP mobile phone (which not everybody will have) as it provides many services that will only work if you happen to own this type of mobile.
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THIS SITE SUITS:
This site suits anybody who would like to use a practical site that is full of useful information and general topics on most aspects of daily life. As this site is suited to every age group it provides something for everyone, holidays for adults where you can book online to fun competitions for the kids and a variety of music for teenagers. In general an excellent site with a fantastic standard of information for everyone. To use this site to its very best you will need to own a WAP mobile phone although I've found it still very helpful even though I don’t own one of these myself.
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MY OPINION:
A very good informative website that has an overwhelming amount of useful topics throughout it but it would be an advantage if you owned a WAP mobile phone before you signed up with this site to use it to its best ability.
Advantages: unlimited texts, address book for quick sending of texts Disadvantages: none really
...my trusted yahoo account.
Genie.co.uk is not just about free SMS-there are WAP services and and a multitude of other chatrooms, competitions,the Genie shop and links to other offers. Ive never really used any of the other services which genie offer, but have had a quick browse in the Shop. You can buy a variety of pay monthly packages, and chose from a range of different phones. With all Genie packages and SIM cards, you get unlimited free texts ... ...that one evening, and ive never had any other problems with the site.
Overall, if you have a mobile, and want to send loads of messages, genie.co.uk is your best bet-the messages are sent immediately, the messaging service is unlimited, and the site is quick and easy to navigate. ...
fairydust 17.04.2001
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Advantages: errrrmmmmmmm they don't sell fish? Disadvantages: too many to fit into 255 characters
...up for the service with genie.co.uk - edit your profile to stop receiving these emails". I was 100% sure that I hadn't giving them my details, but I decided to check my profile anyway - and yes, the boxes were still selected - Genie knew that I didn't want them to give out my details, and they knew that I didn't want them to contact me either, but they ignored that, and went ahead anyway.
I was still getting these emails, and I noticed that if you ... ..."this is an automated reply from an unmanned inbox" then I had an idea. Now the email address in my profile is that very same unmanned email address - every single email that get sent out just goes to that address and then another message goes out and back to the same address saying it was an unmanned inbox - and this will carry on and build up with all the emails that they try to send to me - eventually it will crash their server, or just clog up ...
owenberg 18.12.2001
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Genie.co.uk is a very interesting website. It offers many services and offers access to lots of information.
I signed up to genie as I got a free CD with a mobile phone I bought. I soon found there were many critical problems with the quality and consistency of the website. I will address these later; first I will briefly highlight the plus points of the site.
ADVANTAGES
Genie is suited for a wide range of Internet users. It regularly advertises ... ...website is very well presented making it relatively easy to find what you are looking for. Genie offers email accounts and also the sending of free text messages with an address book for mobile phone numbers (more on this later). Genie is modern and with the times, offering mobile phone updates on a number of popular categories (sport, music, news etc . . .). I may be wrong but I am sure there is also chat facilities within genie. The website is ...
Eddie45 01.08.2001 (24.06.2002)
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Advantages: Loads of freebies, well laid out, easy to use site Disadvantages: £10 minimum monthly top-up on mobiles, expensive technical support on Genie Mobile, can be unreliable
Genie were one of the first websites (if not the first) to offer free sms messaging from the internet, and email to sms. They've fairly recently re-vamped the site and added some more services- which, in my opinion makes them one of the best sites on the net for intergrated messaging. The horrible username@sms.genie.co.uk address has been replaced with the one username@genie.co.uk address. This means you can get all your e-mail both as webmail, using ... ...to your mobile. Although thier sms messages do seem to float around in cyberspace for up to 15 minute before you get them (believe me, you used to be talking about hours- this is a big improvement), they do seem to be improving on this everyday. However, enough of me going on, here's a summary of their key services; -ALERTS I subscribe to their music alerts- these come very infrequently (10 one day to a whole week with none). When I do get them, ...
father_jack 10.07.2001
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Advantages: easy to use, fun Disadvantages: can be really slowwwwwwwwwwww!
Its fun its free- its pure Genie!
Welcome to Genie!
Genie is one of the most useful, but also the most frustrating, websites around. I have been a faithful Genie user for a couple of years now. My e-mail address is with them, I constantly use their WAP service on my mobile. I've even ordered a mobile phone from them in the past. So why did I choose Genie?
Initially I was made aware of this website by a friend, as most recommendations these days ... ...before, it was about time I got up to date with the times, therefore Genie was my choice. Powered by BT Cellnet, and as a BT Cellnet customer I decided to give it a go.
The first noticeable thing was the ease of registration. Very, very straightforward and easy to complete. Upon completing this an SMS message was sent to my mobile to confirm my registration and password. Very impressive so far. To back this up my first e-mail was sent to my account. ...
paulc20001 22.09.2001
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