Orange likes getting publicity from its involvement at the mudfest that is Glastonbury. Each year the media seem to lap up stories like this years wind powered battery charging offering.
But sceptics among us wonder if such offerings arent just PR drivers.
Reading Whatleydude's Glastonblog I notice:
"And don’t even start me on the quite frankly RIDICULOUS "Orange Charge Tent".
I mean, who wants to QUEUE for an hour to charge their handset, only to discover that when they get to the front, they then have to wait around for a further two hours to watch their phone charge at an unsecured bar.
Joined up thinking really not their speciality it would seem...
"So... How did I stay charged?
"Well, while the Orange monkeys were missing out on potentially 3hrs of great music, I managed to find a little store amongst the clothes stalls and falafel vendors, which specialised in phone charging.
You paid a fiver a go and it was kept under lock and key and all was fine. The system the guy had running behind him reminded me a little of chargebox and it wouldn’t surprise me if they were one and the same... I’ll ask them this year and see. Anyway, this little store became a daily haunt for my good self."
Orange please take note!
Cheers for the shout. Same story again this year by the way..
Write up to come soon.
:)
Posted by: James Whatley | July 03, 2008 at 05:09 PM