Press Releases

LG’s new Optimus UI 3.0

Here’s some exciting news for you Android fans. LG have some upcoming goodness.

LG Electronics (LG) is introducing a new User Interface (UI) for its newest Android Ice Cream Sandwich devices, aptly named Optimus UI 3.0. Optimus UI 3.0 brings with it an array of enhanced key features, including Quick MemoT and unique unlock functions, among other new features and functions aimed at improving LG smartphone experience.

“With smartphone hardware becoming more and more similar, it’s important for manufacturers to differentiate their products from the competition through the user interface,” said Dr. Jong-seok Park, President and CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company. “Both carriers and customers tell us that they want LG phones to look and feel unique and the UI plays a big part in that. LG is really going to push the boundaries of what is possible in user interfaces starting with Optimus UI 3.0.”

Optimus UI 3.0 is designed with convenience and speed in mind. A powerful memo function called Quick Memo enables users to jot notes on the screen using a finger. Quick Memo in Optimus UI 3.0 allows users to share their thoughts through social networks, text messages and e-mails more conveniently than ever before.

New value MiFi coming soon to Three

Three, the provider of the award-winning ‘Huawei E586 MiFi’, is launching a new value model MiFi that will offer wireless internet access with the same high speed HSPA+ broadband technology at a lower price point.

Offering the same great functionality as the E586, the Huawei E5331 Value MiFi allows people to connect up to five Wi-Fi enabled devices, including tablets, laptops and handheld gaming consoles, to the internet while on-the-go. Fast and secure, the pocket-sized Value MiFi is simple to use with just one button and an LED screen displaying key information including signal strength and battery life.

Mark Brewer, head of mobile broadband at Three said, “As the market leader in mobile broadband it’s great to be able to bolster our range with yet another high speed mobile Wi-Fi device. The Value MiFi offers fast browsing and a seamless streaming experience, all on Three’s award winning mobile broadband network.”

Mark Mitchinson, Executive Vice President at Huawei Device UK & Ireland, said, “Huawei continues to lead and innovate in the mobile broadband space, our relationship with Three continues to flourish, and the new Huawei E5331 Value MiFi brings the speed and benefit of WiFi on-the-go to a whole new audience.”

Key features:

• LED screen with clear icon display
• One button connection
• Up to 21.1 Mbps technical standard Download (HSPA+)
• Up to 5.76 Mbps technical standard Uplink (HSUPA)
• 4.5 hours battery life

Unfortunately, as it stands at the moment we don’t actually know what this new lower price point will be. But as soon as we do we will of course let you know. 

Posted by: James

T-Mobile announces pricing for the HTC Desire C

Further to the earlier announcement by HTC regarding the forthcoming Desire C, low end Android device, T-Mobile UK have today announced pricing for the new device. The handset will be free on Pay Monthly plans from £15.50 per month (24 months), or for £169.99 on Pay As You Go. It will be available in-store, online and via telesales in early June.

Posted by: James

HTC announce the Desire C

 Yes, The Desire name is still alive!

Following on from the successful launch of the HTC One series, HTC, a global designer of smartphones, today unveiled its latest phone, the HTC Desire C. Featuring Beats Audio technology, this premium designed, yet affordable smartphone, allows you to hear your music just as the artist intended. The HTC Desire C also enables you to easily manage your professional and personal lives and share the moments that shape them.

Available in white and black, and coming with HTC Sense 4.0 integrated with Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), the HTC Desire C is great as a first smartphone or for those upgrading from an existing one. Packing a powerful battery and offering access to thousands of apps, games, music and movies – available through Google Play – you will always be connected and entertained whether at work, home or on the move.

“Listening to music is one of the most popular things people use their phones for, so it’s more important than ever that we deliver the power and emotion artists capture in the studio,” said Jason Mackenzie, President, Global Sales and Marketing for HTC Corporation. “The HTC Desire C offers customers excellent design, easy access to content and fast connectivity – making it the perfect all round device.”

T-Mobile announce Samsung Galaxy SIII pricing

T-Mobile is pleased to confirm the Samsung Galaxy S III will be available from £49.99 on a £36/m, 24-month Full Monty plan – offering unlimited data, texts and calls to other T-Mobile phones, plus 2000 any network minutes.

Interested? You can register here for updates.

Posted by: James

F1 2012 Timing and Track Positioning App now available for BlackBerry PlayBook

The only official F1 Timing and Track Positioning App is now available for the BlackBerry® PlayBook. Demonstrated at last week’s BlackBerry World event, the app includes an array of great features and over 130 hours of live racing action, making it a must-have for any fan. It is more than just a timing screen; it provides access to the all the minutiae of a race weekend, from free practice on a Friday to the live race on a Sunday afternoon, all for less than £1 a race weekend.

Each and every race in the FIA Formula One world Championship is brought direct from the track to the tablet in less than two seconds and represented by both live 3D tracking maps and via a selection of live leaderboards and timing screens. Live Pause allows users to quickly replay action as soon as it happens, while a vast database of information on the whole season can be accessed at any time and in perpetuity.

Great features include up-to-date tyre information as choices are made, the inclusion of DRS Zones and all the latest F1 news as well as real-time track positioning, live timing data and more.

Adobe Creative Cloud Now Available

Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced the immediate availability of Adobe® Creative Cloud, a radical new way of providing tools and services for creatives. A subscription-based offering, Adobe Creative Cloud is a hub for making, sharing and delivering creative work and it is centred around a powerful release of Adobe Creative Suite® 6 software, packed with innovation across its industry-defining design, Web, video and digital imaging tools. The CS6 product line includes new releases of Photoshop®, InDesign®, Illustrator®, Dreamweaver®, Adobe Premiere® Pro, After Effects®, Flash® Professional and other products.

O2 Travel – use your mobile worry free when abroad

Nice, our second roaming post of the day.  O2 today announces the launch of O2 Travel, providing customers with a worry free way to use their mobiles throughout Europe this summer. Available from July to all O2 pay monthly customers, including O2 business customers*, the simple new approach offers 25MB of data per day for £1.99. When making voice calls, customers will be charged a one-off 50p per call, with minutes then taken from their existing tariff.
O2 Travel marks the next step in O2’s commitment to help customers banish concerns over their bill when they get home, allowing worry free tweets, Facebook status updates, and calls home from poolside in the sun. It represents the best value international offer from O2 to date, enabling customers to make their holiday as connected as they wish.

O2 Travel was developed using customer insight which highlights the growing demand for mobile use abroad:
. Mobile internet usage whilst on holiday is growing at more than 100% a year
. 60% of customers who use the mobile internet in the UK also use it whilst abroad
. Facebook, Google and BBC News are the most popular websites to vist while on holiday
. France and Spain are the most popular countries for customers calling back to the UK

With 25MB of data per day customers can keep connected to all their favourite sites, making 2012 the first ever social media connected summer holidays. Gone are the days of showing holiday snaps once the tan has faded: now holiday moments can be shared as soon as you hit the beach.

Carphone Warehouse Deal of the Week – Samsung Galaxy Note

Carphone Warehouse has announced its brand new super money saving Deal of the Week – the brilliant Samsung Galaxy Note.

For the next seven days, the Samsung Galaxy Note will be available for free on T-Mobile for just £31 a month. This deal, exclusively available with Carphone Warehouse, will give users 100mins, unlimited texts and 750 MB of data per month.

The Samsung Galaxy Note combines the benefits of a tablet with the portability of a smartphone; thanks to the thin design, supersized 5.3″ screen and S Pen stylus. The Note supports stunning visuals with the latest HD Super AMOLED technology giving it one of the highest quality displays on any phone. It also uses Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system giving users access to thousands of apps on Android’s huge app library, Play Store.

The Carphone Warehouse Deal of the Week is available in store, Direct and online at www.carphonewarehouse.com

Posted by: James

Pre-order the Samsung GALAXY S III now at Vodafone UK

Available on pre-order, the 16GB version is free on £41, 24 month price plans including 900 minutes, unlimited texts and an introductory offer of a whopping 2GB of mobile data, as well as 2GB of BT Openzone access.

The 32GB version is exclusive to Vodafone UK for one month from launch and is free on £46, 24 month price plans with 1,200 minutes, unlimited texts, an introductory offer of 2GB of mobile data and 2GB of BT Openzone access.

Both are launched on Vodafone’s Data Test Drive, so you can fully explore all that your new Samsung GALAXY S III has to offer for the first three months, without worrying about going over your 2GB mobile data allowance.

Making the introductory offer even sweeter, Vodafone UK is offering 100 free tracks to download via Vodafone Music on selected price plans.  For each of the first four months you can download 25 tracks of your choice.

The Samsung GALAXY S III will be available in Pebble Blue and Marble White.

For more information and to pre-order the Samsung GALAXY S III visit the Vodafone online shop.