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By June 11, 2010 Read More →

New ‘one-touch’ MiFi from Three

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Three is pleased to announce the new ‘one-touch’ MiFi (Huawei E585) which has been developed in line with customer feedback following the launch of Mobile Wi Fi in 2009. The MiFi creates a personal Wi-Fi hot spot for up to five devices, such as iPads, laptops or handheld games consoles, giving you the flexibility of getting more than one device online when on the go.

The new model boasts a one button connection , an improved display and an online dashboard that works with any browser – features not available in the original model. The new look screen displays information like the amount of data used, speed of the current connection and length of browsing time.

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By June 10, 2010 Read More →

O2 change data tariffs

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Those cheeky folks at O2 are altering their data tariffs as from June the 24th which coincidently is iPhone 4 day.

Buy a phone on O2 today and you still get unlimited data although it will be a promotional data plan but that will only last until October when the plan expires.

So as from the 24th, the amount of data you are entitled to depends on how much you spend. Lower price tariffs will get 500mb then increasing to 750mb and then 1gb for top spenders.

Don’t worry if you think you will go over your allowance. O2 are happy to take some more cash from you in the form of a bolt on. £5 gets you 500mb and £10 gets you 1gb. How jolly generous of them!

You can see examples of the current plans below on a 24 month contract.

What will be interesting to see is if the other carriers start moving the goal posts.

Nice work O2!

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By June 10, 2010 Read More →

Three UK will launch iPhone 4

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It looks like everyone is jumping on the iPhone 4 bandwagon. Three have announced they will be stocking the iPhone 4 from June 24th. You can visit the three iPhone page to keep up to speed on the latest news.

I bet our friends in the USA will be jealous of us. At present they can only get the iPhone on AT&T which some people say do not offer a great service. Lucky for us we don’t have this restriction now. So far, as well as Three we have Orange, T-Mobile, o2 and Vodafone set to launch iPhone 4 all on the 24th.

Let the price wars commence!

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By June 9, 2010 Read More →

Samsung announce budget Android device – i5500 Corby

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The Samsung i5500 Corby (AKA Galaxy 5) is apparently hitting Italian shores soon but as yet we have no word on whether the device will be heading over here to the UK.

With a Wave of high end Samsung devices (no pun intended!) launching here this month it does make sense for Samsung to also target the lower end too.

With HTC launching the Wildfire in the next week this new Samsung device could maybe be a contender? Sporting Android 2.1 on a 2.8 inch QVGA capacitive screen, 2mp camera, 3G, Wi-Fi, GPS and 3.5mm headset jack the i5500 seems to contain all the essential ingredients.

Word on the street is that it will be retailing in Italy for only 199 Euros. The question being will it be worth spending a little extra and getting the HTC Wildfire?

Lets hope the Samsung i5500 Corby is on its way to the UK.

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By June 8, 2010 Read More →

Silver BlackBerry Curve 8520 on Orange

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I just spotted this as ‘coming soon’ over on the Orange website. While the BlackBerry Curve 8520 maybe a low end device compared to the BlackBerry Bold we must not forget that for under £150 on PAYG and then only £5 per month for the BlackBerry Internet Service the Curve 8520 is a real bargain.

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By June 8, 2010 Read More →

Vodafone to offer iPhone 4

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Vodafone UK will launch iPhone 4, the thinnest smartphone in the world with the highest resolution display ever built into a phone, in the UK on June 24. For more information on pricing and tariff plans, please visit vodafone.co.uk/iphone. For more information on iPhone 4 please visit www.apple.com/iphone

Network update from Vodafone UK:

Vodafone UK continues to build and maintain the best possible 3G network, designed to get the most from the latest smartphones, including the iPhone 4. This year alone, Vodafone has been recognised as ‘Best Network’ by Mobile News and Mobile Magazine. Furthermore, an independent survey, commissioned by O2 earlier this year, came to the conclusion that Vodafone’s network is the fastest in the UK for mobile web browsing.
Several recent reports from YouGov praised Vodafone’s network. The research showed that Vodafone UK:

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By June 7, 2010 Read More →

iPhone 4 announced

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The much anticipated iPhone 4 has just been officially announced in the States at Apples WWDC event.

While the new name, iPhone 4, clearly didn’t take too much brain storming I am okay with it. Just like Apple to keep it simple.

So lets cut to the chase and tell you what is new with iPhone 4 which should be launching June 24th.

Here are the juicy bits:

The stainless steel band around the iPhone 4 is an antenna system.

3.5 inch screen but with a retina display. 326 pixels per inch which Apple claim is actually more than the human eye can see.

7 hours 3G talk, 6 hours 3G browsing, 10 hours Wi-Fi browsing, 10 hours video, 40 hours of music, and 300 hours of standby.

A4 processor like in the iPad.

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By June 7, 2010 Read More →

Motorola MILESTONE™ XT720 announced

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BASINGSTOKE, UK – June 7, 2010 – Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced MILESTONET XT720, one of the world’s slimmest 8 Megapixel AndroidT smartphones and the first to have a Xenon Flash. 

This sleek (10.9mm), capacitive touch Android 2.1 phone also features a high definition (HD) video experience and enhanced media and mobile internet capabilities for users who expect the latest in technology and the ultimate smartphone experience.

Ralf Gerbershagen, vice president and general manager for Motorola’s Mobile Devices business in Western Europe said, “MILESTONE XT720 is one of the most powerful phones in Motorola’s current smartphone range. Slim, sophisticated and technically savvy, MILESTONE XT720 is a high performance device designed for those who are actively engaged in both their work and social lives.

“With MILESTONE XT720, Motorola has taken yet another step towards eliminating the barriers for consumers to creating and consuming media on the go.”

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By June 7, 2010 Read More →

New iPhone day has arrived

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Today is the day that millions of Apple fans have been waiting for. WWDC (Apple Worldwide Developer Conference) kicks off in the States and top of the announcements will be the new iPhone. We have seen some leaked info already but it will be great to hear the official spec and also what it will be called. Will it be 4G or HD or something totally new?

As well as the iPhone we should also see some Mac announcements as well as some App news. Exciting stuff.

Rather than me waffle on, why not check back with us after 6PM (UK) tonight for some news hot off the press.

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By June 6, 2010 Read More →

New BlackBerry Bold 9800 pictures

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We have seen leaked images of the BlackBerry Bold 9800 slider before and at first it looked a bit odd, then a bit better and now in these new images it looks fantastic. Well I think so!

As you will see from the pictures below RIM have once again given this new member of the Bold family the special treatment and build quality looks as good as the Bold 9700.

Putting BlackBerry 6 OS aside the device looks to be the perfect combination of a touchscreen smartphone with a sliding physical keyboard. Palm could not pull off this form factor with any great success with the Pre and Pre Plus so the question is can RIM?

I personally cannot wait to get my hands on one of these beauties.

More images follow…

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