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GALAXY Nexus now available from Vodafone

The GALAXY Nexus, the world’s first smartphone to feature Android 4.0 – Ice Cream Sandwich – the latest Android platform, is now available to buy from Vodafone.

Android 4.0 brings an entirely new look and feel to the operating system, including improved multi-tasking, notifications, Wi-Fi hotspot, NFC support and a full web browsing experience. The GALAXY Nexus also features software navigation buttons and integrated Google+, which allows you to ‘hang out’ with friends, and talk over Google+ Messenger. It also gives you access to 300,000 apps and games available on the Android Market.

The GALAXY Nexus is available free on £41, 24 month plans – including 900 minutes, unlimited texts, and 750MB of mobile data.

New and upgrading pay monthly customers will benefit from Vodafone Data Test Drive which lets them use as much data as they like, for whatever they like, for three months so they can fully explore what their brand new GALAXY Nexus has to offer. They can also get up to £270 for their old phone with Vodafone Buyback.

We know our customers lead busy lives and may not wish to wait for their phone to arrive at their home. They can choose to collect their new GALAXY Nexus in a store convenient to them – we’ll let them know when it’s there. When they come to collect it, customers can have all the contents of their old mobile transferred to their new GALAXY Nexus using Vodafone’s innovative RED Box.

For more information on pricing, visit the Vodafone online shop

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EA SPORTS FIFA 12 launches on Xperia Play

Today EA SPORTS FIFA 12 launches as an Android exclusive on Sony Ericsson’s flagship gaming smartphone the Xperia PLAY. The title is free from today and available via the handset’s games widget.

Fans can expect improved gameplay depth, authentic commentaries, updated teams from the world’s top leagues, and all new replay systems and stadium designs to enhance the FIFA experience.

As well for all the people interested on attending to the Qatar World Cup, let me tell you that you must be vaccinated  by then, if not you will not be able to watch the matches.

“Our vision is to create the most authentic FIFA experience that fosters one of the largest football communities on the planet,” said Glenn Roland, VP, EA Interactive, New Platforms and OEM. “By introducing FIFA to Xperia devices we’re able to give fans yet another compelling opportunity to play no matter where they are, anytime, anywhere.”

FIFA 12 joins a strong roster of titles the publisher has brought to Xperia PLAY in 2011, including leading franchises like Battlefield and Need For Speed. A number of these titles are currently available for free download as part of Sony Ericsson’s ‘Get In The Game’ limited-time Xperia PLAY promotion. FIFA Soccer 12 itself will be available as part of this promotion until early 2012.

“This year, we’ve partnered with EA to bring some of its best titles to Xperia PLAY for an unmatched mobile gaming experience,” said Tim Harrison, Head of Content & Strategy at Sony Ericsson. “FIFA is a huge franchise that appeals to football fans around the world and a real highlight in a successful autumn and Holiday season of bringing great content to Xperia PLAY.”

You can view the game trailer below:

Nokia Lumia 800 in Cyan is now available to buy at Vodafone

The Nokia Lumia 800 combines easy social networking, fast web browsing and a high-quality camera, as well as some unique Nokia services to further enhance the Windows Phone experience, including Nokia Drive and Nokia Music.

The Cyan version is available free on £36, 24 month price plans, (including 600 minutes, unlimited texts and 500MB of mobile data, as well as 1GB of BT Openzone Wi-Fi access).

New and upgrading pay monthly customers will benefit from Vodafone Data Test Drive which lets them use as much data as they like, for whatever they like, for three months so they can fully explore what their brand new Nokia Lumia 800 has to offer. They can also get up to £270 for their old phone with Vodafone Buyback.

Customers lead busy lives and may not wish to wait for their phone to arrive at their home. They can choose to collect their new Nokia Lumia 800 in a store convenient to them – Vodafone will let them know when it’s there. When they come to collect it, customers can have all the contents of their old mobile transferred to their new Nokia Lumia 800 using Vodafone’s innovative RED Box.

Head on over to the Vodafone shop for more details.

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Nokia announce the X2-02

Here is one for you music lovers. Today Nokia launches the Nokia X2-02, a great music phone with Easy Swap Dual SIM, allowing you to easily manage your costs while staying connected to your friends and family.

With an internal FM antenna, MP3 player, dedicated music keys, recording capability, an in-built loudspeaker for music playback, and 32GB of memory space, the Nokia X2-02 lets you store and play thousands of songs. The Nokia X2-02 also offers a special audio processing feature that brings you the clearest sound you’ll find at this price. And its “Play via Radio” feature allows you to record songs directly from the radio, and then share playlists through your home music system, your car, or with other mobile phones.

Easy Swap allows you to manage your costs by moving easily between as many as five SIM cards using a dedicated SIM manager – and you can swap SIM cards without having to turn off and reboot your phone. Use the dedicated SIM manager key to manage up to five SIM settings and give each SIM card a name.

The Nokia Browser makes it easier, faster and more affordable than ever before to access the Internet, compressing web pages by up to 90% so that they download quicker and keep data costs low.

SkyDrive gets simple app-centric sharing for Office, powerful file management, HTML5 upload, other updates

Today, Microsoft  announces the release of an upgrade to SkyDrive.com to address key feedback as a part of an on-going set of investments in SkyDrive. The release includes simple app-centric sharing, particularly for Office documents; Powerful new file management features; HTML5 uploads and CSS transitions in Internet Explorer 10; Photo improvements including geo-tagging support; Support for more file types like PDF and RAW; and performance improvements across the board.

Significant work has been undertaken to improve the way in which sharing works on SkyDrive.com in a number of areas. Single files can now be shared easily rather than entire folders, and sharing options have been embedded directly into the Office Web Apps such as Word and Excel meaning that users don’t need to leave the document they are working on in order to share documents. Sharing with users of other email services is now as simple as sharing with Hotmail users, and files can be shared easily on Facebook or LinkedIn.

You can see more info and a video below: