Everything Everywhere has started the roll out of its interactive SMS/MMS mobile advertising service to selected segments of the T-Mobile customer base for the very first time. The new service which launches on T-Mobile this month, provides a powerful platform for brands to engage and interact with T-Mobile customers and follows the success of Orange Shots which launched last year.
Under the consumer facing name of ‘You Choose’ from T-Mobile, the service will enable brands to deliver fun and creative content specifically tailored to T-Mobile pay as you go and pay monthly customers preferences. The service works by then developing a dialogue with customers to understand more about their interests whilst in return they benefit by only receiving tailored and useful content from great brands that are relevant to them.
I just popped over to the UK BlackBerry website where they have links for some pretty good deals on BlackBerry Curves, the 9360 and 9300.
The links are through various retailers/networks but the prices look pretty keen both on contract and on pay as you go.
You can pick up the BlackBerry Curve 9360 on PAYG for only £219 which is the cheapest I have seen it. Or alternatively contract prices start from £20.50 per month.
Why not head over to the site here and maybe grab yourself a last minute Christmas gift?
You can see a few examples below:
The latest update to Facebook for BlackBerry PlayBook tablet – version 2.1 – launched today in the BlackBerry App World. It now includes a much-requested feature from #TeamBlackBerry – Facebook Groups.
That’s right, listening to and incorporating your feedback on the application is very important to the Facebook app team at Research In Motion.
If you haven’t already downloaded Facebook for BlackBerry PlayBook tablet v2.1, you can do so by going to BlackBerry App World (keep in mind it may take up to 24 hours for the new version to appear for some users although it is showing up here in the UK). Let’s take a look at what’s new in this release, shall we?
The HTC Sensation XL is a brand new phone from the company with a new direction to it as well, it has Beats audio by Dr Dre built in with additional Beats headphones too.
This isn’t the only phone of its type as HTC have also recently released the Sensation XE into the market but I definitely think that this phone is what they would call their ‘flagship device’ now due to its quite frankly enormous 4.7 inch screen and its powerful 1.5Ghz single core processor.
Will this beast of a phone stack up against the mass of Android smartphones on the market?
Read on to find the answer.
Congratulations to Neil McDougall (@neil1969uk) from Manchester who was randomly picked to win the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S that SE kindly donated to us to give away.
I even videoed the draw to prove it was fair.
I did however initially encounter a problem that I thought was hilarious. On my first attempt of selecting the winner my mouse cursor landed on Matt’s dad! We decided that if we let him win fingers would be pointed so unlucky Jim Davis, but you will have to go without a prize on this occasion.
So the draw was done again and the cursor landed on Neil. Well done Neil, and thanks to all that entered the competition.
You can see the video below and also a link to the one where Matt’s dad was selected. I chose not to put the actual video in this post as I was so shocked by the result I said a naughty word!
Thanks once again to Sony Ericsson for the kind donation. Continue Reading »
BlackBerry has kicked off a limited time holiday promotion for BBM Music. Customers in the United Kingdom that download the app before January 4th, 2012 will get the first 6 months for free. RIM are also pleased to extend this offer to those who have already downloaded BBM Music, extending your current subscription to four months.
Music is Better with Friends
With this holiday offer there has never been a better time to introduce friends to BBM Music – so that you can share and discover music together.
With BBM Music, you can create a music profile of your favourite songs that all your BBM Music friends can listen to – and in return you can enjoy all of your friends’ profile selections. That means the more friends you have on BBM Music, the more music you and your friends can enjoy! You can listen to full tracks, create playlists, have conversations about music, and even listen to music offline.
BBM Music is a cloud-based BBM-connected music service that enables viral music discovery and social interaction, allowing music fans to connect on a whole new level. BBM Music allows users to enjoy an evolving, community-based music library together with their BBM Music friends. The size of a user’s music library continues to grow as they invite friends to join their community. Each user can select music from a catalog of millions of songs from Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, EMI, IODA: Independent Online Distribution Alliance, Merlin, VidZone Digital Media and The Orchard.
Application requirements:
- BlackBerry OS 5 or higher
- BBM 6.0 or higher
- User must have access to BlackBerry App World
- SD card is recommended for caching songs
Posted by: James
If you are a Facebook user you may want to check your phone for updates. The most impressive feature, in my opinion, if that it now supports Timeline. If you are not aware of Timeline then just take a look at the screenshot to the right of this post. Essentially it will show your Facebook page in a new layout which although at first looks weird it is actually pretty cool.
Also included in the update:
– Access to Mobile Timeline on iPhone (if you already have a timeline). iPad support coming soon. Get your own timeline here: fb.me/tml
– Access to friend lists, subscribers and subscriptions
– Faster, better performance
– Photos are easier to view, upload and comment
Posted by: James
Here’s something a little different for you – as part of a creative publicity stunt, Nokia have set their latest flagship phone in a giant block of ice, and left it out on the street. The nice twist though is that whoever can manage to get through the ice can keep the Lumia 800 for themselves! If you’re lucky enough to already own a Nokia’s Windows Phone, well, you can rest assured that it’ll survive this winter. Well, that’s until you catch the small print – it’s just a dummy in the ice, which you can exchange for a real one. Either way, it’s certainly an original marketing stunt. Click through for a video of the attempts.
I spotted this story late last night on the Daily Mail online but it was far to late for me to get out of bed and write a post! It turns out that Price Harry was talking on his phone to his good friend Thomas van Straubenzee when some bad man decided to rob Thomas of his BlackBerry. So what did Harry do; he raced to the rescue.
Harry heard the scuffle taking place and immediately drove to the scene with his protection officer. Fearing 28-year-old Mr van Straubenzee had been hurt, the Prince circled the streets of Battersea, South-West London, looking for him.
When he could not find his friend, he drove to the nearest police station where he found Mr van Straubenzee reporting the crime. Because he had overheard the mugging taking place, Prince Harry was required to give a police statement, which is now part of an ongoing investigation.
Last night, Wandsworth police told The Mail on Sunday that they had arrested a man in connection with the robbery and recovered the stolen mobile phone. The man was released on bail.
I thought this was worth a reminder post. If you have not entered our competition to win the Sony Ericsson Xperia ray S then you only have one day left.
Entering is easy. All you have to do is follow tracyandmatt on Twitter and retweet the following tweet: "RT @tracyandmatt I’m hoping to Win a Sony Ericsson Xperia arc S – Find out how you can enter too: http://bit.ly/arcscomp" You can also click the retweet link below to save you copying and pasting the phrase. Your twitter name will be entered in to the draw. You’ll have to keep following us as we’ll notify winners via DM.
The competition will run until tomorrow, Monday 19th December when we will select the one lucky winner. Entries will only be accepted from UK residents due to postage and insurance.
If lady luck is not on your side for this competition, Sony Ericsson is offering a £25 Christmas Cash Back deal if you buy an Xperia arc S before 24th December. For more details visit: www.sonyericsson.com/cashback
Posted by: James
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