With Christmas fast approaching Vodafone UK has added a variety of new handsets to its range, giving customers a great choice of devices free from as little as £10 per month on the UK’s best network.
The devices join the recently launched HTC Desire HD, Nokia N8, HTC 7 Trophy, BlackBerry Torch and a host of other fantastic handsets in Vodafone’s range, all of which are available to buy now.
The BlackBerry Bold 9780, sporting the new BlackBerry 6 operating system, is free on £35, 24 month price plans, including 900 minutes, unlimited texts and 500MB of mobile data.
The Android-powered Motorola Defy, featuring a range of Vodafone 360 services, is free on £25, 24 month price plans, including 300 minutes, unlimited texts and 500MB of mobile data. This durable smartphone is dustproof, water and scratch resistant so it can withstand the stresses of everyday life.
Also running on Android, the Samsung Galaxy Europa is free on £20, 24 month price plans, including 100 minutes, 500 texts and 250MB of mobile data. The device is offers great value and is packed full of features, as well as offering access to more than 100,000 apps in the Android Marketplace.
The Nokia C3 is now also available on pay monthly price plans in either slate grey or hot pink. The device is free on £10, 24 month price plans, including 100 minutes and 500 texts. Don’t forget, the Nokia C3 is also still available on pay as you go for just £80.
Posted by: James
ZTE Corporation, has today launched the T-Mobile Vibe, a stylish side-slider phone with a full 2.8 inch touch screen perfect for internet browsing and a QWERTY keyboard for easy texting, emailing and social networking.
The T-Mobile Vibe is available for just £39.99 from launch as a pay as you go phone. It offers a one touch icon direct to the Facebook user’s login page, while other social media services such as Twitter, MySpace and BeBo are available via bookmarks. Music on the move comes from an integrated FM radio and MP3 player that will also play AMR, WAV, iMelody, Midi, AWB, M4A, MP4 and 3GP files. Stereo music and photos can be shared using Bluetooth connectivity.
Calls can be shared with friends using hands-free calling, while the handset also offers voice capture, polyphonic and MP3 ringtones, predictive text, and more.
Last week James treated us to a quick unboxing video of the new HTC Desire Z and then passed it over to my for review.
So I thought I would start off with a little demo video of just a few of the key features of the HTC Desire Z to give you a flavour of what to expect before I get my review live here on the site. It’s not the final retail version of the box etc. but the handset and software is very unlikely to change before it goes on sale here in the UK.
As always, if you want to ask me any questions you can do so via the forum or if you want to make sure that I cover something in the review that you are specifically interested then let me know!
Andy is back this week with a new sexy voice for unknown reasons. James unboxes he HTC HD7 and put the finishing touches to his Blackberry 9870 review. Gareth gets excited about a new Nokia concept and a bargain from Tesco. Andy rants about Vodafone and well. everything else he can thinks of. Matt goes on holiday with Rachel and hopefully Tracy.
Due to feedback from listeners the audio quality of the podcast has been dropped a little to make for a friendlier download size. The content quality has not been altered and remains rubbish.
Devicewire have just dropped us a line to let us know that they expect the first batch of BlackBerry 9780s to arrive with them this week, Friday to be exact.
If you need one you had better get in quick as orders are already piling up and stock may be limited initially.
You can pre order by clicking here.
If you missed our review of the BlackBerry 9780 why not check it out now. It’s a jolly decent Smartphone!
Posted by: James
Yesterday in the States Samsung held an event to announce a new Android device, the Samsung Continuum.
The strange and unique thing about the Continuum is that the screen is split into three sections. At the top we have what you would call the screen – 3.4 inch. Below that is where you have the capacitive buttons and below that is what Samsung call a Ticker – 1.8-inch. The ticker is a strip of screen that will show you notifications such as email, RSS, news, weather, music controls etc.
There is no news if we will get a version of this here in Europe although I wouldn’t be surprised.
You can see the full specs and features of the Samsung Continuum after the break.
Recently Matt and I were lucky enough to be asked onto another podcast, this one with our friends Alli Flowers and Jerry Gold from over there in the USA.
If you have not heard the convertcast before you really should check it out. Alli and Jerry are great people and extremely knowledgeable about most things tech. Alli’s site justanothergeeksite.com is where the convertcast is hosted but you can also find it on iTunes.
This week we talked about the following subjects:
- The old Mac vs. PC debate. Jerry’s not the only one who’s been drinking deeply from the Kool-Aid
- Blackberries, Blackberries, Blackberries
- Where is RIM going?
- Flash.Skyfire anyone?
- Dead Folders Society – what’s in your folder?
- Windows Phone 7 – where will the WP7 users come from, who will be the big loser?
Why not head on over and have a listed? You may well want to subscribe. It’s quite good you know!
Posted by: James
The HTC HD7 is the biggest of all the UK Windows Phone 7 devices and although its specs are pretty on par with all the others its 4.3 inch screen will be its selling pint so if you are into media then this may well be the Windows Phone for you.
It may well be too big for some though. The HTC HD2 and HTC Desire HD that we reviewed were also monster phones and if truth be told a little too large for me.
Lets see how Matt’s giant hands cope with it in the unboxing video below.
Available in both black and white the BlackBerry Bold 9780 is the follow on from the popular 9700 although if you saw my unboxing video you will know that there is not too many things that have changed regarding hardware. A better camera and more memory always help but it is the operating system that excites me most. The BlackBerry Bold 9780 is the first non touch BlackBerry to launch here in the UK with BlackBerry 6.
Sure, I have used it on the Torch but the Bold 9780 will outsell the Torch (so I think) and as far as I am concerned this will be RIMs number one business device for the near future.
Is it worth upgrading or going an buying now? You will have to read on for my opinions.
Both Orange and Vodafone have announced they will be selling the Samsung Galaxy Tab. The 7 inch Android device will not give you much change out of £500 but it certainly looks pretty nice. Both networks are offering a selection of data plans ranging from one month to twelve month contract length.
You can see the Vodafone plans here.
You can see the Orange plans here.
Conor from Orange has recorded a short video of him using the Galaxy Tab. You can see the video after the break.
We of course will have a full review of the device in the near future.
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