Archive for April, 2009

Meet the I7500, Samsung’s First Android Phone

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

Samsung launches I7500, The Company’s First Android-Powered Mobile Phone.
Seoul (Korea Newswire) April 27, 2009 05:08 PM — Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a leading mobile phone provider, today unveiled the I7500, its first Android-powered mobile phone. With a launch of I7500, Samsung became the first company among the global top three mobile phone manufacturers to unveil [...]

3 makes Skype free on all mobiles

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

3 just made Skype on its mobiles completely free: the network’s just announced a new pay as you go SIM card with no monthly subscriptions that’ll make Skype calls for absolutely zilch. The best bit of all: it’ll cost just £2!
T-Mobile might see VoIP integration in to phones as inevitable in future, but 3 is embracing cheap internet [...]

Palm Pre In the Wild, YouTube App

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

Photos of the Palm Pre in the wild have cropped up today on Twitter (via lo_toney) and have since been removed. The photos show the YouTube videos application and composing an email on the Palm Pre. The YouTube videos application looks similar to the same app that appears on Palm’s Treo Pro.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Article from: my3G 

3 UK grinds to a halt

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

The 3G mobile phone operator ‘3′ seems to have ground to a halt this afternoon, leaving thousands of people unable to make or receive calls. The outage has been over the last hour or two and is resulting in on-screen error messages such as ‘Call Failed’ or ‘Network Error’.
I phoned 3 earlier on as one [...]

Android 1.5’s widget support gets detailed

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

One of the huge features missing from Android at its initial launch was proper widget extensibility — as far as the official SDK was concerned, what you saw on the home screen when you took your phone out of the box was what you got, no questions asked.
Fortunately, this is a marquis addition in 1.5, and the [...]

Nokia 1100 seemingly hackable, making a big comeback

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

 

Apparently some shady hackers and cyber-criminals have recently started offering upwards of $30,000 for the Nokia 1100 which were manufactured at a specific plant in Bochum, Germany. You may ask yourself, “why?” Well, beyond the obvious answer (style), certain makes of the super-popular handset can apparently be reprogrammed to use someone else’s phone number, allowing them to [...]

T-Mobile announces Business SIM-Plan

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

 
T-Mobile UK are today announcing a range of Business SIM-Only plans designed to help UK businesses through the ‘Credit Crunch’. The SIM-Plans all come with a whopping 2000 voice minutes to any UK mobile or landline plus Unlimited text messages. You can also add unlimited email and internet for an extra £5 per month.
The SIM-Plan comes in 3 contract forms. [...]

T-Mobile loses Starbucks contract

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

 

BT will take over as Wi-Fi operator at Starbucks coffee shops in the UK and Ireland, with T-Mobile losing out on revenue from more than 650 hotspots.
Announcing the deal today, BT said it will begin to install service in some stores this week, with rollout scheduled to be completed by the end of summer. The [...]

Nokia E75 hits UK stores

Saturday, April 18th, 2009

Latest Eseries device from manufacturer now available at its flagship stores and online shop
Nokia’s latest Eseries device, the E75, is now available to buy in the UK.
The phone can now be purchased from Nokia flagship stores or at www.nokia.co.uk/shop for £379 SIM free. From April 28 it will be available from The Carphone Warehouse on [...]

Vodafone business mobile broadband

Saturday, April 18th, 2009

Vodafone offer small businesses 
5GB data allowance for £18 a month
Vodafone has launched a mobile broadband plan for small businesses offering 5GB of data and a free USB modem with 24 month plans.
                                 
30 day, 12, 18 or 24 month versions of the £18 a month tariff are available.
According to Vodafone the plans have been introduced due [...]