Following on from Dusan’s post, BT have released more details on their plan to give their broadband customers smartphones, so that they can capture more of the UK mobile market. The new “BT ToGO” handsets will work on home/public WiFi, and utilise mobile networks when WiFi isn’t available. The two devices were named as the…
Orange’s Read&Go newspaper reader
Orange France has announced a new e-book reader – cunningly titled the Read&Go. Whilst devices such as Amazon’s Kindle are more book-focused, this little chap is pretty much just for newspapers – Le Monde, Le Parisien, Les Echos, L’Equipe and Télérama for example. Apparently these get hourly updates, via a mixture of 3G and wifi…
UK: vtap gives access to over 150m videos!
Now Dusan has mentioned vtap before (here), but Veveo has PR announcing what I assume must be the official launch of the service for UK users. It is apparently a “new web video experience for mobile users all over the UK and Europe. For the first time video lovers will be able to search through…
“Skype is now mobile” apparently!
Skype sent me a nice email today to tell me that “Skype is now mobile“. Apparently, “More and more people are using Skype on the move – on mobile phones and in WiFi hotspots on the latest portable devices“…. conveniently they listed out a number of ways for me to make use of their mobility…
T-Mobile trials unlimited VoIP landline calling – HotSpot @Home Talk Forever
As part of T-Mobile’s push to rid our fair country of landlines in favor of wireless-based VoIP solutions, T-Mobile has just announced another @Home trial in Dallas and Seattle. The HotSpot @Home Talk Forever Home Phone plan allows T-Mobile wireless subscribers to ditch their traditional hardwired phones in favor of a Linksys WRTU54G router. The…
New T-mobile HotSpot @Home Router outed by FCC
A little while ago, Stefan told us about T-mobile’s newly-launched HotSpot @Home Service. Subscribers to the service may be getting another choice of router soon. The FCC just outed the new T-mobile HotSpot @Home router – the Linksys WRTU54G. And, as all new models should do, this one bumps up the specs with dual SIM…