eXpansys have just emailed me to tell me that they are now retailing the Sony Xperia X1 for £374.99 now, and are throwing a £20 voucher in to the mix as well! Now with that £20 you could get a car charger or Bluetooth speakerphone – both by Sony Ericsson also – or you could…
Vote in the Mobile Choice Awards 2009 (and win a handset!)
The ‘Mobile Choice awards’ are well-respected in the UK, and occur on an annual basis. Even better, we, the mobile-owning public can do some voting to influence the outcome. So it put a smile on my face when I found out you can vote for this year’s awards – and win a handset in to…
UK: First 12MP phone arrives – the Samsung Pixon12
Phones4U has just taken delivery of the first 12MP cameraphone in the UK – the Samsung Pixon12! According to Mobile Today, people going for a £45/month contract (18-month term) with Orange or Vodafone can get the device for free. I suppose that’s not too bad, particularly if you are hell-bent on taking super high-res pics!…
UK: Virgin goes ‘unlimited’ with its tariff too…
I just posted about the ‘unlimited’ tariff deal with Tesco, so I thought it only fair to give Virgins deal a mention too! Virgin Media have launched a £65/month (!) tariff that includes unlimited calls, text, and mobile internet usage. It’s an 18-month contract however, but it does include a Nokia N86, Samsung Jet, or…
UK: Tesco Mobile adds ‘unlimited’ tariff
According to 3G.co.uk, Tesco Mobile have announced a new ‘unlimited’ tariff, taking in both texts and calls. It’s a pay-monthly contract, and rolls in at £30/month – in addition to which, it’s SIM-only, meaning you need to bring your own device to the party. So if you are based in the UK, and just talk+text,…
Sense: a new approach to UI design from HTC
As I said in my ‘lite’ review of the HTC Hero, I would take about ‘Sense’ (which is the design approach of HTC to user experience) in a separate post – well this is that post! So without further ado, I’ll let HTC explain more about the ‘Sense’ approach: HTC Sense is focused on putting…
SEVEN Adds 50+ devices in 2009
SEVEN has announced that it has added more than 50 new devices to its growing portfolio, bringing the total number of SEVEN-powered devices to more than 500 worldwide. The company’s leadership position and expertise in mobile messaging and push technology for mobile applications has been a driving factor in this growth. SEVEN’s ability to support,…
Orange UK creates new tariff for streaming music
Orange UK has partnered with Universal Music and 4Music (a derivative of the terrestrial TV Channel 4), to launch a free streaming music service for new tariff called ‘Monkey’. The tariff is for prepay customers, which makes the whole data consumption angle more interesting (prepay users are not usually looked after in terms of data…
HTC Hero: the ‘lite’ review (verdict: GREAT)
Last week was a crazy week – here at IntoMobile Towers UK, I had not one, not two, but three of the current crop of touch-based smartphones on my desk! I took some time to film some HD videos of all of them (the HTC Hero, Apple iPhone 3GS, and Toshiba TG01), but for right…
UK: Now Vodafone throws its hat in the ring for the iPhone!
It wasn’t so very long ago that I wrote a post reporting on the supposed attempts of T-Mobile and Orange to secure distribution rights for the iPhone in the UK. The specifics were that they were looking to sell the iPhone 3G, with O2 apparently retaining exclusivity on the 3Gs. Well now The Guardian Newspaper…