Mobile games publisher PopCap has just launched a D2C (direct-2-consumer) WAP portal, selling it’s selection of mobile games. If you wanna get in on the PopCap games goodies, then hit up http://m.popcap.com in your mobile browser, or text POPCAP to 85585 (in the UK – in Ireland, the code is 54722 apparently). There are…
UK: Tesco does Mobile VoIP with a little help from WiFi
Tesco (UK Supermarket) has launched a new service called ‘Talkwifi‘, which allows customers to make cheap mobile calls, via VoIP, over WiFi. The offering makes use of a service developed by Australian company Freshtel, and requires an app download to get things going. Once that is done, and the user is in a ‘free’ WiFi…
UK: Orange to open another 60 stores
Following relatively hot on the heels of Vodafone, Orange UK has announced plans to open 60 new stores through 2008, and into 2009. These will take up locations such as Southampton, Bristol, and parts of London – adding to the existing 338 shops. If that wasn’t enough, another 100 stores are set to get a…
UK: Want a cheap WinMo Smartphone? Get a BenQ from Expansys!
My favourite online shop, Expansys, have emailed to let me know that I can know pick up a WinMo 6 O/S Smartphone for under a ton! Yes, just less than 100 GBP (exc. postage) will see this little beauty making it’s way in to your ownership… highlighted features are: Operating System Windows Mobile™ 6…
O2 do SIM-only tariff at great price – but what do you prefer?
O2 are currently advertising a SIM-only deal (which they call “simplicity”) on their website, which is £20/month, and includes 600 mins/unlimited texts. If that wasn’t enough, there isn’t a contract tie-in either. Obviously the deal isn’t unique as other Operators have this offering, but in a more general sense, I’d like to “open a question…
UK: Samsung 8MP i8510 arrives at Carphone Warehouse!
Following up on Dusan’s post about the announcement of the Samsung i8510 (“INNOV8”), with 8MP camera, the uber-imaging device has now hit UK shores! There are an extremely impressive set of specs (as you can see above), and Carphone Warehouse is offering the device on the Orange network with a £35/month Tariff over 18 months,…
UK: Asda halves it’s PAYG prices
Asda has made the next step in the supermarket prices wars by halving (yes, that’s right) it’s PAYG charges, as some of the more traditional rivals are raising theirs. The supermarket group said that it would cut its flat-rate calls from 16p to 8p, with the price of texts falling from 5p to 4p, from…
UK Retail: Vodafone to roll out another 50 stores
VFUK has announced plans to roll out another 50 stores over the forthcoming financial year – which will take it’s total to 400. The stores are being designed so customers can experience services before purchasing, and the extra staff required to show those off and operate the shops will mean 200 more jobs – definitely…
HTC Touch Pro – alternate UK sourcing
Following on from Will’s post, my fave UK mobile bits retailer Expansys has emailed me to tell me the Touch Pro is for sale, at the bargain price of £519.99! If that sounds a bit too much, they kindly point out that you can get it in contract, for a much-subsidised rate: You can also…
UK: MVNO Lebara links up with Morrisons Supermarkets
Lebara Mobile (which is apparently a UK MVNO that provides lo-cost calls to the UK’s ethnice residents) has announced it has signed up to a partnership with Morrisons, one of the UK’s largest supermarket chains. This means that airtime from the MVNO will be sold through the supermarkets and petrol forecourts of Morissons locations. I…