181. Satellite Navigation with a difference
February 07, 2008
The Garmin, one of the world’s leading Sat Nav manufacturers, have just announced the Garmin Nuvifone. Now this is a mobile and Sat Nav with a difference - it has the same software as the Garmin Nuvi Sat Nav but with the added bonus of mobile phone features. Now quite a few phones these days have ...
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182. Challenge to Number Porting Schedule
February 07, 2008
Last year Ofcom said that the time it takes to move a number from one mobile network to another must be reduced from five days, which it is now. By April 2008 all numbers must be ported in two days, and by 2009 this must be cut again to just two hours.
This change is because customers are b...
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183. Laptops & Broadband Ahoy!
February 07, 2008
In January mobile retailer Carphone Warehouse and 3 teamed up to offer customers broadband on the go with a free laptop, making it cheaper and easier for people to get hold of laptops. Now PC World have a very similar offer, with a little advantage.
High street retailer PC World are offerin...
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184. Tariff changes to benefit iPhone users
February 04, 2008
Have you recently purchased an iPhone? If you have you will be on one of O2’s iPhone tariffs which are not the best value for money, but do not fear your tariff is about to get a whole lot better value for money.
The iPhone is still only available on an 18 month contract and will still in...
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185. Personal Radio and Mobile Phone Combined
January 29, 2008
Sony Ericsson have announced the R300 low budget mobile phone that puts all the attention on its AM/FM radio player. To keep the mobile phone low budget it has basic features such as a 0.3 mega pixel VGA camera, Bluetooth and WAP browser. The mobile phone comes equip with a wired stereo headset th...
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186. Two for the Ladies
January 28, 2008
Samsung have announced two new handsets which should hopefully be released in the spring. The mobile phones are part of the La Fleur collection and are aimed at the female market.
It has to be said that both phones do substitute functions for looks, but if you prefer looks to a high spec th...
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187. Samsung announce the soon to be released L170
January 24, 2008
Samsung have announced a new 3G handset the Samsung L170. It’s a new style mobile phone and looks unique as it is considerably different to 3G handsets currently available which makes it quite an exciting mobile phone.
3G phones are generally pretty heavy weighing in at the lightest around ...
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188. Dealers, Networks and Ofcom investigate cashback deals
January 23, 2008
Dealers from across the country have met with Ofcom to discuss mobile phone cashback deal issues and to get networks to police such deals and remove claw backs. Clawbacks are when the network takes back its commission from the dealer if the customer fails to keep up payments on their mobile phone c...
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189. Customer overspending will benefit retailers.
January 22, 2008
Research carried out by OneCompare.com in November 2005 showed that the average mobile phone user was on a lower price plan than they actually needed, costing the customer over £120 per year on top of their line rental charges! This has continued to be an issue into 2008.
The results show t...
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190. Pay as you Go Rewards
January 18, 2008
Pay as you Go deals have become more competitive over the last few years with networks offering free inclusive minutes or text messages when customers top up by a specific amount each month. The inclusive allowance is a reward/gift from the network to the customer for spending their money with thei...
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