Coming Soon: BlackBerry Storm Smartphone

This lastest phone, the BlackBerry Storm Smartphone is the lastest touch screen to enter into the mobile phone market. It has a supple and responsive touch and at speed lets you type, navigate and browse. The 3.25″ screen also features a high-resoluton and wide-screen, allowing you to view pictures and videos in a life-like scenarios.

The BlackBerry smartphone, enables your emails to be sorted. The supercharged 3G connection allows the user to browse the web at warp speed. The built-in media player is designed to be able to handle different music formats and has the ability to synchronise with iTunes.

This mobile has been described as the next mobile phone to take the market by storm and has enhanced the competition surrounding the “new edge” touch screen mobile phones.

This phone is now available exclusively for pre order at vodafone.

HTC Touch HD to be an Orange exclusive

The HTC Touch HD is to launch exclusively with Orange in early November.  They’ll be the only UK network selling the Touch HD until early 2009 at least in an attempt to rival the exclusive smartphone deals of their main rivals; O2’s iPhone, Vodafone’s Blackberry Storm, and T-Mobile’s G1 Google phone. 3 just seem happy to have the Nokia N96 available immediately at launch.

Tips for saving money with your mobile

The Gadget Stylist blog has written some quick tips to help you save money on your mobile.  Ideas like moving to a SIM only deal and buying our next phone on eBay.  You can even get a free Playstation 3 or Nintendo Wii with some deals, saving plenty of cash from your christmas budget - or giving you something to sell on eBay!

MDA Compact IV Mobile Coming Soon

This new concept from T-Mobile creating a lighter version of the new HTC Touch Diamond, which is named as the MDA Compact IV Mobile. This version of the HTC touch retains all of the features despite being 12g lighter.  This device due to the early interest shown has been described as the “iphone killer”.

The MDA Compact IV mobile does feature HTC’s touch responsive user interface, a 2.8 inch touch screen (TouchFLO 3D). The connectivity is provided by Wi-Fi and HSDPA.

Furthermore, the MDA Compact IV includes a 3.2 megapixel camera with auto-focus and a interal storage of 4G. The GPS is intergrated into the phone may help you find particular destinations with the Compact IV’s incorporated in SatNav and free 7 day CoPilot trial.

Feature include:

• 3.2 megapixel auto-focus camera
• 2.8-inch touch screen
• 4GB of internal storage
• Bluetooth
• Wi-Fi
• TouchFLOW 3D user interface
• HSDPA
• Integrated GPS

Mobile Spec:

Size: 102 x 51 x 11.5 mm
Weight: 98g
Standby: Up to 285 Hrs
Talk Time: Up to 330 Mins

Broadband on the Go

The company 3 have brought out a new offter for 5Gb data allowance Broadband, which includes a HP 550 Laptop for only £30 a month. The internet connection is the 3 USB E169 Stick Modem that is black. This package is ideal and I believe it’s great value for money and it is and easy way of paying for quality internet with a good efficient laptop.

Here are the detail of the deal:

1. 3 USB E169 Stick Modem Black:

• Uses no wires, no hassle
• Mobile internet access with maximum speeds upto 2.8Mbs on 3’s turbo network set up recently in the UK.
• The modem is compatible with Windows 2000, XP & Vista operating systems and MacOS

2.   5GB for £30 a month available on Mobile Broadband 5GB

3.   The Contract Length of this tariff is a 24 month contract.

4.   Get Broadband upto anywhere with 2.8MB connection on 3.

5.   Next day deliver Available:

• We will provide you with FREE DELIVERY next working day of your USB modem if you order before 11am Monday to Friday.
• Saturday to Sunday orders will be send the following Tuesday.
• Your HP laptop will be delivered FREE two working days after you receive your USB modem.
• Deliveries made anytime during the day are FREE.

This offer is available until: 31st October 2008 and subject to an 18 month minimum term contract.

Pay as you Go Packages

Recently Orange have brought out New animal packages for pay as you go phones, they are four different packages that give the customer a wide range of variety. The four packages are Dolphin, Canary, Racoon and Camel, which can be used on a wide variety of mobile phones.

The Dolphin package includes free texts to any network and free access to facebook via WAP. The package offers 300 texts every £10 you top up, 600 texts every £20 you top up and if you top up £30 you get unlimited texts for the month (fair usuage policy does apply) but this offer seems to be very appealing.

The Canary package offers free evening and weekend calls, by topping up £10 you get 120 evening and weekend minutes, by topping up £20 you get 180 evening and weekend minutes and by topping up £30 you get 240 evening and weekend minutes. This offer is perfect for the mobile phone consumer who needs to talk to people directly or perfect for the consumer who mainly uses they phone for evening and weekend calls.

By selecting the Racoon package calls to any network cost 15p per minute at anytime. Also by selecting this package gives you texts to any network, anytime for 10p. This offer allows the consumer to gain the benefits of cheap calls and texts, although this offer maybe right for particular customers. I think that this particular package doesn’t offer value for money and for a frequent user of a mobile phone there are better offer for pay as you go customers.

Finally the Camel package offers the consumer calls to over 50 countries from 5p a minute and 20p calls and 10p texts to any networks in the Uk at any time. This offer is clearly useful for the consumer who calls abroad frquently, but not if the consumer is to use calls and texts within the United Kingdom.

EA SPORTS FIFA 09 Mobile Game

Step onto the pitch in EA SPORTS™ FIFA 09! Pass, tackle and shoot your way to victory with a game that delivers real football action. Control the action with new Side-On View and beat the defenders with precision passing.

Execute perfect 1-2 passes, crosses and triangle pass plays. Set up spectacular headers and volleys. Time your shot right for amazing overhead goals. Show your skills to be named Man of the Match. Choose Season Mode or beat the odds in Challenge Mode.

This mobile game has only recently come into the market on the 22/09/08. It features new Graphics, Ability to Control Players with more ease, Updated Teams and Transfers. Also with different Challenge Modes that will test you to your best ability. If you download this Mobile Game onto your handset please leave a comment or your opinion of the Game.

Championship Manager 2008 On Your Mobile

Championship Manager 2008 is the latest version of the ever popular series specifically designed for mobile handsets. Select a team and turn them into trophy-winning heroes! Results are everything - the club’s board will want to see a return on any transfer investment. Boasting a worldwide list of players and teams Championship Manager 2008 elevates the series to new heights. This game is applicable to most handsets that have java game software installed within the handset. The game was released on 01/02/08 and has been a massive hit with over 10,000 people subscribing to the game, resulting in a 7.5/10 rating. I have played this game on my handset and it has kept me entertained for hours while on long journeys. The downside to this game is that depending on your handset it can be very slow and if you are a fan of ‘Championship Manager’ its not the same as the PC or xbox versions. But within the mobile gaming world this is a step up from most.

T-Mobile G1 Android: The Demo of the Features

The T-Mobile G1 Android size is 4.6 x 2.16 x 0.63 inches, weighs in at 5.6 ounces, obviously has 3G, has 5 hours talk time with 130 hours on standby, GPS, features a 480 x 320 HVGA display and has a 3.1 megapixel camera, this G1 also supports up to 8GB memory although no formats have been specified yet.

The downside of the T-Mobile G1 Android phone is that it doesn’t have stereo Bluetooth and it won’t do video capture, you will require a Gmail account and the weirdest thing is that they are saying that the T-Mobile G1 Android phone will not be sold at stores outside of a 2.5 mile radius of T-Mobiles 3G coverage area.

If anyone purchases an T-Mobile G1 in the near future please give us some feedback on your opinion of this new model.

T-Mobile are running a competition to win a G1 at their website.

Using A Mobile To Your Advantage

LG’s next release in its “Black Label” series is the Shine. Like the Chocolate, the LG Shine is a slide-design phone, and is very much intended as a fashion statement. Whereas the Chocolate was dark and mysterious, with its hidden touch sensitive keypad, the Shine positively sparkles with light and has a more conventional keypad. The reason for the name “Shine” is that the phone is highly reflective, having a shiny stainless steel body and a large LCD display that turns into a mirror when not in use. It’s definitely a cool-looking phone and one that will attract attention. The photo here doesn’t do it justice. Be aware though that the metal casing does have a tendency to pick up fingerprints and scratches.

In terms of features, the Shine is not lacking. The camera has 2 megapixels and uses a Schneider-Kreuznach lens. The Shine does produce good quality pictures for a phone. The camera is equipped with autofocus, and has a light for night-time photography. It also has a video camera. The display is of high quality, being a TFT screen with 262,00 colours and 240 x 320 pixels - virtually the industry standard for high-end phones thesedays. As already mentioned, there’s an MP3 player that supports a wide range of file formats: MP3, AAC, AAC+ and AAC++. A stereo headset is supplied, and an optional stereo Bluetooth headset is also available. The LG Shine supports MicroSD memory cards with capacity of up to 2 Gbytes, so there’s plenty of storage for music. You could realistically use a phone like this as an iPod replacement. Other features worth noting are Java games, a fast EDGE connection for downloading data. The battery life of the Shine is probably a couple of days in normal use, although the battery indicator doesn’t seem to be very reliable.

We like the LG Shine, but it has more than its fair share of issues. It creates a very good first impression, with its metal and mirror looks, and when handling the phone, we get an impression of quality and durability. The stainless steel casing adds to the weight, but the phone is very slim and feels nice in the hand. Although, there are downsides to having a shiny metal phone: it scratches and gets covered in fingerprints, and the mirror screen is difficult to see in sunlight. The roller is simply unnecessary and annoying. The ringtone volume is too low and the reception seems to be worse than average. The Shine looks good, but just like the Chocolate, it’s not the most user friendly phone that you can buy.

To summaries the LG Shine Features include:

2 megapixel camera with Schneider-Kreuznach lens, autofocus, flash and 2x digital zoom
Video recorder
Display: TFT, 262,000 colours, 240 x 320 pixels
Stereo music player (MP3, AAC, AAC+ and AAC++ file formats)
MP3, AAC and AAC+ ringtones (40 voice polyphonic)
Messaging: SMS, EMS, MMS, Email
3D Java games
Document Viewer (.ppt, .doc, .pdf, .xls and .txt files)
Flight Mode
Caller ID (photo / video)
Connectivity: Bluetooth 1.2, USB
Memory: MicroSD memory card (up to 2 Gbytes)
WAP 2.0, EDGE
Triband
Size: 100 x 51 x 14 mm
Weight: 119g
Battery standby: 280 hours

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