| Virgin Mobile wants Liberty SIM in Superstores Posted: 06 Aug 2008 12:30 PM CDT Virgin Mobile has launched their market leader SIM only mobile deal, Liberty Sim, and is now available at Carphone Warehouse stores. Virgin Mobile now turns their attention to the non-specialists. Virgin Mobile UK now supplies the £15 per months SIM only offer which offers customers 300 minutes and 300 text to Carphone Warehouse. This is the first time the SIM only deal has been offered on the high street. Virgin Mobile bosses are now speaking to supermarkets with a view to extending the Liberty SIM only deal further. The boss of indirect sales at Virgin Mobile stated: "We have mainly been successful in the direct channels so far. It is good to be able to build on that in a new channel after getting into Carphone. And we are in talks with the likes of the supermarkets to further build on this. We are the market leaders for Sim-only deals with a 29% market share. Sim-only is a new sub-category in the market place. We have found a very successful formula in it." Guess Virgin Mobile want their Liberty SIM in most stores. Source – mobiletoday 
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| MOTOROKR EQ7 and EQ5 Bluetooth portable speakers now available Posted: 06 Aug 2008 12:16 PM CDT Motorola Inc has announced availability in the U.S. of their ROKR series potable speakers, the MOTOROKR EQ7 and MOTOROKR EQ5; both offer wireless Bluetooth connection to the user's music and calls. The EQ7 and EQ5 easily connect with a wide range of Bluetooth or wired devices such as music players and mobile phones. Both speakers offer the user universal compatibility and simple set up. The MOTOROKR EQ7 brings the user rich, deep audio, while the MOTOROKR EQ5 offers up a stunning design. 
General Manager North America, Motorola Companion Products, Sean Ramsey, says: "Music lovers and mobile consumers can now share and enjoy their music with great portability and rich sound quality. These portable speakers give people two unique ways to enjoy music and hands-free speakerphone calls in innovative style." The MOTOROKR EQ7 and EQ5 are available from MotoStore online and at electronic retailers with the EQ7 priced at $199.95 and the EQ5 at $119.95 Source – Motorola 
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| The Top Ten mobile phone as of August 1st Posted: 06 Aug 2008 11:49 AM CDT Thinking about purchasing a new mobile handset? Ever wondered what are the top ten mobile phones on contract in the UK? Or how about the top ten mobile phones on pay as you go? Well if you are about to buy a new mobile phone and would like to make an informed choice so you know you are getting one of the top ten when you purchase, here are the top ten UK mobile phones. Mobile phones on contract: 1: The Samsung F480 Tocco
2: The Sony Ericsson C902
3: The Nokia 6500 Slide
4: The Nokia N95 8GB
5: The Samsung U900 Soul
6: The Nokia 6300
7: The Samsung G600
8: The Samsung J700
9: The Nokia N95
10: The LG KU990 Viewty. So that's 4 Samsung's, 4 Nokia's, 1 Sony Ericsson and an LG On to the top ten mobile phones on PAYG: 1: The Samsung J700 @ £49.95
2: The Samsung E250 @ £29.95
3: The Nokia 2630 @ £34.95
4: The Sony Ericsson K800i @ £79.95
5: The Nokia 6300 @ £69.99
6: The Nokia 5310 @ £79.95
7: The Sony Ericsson W580i @ £59.99
8: The Nokia 2610 @ £19.99
9: The Nokia 1650 @ 24.95
10: The Sony Ericsson W350i @ 79.95 Source – mobile choice 
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| SMS text to your Zoombak tracker will locate your stuff:Video Posted: 06 Aug 2008 11:23 AM CDT Want to keep tabs on just about anything, your dog, cat, car, kid, or anything else that springs to mind. Well now you can with Zoombak, a GPS tracker that can keep tabs on the location of most things Zoombak's location can be monitored via an online map and gives the user the most real time updates on location of those things you really want to keep track on. 
Zoombak has now expanded its feature set by adding the Mobile Location Request, which is by sending an SMS text message from your mobile phone with the word "FIND" to 96225 the user can request mobile updates on the location of their Zoonbak and receive a text message reply. There are three versions of Zoombak and each come with a monthly service fee, which are: Car & Family Locator, Dog Locator and Universal Locator. The Car & Family version costs $249.99, plus a monthly service fee of between $9.99 and $34.89. The other two versions cost $199.99 each, with the same range of monthly service fees. Source – computerworld 
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| Sprint and Verizon HTC Touch Diamond and Pro details Posted: 06 Aug 2008 10:28 AM CDT The word going round is that the HTC Touch Diamond will be known as the HTC Victor when it hits Sprint in CDMA form and will sport a 528 MHz CPU along with 256MB ROM and 256MB RAM and 4GB internal memory. The HTC Touch Diamond for Verizon will keep the original name, but will be pared down to a 400 MHz processor, 128MB RAM, and the rumour is the HTC Touch Diamond on Verizon won't have the 4GB internal memory but will incorporate a microSD card slot instead. 
Then we have the HTC Touch Pro, or Raphael, this one will be known as the HTC Herman on Sprint's CDMA, and actually mirrors Verizon's version of the HTC Touch Diamond thus loses the 4GB internal memory. 
With Verizon, they will stick with the original naming the HTC Raphael with 512MB ROM and steel frame rather than aluminium. Source – phonearena 
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| S60 Touch web browser on Nokia 5800 Tube leaked Posted: 06 Aug 2008 09:38 AM CDT There are many ways a user can interact with the new S60 Touch OS with its touch-input interface the S60 Touch UI can accommodate finger touch, but what is most important about the new S60 Touch OS is its web browser interface. Currently Apple's iPhone Safari browser overshadows the touch-screen market in terms of intuitive use, and then there is the iPhone 2.0 OS which now makes web browsing faster and fuller featured. 
So the real question is just how well will this new S60 Touch OS fare up against the likes of the dominant Apple iPhone 3G competition? The answer is, we have no idea yet, but these couple of screens showing the touch based S60 web browser on a Nokia 5800 Tube does give us an idea what it will look like. Somehow I think there will be more and more images of the S60 Touch OS filtering onto the net waves before too long. Source - symbian-freak. 
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| T-Mobile 3G network goes live in Vegas and Austin Posted: 06 Aug 2008 09:19 AM CDT T-Mobile's 3G network services is going to be launched across 25 major markets within the US on 1st October, we have heard this before. But it appears that two of those 25 cities will be seeing T-Mobile's 3G network before the nationwide rollout. Las Vegas gained T-Mobile's 3G network yesterday while Austin Texas gains the 3G network today the 6th August. There are rumours going round that other cities will gain T-Mobile's 3G network services before the allotted date such as Minneapolis. So it could mean that T-Mobile is actually sneaking out their 3G network services a few cities at a time before October 1st as scheduled. So if anyone in a currently un-named city gains T-Mobile's 3G network before October 1st, other than those previously mentioned, it would be good if you could let us know so we can pass it on. Source – cellphonesignal 
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| Long battery life but little else from Philips Xenium X600 Posted: 06 Aug 2008 09:04 AM CDT Philips has added a new mobile phone to their Xenium collection, the Philips Xenium X600, and is apparently for mobile phone customers who want a little more than just another mobile phone they can use for days on end with charging. Apparently the Philips Xenium X600 has an impressive and one of the longest battery lifes we have laid our eyes on, as the Philips Xenium X600 brings the user a whopping 16 hours of talk time and a staggering two months of standby time. 
Battery wise the Philips Xenium X600 blows the competition out of the water, but in order to gain that lengthy battery life the X600 had to push out a few of the features we have come to expect from modern mobile phones. The specs you are left with are tri-band GSM/GPRS, music player, as it's a clamshell design there are internal and external displays, and the good old microSD expansion slot. Source – engadget mobile 
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| Sync your Mac with Mobile phone with Missing Sync for Symbian Posted: 06 Aug 2008 08:05 AM CDT Mark/Space's Missing Sync for Symbian allows for the synchronisation between Symbian OS mobile phones such as Nokia, Motorola and Sony Ericsson to a Mac, and features Proximity Sync tech that uses Bluetooth to automatically sync data when devices are close enough to each other. Mark/Space CEO, Brian Hall informs: “I know people are going to love the ease of use brought by Proximity Sync. Just having your phone in the same room as your Mac from time to time is all you need to do to keep in sync”. 
The approximate range for Missing Sync for Symbian is roughly 30 feet, and can sync tasks, new contacts, calendar events, contacts, create to-do-items and sync them to your Mac or mobile phone. Missing Sync of Symbian can also manage MP3 files, video, documents, and other types of flies can be synchronised to any folder on your Mac or mobile phone, and all for $39.95 from the Mark/Space online store. Source – markspace 
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| Apple iPhone 3G now half price in Japan? Posted: 06 Aug 2008 07:43 AM CDT The Apple iPhone 3G just got cheaper in Japan as Softbank, the official Japanese partner to Apple's iPhone 3G dramatically reduced monthly tariffs. Japan gained the Apple iPhone 3G on the same day as the UK, July 11th, so this prince drop by Softbank comes not even a month after the iPhone 3G's launch. The good news for the Japanese iPhoners is Softbank has reduced the price of the Apple iPhone 3G by more than 50 percent. Softbank's chopped down tariff prices for the monthly contract cost on the Apple iPhone 3G is slashed to 2990 yen, that's believe it or not just £14.00, from the original price of 7280 yen, which is about £34.50, and data charges have been reduced as well. So why these dramatic cuts? Softbank says it's to attract more people to use the iPhone rather than being done because of sad sales, which has been predicted in the past as Japan already has more advanced mobile phones than the Apple iPhone 3G. Source – guardian 
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| Popping out into the open for a photo-shoot the Samsung i7110c Posted: 06 Aug 2008 07:21 AM CDT The new i7110c mobile phone from Samsung has been revealed for the first time, and we can see that the Samsung i7110c is a candy-bar design. A certain amount of mystery still surrounds the Samsung 17110c mobile handset, but the word is it sports a navigation cube that acts as a cursor control, 5 megapixel camera with flash, QVGA display, multimedia player, Bluetooth, FM tuner, and the trusty old microSD expansion slot. 
Storage capability is still a mystery on this one, and we are not too sure if it will incorporate a GPS receiver, although you can expect it to run on Symbian. Price wise and availability wise your guess is as good as ours, would be nice for Samsung to make some kind of official announcement on this i7110c mobile phone though. However, once we find out more we'll keep you informed. Source – gsmhelpdesk 
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| Customised colour change your Apple iPhone 3G with Colorware Posted: 06 Aug 2008 06:57 AM CDT Now that you have your Apple iPhone 3G all shiny and new looking, maybe you might fancy a change from the same old colour that everyone else has, and Colorware can do that for you as they are now offering their array of services for the Apple iPhone 3G handset. Colorware offer the iPhone 3G user a customised service to transform your iPhone 3G handset into your own personal style. 
Colorware specialises in altering the colour of existing products, and the newest product to receive the Colorware makeover is the Apple iPhone 3G. 
With the Colorware for the iPhone 3G you get ColorWare Custom iPhone; Headphones with Mic; USB 2.0 Uplink Cable; USB Power Adapter; Cleaning cloth; Instruction manual, and SIM Ejector Tool. All of Colorware's standard colours are high-gloss and scratch resistant, with a choice of solid or metallic colours. You can even send in your own design. Source – colorware 
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| Ikea UK offers new mobile phone service on T-Mobile Posted: 06 Aug 2008 06:09 AM CDT Seems anyone can enter the mobile arena these days and just to show that the newest company to step into the mobile waters is Ikea; yep you heard right, the Swedish company famous for their flat-packed furniture is offering a mobile phone service. Ikea UK has launched a MVNO on T-Mobile to compete with the likes of ASDA and Tesco. Maybe with the addition of Ikea, the superstore will begin a mobile phone price war, which is always good for the customer who wants to grab a cheap second phone. Ikea is offering a cheap and cheerful prepaid service which users will need to put out an initial £10.00 investment. So although you shouldn't be expecting a self assembly mobile phone kit all neatly flat-packed in bubble wrap like their furniture, don't go expecting high end mobile phones, as we expect their mobile handset will be fairly basic fare. Source – pocket-lint 
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| Apple iPhone 3G unlock failing on Vodafone and more? Posted: 06 Aug 2008 05:29 AM CDT The Apple iPhone 2.0.1 seems to be having some problems, Vodafone customers who paid to have their iPhone 3G handset unlocked are complaining about failures connecting to iTunes. Apparently those who have had the iPhone unlocked fail to connect to iTunes and immediately receive an error code "0xE8000001" 
There are also reports coming in from a few other carriers as well, however, Vodafone sells the Apple iPhone 3G in 10 countries hence most of the complaints coming from Vodafone customers. Seems this problem is popping up in Italy, Sweden, Spain, and other place across the globe. No word on any fix for this problem hitting the net waves yet, but I'm sure someone will jump on this in due course. So how about you iPhoners out there, are you experiencing any of these problems or is your Apple iPhone 3G working fine? Source – TUAW 
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| Motorola EM30 ROKR: Has MOTO got something special here Posted: 06 Aug 2008 05:08 AM CDT Motorola are trying their hardest to get back on the mobile phone sales ladder by release 3 brand new phones, we have briefly told you about the ROKR EM25 and the ROKR EM28 and now we have the best of the trio, the all new Motorola EM30 ROKR. We are actually liking the look of this mobile phone from Motorola, not only is it a mobile phone but it also transforms into a very good music player, should Sony Ericsson be running scared (Probably not). This particular model uses something called ModeShift technology, this is basically something that will change the illumination on the keypad dependant on your mood, the red keys will illuminate when in the music mode and when the keys are blue it means you are in phone mode. 
You can go from talk to text with a touch of a button, it has colourful cues that will let you know what mode you are in, it also connects the sounds that obviously matters the most like family, favourite artists and friends. 
The Motorola ROKR EM30 is filled with many features such as a 3.5mm stereo headset jack, Windows Media Player 11 provides the freedom to download music from more than 200 online music stores worldwide, seconds-fast MP3 downloads, high-fidelity audio, FM radio with Radio Data System (RDS) technology, stereo Bluetooth (A2DP), quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE networks support, 2 megapixel camera, sorry there is no auto-focus or UMTS support, it does have a microSD memory card slot for extra memory of up to 8GB. 
The MOTOROKR EM30 is expected to be available worldwide in Q3 2008 starting with Taiwan. 
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