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Motorola Purple MOTORAZR V3itag:typepad.com,2003:post-336033362007-05-03T09:42:37+01:002007-07-26T12:48:42Z2007-05-03T08:42:37ZLooks like purple is the new black, or is it the new pink? Whichever way, Motorola has put out a MOTORAZR V3i in striking mauve livery just in time Mother's Day in the US (May 13 in case you were...Al W3G handsets3 offers Pay As You Go from 5p per minutetag:typepad.com,2003:post-336033122007-05-03T09:41:41+01:002007-07-26T12:48:43Z2007-05-03T08:41:41ZFollowing on from Orange's new pre-pay tariff yesterday, 3 has announced a new pricing structure for its Pay As You Go customers, with calls now from 5p per minute - the cheapest any network any time call rate available from...Al WNetwork newsOrange offers pre-pay overdraft facilitytag:typepad.com,2003:post-336033002007-05-03T09:40:58+01:002007-07-26T12:48:43Z2007-05-03T08:40:58ZOrange has a new solution to running out of credit for pre-pay customers - an overdraft. Customers signing up to the company's Speakeasy pre-pay tariff can get £2.50 worth of 'overdraft' (known as the Reserve Tank) to stay connected when...Al WNetwork newsOrange Pay-Off: 15 seconds to be a sexy, weird, dancertag:typepad.com,2003:post-336032842007-05-03T09:40:11+01:002007-07-26T12:48:44Z2007-05-03T08:40:11ZOrange has launched its Pay-Off contest and is inviting its customers to submit 10-15 second video clips of themselves either trying to prove that they're the sexiest person alive (Face-off), are the best/craziest dancer (Dance-off), or are just plain weird...Al WVideo newsWill the iPhone do for mobile music what iTunes did for online music?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-336032682007-05-03T09:39:06+01:002007-07-26T12:48:44Z2007-05-03T08:39:06ZMedia analyst Screen Digest has completed some interesting research into the global market for over-the-air (OTA) mobile music downloads, as well as speculating on what impact the iPhone may have on this market. By the end of 2006, the global...Al WHandsetsMusicFirst iPhone camera images spotted onlinetag:typepad.com,2003:post-336032522007-05-03T09:38:06+01:002007-07-26T12:48:44Z2007-05-03T08:38:06ZPictures claiming to have been taken on Apple's forthcoming iPhone have tipped up on the internet. The image, showing a man tucking into some jam on toast, was spotted by Mobile Guerilla, after constantly typing taken with an apple iphone...Al WApplicationsHandsetsOrange launches Play-Off - first video gameshow for mobile phonestag:typepad.com,2003:post-336032382007-05-03T09:36:59+01:002007-07-26T12:48:44Z2007-05-03T08:36:59ZOrange is jumping on the talent show bandwagon, but on mobiles phones with Play-Off, which claims to offer the nation’s never-ending queue of wanabees a platform to pit their talents against one another. You need to submit 10-15 second videos...Al WVideo newsVodafone offers free YouTube videos to your handsettag:typepad.com,2003:post-336032202007-05-03T09:36:10+01:002007-07-26T12:48:45Z2007-05-03T08:36:10ZWe told you some time back that Vodafone had done an exclusive deal with YouTube. Well, now you can try it for yourself - as it's just launched. Before you feverishly reach for your mobile handset to check out all...Al WVideo newsChampionship Manager 2007 heads to mobilestag:typepad.com,2003:post-336032082007-05-03T09:35:32+01:002007-07-26T12:48:45Z2007-05-03T08:35:32ZI'm guessing that the various Championship Manager games have had a serious negative impact on relationships over the years - and that looks set to continue with the launch of Championship Manager 2007 for mobile phones. As you would expect,...Al WGamesReview: Sony Ericsson W200i - Walkman phone for everyonetag:typepad.com,2003:post-336031942007-05-03T09:35:02+01:002007-07-26T12:48:46Z2007-05-03T08:35:02ZThe propaganda Not everyone wants - or indeed needs - a super phone in their pocket, loaded with features and raring to satisfy any and every multimedia whim at a moment's notice. Some just want a decent enough camera, a...Al WHandsetsShiny Video Review: Nokia 6300tag:typepad.com,2003:post-336031822007-05-03T09:34:15+01:002007-07-26T12:48:46Z2007-05-03T08:34:15ZSusi examines the Nokia 6300 and reports back for Tech Digest on this simple, straightforward but fairly limited phone. Nokia...Al WHandsetsOrange and Vodafone block Skype and other VoIP servicestag:typepad.com,2003:post-336031622007-05-03T09:33:03+01:002007-07-26T12:48:46Z2007-05-03T08:33:03ZRed Herring has reported that Vodafone and Orange has blocked customers from using Internet telephony services such as Skype over their networks. Phones are being shipped that have specifically had their VoIP capabilities disabled. One such phone is the Nokia...Al W3G handsetsApplicationsVoIPVodafone encouraging family tariff, and business mobile recyclingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-336031382007-05-03T09:31:47+01:002007-07-26T12:48:47Z2007-05-03T08:31:47ZVodafone aims to encourage customers to sign up to its family tariff by selling two Samsung C300s, or two Nokia 1600s, in a single bundle. The Samsung deal costs £75, and the Nokia deal costs £50. They'll be sold in...Al WNetwork newsShock: Text messages blamed for declining standards in written languagetag:typepad.com,2003:post-336031262007-05-03T09:30:57+01:002007-07-26T12:48:47Z2007-05-03T08:30:57ZIreland's State Examination Commission has come to the conclusion that we all knew already: the rise in text messaging is a contributing factor in the decline of writing standards. The emergence of the mobile phone and the rise of text...Al WApplicationsNokia N76 - now with added Travistag:typepad.com,2003:post-336031022007-05-03T09:30:01+01:002007-07-26T12:48:47Z2007-05-03T08:30:01ZWhen Nokia says it has teamed up with one of the UK's most influential bands, I'm guessing not many of you out there would think of Travis. Well amazingly, that's who they mean. Nokia has done a deal with Sony...Al WHandsetsSamsung's SGH-i400 heads to Europetag:typepad.com,2003:post-336030502007-05-03T09:27:39+01:002007-07-26T12:48:48Z2007-05-03T08:27:39ZSamsung has unveiled another smartphone - the SGH-i400 - which should debut in Europe sometime in late summer. It's a slider handset, using the Symbian S60 operating system. Details confirmed so far include a two megapixel camera, dedicated MP3 keys,...Al WHandsetsMobile phones cause forgetfulnesstag:typepad.com,2003:post-336030262007-05-03T09:26:52+01:002007-07-26T12:48:48Z2007-05-03T08:26:52ZHere's a quick challenge for you - try and remember five numbers that are stored in your mobile phone. Tricky isn't it? If you're finding it a challenge, you're not alone. Over two thirds of the UK mobile phone users...Al WHandsetsMotorola V3i phone packed with gold and diamondstag:typepad.com,2003:post-336030122007-05-03T09:26:14+01:002007-07-26T12:48:48Z2007-05-03T08:26:14ZIf those high-priced Vertu handsets don't offer enough glitz, you could go for something just a little more obvious - the Peter Aloisson-designed Motorola V3i phone, made from gold-covered stainless steel and encrusted with 855 small diamonds. Ideal for the...Al W3G handsetsReview: Nokia N95 - feature packed multimedia mobiletag:typepad.com,2003:post-336030042007-05-03T09:25:39+01:002007-07-26T12:48:49Z2007-05-03T08:25:39ZThe propaganda Nokia is touting the N95 as a multimedia computer, rather than just a simple old phone. While that might be pushing it slightly, it's certainly a feature packed handset. It supports 3G, HSDPA, GPRS, GSM, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and...Al W3G handsetsPhilips SHB6102/05 Bluetooth stereo headsettag:typepad.com,2003:post-336029802007-05-03T09:24:54+01:002007-07-26T12:48:49Z2007-05-03T08:24:54ZLet's be honest, we can probably do without the wires connecting headphones to player - and with some you can, as indeed you can with the right mobile phone. Well, if yours isn't one of them, you can make it...Al WAccessoriesLG KS10 - Google-packed slider phonetag:typepad.com,2003:post-336029662007-05-03T09:24:14+01:002007-07-26T12:48:49Z2007-05-03T08:24:14ZLG recently announced a tie-in with Google, offering pre-loaded Google Maps, Gmail, and Blogger mobile applications with selected new handsets. And it looks like the first of these is the LG KS10. It's a slim slider phone with HSDPA connectivity...Al WApplicationsHandsetsT-Mobile launches web'n'walk USB modemtag:typepad.com,2003:post-336029362007-05-03T09:23:14+01:002007-07-26T12:48:49Z2007-05-03T08:23:14ZT-Mobile has just launched the web'n'walk USB modem, which is compatible with both PC and Mac, offering broadband speeds of up to 1.8Mbps. And according to T-Mobile, it's significantly cheaper than the similar device from Vodafone. On comparable 12-month price...Al WAccessoriesWhen is a BlackBerry not a BlackBerry?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-336028982007-05-03T09:21:12+01:002007-07-26T12:48:50Z2007-05-03T08:21:12ZWill Head writes... RIM is soon going to be rolling out a version of its much prized instant email software that will run on Microsoft's Windows Mobile platform. The company has offered similar functionality in the past through BlackBerry Connect,...Al WApplicationsBlackBerry software coming to Windows Mobile 6 devicestag:typepad.com,2003:post-336028882007-05-03T09:20:25+01:002007-07-26T12:48:51Z2007-05-03T08:20:25ZResearch in Motion (RIM) has said that it plans to port software to devices running the latest Windows Mobile 6.0 operating system, allowing more devices to run like BlackBerries. The software would allow people who don't want to lose their...Al WApplicationsO2 offers incentives not to upgradetag:typepad.com,2003:post-336028722007-05-03T09:19:53+01:002007-07-26T12:48:51Z2007-05-03T08:19:53ZAll those shiny new mobile phones - whatever handset we go for, we want another one a few weeks later. And certainly as soon as our contract allows us to. That's not good news for the phone networks or indeed...Al WNetwork newsReview: ZyXEL v660 - mobile and VoIP hybrid phonetag:typepad.com,2003:post-336028542007-05-03T09:19:02+01:002007-07-26T12:48:52Z2007-05-03T08:19:02ZThe propaganda VoIP may be great for keeping calling costs down - but it does mean you're shackled to your PC by a headset, which doesn't lend itself to long conversations. ZyXEL is hoping to change all that with the...Al WHandsetsVoIPVideo: Jabra limited edition JX10 Cara headsettag:typepad.com,2003:post-336028342007-05-03T09:18:11+01:002007-07-26T12:48:52Z2007-05-03T08:18:11ZWhen you’ve gone to the trouble of getting a flashy phone the last thing you want is a naff Star Trek headset making you look like a crack dealer. This is probably why Jabra have come up with Cara, a...Al WAccessoriesiPhone? Nope, never heard of ittag:typepad.com,2003:post-336028042007-05-03T09:17:04+01:002007-07-26T12:48:52Z2007-05-03T08:17:04ZNearly half of Americans adults have heard of the iPhone, despite the fact it's not even out yet, according to a survey. What's more, 17 percent said they already wanted to buy one - something that will not doubt delight...Al WHandsetsStuck in a boring meeting? Read your email insteadtag:typepad.com,2003:post-336027942007-05-03T09:16:22+01:002007-07-26T12:48:53Z2007-05-03T08:16:22ZIf you've been holding a meeting and found you've had to compete with the allure of mobile email for your colleagues' attention, you're not alone. A survey of senior executives found that 86 percent said it was common for people...Al WApplicationsVideo review: Nokia N95tag:typepad.com,2003:post-336025502007-05-03T09:04:40+01:002007-07-26T12:48:53Z2007-05-03T08:04:40ZAshley and Shiny Shiny's Susi put the Nokia N95 through its paces. Nokia...Al W3G handsets