We’re big fans of the Vodafone Mobile Broadband service. It’s served us well in many situations, giving a glance of what a a truly connected future will be like. We’ve used it for years to provide live coverage of product launches, as well as politically important local politics events, like the Isle of Wight council threatening to close half of the Island’s Primary schools.
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LG-BH620T DVB-T Phone Gets European Release
LG has announced the soon-come launch of its new LG-BH620T, a DVB-T phone letting soap-addicts thrill to Coronation Street while they’re out on the move.Naturally, perambulating punters can watch a lot more than the latest snooze-inducing antics from the Rovers Return on the teensy 320 x 320 pixel screen of the LG-BH620T, with the DVB-T (Digital Video Broadcasting – Terrestrial) standard allowing access to a broad range of freeview digital transmissions.
Blackberry Bold (900) Goes Official
The gang at Blackberry have finally swished the velvet curtain back for the official launch of the BlackBerry Bold, previously known as the 9000.Looking sleeker than a stimulant- supping streamlined ferret coated in 3-in-1 oil, the new Blackberry is gunning for the deep pockets of business professionals and power users, promising “unprecedented functionality and performance”.
LG Secret: It’s A Mobile Wii: Podcast
After all of the hubub at the LG Secret, the KF750, global launch died down a little in London, we caught up with John Barton, LG UK Sales and Marketing Director, to find out more about the LG Secret.After bits and pieces about the naming of the product —
Why is it called secret? His take – the phone reveals itself to the user as they use it — we got on to talk about the M-Toy feature.HTC Touch Diamond Wants To Outshine iPhone
HTC’s new Touch Diamond smartphone, successor to the popular HTC Touch (reviewed in June 2007) has just been unveiled in London.Powered by a 528 MHz Qualcomm processor, the Touch Diamond eschews the pebble-smooth rounded lines of its 3-million selling predecessor and breaks out the piano gloss finish all over its rectangular lines.
(more…)Vodafone: iPhone In Ten Counties Deal Announced
Vodafone have just announced that it has signed an agreement with Apple to sell the iPhone in ten countries around the world.Those countries are Australia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy, India, Portugal, New Zealand, South Africa and Turkey.
When they will be available is currently unclear beyond, “later this year.”
The wording that Vodafone has used is interesting, saying they “will be able to purchase the iPhone for use on the Vodafone network,” which leads us to suspect that these might not be exclusive deals in these countries, a departure from the Apple iPhone deals have happened to date.
More when we hear it.
Nokia Unveils 6600 Slide, 6600 Fold And 3600 Slide Handsets
Finnish mobile phone kings Nokia have whisked away the covers on three shiny new handsets which they claim “merge modern functionality with classic and sophisticated looks.”We’re always up for a bit of merging and have to say all three look rather dandy in their high gloss, smoothed edge, understated way.
UK Mobiles: Texting Up, IM Up, Ringtones Down
Telecoms giant Orange are reporting a substantial fall in the demand from customers for ringtones, as punters make use of more powerful multimedia handsets to download full length songs instead.
(more…)LG Overtake Sony Ericsson In Handset Sales Q1 2008
At the Press conference in London today for the launch of the LG Secret, LG revealed that for the first time they have passed unit sales of Sony Ericsson.For the first quarter 2008 LG have sold over 24.4m units against Sony Ericsson’s
22.3m units.When asked if they were happy about it, Chang Ma replied that “It has no real meaning to us, we just want to develop better handsets.”
LG Secret Named And Launched: UPDATE 2
We’re at the Worldwide launch of the LG Secret. LG have spent plenty of money on this launch, the third handset in the Black Label range.Following the launch of the Chocolate (18m units worldwide) and Shine today sees the latest … it’s called the Secret
LG has announced the soon-come launch of its new LG-BH620T, a DVB-T phone letting soap-addicts thrill to Coronation Street while they’re out on the move.
The gang at Blackberry have finally swished the velvet curtain back for the official launch of the BlackBerry Bold, previously known as the 9000.
After all of the hubub at the LG Secret, the KF750, global launch died down a little in London, we caught up with John Barton, LG UK Sales and Marketing Director, to find out more about the LG Secret.
HTC’s new Touch Diamond smartphone, successor to the popular HTC Touch (reviewed in 
Vodafone have just announced that it has signed an agreement with Apple to sell the iPhone in ten countries around the world.
Finnish mobile phone kings Nokia have whisked away the covers on three shiny new handsets which they claim “merge modern functionality with classic and sophisticated looks.”
Telecoms giant Orange are reporting a substantial fall in the demand from customers for ringtones, as punters make use of more powerful multimedia handsets to download full length songs instead.
At the Press conference in London today for the launch of the LG Secret, LG revealed that for the first time they have passed unit sales of Sony Ericsson.
We’re at the Worldwide launch of the LG Secret. LG have spent plenty of money on this launch, the third handset in the Black Label range.