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iPhone coming to Vodafone January 14th

bex — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:14:55 +0000

The iPhone, originally an O2 exclusive, lost it’s exclusivity last year and has since arrived on Orange and Tesco Mobile. The iPhone was also reported to be available on Vodafone from 2010. Apple’s iPhone will make it’s way to Vodafone on the 14th of this month. The tariffs are the same as on O2 and Orange, with the handset being free on a £45 a month contract, running for 24 months.

Windows Mobile handsets receive text messages from 2016

bex — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:47:07 +0000

If you’re using a Windows Mobile handset, since Friday you may have received messages with the received date as 2016. There isn’t any official support yet but, a .CAB file has been released which is said to solve the problem. There’s also no official word on why this is happening but, speculation points to HEX code. In HEX, 10 is 16. The problem appears to be limited to Windows Mobile devices and also does not affect T-Mobile users.

iPhone coming to Tesco Mobile

bex — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:12:20 +0000

From Monday 14th December, Tesco are to begin selling the Apple iPhone 3G and 3GS on Pay as You Go and Contract. You can pick the handset up on a 12 month contract, paying £20 a month for £60 worth of calls and texts. However the handset will set you back at least £222. The iPhone 3G 8GB will be £222, while the 16GB 3GS will cost £320 and £407 for the 32GB model.

It’s also available on a £60 a month contract, giving you unlimited calls and texts, which certainly beats the £75 a month tariffs from O2 and Orange. The handset will then be free, apart from the 32GB model which will cost £50.

Or if you’re after the phone on pay as you go, it’ll set you back £342, £440 or £538 for the 8GB, 16GB and 32GB respectively.

All the tariffs including pay as you go, include 12 months unlimited web and wifi like on O2. Tesco Mobile are run on the O2 network, giving you the same coverage you’d get if you picked the handset up on O2, but at perhaps a better price, contract wise.

LG Arena upgrade spotted

bex — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:09:30 +0000

A handset known as the LG Arena Max has been spotted going through a testing phase at Wi-Fi Alliance. Not much is known about the handset apart from that, it will of course feature Wi-Fi. Hopefully the features of the original Arena will also be present, with some of them possibly upgraded, after all, the specs should be maxed out. Release info is also currently unknown.

Classic Monopoly for iPhone

bex — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:07:19 +0000

Monopoly is currently already available from the App Store. However it’s not the classic/normal version but, rather Monopoly: Here & Now: The World. If you can’t get to grips with this version and prefer the classic version of the game, great news, it’s now available from the App Store for $5. The game supports up to four players, either through a “pass ‘n play” mode or over a network connection. The game can also be played over Bluetooth, with support for two players.

No more GeoCities

bex — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:06:36 +0000

Like many others I’m sure, my first website was a Yahoo GeoCities website. While HTML knowledge wasn’t needed I learned a lot from making various pages for my personal site. From there my knowledge has grown and I now own several websites with various registrars and have used several hosting companies. GeoCities was at it’s peak in early 1999 but still popular a few years down the line, albeit not as much. Since then the site has gradually become obsolete with other websites taking it’s place and other services such as Blogger and Wordpress among others. Hosting your own website has also become much easier and cheaper, with some free hosting services being available. Because of the decrease in GeoCities usage, Yahoo closed registrations back in April and from October 26th 2009, GeoCities will be no more, with content deleted after then. Yahoo users will be able to switch over to Yahoo! Web Hosting and/or download their pages/files before then.

iPhone no longer O2 exclusive in UK

bex — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:26:38 +0000

Since the iPhone was released it has been an exclusive to O2 in the UK but, that’s set to change by the end of this year. Both Orange and Vodafone will begin stocking the iPhone. Orange will begin selling the iPhone at the end of the year, where as Vodafone will start stocking the handset in 2010. Orange have already received 125,000 pre-orders for the handset. No information on what tariff it will be available on but, hopefully we’ll begin seeing the iPhone available on cheaper tariffs from all three networks.

Source: Pocket-Lint

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New phone but bad credit?

bex — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:36:15 +0000

With all the different handsets which come out, a lot feature not only many high tech specs but, also a high tech price. If you’ve got bad credit it may seem impossible to get a brand spanking new phone. All is not lost though, there are ways which could build up your rating, or loyalty to a network.

The first and foremost way is as a Pay as You Go user which many people will already be on. While it’s not guaranteed, you’re loyalty to a network when upgrading from pay as you go to monthly contract may be beneficial.

Another way is through sim only tariffs. These require a credit check but, aren’t as difficult to pass as a full out contract. Sim only tariffs are 30 day contracts which can be cancelled at any time. The contract price per month is very reasonable for the minutes you get. If you’ve already got an ok phone and use too much credit on pay as you go, it’s well worth looking into these. I’ve personally taken one out and it’s working out very well for me.

T-Mobile are said to have a great approval rate on their Solo tariff. Bad Credit Mobile Contracts can give you more information on how to combat bad credit for mobile phone contracts.

LG reaches one million Arena sales

bex — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 22:10:19 +0000

The popular LG Arena, otherwise known as the LG KM900 is the first of their handsets to feature the S-Class interface with the LG Viewty Smart following suit. The LG Arena is a successor to the also popular LG Viewty (KU990). Both handsets feature a 5 megapixel camera, 3 inch touch screen, very few buttons and a very sleek look.

The LG Arena has been available for 5 months and has now reached one million sales. LG also noted with this information, that the LG Viewty, made available October 2007 has also sold millions, eight million to be precise. These stats are worldwide figures.

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LG Pinks the Renoir up

bex — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:05:41 +0000

While this may be considered slightly old news, I’ve just purchased an LG Renoir and while browsing for tips, tricks and info on it, I came across some photos of the phone in pink. The Renoir is the successor to LG’s popular Viewty. Since the Renoir, the Arena and Viewty Smart have also been released, also pushing forward even more from the Viewty. As we’ve seen before, the Arena has already been spotted in pink and now we can show you how the Renoir fairs in pink. Personally I prefer the sleek titanium/black finishing on the Renoir, but the pink finish is very popular among many women.

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