Everybody’s doing it. Tesco has a mobile network, IKEA has a mobile network, and now a grime collective from London has its own mobile network, Boy Better Know Mobile. Wait, what?
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Stop reading the iPhone 5 rumour mill for a second and consider your options: If you’re yet to upgrade your smartphone this year, now is the best time to bag an iPhone 4. Network 3 has just teamed up with Recombu to offer the iPhone 4 on its all you can eat One Plan, with a huge £169 cash back. That’s unlimited data, and a fantastic phone, along with a fat cheque in your pocket. What’s not to like?
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The Samsung Galaxy W sounds good on paper with it’s 1.4 GHz processor, 5-megapixel camera and 3.7-inch WVGA Super LCD touchscreen, but what really counts is real world performance. Three, which lists the Galaxy W as ‘Coming Soon’, has decided to forgo the guesswork and instead release a sneak peak video showing the smartphone in action. Here’s a taste of Android Gingerbread powered by 1.4 GHz.
Ah, the power of speed. Today, Three announced the Huawei E586 MiFi. As the first mobile Wi-Fi device in the UK to support HSPA+ mobile broadband technology, the E586 MiFi will be able to ride Three’s upgraded 21.1Mbps network later this year. Upload speeds are set at 5.76 Mbps (HSUPA) and this bad boy even has a microSD card slot which supports up to 32GB cards.
Beyond the blistering fast speeds and storage options, the Huawei E586 MiFi has a horde of other features. Firstly, there’s an OLED display on the front of the unit which displays key information like the amount of data used, speed of the current connection, length of browsing time and dashboard for viewing SMS and changing settings. Compared to other MiFi units, the display alone is enough to win our hearts.
Not too long ago, the sub-£100 smartphone was a pipe dream. Processors, touchscreens, software – it all cost too much. With a big new price drop on the Samsung Galaxy Europa today though, network Three has just put the dumbphone on notice. Now, you can buy an Android phone for under £50.
More parents and older people are getting in on the Facebook action (swelling the ranks to 750m people), so it’d be a shame if they couldn’t access it on the move. Well help is at hand in the shape of the new Facebook for Every Phone app: it does pretty much what it says on the tin, letting you access all the standard Facebook features from your ageing handset.
To find out more, as well as how to get free data for 90 days using it, click through.
While Verizon is handling the 3G for the Samsung Series 5 and Acer Chromebook in the US, Three has stepped in to offer free UK 3G to UK Chromebook owners for, appropriately, three months. Read to find out what’ll you’ll pay after that…
Yesterday RIM went on a press release rampage, announcing the BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930 along with a host of other software-centric updates. Today, two UK operators have stepped up to the plate, confirming they’ll land their own BlackBerry Bold 9900s. Both Vodafone and Three are signed up for RIM’s latest flagship, but don’t be surprised if Orange and T-mobile also join in the fun.