From the monthly archives:

May 2010

3UK iPad SIMs beat the rest on contract tariffs

by Ben Smith 25th May 2010
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3 have announced they too will be selling iPad SIMs on a dedicated tariff, having reached an agreement with Apple…  It also looks like they’ll be the best value for most UK iPad 3G owners. We’re not quite sure what kind of deal they needed to cut (“Can I sell SIMs for your product?” “Um, [...]

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Eyecandy: The Experience Lounge at Nokia HQ

by Ben Smith 25th May 2010
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During our visit to Nokia’s famous Helsinki HQ, the ‘Nokia House’, we got to spend some time in the famous ‘Experience Lounge’. It was… an experience. This mobile-geek’s dream room holds a huge range of handsets, displaying nearly every device you can imagine (and some you can’t) alongside demo booths and concepts. Here’s a quick [...]

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Rumoured Nokia and Yahoo alliance confirmed

by Ben Smith 24th May 2010
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It’s true: Nokia and Yahoo are teaming up to merge their on-line services… The implementation has already started apparently and will go live in the second half of 2010 in some geographies with full integration in 2011.

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Confirmed: 44 days until N8 pre-order

by Ben Smith 24th May 2010
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There it was… hidden out in the open at Nokia’s own store in their Helsinki headquarters… The N8 will be available in early July for pre-order from the Nokia Online store. If you’re keen to get your hands on their first Symbian^3 offering get your credit cards on standby.

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Living with the E72, or why Nokia’s finally lost me to Android

by Vikki Chowney 24th May 2010
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Continuing the never-ending search for my ‘next phone’, I’ve been trialling Nokia’s E72 for the past few months. Regular readers will know that my phone of choice was once the E71 (before it sadly broke last year, and this journey began), but I was all aware of its faults. Not long ago, Nokia reached out [...]

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Stop complaining about UK iPad prices. They're fine.

by Ben Smith 10th May 2010
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iPad prices in the UK are not excessive compared to US pricing. If you want to whine about ‘rip-off Britain’ you’ll need to find some other reason to do it. I suggest you pop over to the Daily Mail* where you’ll find an equal number of other clueless people. * No, I’m not linking there. [...]

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Global Messaging Awards 2010

by Ben Smith 10th May 2010
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A quick note to our readers who also work in the mobile industry. We know you mostly hang round here to watch us squabble and laugh at our gadget lust, but this might be of interest to you: the Global Messaging Awards 2010 are fast approaching and you’ve got until the end of May to [...]

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Celebrate Trustive's big news & win pre-paid WiFi accounts! [closed]

by Jonathan Jensen 5th May 2010
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To mark the expansion of their hotspot network from 90,000 to 140,000 worldwide hotspots (including 3,600 BT Openzone hotspots in the UK and Ireland) Trustive has generously agreed to offer our readers (that’s you, yes you) some pre-paid WiFi accounts as prizes for 4 lucky people… To enter the competition to win one of these [...]

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