Mobile phones are everywhere these days. It seems everyone’s got one – from grandmothers to small children. They have become indispensable tools in our everyday lives. Mobile phone plans are traditionally offered one of two ways: as a PAYG tarifft or a pay monthly contract. While pay-as-you-go plans can work out to cost more for [...]
LG’s “affordable” touch-screen phone, the Cookie is now available to Orange customers in two new colour variants. Pink and silver versions of the phone are now available alongside the original black version. The new variants even have a new model name, the LG-KP501, as opposed to the original LG-KP500, albeit the difference being one single [...]
Well it’s a question I’ve asked a number of times before, citing pieces of evidence both for and against. However, I’ve come across two articles within the same week that are both asking the question about whether Mobile TV is going to continue as a viable service… The first article on Broadband TV News states “Mobile TV – looking for the right business model” – and as the title suggests, the business model is a major issue. It was somewhat of a surprise to some within the Industry that actually people wouldn’t fancy paying £5-£10/month (on top of their existing mobile bill) to access TV on the move. Since then, the white knight has been Advertising – yep, if we can offer Ads on the channels, then we can offer channels for a reduced cost, or even free
Palm has unveiled its overhauled operating system alongside a touch-screen smartphone, in a bid to claw back share from competitors such as Apple. Good luck to Palm. The new phone looks cool (and could possibly compete with the iPhone) but Palm’s rep of late hasn’t been that great. The operating system – the Palm WebOS [...]
Yet another high street retailer collapses: Nearly 300 Virgin Mobile staff could be left without a job, after Zavvi fell into administration (a nice business term for crumbled or dead) just before Christmas. The retailer has a total of 83 Virgin Mobile concessions in its 92 stores. A Virgin Mobile spokesman could not confirm whether [...]
APACS has announced that, “following a successful meeting on 11 December between the [UK] credit card industry and Government, real changes for credit card holders who may be struggling to make their regular payments are announced. This delivers on the industry’s commitment to draw up new principles made at the credit card summit on November [...]
Ian Clarke, solutions director for O2, sat down recently to give his take (and we agree with most of it) on the state of the mobile market going into 2009. In 2008, the iPhone created a huge wave in the market in terms of design, features, interface and overall customer experience. It helped stimulate the handset market by [...]
Samsung has claimed three of the top four prepay sellers in the run-up to Christmas in a bid to reinforce its position as the number one manufacturer in the UK by volume, and they’re succeeding admirably. It seems many in the UK favor a prepaid scheme for their cell phones. The three devices – the [...]
The credit crunch is hitting many people, hard. It has even caused many to consider bankruptcy as a way out. Much of this is applicable to the US, but it holds true in many other countries as well. Bankruptcy should be used as a last ditch effort, if creditors are hounding you and your income [...]
The European Commission is in discussions about a proposal that could see an import tax of up to 14% imposed on mobile phones with a built-in GPS receiver or TV functionality. According to sources, the move could increase the price of mobile devices with either one, or both, features by as much as 25%, which [...]