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  • O2 launches new Apple iPhone price plans

    Telefonica Europe chairman and chief executive Matthew Key noted a focus on smartphones, increased commercial activity and reduction in customer churn helped drive growth in 2009.O2 has made the following information available:Tariffs for iPhone…
    02 March 2010
    Tags: Unlimited • Smartphone • Modem • Mobile Broadband • Dropped • Contract

  • Google Android runs on a SIM card

    For example, a PC desktop could be switched into a cell phone for a commute.SK Telecom said it's only a prototype at present and there are no plans to bring it to market but its development shows the level of miniaturisation and amount of hardware…
    17 February 2010
    Tags: Stopped • Cellular • Carrier • Cards • Builtin • Android

  • HTC updates Google Nexus One

    The device is also bright yellow under the hood, where the battery and SIM card are placed. HTC chief innovation officer Horace Luke said the use of metal in the phone was difficult because metal interferes with the antennae.The HTC Legend has an…
    16 February 2010
    Tags: Windows Mobile • Sports • Social Networking • Smartphones • Screens • Android

  • UK government sponsors mobile phone safety tools

    TouchSafe was created by companies Proxama and Minima.The third technology, called Tie, links a person's phone and their SIM card using a combination of technology that includes asymmetric cipher and public key infrastructure.Tie encrypts data on…
    12 February 2010
    Tags: Payment • Mobile Phone • Manufacturers • Interest • Council • Carry

  • Nokia N900 mobile phone launch delayed

    Nokia says that massive demand for the Nokia N900 has forced it to delay the release of the Maemo 5 handset.Users will have to wait a week longer than expected for their Linux-based internet phones.According to Nokia website Nok Nok: "Working on a…
    26 November 2009
    Tags: Handset • Nokia • Forced • Delay • Demand • Maemo

  • Google updates Android, stops hack attacks

    In cases where the phone SIM (subscriber identity module) is protected by a PIN, users will need to enter the PIN to establish connectivity, causing longer delays. Researchers at the Open Source Computer Emergency Response Team disclosed two denial…
    09 October 2009
    Tags: Handset • Connectivity • Message • Attacker • Messages • Dos

Latest Features

  • A sneak look at Nokia's Symbian update

    Nokia announced plans for a dual SIM phones in 2010 and also a Maemo 6 powered device. The Finnish mobile phone manufacturer, the largest in the world by volume, has seen rumors of dropping Symbian in favor of Google's own Android operating system…
    07 December 2009
    Tags: Photo • Symbian • Nokia • Preview • Bunch • Android

  • Return of the smartcard

    That means you can see what apps are on there, how much credit you have, and how to get tech support, for instance.It could even show the relevant brand logo as each app is activated, keeping the marketing folk happy.The NFC handset can also be…
    23 January 2008
    Tags: Mobile Phones • Handset • Apps • Credit • Cards • App

  • DECT's not dead

    With that basis, phone makers added in other features like a phone book - which can be called in from a mobile SIM card. It has ten or five carriers in Europe or the US, and uses an average transmission power of 10 mW in Europe - it can use 250mW…
    31 March 2007
    Tags: Stations • Peter Judge • Handsets • Band • Gsm • Gateway

  • Those incredible shrinking servers

    His calculations led him to cut 10 servers from his co-location facility.Keep up onlineFor anyone looking to jump into the consolidation toolset on the cheap, Sun offers a free, downloadable Sim Data centre Java application that can calculate the…
    27 June 2006
    Tags: Utilisation • Consolidated • Opportunities • Asset • Startup • Consultancy

  • Enterprise convergence edges nearer

    Another way to look at it is pushing the frontier of the mobile operators' sphere of influence back, until they are more or less bottled up in the SIM card. The start-up is enabling the switch makers to migrate phone calls between the cellular…
    05 May 2006
    Tags: Handset • Peter Judge • Enabled • Cellular • Pbx • Sip

  • GSM pico-cells will slash mobile costs

    Users will buy a SIM that includes an application that chooses the most favourable network, he says. This is a change from the public service originally envisaged by his company, Coffee Telecom, where public hotspots provide cheap calls to those…
    26 April 2006
    Tags: Licences • Cellular • Hotspots • Spectrum • Gsm • Licensed
 

How-Tos

  • How to Clean and Care For Your iPhone

    With a crack near the dock connector, for instance, a Genius will examine the area with a lighted scope and likely swap the SIM chip into a new iPhone.A hard case for your iPhone is recommended, as well as a thin skin protector on the glass.
    14 August 2009
    Tags: Battery Life • Heat • Electrical • Holes • Safari • Car

Reviews

  • Acer Liquid review

    At 115mm high and 13mm thick, it slips in the pocket quite easily and its light 133g weight shouldn't upset either.To access the Acer Liquid's removable battery, SIM slot and microSD card you must wrench off the backplate by confidently ripping…
    09 February 2010
    Tags: Windows Mobile • Volume • Smartphone • Buttons • Battery Life • Acer

  • Vodafone Mobile Connect

    Although I was roaming (I had a Vodafone UK SIM, but was sitting in Jersey at the time) I was able to download at several hundred megabits per second. On my usual London-Norwich trip I had a connection for maybe 50 percent of the time, and I lost…
    21 December 2009
    Tags: Installs • Communication • Connected • Installation • Module

  • Acer neoTouch S200

    It's not the easiest to open when you need to insert a SIM; it's more a matter of knowing where to wrench off the clip-on backplate.After a promising start, things deteriorate quickly when you start to use the Acer neoTouch S200 phone.
    02 November 2009
    Tags: Mobile Phone • Acer • Elements • App • Touchscreen • Icons

  • Apple iPhone 3GS review

    There's also a pamphlet describing some of the iPhone's new features, a handy SIM card ejector and the usual Apple stickers and legal disclaimers. If your contact has more than one phone number, Voice Control will prompt you to choose from a list…
    25 June 2009
    Tags: Stereo • Microsoft Exchange • Third Party • Commands • High Definition • Connector

  • Tesco TalkWi-Fi service review

    To set things up you must first send a text message to a premium rate number (this costs £1 but is reimbursed in the form of a credit for the TalkWi-Fi service), in return for which you get a reply containing the link to download the app.Once…
    13 March 2009
    Tags: Mobile Phone • Handset • Handsets • Contract • Emergency • Friends

  • Nokia 5800 Tube review

    What you notice immediately about the Nokia 5800 is that it lacks external music controls - and it's supposed to be a music-centric handset.On its right side, you'll find SIM and memory card slots, with stereo speaker grills underneath.
    12 February 2009
    Tags: Handset • Switching • Surprise • Finger • Noting • Digital World

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