I have been banging on about leasing or renting phones for some time. I very much believe that the marketplace is going to need to evolve to address the hardware dating issue. For me, anyway. I’ve had my iPhone 4 from 3 for 16 months and it’s on a 24-month contract. The new iPhone 4S [...]
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My new 3 Huwaei E586 MiFi: Faster than 65% of UK connections
That image there highlights just how good the all new 3 MiFi (Model: E586) is when it comes to offering a usable internet connection. Indeed, this connection isn’t just usable, according to Speedtest.net, it’s actually better than 65% of the rest of the United Kingdom. Love it. I’m using this at home in Ascot and [...]
Just cancelled the 3 account I’ve had for 7 years (but there’s good news too)
You know the offending account I’m referring to? The one where I was stupid, STUPID enough to run up a £120 bill based on 58 megabytes of overage? (Read: An expensive example of Three’s stupid data policies) I’ve been rather annoyed at how stupid I’ve been. I paid £5 for the ‘internet max’ option years [...]
Minority Report-style online mobile shopping from 3 Sweden
Can you imagine shopping for your phone like this? Play the video and see what you think. For a long, long time I’ve maintained that this kind of online concierge is required by mobile retailers. 3 from B-Reel & B-Reel Films on Vimeo.
It’s official: 3′s data network run by hamsters; string [Fixed]
I am now regularly based in Richmond-Upon-Thames. And what a flipping nightmare it is from a mobile connectivity perspective. Vodafone struggles to get anything more than Edge. And even when there’s an Edge signal, the 1.5k throughput is sufficient to query Google and nothing else. Total unmitigated rubbish. My solution was to refer to my [...]
3 will launch iPhone 4 this Friday
Have you been waiting to get an iPhone on 3? I know quite a few people who have been, especially after their rather attractive pricing. Just a quick refresher… You can pick up an iPhone 4 16GB for just £99 quid based on a 900 minutes, 5,000 texts, 5,000 three-to-three minutes and 1GB internet plan [...]
3′s next-gen MiFi unit powering iPlayer without breaking a sweat
I had another play with the next generation 3 MiFi unit (see yesterday’s post) and decided to check out just how usable it was. I’m pleased to report that the device performed perfectly. I checked out the speedtest iPhone app (running on the iPad) and also streamed an episode from the BBC’s iPlayer. Flawless. Here’s [...]
3′s next-gen MiFi unit is simply brilliant
I got hold of one of the new 3 Mobile WiFi units last week and I’ve been putting it through it’s paces. Regular readers will know that my opinion on MiFi was set to ‘ultra positive’ ever since I tested the Novatel Wireless device last year. Dongles are for dunces. A separate unit that enables [...]
Rugby almost comes to 3, just in time for the Six Nations
Samsung’s candy bar phone the B2700, also known as Samsung Rugby in its flip format to our American cousins has just been announced for the 3 network. The B2700 is in the same league as SGH-A837, AKA Rugby and is joining the union of tough phones on the market such as the Sonim handsets XP1 [...]
Vodafone and 3 to merge
News has reached us from the colonies that Hutchinson and Vodafone in Australia are set to merge. Will this set a precedent for pairing up elsewhere in the world? In a public statement issued on Hutchinson Whampoa’s website those two telecoms giants announced their intentions of merging, in an equal 50:50 joint venture. When this [...]
Fun Text to be pre-loaded on Sony Ericsson handset
After attending MIR’s first developer’s event last week (see the video here), we’ve had fantastic news in from the team at Fun Text, who’s application provides a range of professionally-produced media such as ecards, emoticons, viral videos and virtual gifts for inclusion in text and multi-media messages. Over to them: Today Sony Ericsson is announcing [...]
Exclusive: INQ not releasing the ‘INQ2′ at Mobile World Congress
At that very same ‘small (but select) gathering at INQ HQ last night, we were informed there will be no new INQ phone unveiled in Barcelona in a few weeks time. INQ’s marketing director Jeff Taylor said in a semi private briefing to MIR there will be no product announcements at MWC. Where many of [...]
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