The INQ 1 is available on 3 for free on one of their lower contracts at £15 per month, or for £80 on pay as you go. It has been dubbed the ‘Facebook phone’ due to its tight integration with online social networks, including Skype, last fm, MSN to name just a few. EBay integration [...]
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Three’s books from the SAS
The network ’3′ has just launched downloadable audio books for their customers, with a free preview service and a decent range of titles on hand. They’ve teamed up with ex-SAS founder of the GoSpoken.com website Andy McNab, to deliver 100s of new spoken word or viewable text based books each and every month. These fall [...]
GoSpoken launch deal with 3
Andy McNab, the SAS expert and wicked action author has done a deal with 3 to launch audio books on mobile. To be precise, Andy’s company, GoSpoken (we’ve talked about them before here on MIR) have done the deal. Trust 3 to be right there on the innovation curve. Each audio book costs around 5 [...]
The INQ1 from 3 – speaker failure update
The internal speaker on my INQ1 failed so I couldn’t hear the other party without switching to the external speaker. I phoned 3 and was pleasantly surprised how quickly they agreed it was a hardware failure and would have to go back to them. I phoned them on Friday, received a prepaid Royal Mail Special [...]
The INQ1 from 3 – update
Well, my INQ1 has now died. The internal speaker doesn’t work – to hear the other party you have to switch to the loudspeaker. 3 are sending me a returns pack and promise to turn it around in three days. We’ll see … Coming after the variable performance of the INQ1′s applications this hardware failure [...]
3 launches £9 tariff
Addressing the economy’s issues and quicker than our own government is the network 3, who has just announced a sub-tenner tariff. In days that feel like the end of days, it’s always good to see someone’s looking out for the common man, by offering them a great deal. The deal that comes along in the [...]
The INQ1 from 3 – Normob feedback
I’ve now had some feedback on 3′s INQ1 handset from my tame social networking Normobs! My ‘representative’ sample included both teenagers and adults and interestingly the verdict has been fairly similar across them all. My reservations about the handset user interface were maybe a reflection on my love of quality mobile devices because my Normob [...]
VAT Watch: Orange, 3 and Carphone Warehouse announce their VAT cuts
Three of the big boys on the block have just kicked off their tax breaks for the UK mobile telephone market place, some for handsets others for tariffs and all for the greater good. First up, Orange put into play their cuts starting from today and way ahead of the new tax initiative being launched [...]
Initial details on 3′s new ‘Facebook Phone’
The INQ1 or ‘The Facebook Phone’ is launched today. Our man RobK is on the scene. We’ll have more from you shortly — plus I’m hoping to be able to meet with one of their top executives tomorrow for a sit-down interview on camera. We’ll bring you more on the handset shortly — but I’d [...]
We’re at 3’s INQ phone launch!
This Thursday we’re at the launch event by the network 3 of their latest handset the INQ 1 – a purpose built phone by their parent company Hutchison Whampoa. Supposedly this handset has great Facebook and social networking integration; some are calling this the very first Facebook phone. Pronounced ‘INK’, the phone is set to [...]
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