After fellow contributor Dan Lane figured out how to unlock the Apple iPhone 3G with just 16 pounds and a hole punch (full details including a video coming on Monday’s video podcast), I’ve been considering the way ahead for me. I think the ultimate iPhone 3G experience must be on UK network operator, 3. Their [...]
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3 has one million mobile broadband users in Europe
Kudos to 3. They led the way, in the UK at least, with the tenner-a-month USB mobile broadband revolution. This shows demand is strong for mobile broadband in all 3’s territories, including the UK, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Denmark and Austria… … says the press release I got in this morning. Christian Salbaing, MD of European [...]
HP laptops on 3 arriving this month
Very shortly, you’ll be able to pop into a 3 store and get a free laptop. You’ll need to sign up to a 24 month contract. But you can walk out with a free laptop. And what’s more, it’ll be a decent one. They’ve really gone to town, 3. You can choose from a decent [...]
The Blackberry Bold hits 3 in November
This was the biggest surprise of the day for me. Walking into the 3 launch event I thought it was a Motorola Windows Mobile device I was looking at, not the Blackberry Bold. It looks and functions like a dream based on the few minutes I played with it. HDSPA. Nice. That’s going to absolutely [...]
Nokia E71 White on 3 available today!
I was hoping that 3 would be looking to launch the E71 shortly. I was really surprised to find that the slated launch date for the handset is today! I checked the 3 site and couldn’t find it — but I suspect it’ll be available to order within the next few days. 3.2 megapixel camera. [...]
3 Skypephone S2 hits shops on 18th August
The brand new 3 Skypephone S2 is looking shit hot. 3 have taken a heck of a lot of feedback from their users and upgraded the device big time. Obviously it’s got the usual Skype goodness included as standard. But they’ve sooped it up. It is, of course, HSDPA. But plug it in to your [...]
Sony Xperia — coming soon to 3
I was mega impressed with the Sony Ericsson Xperia. It’s a piece of gorgeousness. There’s not much in the way of details about the Xperia except to say it’s coming. Toward the end of the year I reckon. I took a look at it along with the Samsung Tocco too. Here’s the video:
Nokia N96 from 3 arrives in September
Weighing in at 125g with 16GB of memory and HSDPA brilliance, the Nokia N96 arrives on the 3UK network in September. It’ll be available for around £15 per month on mix’n’match. I’ll take two, please. I think I need this one. Here’s the QIK video of it in action:
3 begs customers to beg for the Apple iPhone
In Australia, it looks like three of the four main mobile operators are getting the iPhone: Optus and Vodafone have got the official nod, and Telstra is rumoured to be announcing a deal soon. Who’s left out? 3. Despite its best efforts to get the device on its inventory, there’s still no deal in the [...]
3 dobs in Vodafone over HSDPA speed claims
When an operator says you can get ‘up to 7.2Mbps’ what sort of speed do you actually expect from your mobile broadband modem? According to the the BBC, 3 has reported Vodafone to the Advertising Standards Authority over the wording of its mobile broadband advertising, contending that ‘up to’ just isn’t good enough. The Beeb [...]
Operators ask to dodge termination fees
The Competition Appeal Tribunal has referred the question of wholesale mobile termination rates – the fee each operator charges another to connect a call on their network – to the Competition Commission after appeals by BT and 3. The appeals come after Ofcom changed the controls on mobile termination rates early last year, which it [...]
Motorola gets back with 3
Motorola is getting some love from 3 once again after spell out in the cold, with the operator reintroducing its handsets to its network for the first time in 18 months. The first device off the block will be the HSDPA-enabled RAZR2 V9, According to the company, 3 has decided to welcome Motorola back into [...]
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