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Samsungs New Flexible AM OLED Mobile Phone Screen

Pre-pay — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:37:39 +0100

Samsung have produced what looks to be a reasonably indestructable and flexible AM OLED mobile phone screen, I've heard of OLED but didnt realise it had been scaled down to this kind of size!

Watch the video!

We will add more information about this as soon as we have it.

The LG POP The Cheaper Way To Smart Phone

Pre-pay — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:31:43 +0100

It's been around for a while now but still manages to be one of the best selling low end payg smart phones available in the UK, as we've had it available on pre-pay-as-you-go.co.uk for a while now we thought it was time to bring it to the attention of those looking for a mobile within it's price bracket.

The cheap and cheerful LG GD510 POP,
is just what the doctor ordered! complete with a digital camera, a competent web browser which is easy to use when browsing the internet providing easy access to your favorite social networking sites such as face book MySpace bebo twitter ect. All delivered by its LG A-Class interface and bright and colourful 3 inch touch screen. The LG Pop offers an inexpensive package of basic Smartphone functionality to its user

The A-Class 3-way interface gives you three home screens to work from, they can be customized to how you like it by dragging and dropping widgets from your toolbar to the screen, then with a quick shake of the lg Pop all of your widgets are neatly put in order. The whole interface is colorful and vibrant and delivers a fun experience for it user, especially as the WQVGA renders up to 262,000 colours. With no 3G or Wi Fi connectivity the LG pop relies on its Quad band Edge connection, which means that full web pages do take a little while to load, but mobile compatible sites are quick and uncomplicated to navigate. It has a dedicated social networking application, this gives you access to Face book, Twitter and MySpace accounts.

The LG Pop has a 3 mega pixel digital camera; while the camera has a well organized display of its functions, the camera itself lacks flash and auto focus. Video capture is again, standard; it shoots 12 fps but it does allow for immediate upload to sites like YouTube by means of the Send options button, which is a bonus. The phones Multimedia player plays back downloaded mp4 and 3gp videos very well, color is good and video runs very smoothly, frame capture has been included to capture a frame of footage and save it as a jpeg Image which is a nice little feature to have. The provided music player interface routinely organizes your loaded tracks into various categories like, artist and genre, album etc.

It has 42mb of internal memory but expandable up to up to 16GB with microSD, which should be enough to store all our videos, music tracks and games.

In all the LG Pop looks good; it performs well for the price and is perfectly affordable for first time Smartphone user, who wont be overwhelmed by advanced applications on offer. Yours thoughts please! Have you used this handset, own one or have some technical knowledge about it? Share your thoughts!

View the LG POP on our website for the latest offers.

Author: Joanne wall

The Samung Wave Smart Phone Coming Soon!

Pre-pay — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:44:08 +0100

Coming to Pre-pay-as-you-go soon! Is a range of high end Smartphone’s that most people assume are only available on pay monthly contract, before you think it “yes” these handsets are going to be expensive on pay as you go and to be honest that’s true, but we’ve decided that if people like high end fancy mobiles then who are we to deny them. So here we go, the first handset were going to look at is the Samsung Wave..

The slim and lightweight Samsung Wave,
is the latest in Samsungs range of Smartphone’s. In addition the Wave is the first Samsung handset to use the new Bada operating system, which offers it's user plenty of controls, Flash support, and sensor support help applications to be more interactive. Service-centric features such as in-app-purchasing, SNS integration, and push notification help applications to offer customers a richer, more interactive experience.

The Wave handset features include a captivating 3.3” Super amoled touch screen which really brings colors and images to life for an unbeatable user experience. The super amoled screen has a brighter, clearer and less reflective display than its predecessors, offering high resolution images and video with mDNIe technology which is already incorporated into Samsungs LCD TVs and LED TVs.

With the recent craze for social websites Social Hub seamlessly brings together all social networks in one unified solution, it integrates all major email providers and network sites such as facebook, myspace, msn, twitter and yahoo. TouchWiz 3.0 UI means you have fully customizable menus and home page that you can change to give instant access to all your social networking sites, media player and all your favorite photos, the Quick panel prioritizes choice applications into one screen for ease of access. You can download a large collection of apps from Samsung apps like games, ebooks , social networking, health and lifestyle and navigation With multi codec support for its Divx and Xvid players it gives 5.1 surround sound for a great personal entertainment system, 720p HD video decoding and recording which makes it perfect for capturing, sharing and viewing video.

All in all we think the Wave looks like it's going to be an usefull if not great addition from Samsung, probably though the proof will be in the using and customer experience also alot will depend on how Bada competes with Android, symbian and the other operating sytems out there. Yours thoughts please! Have you used the Wave or own one, have some technical knowledge? Share your thoughts!

Samsung Wave Offers

Author: Joanne wall

HTC ready to challenge UK market leaders

Pre-pay — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 23:09:06 +0100

HTC's UK executive director Jon French has indicated his company is set to challenge the dominant mobile phone manufacturers in the UK more over the next six months.

French believes HTC to be one of the only companies that can compete with the current top four, Nokia, Sony Ericsson, LG, Samsung and of course Apple, even in the existing economic climate.

And as the biggest and one of the first partners to develop for the Android Operating system, French believes this to be a huge plus for any company looking to compete in such a volatile market place. HTC continues to develop innovative devices such as the recent HTC DESIRE

HTC plan to be everywhere in the next few months, with an TV advertisment campaign, magazines etc all of which are aimed at increasing consumers awarness of their brand.

Take a look at the latest HTC Mobile phones

The Vivaz pro Touch screen mobile with Qwerty keyboard

Pre-pay — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:24:44 +0100

Sony Ericsson have added a QWERTY keyboard to the Recent Vivaz providing a user experience optimised for messaging and entertainment. The full QWERTY keyboard allows users to communicate quickly and efficiently via email, SMS or social networking updates.

Just like the recent Sony Ericsson Vivaz, announced in January, Sony Ericsson Vivaz pro allows users to produce and broadcast their best experiences in HD video. The open platform also allows users to personalise their entertainment experience by downloading great applications through PlayNow™ and the Symbian Developer Community.

Having announced Sony Ericsson Vivaz in January Sony Ericsson are now adding a sister phone that includes a QWERTY keyboard along with the touch screen for a superior messaging and entertainment experience. Sony Ericsson Vivaz pro features the manufacturers new design philosophy ’human curvature’, which according to sources will become a dominant feature of the Sony Ericsson handset portfolio in the future. Designed to mirror the shape of the human body, and at the same time delivering a precise and compelling way of interacting with the phone, Sony Ericsson Vivaz pro is instantly recognisable.

Sony Ericsson Vivazpro

Full slide-out keyboard for faster typing
Stay in touch through email, Twitter™, Facebook™, blogging and chat
View everything on the 3.2” 16:9 wide touchscreen
Capture the action in HD resolution – upload to YouTube via Wi-Fi™
PlayNow – immediate online access to applications, games and music.

Sony Ericsson Vivaz pro supports UMTS HSPA 900/2100 and GSM GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900, UMTS HSPA 850/1900/2100 and GSM GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900.

Sony Ericsson Vivaz pro will be available in the 2nd quater of 2010, exact release dates are as of yet to be released. It will be however be available in the colours Black and White.

Vodafone Access Gateway - a new way to boost your phone signal in buildings

Pre-pay — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:18:00 +0100

A common experience with many mobile phone buyers – you spend weeks researching the various phones on offer, make your choice and place the order. The phone arrives and it looks and feels every bit as good as you thought it would. Savour this moment – because you know what’s going to happen next....?
That’s right, after giving it just a quick charge you fire it up and an all too familiar symbol on the screen makes your heart sink once more – just one lousy bar of signal! No matter how hard you try to convince yourself, you just know that you have bought yet another phone that will be difficult or impossible to use at home!

It's a sad fact that the walls of your home or office will absorb a lot of the energy that modern mobile signals are made of - not so much of a problem where you have perfect coverage, but for those of us not so fortunate it can be a real pain! To get around the problem would involve the networks erecting a lot more base stations and we all know that this just isn't going to happen.

Well, this inevitable disappointment may soon be a thing of the past, thanks to the new Access Gateway from Vodafone, you can have the equivalent of your very own personal base station in your own home or office. The Access Gateway works by using your existing home broadband connection to route your mobile voice and data calls, as well as texts via the internet. The device can handle 4 simultaneous calls and takes up no more space than a conventional router. Even if you have no signal at all where you live the Access Gateway will provide a means of making and receiving mobile calls with perfect clarity and maximum efficiency. No more wandering to the end of the garden or leaning out of windows – you’ll wonder how you ever managed without this little box of tricks before?

The Gateway, which uses Femtocell technology, will work with any Vodafone 3G handset and in any location - provided you have a broadband connection of over 1Mbps. Vodafone have tested the Gateway for over 6 months and claim that the technology works perfectly, even when the broadband line is in heavy use.

The downside is that it isn’t free, the device will be offered as either an outright purchase or as part of a monthly calling plan. However, anyone who’s struggled to make a call from home may well think that the convenience this device offers is well worth the initial cost? There are plans to develop the service further by offering the equivalent of Wi-Fi in your home, which may appeal to some, particularly when you consider that many people experience some difficulty with traditional Wi-Fi equipment. It remains to be seen, however, whether this idea will take off - but it could herald a whole new way of connecting to the mobile networks inside buildings and that has to be a welcome advance?

The Vodafone Access Gateway is available to buy on-line or from Vodafone stores and is expected to cost around £160. Monthly rental plans will also be offered for around £5 a month on its own, or as part of a mobile airtime contract.

Author Helen Davies

The New C5 Smartphone Part of the C series from Nokia

Pre-pay — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:21:36 +0100

Nokia have introduced the Nokia C5, a smartphone optimized for social networking and sharing. The compact device includes access to Nokia’s range of mobile services, such as free navigation, in one affordable package, with an estimated retail price of £120 or 135 Euros, before taxes and subsidies.

With direct access to favorite contacts on the device homescreen and Facebook status updates visible from the phonebook, the Nokia C5 keeps people connected with the ones who matter the most. Accessing social networking sites, such as Facebook and MySpace, is fast and easy, while instant messaging and email accounts from Ovi Mail and other email providers are available through Nokia Messaging. Loaded with a 3.2 megapixel camera, a 2GB memory card that comes in-box and high speed data connection for effortless uploading of photos and videos to various online communities, the Nokia C5 delivers an outstanding sharing experience.

The Nokia C5 offers the latest version of Ovi Maps with free walk and drive navigation, including location sharing with Facebook friends. The Nokia C5 smartphone also provides fast web browsing, allowing easy access to favorite Internet sites, Ovi Music*) and a range of applications through the Ovi Store.

The Nokia C5 is expected to be released during the second quarter of 2010.

The new Cseries represents the core of Nokia portfolio, focusing on social interaction between friends and family.

Reduce the Environmental impact – Recycle your old mobile phone

Pre-pay — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 23:47:42 +0100

Old or unused mobile phones create a significant percentage of the worlds overall, electronic waste, and the scale of the problem is growing year on year. This year, total worldwide mobile phone ownership is set to surpass 3 billion. That is approximately one handset for every two people on the planet, and with growing demand and development, the market shows no sign of reaching saturation point. The latest industry figures show that each mobile purchased is used for a average of just 18 months, which means that in as little as three years time there will be around 6 billion unused mobiles filling draws and cupboards around the world.

If you could lay these handsets out end-to-end they would easily stretch around the world multiple times, yet the majority eventually find their way into rubbish bins or a hole in the ground, with no thought given to recycling. All this adds up to an overwhelming environmental problem and one that mobile manufacturers and retailers need to take more seriously. If the mobile industry does not begin to take official guidelines and environmental concerns, more seriously regulations and policy can only begin to come down on it.

Simply discarding a mobile phone into the bin instead of recycling it generally leads to it reaching a landfill or being incinerated, which releases many toxic substances that are important to the operation and manufacture of the handset. However, these toxic substances include heavy metals such as nickel, mercury, and Cadmium one of the earth’s most deadly substances and many more! Which just do not degrade. When a handset reaches landfill these substances, can pollute the environment by leaking into water sources and the food chain, all this leads to a huge ongoing health risk alongside other human initiated environmental factors.

Although not a complete solution to the problem, recycling a mobile phone can help to reduce its environmental impact by prolonging its usefulness, as well as put some extra money in your pocket. Many people hoard mobile phones for one reason or another, probably out of some kind of desire to hold on to the handsets value. As I write this, I am going to check to see how much money I can get for a Sony Ericsson K800i, which is in my bedside table. After checking with envirofone I found that I can get £24.20. Envirofone are going to send out a package for me to send it off in, when they receive the handset and check it over a cheque will be sent to me.

Let’s face it it’s not really that morally correct to use making money as your motivation to recycle an old mobile phone, but why keep something that provides you with no tangible benefits. At least selling it can enable you to play your part the recycling process.

Mobile phone questions and answers

Pre-pay — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:03:42 +0000

Ever since we set up our Twitter page last year www.twitter.com/prepayasyougo we have been receiving questions from followers about everything you could imagine, PAYG, Contracts, Handsets, specifications, How to top up the list could go on and on.
Some of the conversations with our followers have been extensive and hopefully ended with a full answer to their questions; but some of the questions we receive have required an answer based on opinion. This type of question would be someone requesting advice on which handset is better or which handset would you buy etc
Obviously here at pre-pay-as-you-go we try not to be biased when giving advice but with so many questions being requiring our opinions we thought why not put the questions to our visitors to get a true unbiased answer.

Find The Best Mobile Phone Deals With The Pay As You Go Deal Finder

Pre-pay — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:12:34 +0000

If you're looking for a great pay as you go mobile phone deal, then you have to check out our new Deal Finder mobile tool. The Deal Finder is so easy to use and it'll help you quickly find the best mobile deal out there. You can use the multi-search options to sift through all of the most popular phone makes in just a few seconds.

The PAYG Deal Finder presents the results in an easy to read format, which makes it great for comparing the best pay as you deals around. It provides tariff formation on all of the most popular networks including - Orange, Virgin mobile, Vodafone, Three, O2, and T-Mobile. You can fully customise your Deal Finder search by choosing the phones make and model, network, monthly minutes and the contract length, if you're looking for a monthly mobile price plan. This handy little tool breaks down your results into Phones, Price, Tariff, Minutes, Texts, Monthly Offer Details and it even gives you a handy link to the phone stores.

The pay as you go Deal Finder will save you a lot of time when you're looking for your new mobile. You no longer have to visiting each site and look through pages of boring tariffs. The pay monthly Deal Finder does all the hard work for you, and all you have to do is choose the best deal. It couldn't be easier to use. The tool is constantly updated with the newest phones and the latest savings. So, you'll be able to get the latest handset, with the best possible deal.

Take a look and let us know what you think of the Mobile phone deal finder

Pay as you go extras

Pre-pay — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:09:50 +0000

Many people when they think pay as you go think of it as just having a phone that is topped up with credit when needs be.

This could not be further from the truth as in the past few years all of the UK based mobile networks have introduced pay as you go extras sometimes referred to as bonuses, perks, rewards or boosters.

The pay as you go extra is an extremely useful tool for pay as you go users as its main purpose is to stretch the value of a top up and save money.

Extras come in all shapes and sizes and allow users to buy extra texts, minutes and internet time directly from any pay as you go mobile phone with the credit already purchased.

Even better is the current influx of special automatic bonuses mobile networks are giving away instantly with differing top up amounts.

As an example, Virgin mobile recently released a new pay as you tariff called the Addict tariff, which gives a user an instant reward for topping up.

Rewards include
Three hundred free texts to UK networks, Web access for 30p a day, 20p per min flat rate for calls to UK mobiles & landlines, for topping up with £10 a month.

For further Addidct tariff information please go to Virgin pre pay sim cards

Mobile Phone Wireless Charging

Pre-pay — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 12:58:47 +0000

Everyone will agree the most annoying aspect of a mobile phone is when the battery dies, especially if the battery dies when you are in the middle of a call or on the way to a meeting.

The obvious solution to this problem is charge your phone before you use it – however just doing this can be a chore, finding the right cable, finding a spare plug and waiting for it to charge.

However the future has arrived, or so the manufactures would love us to believe, Wireless Charging !

You can now charge your phone or gadget wirelessly, gone is the need to find the cable and find a spare plug. You can simply place a special cover on your phone, also adding protection to the phone like any cover would, and then place your phone on a special mat and as if by magic it charges your phone.

Many different gadgets can be charged from one mat meaning no more hassle finding a spare plug or looking for the charger.

Also if your friend or workplace has the same mat you can just put your phone on their pad to get charged. However the obvious draw back is there is quite a few wireless charging mats and adapters on the market and they are not compatible with each other. The future is a wireless charging standard, so all mats charge all receivers.

Imagine how useful it would be to be to walk into Starbucks and put your phone on the side and have it charge whilst you drink your coffee, or the table on the train charges your phone? Hopefully this is not too far away, however I do believe the best is yet to come with wireless charging! Watch this space!

Author: Henry

Mobile phone’s are they the future of mobile computing?

Pre-pay — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:32:00 +0000

The first notion of a hand held computers appeared on our screens during episodes of Star Trek. Mr Spock holds his Tricorder, which is essentially a lap top computer with a built in scanner. You can see from the image the basic design incorporates a screen, possibly a fraction smaller than the modern Mobile Phone Screens which often have a size range from 2 inch to 3.5 inch in size.

Little did the creators of such sci-fi movies realise that they would have inspired a myriad of technological advances and indeed items that are now in every day use.

One other feature of Spock’s Tricorder was that he used to play it like a Harp, which is amusing when you consider that modern mobile phones include entertainment features such as games like Guitar Hero, audio and video players.
Clearly scientists identified that there would be a need for an analytical device that could also have a multiple purpose, including communication and entertainment.

Current Mobile Computing

The notebook computer, is extremely popular, small and more portable in comparison to a standard size Laptop and easily fit into bags etc, but a computer is all that it is. "Yes I agree with what you are thinking" with a voip phone attached you can make calls. Attaching a bluetooth dongle allows you to share files, you can play games and send email. But all this adds weight and size to the note book and makes it less practical as a portable computing device.

So what is the future of mobile computing?

Mobile Phone technology has advanced so much that phones have become thinner, smaller; and at the same time processing power & storage capacity have increased to make the modern mobile a multi media device. This has also led to some mobile phones being designed with built in Qwerty keyboards. Therefore, does this mean that the age of the Notebook Computer will be short lived, as it is much easier for us to carry around the Qwerty Keyboard Mobile Phone

Example Handsets

The LG KS360 has a slide out Qwerty Keyboard so that the user can easily type away while browsing the Internet or sending an e-mail.

The Nokia N97, this phone comes with a 5-megapixel camera, has a touch sensitive screen, and a Qwerty Keyboard, as well as a plethora of usefull office and entertainment features/software all wrapped up into an ergonomically pleasing mobile.

As more applications are added and the consumer gets used to working on a smaller screen, the notepad computer may in the near future only appeal to business users who are travelling long distances via public transport. For the average person on the street, the mobile with a Qwerty keyboard I beleive will be the better option as it can be used anywhere, is small and compact, a telephone as well as being a means of surfing the Net, e-mailing, entertainment and visiting Social Websites.

Do you have an opinion on any of the points made above, or do you simply agree or disagree with the thoughts of the author?

Author: Phill Chesters

Buying a mobile phone for a Christmas gift for a young person

Pre-pay — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:36:20 +0000

It's a great idea to buy a mobile phone for children as they get older and start to go out with their friends. Mobiles mean they can be in with the crowd having a funky mobile with all the latest gadgets on it (camera, mp3 player, games) but also that you can ring them when they're late home and make sure they're on their way. It can also be used to track children as there are several companies offering this service. You can then keep an eye on where your kids are.

A mobile is also useful for when they want to ring you for a lift home. It can be reassuring to know that children can ring you the minute they need help with a mobile phone - but that's only true if they have credit on it. Sometimes the more credit you put on a phone the more they'll spend. This is something to watch with children - keep an eye on how much they spend on their mobile and set limits. Make sure they know what the limits are and it'll be easy to restrict this.

So they can always ring you it's possible to add a reverse number call option to their phone book. Look into these though as they can be quite dear to use.

So what age should you buy a child a mobile phone? I think the older they are the better. Very young children have no need of one - buy them a plastic toy version that beeps if they insist on a phone. Early teens should be the earliest - some parents see the start of secondary school as important for this first phone purchase. Whether you buy one for Christmas or a birthday, it's a good idea to check with the child what phone they might want - if they are going to want to take photos on their phone it's important to make sure they have a camera built in! A phone really can make an excellent Christmas present!

Author Di Drinkwater.

Are you looking to buy a PayG Mobile as a Christmas present? If so we have put together some information, in which we have arranged handsets via price range. Click the relevant link for your budget. PayG £10-£30 PayG £30-£60 PayG £60-£100

Vodafone 541 Touch screen Mobile £40

Pre-pay — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:50:43 +0000

You may be thinking that any touch screen mobile that is available for £40 must be cheap and tacky! And to be honest that’s exactly what I thought before I got my hands on one. Once I did I quickly realised that Vodafone have got not just a cheaply priced touch screen handset, but also one with features that aren’t usually available on handsets at this price.

Currently available in pink and black the “541 Touch “or VF541 which it is also known as, has a remarkably responsive 2.4-inch QVGA colour touch screen, making navigation and general usage of the handset extremely easy. However, apart from the basic features that you would expect on 90% of handsets these days the 541 has built in radio with RDS, Bluetooth and usb connectivity for which both make sharing your favourite images and music with your friends a synch.

Before I purchase a handset I like to play around with it and explore the menu system, which with the 541 isn’t over complicated but I was pleasantly surprised when I discovered a little gem of a feature called home screen widgets. This truly thought full feature allows you to at the touch of a finger access your favourite content and swap and change it as you see fit, this feature I liked a lot it gives the handset character.

Again for the price usually you would expect the 541 to be rather a standard looking model but Vodafone seem to have put some real effort into producing an handset that not only has features to compete with handsets at near twice the price but also one that has the looks to compete at any level.

A quick round up of some of the features that make this handset remarkable for the price include, MicroSD memory card slot maximum 4GB supported, embedded images and animations, Accelerometer, Home screen Widgets and a 2.4” Touch screen.

To find out more about the Vodafone 541 and its features visit Vodafone PayG Mobiles

Author: Tracy Higgins

I.C.E On Your Mobile Phone

Pre-pay — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:25:28 +0000

You are probably wondering what have ice and mobile phones got to do with one another, well in short, not a lot really! That is until you realise I.C.E is an acronym
which is short for ‘In case of an emergency’ I know your still thinking ok what’s the connection to your mobile, please read on!

If you are out somewhere and are unfortunate to have an accident, it is useful for a third party who may find you to see that your Mobile Phone has an I.C.E number on its list of contacts.

You may of course be thinking that you are never going to have an accident or incident that you would need to have an I.C.E number for. Well let me shatter the illusion for you, no one is ever in control and no one can ever legislate for any ‘Random, Incident’, we can risk manage but things in life can happen above and beyond our control.

The I.C.E number should be placed on your Mobile Phones contacts list so that anyone who has read this article and the Emergency services know whom your first point of contact should be. This is especially useful if you suffer from a complaint or Illness that may need specific treatment or information.

It maybe sounds unusual to have this kind of number on your handset but if you think about it from this perspective then hopefully you will understand the importance.

Stay Safe!

Author: Phil Chesters

Vga Camera phones, why bother?

Pre-pay — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:50:01 +0000

Back in 2003, the camera phone was still a relatively new concept and for the majority of handsets the camera was something you had to attach via a cable.

These cameras where basically of the same specification as the camera’s built into handsets at the time, which was 640X480 which is just 0.3 megapixels.

Now in 2009 the Vga camera phone still exists even though it is rumored that Samsung are due to release a 12-megapixel camera phone later this year.

Last week I was reading a thread on a forum I frequent and someone asked the question, why do manufacturers still bother to release phones with a Vga camera? At the time, I did not give it much thought.

Since then I’ve been updating pre-pay-as-you-go with new handsets and it struck me that a large part of current manufactures handsets are still sold with Vga cameras built in. This then reminded me of the question I read on the forum last week.

So why do manufacturers bother doing this? I suppose the answer is a simple one and is that there must be a market for them. However, I do not really understand why as mobiles containing a Vga camera are the most basic of handsets available.

For example, the LG KP130 is currently available on T-Mobile and is priced at £14.67, whilst this is a great price for a mobile phone if someone is willing to spend £10.33 pence more Vodafone have the 533, which has a 1.3 megapixel camera available. In laymen’s terms the camera is able to take pictures at 4 times the quality of the LG KP130 for little extra expense.
So I remain pondering the question, why bother with a Vga camera phone.

Nokia to sue Apple over patent infringement

Pre-pay — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:20:42 +0100

A court in Delaware US has received a complaint from Nokia insinuating that Apple had infringed upon Nokia patents that cover wireless data, speech coding, security and encryption and that all Apple iPhone models released since 2007 included Nokia’s intellectual property.

There are ten patents that make up this dispute; they all relate to technologies fundamental to making devices, which are compatible with, one or more of the GSM, UMTS 3G WCDMA and wireless LAN standards.

If you know anymore about this, please comment and share!

T-Mobile UK To Go Into Business With Orange

Pre-pay — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 13:26:43 +0100

Finally, the ongoing saga of what or who would purchase T-Mobile UK has ended with Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom Orange agreeing to merge their UK mobile businesses.

T-Mobile’s decision to go with Orange seems initially to be motivated by money, with rival bidders Vodafone and O2 both bidding around £3.5 billion. This was according to industry sources far too low for Deutsche Telekom, who had hoped for bids of over £4 billion.

So what difference benefits does a merger between these two mobile giants mean for the consumer? Initially I don’t know but as T-Mobile and Orange have agreed to the venture being split 50:50 this will create a clear market leader in the UK with a combined market share of 37% with over 28 million customers. Making it the clear UK mobile market leader with O2 at 27% and Vodafone 25% respectively.

I personally hope this will be a catalyst for change in the UK mobile market, especially for prepaid customers who want to see more handsets made available.

Nokia acquires Dopplr

Pre-pay — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:31:53 +0100

Nokia and Dopplr announced today that Nokia has acquired Dopplr Oy, a privately-held mobile service provider for international travelers. Dopplr has a team of seven people with offices in London and Helsinki. The Dopplr team brings to Nokia's Services unit unique know-how in creating internet-based communities and showing their journeys, experiences and tastes collectively on the web.

The acquisition does not change the current Dopplr service which is available at Dopplr.com and on platforms where Dopplr is integrated.

More About Nokia
Nokia is a pioneer in mobile telecommunications and the world's leading maker of smart mobile phone devices. Today, Nokia are connecting people in new and different ways - fusing advanced mobile technology with personalized services to enable people to stay close to what matters to them. Nokia also provide comprehensive digital map information through NAVTEQ; and equipment, solutions and services for communications networks through Nokia Siemens Networks.

More About Dopplr
Dopplr is a service for smart travellers. Dopplr members share personal and business travel plans privately with their networks, and highlight interesting places to stay, eat and explore in cities around the world. Dopplr presents this collective intelligence - the travel patterns and preferences of the world's most frequent travellers - as a Social Atlas.

Benefits To The Average Nokia Customer
In 2009, Nokia have been busy, extremely busy! Purchasing software development companies from all areas of the world, this is a good thing right? However, how will Nokia’s purchase of Dopplr benefit the average mobile user, will it be included in some kind of application for future handsets? I do not know.

If you are a Dopplr user let us know what you think of Nokia’s involvement.

How To Save Money With A Vodafone Pay As You Go Sim Card

Pre-pay — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:14:00 +0100

I hated being tied to a monthly mobile phone contract. I like having freedom and being able to control how much I spend each month. I don't want to throw away my money, so now I always go with a pay as you go sim only option.

I wasn't sure if my current phone would be compatible with the Vodafone pay as you go sim . But, it didn't matter, Vodafone sorted it all out, and unlocked it for me. I'm more than happy with my phone, and it still works perfectly. Keeping it saves me money and I don't have to waste my time learning how to use a new phone. I like the fact that you can keep your old number too. There's nothing worse than having to waste your credit sending out the.. I've changed my number text. It's expensive too, especially if you've got a lot of mates.

There are all sorts of pay as you go options like the Vodafone super sim you can choose from. I find that I use my phone the most at the weekends, so I top up with a fiver and get my weekend calls free. I also get unlimited texts too, so my credit goes a lot further these days.

You can get a lot more for your money these day with a sim only option, and some Vodafone pay as you go packages offer even more minutes and texts than monthly contracts. If you top up £10 with the Vodafone freedom pack you get 100 minutes and 300 texts. Add just another fiver and you double you talktime and texts.

If you are interested in what Vodafone have to offer, take a look at their sim only products.

Ovi Mail by Nokia hits 1 million user mark

Pre-pay — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:07:32 +0100

Rapid uptake in developing world and over 650,000 accounts created on device

With over one million accounts activated in just over six months, Ovi Mail is quickly establishing itself as the email account for the developing world. Specifically designed for on device set-up, people can get their first email address and create and manage their accounts - no PC needed.

"More than just reaching a company milestone, this proves to us that there is a real appetite in the developing world for these types of tailored services," said Tom Furlong, head of Consumer Messaging at Nokia. "For first-time email users, Ovi Mail provides a digital identity and we are thrilled by its rapidly rising adoption rate."

The inspiration for Ovi Mail came from the growing number of people, mostly in developing countries, without access to a PC. The top five countries for Ovi Mail subscribers are India, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia and South Africa. Since its inception in December 2008, Ovi Mail is available in more than 180 countries and supports 20 languages.

Ovi Mail is free to set-up straight out of the box and comes with spam filters to block unwanted emails. It is also accessible from a broad range of Nokia devices with the Nokia 2330 classic, Nokia 2630 and Nokia 5310 XpressMusic being some of the most popular devices used.

To access Ovi Mail, simply go to the email setup wizard on your Nokia Series 40 device or Nokia S60 device such as the Nokia N97. Ovi Mail is also available on the web at mail.ovi

Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Melayu, Bengali, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Latin America Spanish, Portugese (Brazil), Portugese (Portugal), Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, (UK) English, (US) English and Vietnamese.

Introducing The New LG BL40 Chocolate

Pre-pay — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:22:34 +0100

The fourth of the LG black label series the new LG chocolate has finally been released!

This Handset is slick, slim and simply put has the ‘best display ever seen’ on a mobile phone.

It's 4.0 LCD touchscreen allows you to view entire web pages at an instant and to take videos in cinema style quality! It boasts a 5.0 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash that provide a vivid range of natural colours allowing pictures to really come to life before your very eyes. Store your images or upload them to the internet.

The LG BL40 is no ordinary touch screen phone, it has a tempered glass finish which allows you to glide across the display surface with ease. Plus there is haptic feedback so you will know when your touch has been actioned, by a light vibration, no more beating your touch screens in frustration!

What a menu system! LG have created an interactive 3D cube which means you can get anywhere on the phone with a swipe of your finger and contents can be rearranged to your preference. First person to get to the web browser wins!

Where you going? This phone has built in GPS, so it can locate your position and plan your journey. Not a Tom-Tom, this is Chocolate-Chocolate.

An email client has also been installed allowing you to receive and send emails across the world with your personal email account, which is a cost effective method of keeping in touch.

A built in music player, is also included allowing you to listen to music, wherever you like, whenever you like.

Java is common for games, but there’s so much more with the new Chocolate, it allows you to add extra functionality to the LG BL40 by installing third party applications to the phone. Add email functionality with Gmail, add a web browser from Opera Mini, add a business directory with Yell.com or keep an eye on a new purchase on Ebay.

It’s not a heavy load; it only weighs 129g, making it a lightweight phone with heavy applications

To find out more about this handset and view prices click here

Crazy Reductions on Popular Payg Handsets

Pre-pay — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:11:02 +0100

Whilst browsing through a popular tabloid newspaper this morning i came across some surprising reductions on popular handsets available at the Carphone Warehouse, i was so surprised by the size of some reductions that i have to share this with our Blog readers.

Business must be slow or the people at the Carphone Warehouse have just decided to knock up to 65% of the price of some of their pay as you go handsets. One in particular that i couldn’t believe my eyes about when i read it was the Massive £120 price reduction on the LG Viewty 5.1 Megapixel touch screen handset, available on Vodafone pay as you go. This reduction brings it down from £199.99 to £79.99, "What a Bargain", to be honest i felt a little sick when i saw this as just yesterday i purchased an LG Arena for my wife on contract. I don’t think she would be happy if I swapped, it for the Viewty do you?

Other handset reductions include 65% of the Nokia 7310 on Virgin pay as you go, which has been reduced from £139.99 to £49.95 saving a massive £90. Also you can Save £20 on the Samsung Tocco lite now £79.95 on Voda PayG.

From the sales chat on the add i was reading these reductions could be for a limited time only (Bank Holiday) but that could be just a roose to get people to purchase quickly. Anyway, there are definitely some great offers to take advantage of at the moment, just remember to read the offer details as you may have to purchase airtime credit to buy a handset for the advertised price.

Follow us on Twitter

Pre-pay — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:52:06 +0100

At pre-pay-as-you-go we are allways looking to engage with people, wether that be via sharing opinions on the latest handsets to informing them of how to save money. A couple of months back we decided that it was time we engage and share our pay as you go product knowledge with the people using Twitter.

Since that time we have had a busy and eventfull few months and have managed to get a few tweets out there, the problem we find is Twitter is so addictive once you’re on there you can’t log off.

To that end we have managed to gather a few followers in a short space of time, and have begun to update them with the latest pay as you go news and offers.

Are you an avid Twitter user or hater, do you use it for website promotion or personnal use? We'd like to hear your opinions.

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The Sony Ericsson K660i on Three PayG is Leaving US Today

Pre-pay — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:33:53 +0100

It’s only been with us a few weeks, but due to Three’s eternal wisdom the Sony Ericsson K660i has been taken off the shelves, and as such we will be removing it from Pre-pay-as-you-go today.

When i first read the spec sheet of this mobile phone, i could not believe how many features and applications it had. I know it’s been around for a while know and mainly on contract, but i think it was definitely worth taking a looking at.

Here is the Description and features.

The Sony Ericsson K660i pay as you go mobile phone provides you with high-speed 3G access to the web and easy use of audio and video, multimedia messaging and email wherever you are. Quickly and easily, send or receive a file on the K660i without cancelling your voice call. Search the Web in landscape mode, and enjoy the convenience of the keypad Web shortcuts.

• 2 Megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom.
• Secondary Video call camera.
• 2 inch TFT display, 256K colors.
• Bluetooth, Gprs, Usb, 3G, Wap, Edge.
• SMS, EMS, MMS, Email.
• Mp3, Polyphonic ring tones and composer.
• Mp3 player, Stereo FM radio with RDS.
• Video recorder, TrackID music recognition.
• Memory Stick Micro (M2), up to 4GB.
• Internal memory 32mb.
• Talk time upto 270 minutes using 3G.
• Google maps, PictBridge, Web feeds. Web browser.
• Picture blogging, Video blogging, Picture editor.
• Video streaming, Media player, MegaBass.
• Send Music via Bluetooth to a headset with (A2DP).
• Calendar, Calculator, Speakerphone.
• Games, Java enabled, Hands free, Vibrate alert.
• 256MB memory card included.

If you own a Sony Ericsson K660i or have in the past, we would like to hear your opinions about it.

For the latest pay as you go handsets visit our Three PayG information page.

T-Mobile withdraws from Carphone Warehouse and Phones 4U

Pre-pay — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:25:39 +0100

T-Mobile's withdrawal from Phones 4U and Carphone Warehouse is it a cost cutting exercise. Or is this the end for T-Mobile UK?

News T-Mobile has all but withdrawn from Phones 4U and Carphone Warehouse makes interesting reading, but only increases speculation over it's future sale.

At first, it would appear the move is a blow to independent retailers, who have angry customers walking away from stores because they can’t get T-Mobile products. But what kind of customer does T-Mobile really attract? except for a couple of Android handsets, T-Mobile handset exclusives hardly compare to the likes of the Iphone on o2 or the Blackberry bold on Vodafone.

Would its withdrawal from the mobile retail market realy impact anyone?

Could T-Mobile's absence be useful, and create a gap in the market for a newcomer or the remaining networks to figth over?

What should retailers make of it? It could be a chance for them to pick up some slack. More likely, however, a network clamping down on acquisition costs will pull out of it's other poor performing markets.

If your a T-Mobile customer and want to add your opinion, please comment.

We would especially like to hear peoples thoughts on who should buy T-Mobile UK, and wether your pay monthly or pay as you go customer.

For the latest pay as you go handsets visit T-mobile PayG

The New Samsung Steel L810 on Voda payG

Pre-pay — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:20:40 +0100

This week we have added the stylish Samsung Steel L810 slider phone to pre-pay-as-you-go, which is available on Vodafone at £69.99.

With its 3.2 megapixel camera, with autofocus and a 3-x zoom, which helps you take the best images possible, and a multi shot feature that takes 6, 9, or 15 shots simultaneously. The Samsung steel could be the perfect handset for a budding mobile photographer, at a reasonable price.

To find out more visit Vodafone mobiles

Vodafone consider bidding for T-Mobile UK

Pre-pay — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:43:22 +0100

The rumours that Deutsche Telekom, the owner of T-Mobile Uk have considered selling their UK operation have been circling around the press for a while now, with the 3 network being the first party touted as interested in making an offer.

Today it has emerged from sources as yet unknown, that Vodafone which currrently has a 25% UK market share, is mulling over the idea of making a bid.
So far Vodafone have declined to make a comment on the rumour, so who knows what the truth is.

If Vodafone where to complete a purchase of T-Mobile UK, Vodafone would become the largest mobile operator in the UK with a market share of 40%.

Any such move by Vodafone could be blocked by regulators.

Do you have any information to add to this story? if you do please comment

The Sony Ericsson K660i on 3 PayG

Pre-pay — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:49:19 +0100

New this week on pre-pay-as-you-go is the Sony Ericsson K660i black and silver.

Having never used this handset, I believe if it were on any other network; its price would be too steep for the features on offer. However, if you factor in the Three networks current offering of Free Skype to Skype calls and the numerous other benefits available to a pay as you go user, the K660i suddenly becomes a much more attractive proposition.

If you are looking for a mobile internet handset then the K660i is defiantly worth looking at. Internet focused features include Google maps, PictBridge, Web feeds, Web browser, Video streaming, Picture blogging, Video blogging, Picture editor and more!

As I’ve been writing this, piece and looking into the features of the K660i I’ve found myself disagreeing with my earlier thoughts on its price as its none internet focused features aren’t that bad either. In fact, it comes with a package of features that I personally would be happy to use.

If you own or have used one, please tell everyone how you rate this handset.

You can find out more about K660i at Three PayG