New to Virgin Mobile on pre-pay-as-you-go this week is the sleek & sexy Samsung S5200 Black & Gold, this handset will definitely attract attention from the more fashion conscious.

However, good looks aren’t everything you know! What about substance, features, and battery life? If this is something that concerns you when choosing a new mobile phone then don’t worry!  The S5200 is packed with useful features like a 3.2-Megapixel camera with digital zoom and LED flash, Trans flash memory card support of up to 8GB that’s huge.

In addition, with a built in FM radio with RDS and Mp3 player, the S5200 Black ticks all the boxes if you’re looking for a multipurpose mobile for under £100. Oh and with battery talk time of up to 300 minutes/5 hours, there’s no need to worry about being caught out whilst chatting.

If all thats got your attention and you want more information, you can read more here: Samsung S5200 .

It’s just been brought to my attention there’s a S5200 pink available you can view it here  Samsung S5200 Pink  

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.

New to the website this week is the 533 available on Vodafone pay as you go. It's a superb well rounded slim slider mobile phone that doesn’t cost the earth. It’s slim and light, and comes with an MP3 player and Bluetooth, and a quality 1.3 megapixel camera with 4x zoom.

Vodafone recently reduced the price of the majority of all of their pay as you go handsets and the 533 was one of them. Now available at £25 with £5 free credit its a true bargain for the price.