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The latest Mobile News for October
Welcome to the October edition of the Phones 2U Direct email news letter. This month we have the exciting launch of Apple iPhone in the UK, details of the Vodafone Musicstation store, new services being planned by eBay and Google, plus some great new releases from Samsung and HTC as well as the latest offers for October. Thanks for reading!
News
- Vodafone offers unlimited mobile music
Musicstation partnership brings 1 million tracks... more
- eBay to allow SMS bidding for online auctions
Full rollout expected after successful Spanish trial... more
- Micro USB to be made universal common connector
Different mobile handset chargers to be a thing of the past... more
- Gpay may bring Paypal style transactions to your phone
Details emerge of Googles virtual money... more
- HTC's triple handset launch in London
S730, P6500 and Touch DUAL... more
- Samsung F310 Serenata
Bang & Olufsen music phone slides in... more
Latest Handsets
Apple iPhone
Following the massive success of the iPod, and having already sold over 1 million units of the iPhone in the US, Apple have announced the UK launch date for their much hyped telecomms device - 9th November. O2 are the sole network provider and pricing is fixed at £269 for the 8GB model, plus a monthly contract from £35 a month.
Apple have crammed the iPhone full of functionality and a slick, intuitive user interface to put it all under your control. Having a multiple-point touch-screen system, navigation around the iPhone is quick and easy, tap what you want, stretch a picture between two thumbs to zoom, rotate the iPhone and the internal accelerometer detects the motion and rotates the image to go from tall to widescreen mode for pictures, video and even websites!
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The Apple iPhone works as a full music and video iPod, and with a large widescreen offers great entertainment on the move. Texting on the iPhone is simple too, with texts visable as conversations, allowing you to scroll through and quickly go over what has been said. Pictures can be taken on the 2 Megapixel camera and sent via MMS or E-mail on the iPhone in seconds with fast navigation, resizing, rotating and cropping to help you find and adjust them as you like.
The Apple iPhone is also great for web browsing, with the large, clear LCD screen and Safari browser, the iPhone allows you to view a web-page from a zoomed out view, choose a part to zoom into, rotate between tall/widescreen modes to suit and center on features like images to see them in full-screen quality. The Apple iPhone supports the Google Maps service too, so for instance you can use your iPhone to find a restaurants in a town, choose one, get directions and even click on their telephone number to dial and make a booking right then and there!
Other internet-based applications on the Apple iPhone are available through the Widgets system, giving you features like the weather, stocks and more all live direct to your phone! The E-mail system on the iPhone is another superb tool, allowing you to read and write multimedia e-mails. Writing them with the iPhone couldn't be easier too as text is handled using an full on-screen QWERTY keyboard with predictive text and correction should you accidently mis-type a key while you type!
Click here to be the first with the Apple iPhone direct from O2 or at The Carphone Warehouse
Nokia 6500 Slide
The Nokia 6500 slide should not be confused with the 6500 Classic. This photo-centric handset has a video calls camera and is the first Nokia feature phone to be equipped with a 3.2 megapixel camera. The camera itself has Carl Zeiss optics, auto focus and a dual LED flash plus video recording in VGA resolution (15fps). It is based on the S40 user interface and features dual band 3G support (WCDMA 850/2100) and quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support.
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The Nokia 6500 slide also boasts a 2.2" 16M color TFT display with a QVGA resolution and connectivity wise is equipped with a microUSB slot, Bluetooth, and a TV-out jack. The TV-out jack is not only for browsing your pictures on a large screen but also can be used for exciting features such as TV video calls and TV video conference calls. The device is further equipped with a FM radio with RDS and a microSD memory slot with support of up to 4GB memory cards.
When it comes to design, the Nokia 6500 slide doesn't fail to impress, too. The body has a brushed stainless steel finish plus some clear hard coating which should prevent scratches and fingerprints.
See the Nokia 6500 Slide at Phones 2U Direct
Motorola Q9
The Motorola Q9 3G, is a Motorola handset which will be running on the NEW Windows Smartphone platform Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.0. This is an increadible small handset given that it has a QWERTY keyboard and a whole host of technology packed inside it.
Now the Motorola Q9 has been upgraded to a 3G handset, this gives the Q9 a high
speed internet connection whereever there is 3G coverage.
When 3G is unavailable, use the GPRS connection for fast access to the internet
and to send or recieve emails.
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A Mini SD slot will be included so that you can expand your Q9's
memory to accomodate the lots of MP3 Files, photos and videos.
The Moto Q9 has been given Quad-band capabilities so that the handset can be
used almost everywhere on the globe.
Bluetooth and Infra-red connectivity is also included in the Motorola Q9 so
you can communicate wirelessly with a bluetooth headset or use the Q9 as an
optional modem for a laptop.
See the Motorola Q9 at Phones 2U Direct
October Offers
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