UK: Woolworths announced yesterday a dual-change to it's current retailing of music and video - firstly, that from August, it would no longer sell CD singles in it's stores - and secondly that it was launching a digital download site for Mobiles. The new Woolworths site will offer ringtones, wallpapers, and Java games for mobiles, and [...]

In the UK: Tracking technology created by Path Technologies is being used to watch how shoppers mobe around shopping malls, according to The Register. By installing their receivers in the shopping centre, Path are able to pick up comms between handsets and base stations, enabling location-fix to within a couple of metres. There are apparently two [...]

Orange UK has started to sell it's LiveRadio device, which utilises an ADSL connection and Streaming technology, to listen to up to 4000 internet radio stations. Because it's using WiFi, it's also not location-limited within/near to the user's house. The LiveRadio isn't a new concept - but the spin by Orange is that tracks users like [...]

Lightspeed Research has released the results of its survey of 1000 Britons to evaluate the likely take up of mobile internet shopping. With mobile phone penetration higher than that of PCs, shopping from the mobile phone has the potential to be the next big thing in retail. The survey results indicated a positive response to the [...]

Phones 4U, which is a popular highstreet retailer in the UK, is apparently facing an investigation for alleged misselling, according to the FT. Phones 4U has over 440 stores in the UK, generated sales of £755mn in 2007 - as you can see then, a major player….. Ofcom, the UK Telecoms regulator, has said that it [...]

Following on from Dusan's post, BT have released more details on their plan to give their broadband customers smartphones, so that they can capture more of the UK mobile market. The new "BT ToGO" handsets will work on home/public WiFi, and utilise mobile networks when WiFi isn't available. The two devices were named as the S620 [...]

Asda has announced Britain's lowest priced PAYG (Pay As You Go) mobile phones deal, selling handsets for £5! Apparently it's a "no strings" deal so you can buy just the device, without needing to buy an credit (although clearly you'd need some to make calls…..). Over 50,000 of the handset will be available at stores [...]

Vodafone UK is offering a £10/month discount on two of their tariffs (£35/month and £40/month) when customers sign up for 18 months - they have even done a bit of research to show why this is so important! Apparently, 52% of us Brits say that on at least one occasion, £10 had made a significant difference [...]

Motorola have gone live with an awesome competition for those of that are a bit creative with old digital video - how do you fancy winning (a) one Motorola Z10, and (b) £10,000? Yes? Then read on! The competition The competition is extremely easy to enter. Entrants should pick a ‘logline’ from the list below (‘logline’ being [...]

3UK customers are going to being offered the "Vuzix iWear AV920 3D headsets" from this month. This is apparently the equivalent of a 62-inch screen! Althoughthe iWear kit can be hooked up to any device that can play video, clearly 3's take is that owners of high-end devices will use their headsets with their phones [...]