Mobiles reviews - three

3 does 1m mobile broadband customers, announces new dongle

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:46:22 +0000

3 has announced sales of over 1m USB mobile broadband dongles to customers across the UK, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Denmark and Austria. This has been due, in no small part, to the very attractive cost vs data propositions they have come up with: Also, a new dongle is now available - the Huawei E160G is [...]

T-Mobile unveils T-Mobile @Home service

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:10:51 +0000

Still tied to that wireline service of yours? If you just can't bear to part with your landline and make the jump to go completely wireless, T-Mobile has just announced their T-Mobile @Home service. The UMA service aims to marry your landline and wireless phone service in wireless minute-saving bliss. The service requires T-Mobile wireless [...]

Hutchison's 3 to carry iPhone in Hong Kong and Macau

Thu, 29 May 2008 10:38:24 +0000

Today Hutchison Telecommunications released the following statement: Hutchison Telecommunications (Hong Kong) Limited today announced that it has signed an agreement with Apple to bring the iPhone to Hong Kong and Macau later this year. Mainland China, Japan, Russia and interestingly Spain remain relatively big untapped markets for Apple's handset. At least officially, users from the countries mentioned [...]

Mini-review: 3UK: Vuzix 3D headset!

Fri, 23 May 2008 13:00:50 +0000

You might remember that I posted not so long ago regarding the "Vuzix iWear AV920 3D headsets" that are now available from 3UK (see here). Following up on that, I've had the chance to play with a set, thanks to Wahid Aziz (Accessories Product Manager at 3). Below is my mini-review on the product! Kit So, what [...]

3UK more than halves price of Prepay 3G-USB dongle

Fri, 16 May 2008 22:30:38 +0000

3UK's 3G-USB dongle can now be bought for £49.99, less than half it's original price. The dongle war appears to be hotting up, with this being the latest in a series of announcement by the various UK Operators to try and get customers on board with their offering. 3UK's dongle are made by ZTE and [...]

3 brings mobile gaming and movie headsets to UK

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:50:39 +0000

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 [...]

3UK: Fun Text gives messaging emotion

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:24:22 +0000

Fun Text is to have it's messaging app embedded on a selection of 3UK devices. The result of the deal is that users will have the option to select Fun Text services, alongside SMS and MMS, in the messaging menu of the devices in quesition. Fun Text essentially allows users to choose from a range of [...]

UK: 3 Extends Cheap International Calls Deal

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:30:45 +0000

3 has extended its Pay As You Go offering with the introduction of international calls and texts to Poland, India and Pakistan for the same price as local UK calls until 31st August 2008. The operator's Flat 12 top-up tariff, which provides 12p a minute calls to UK mobiles and landlines had now been extended to [...]

UK: H3G welcomes Motorola back by taking the RAZR2 V9

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:21:44 +0000

Three is to start offering Motorola handsets again for the first time in over 18 months with the introduction of the RAZR2 V9. Readers may know that Motorola had some very popular handsets with H3G, such as the A1000, before they put an emphasis on other manufacturers such as Nokia, and Sony Ericsson. We all know the [...]

Mobispine goes live on 3neXt

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:11:56 +0000

Our friends from Mobispine have managed to get “inside” 3neXt portal . Run by Hutchinson Whampoa’s 3 network, 3neXt is an online community for customers of 3 that allows them to leave comments, rate software, write reviews and more. Plus, it’s also a catalog of useful and cool mobile apps. Back to Mobispine… If you still haven’t download it, I really don’t know what you’re waiting for. It’s probably THE best Java-based mobile news reader which doesn’t just let you go through your favorite RSS feeds, but also optimizes images for faster download. At the moment, they have more than 250,000 feeds and 15 million international news articles and blogs in their database. Finally, yes you can also subscribe to IntoMobile from Mobispine by following this link . ---Related Articles at IntoMobile:Mobispine available on 3 Denmark's Planet 3 mobile portalSwedish Industry magazine "Mobil" praises MobispineMobispine goes Facebook; Enables instant news sharing with your Facebook friendsMobispine - free mobile RSS reader3 is an operator that actually wants you to use your mobile to its fullest potential

3's Skypephone selling like hotcakes

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 20:09:19 +0000

So, it’s not just the iPhone that’s selling like fresh, delicious hotcakes in the UK. The other hot, new handset to hit the island is the 3 Skypephone. We were waiting on the 3 Skypephone launch to see how the hotly anticipated handset would fare in the UK market, and it’s doing damn well. The Skypephone isn’t the high-end jobby that is the iPhone, but with the prospect of making VoIP calls on a pre-paid handset, it’s not hard to see why 3’s retail stores are having trouble keeping the Skypephone in stock. A spokesperson for 3 said that, “A number of stores have sold out, but there will be plenty of stock in for the weekend.” It seems that the interest factor in making internet calls on a pre-paid phone with a minimum £10 a month payment is high, to say the least. Way to go, 3 and Skype. It looks like you guys got a winner on your hands. We wouldn’t put it in our hands, but hey, to each their own. [Via: JustAMP ] ---Related Articles at IntoMobile:O2: iPhone selling like hotcakes - "the fastest selling device we have ever seen"O2's iPhone activation system buckling under pressureWhat would you do?iPhone starts selling in UK this Friday; Set to become the fastest selling handset ever?Apple iPhone is 4th top-selling mobile phone in US

Mobispine available on 3 Denmark's Planet 3 mobile portal

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 16:26:32 +0000

Mobispine , the company behind the popular Java ME-based mobile news reader, has just landed an important deal with Hutchinson’s 3 network in Denmark. Under the agreement, the carrier will include Mobispine’s free client on its Planet 3 mobile portal, allowing its customers to quickly get their daily dose of news directly from their handsets. Commenting on the release, 3 Denmark’s Entertainment Manager, Christiane Vejlø said: “Adding Mobispine to our portfolio of innovative mobile web services allows us to differentiate the mobile experience our users get with 3. With Mobispine, you can redefine the way you use the mobile phone – bringing it closer to what you would expect from a PC Internet experience – wherever, whenever.” And while we’re talking about Mobispine, you can grab our mobile-optimized feed via MobiSpine from here . ---Related Articles at IntoMobile:Swedish Industry magazine "Mobil" praises MobispineMobispine goes Facebook; Enables instant news sharing with your Facebook friendsMobispine - free mobile RSS readerMobile content discovery on U.S. carriers a disasterDisney goes mobile - no it's not the MVNO