Nokia E7 UK pre-orders open: Will you stick with Symbian?

When we first copped the Nokia E7 QWERTY smartphone back in September, we were blown away. It’s one of the most beautiful, astoundingly designed phones we’ve ever seen. You’d have thought then, that today’s news that it’s up for pre-order in the UK at long last would be cause for celebration. The thing is, with Nokia dumping Symbian for Windows Phone 7, is there any point investing in it any more? You tell us, right here.

Head on over to Nokia’s UK online store right now and you can pre-order a Nokia E7, either on a £35 per month contract on T-Mobile or Vodafone, £469 Pay As You Go or £499, for delivery in late April. That wait itelf is galling, especially since the Nokia E7 is shipping internationally already, but what we want to know is if you’ve been lusting after this metal beauty with a 4-inch AMOLED screen, do you still want it, knowing that Nokia is all but giving up on Symbian as a smartphone OS?

Last month, Nokia announced its earth shattering plans to switch to Windows Phone 7, but since we’re not expecting the first Microkia phones until next year, that’s a long wait in between, and Nokia is still hoping to sell plenty of smartphones in the meantime.

The good news is we’re expecting our own Nokia E7 review unit imminently, so you can expect a full verdict long before then. Will you be buying? Let us know in the comments.

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INQ Cloud Touch Android smartphone available for pre-order in the UK for 300 GBP SIM-free

INQ Cloud Touch, the Android-powered smartphone that comes with “deep” Facebook integration, is now available for pre-order in the UK. 299.95 GBP gets you a SIM-free device, 199.95 GBP on Pay as you go, and if you’re willing to sign a carrier contract, you can get the Cloud Touch without paying a single dime upfront, as long as you commit on a two-year 20 GBP a month plan. Carphone Warehouse said the INQ Cloud Touch will start shipping on April 6.

Specs wise, INQ’s baby rocks a 3.5-inch HVGA (480×320) touchscreen, 5-megapixel camera, GPS, WiFi, HSDPA, FM radio, 600 MHz processor and a microSD memory card slot. Android 2.2 Froyo is running the show with a specially-designed Facebook application that works on the phone’s homescreen, allowing users to access Friends, Messages, their Wall, Notifications and Places.

Aside from the Cloud Touch, INQ also makes Cloud Q, which is a candybar device with physical QWERTY keyboard that will hit the market at some point in June…

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Three announce All You Can Eat Data on PAYG

Three have just announced the next step in their All You Can Eat data campaign which started back in December on The One Plan.

You might have seen we recently put this ‘All You Can Eat’ data statement to the extreme and went through over 45GB in just two weeks, well the great news is that AYCE data is coming to Pay As You Go from today!.

Customers can now purchase two AYCE bundles which include an allowance of minutes, texts and of course the all important data allowance, the two deals are:

• All in One 15 costs £15 and gives 30-days access to all-you-can-eat data along with a massive 300 any-network minutes and 3,000 texts
• All in One 25 costs £25 and offers 500 minutes, 3,000 texts and all-you-can-eat data for a 30-day period.

New customers can now access all-you-can-eat data by buying one of Three’s new Pay As You Go, All in One 15 or 25 Add-ons. Pay As You Go Customers who joined Three prior to September 2010 will need to migrate onto the current tariff.

And if you still do not believe in AYCE Data, then check out this test we did here.

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O2 Mi-pay team up: PAYG top-ups get streamlined

O2 is teaming up with Mi-pay to automate your mobile top ups. This means you’ll be able to set an automatic top up through your credit or debit card, and you don’t have to spend a fortune either. Log in through O2, and you’ll be able to set your mobile top up to drop however much you want into your PAYG account on a weekly or monthly basis.

Jonathan Earle, Head of Consumer at O2, said: “We know our Pay & Go customers want to stay connected to their friends and family. This service allows our customers to keep control of their spending but with confidence that they won’t run out of call credit.”

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Dell Streak Just £319.20 On Tesco

Tesco have put the Dell Streak on their website on Pay As You Go for just £319.20 which is a good £80 less than a sim free price direct from Dell and cheaper than O2 currently charge.

The Dell Streak is not exactly the smallest device with a massive 5 inch screen so not ideal as a day to day phone device but as a tablet is has to be one of the best and now runs Android 2.2.

Looks like when it comes to Tesco and savings on a smartphone…. every little helps (sorry I could not resist)

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Top up your Orange phone by as little as 10p!

As Brits feel the pinch after the indulgences of Christmas, 94% of people plan to tighten their purse strings this year according to a poll by Orange* – the first UK communications company to offer Tiny Top Ups**, a new service that lets Pay As You Go customers top up using their loose change from as little as 10p.

With one in four (25.7%) 18-24 year olds carrying less than £1 in loose change in their pocket, Tiny Top Ups puts the power back in the pennies making it easier than ever to stay in touch – welcome news for almost one in four (23%) Brits who normally wait for pay day before they top up their phone.

The research also reveals that running out of phone credit has caused more than one in ten (13%) 18-24 year olds to miss out on a new job opportunity, 15% to lose a love interest and one in six (16.6%) to miss meeting up with a friend; however with Tiny Top Ups these missed opportunities could be a thing of the past.
Further findings revealed by the research include:

• The value of staying in touch is more important than other life essentials for over one in four (27%) 18-24 year olds who would least like to be without phone credit, compared with only 18% who can’t stand to be without a clean pair of underwear and 11% who refuse to be without make-up

• While over one in five (22%) of Brits admit texting “I love you” on a daily basis, text etiquette is evolving with almost one in ten preferring to say “I love you” to someone for the first time via text and 7% having split up with an ex-partner via text

• When it comes to voices of comfort, if the world was about to end, almost half (42%) of Brits would make their last phone call to their partner while 19% would call their mum and just 3% would call their dad. Surprisingly 1% of barking mad Brits would pick up the phone to their pet if they only had one last call to make

Pippa Dunn, VP of Propositions for Orange commented: “Tiny Top Ups make it easier for Orange Pay As You Go customers to top up using their loose change. It’s a big change to your small change; and with many people managing their personal finances more closely than ever, Tiny Top Ups will help people who are watching their pennies to stay in touch.”

To celebrate the launch of Tiny Top Ups, Orange is giving away the contents of a huge tube filled with 10p coins to the first person to guess correctly how much is inside. Just follow @ConorfromOrange on Twitter and submit your guess using the hashtag #TinyTopUps.

Furthermore to celebrate the launch, Orange is doubling any Tiny Top Ups made in Orange retail stores across the country during the month of March. So for example, if a customer tops up by 50p, they’ll be given £1 worth of credit.

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Three offers free access to The Times

Tablet and desktop access for nowt for 3 months

Three is offering you a bunk-up over The Times’ pay-wall, by giving up 3 months free access to the news content for its mobile broadband customers.

The offer applies to new broadband customers, with gratis subscriptions to both The Times during the week and The Sunday Times up for grabs.

You can access the content using the iPad app, or, if you’re not on board the tablet express, you can use the desktop versions.

Three’s head of customer propositions for mobile broadband Alys Mathew said: “As more people consume news online, a partnership with The Times is a perfect offer for our mobile broadband customers. Three’s network has over 97% population coverage for 3G services, so we’re happy to expand the reach of The Times online readership across the country to more mobile devices”.

After the 3 months trial, PAYG customers will continue to have access to The Times if they top up within 30 days, and contract customers can sign up for £2 a week.

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Motorola WX180 for just 20p on PAYG

Be quick, it’s only available while stocks last. You’ll need to buy a £10 top up with the phone but delivery is free, total cost £10.20.

The deal is on Virgin Mobile, which is a good value network with some nice promotions. A £10 top up gives you 300 free texts without eating into your credit.

The Motorola WX180 isn’t the flashiest mobile around but sometimes you just want a basic, friendly and reliable phone that you know you can depend on. With the WX180 you’ll get up to 8 hours of talk time or up to 400 hours of standby time from a full charge, so chatting away without being constantly reminded about a low battery won’t be a problem.

You can store up to 500 phonebook entries and 140 text messages in the phone’s memory, predictive text helps compose messages faster and whenever you want to listen to the latest songs tune in the FM Radio with integrated RDS that displays available FM station information like song titles, artist, genre.

With a solid build quality and easy to use keypad the Motorola WX180 maybe basic but sometimes that’s all you need.

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Three offers new BlackBerry PAYG option

With BlackBerry Torch 9800 also available

Three has announced that BlackBerry Pay As You Go is now available on its network, providing fans of RIM an opportunity to get some of their favourite devices on a more casual basis.

If you want to go PAYG you’ll have to start off with the BlackBerry Curve 9300 3G, which will be available on Three’s recently announced All in One plan; offering up a deal for £10 – 3000 texts, 100 minutes and 500MB data: £219.99 including £20 top-up in 3 stores and £209.99 including £10 top-up on-line. Pay As You Go subscription to BlackBerry services then costs £5 and lasts for 30 days.

Other BlackBerry devices will be available in Q4.

The BlackBerry Torch 9800, which features a touchscreen with a QWERTY slider and BlackBerry’s new OS v6.0, will also be made available through the operator. As Sylvia Chind, head of branded devices at Three said: “When paired with Three’s high speed network, the BlackBerry Torch really comes into its own, allowing users to access their favourite web pages and social networking sites with ease” – so there you go.

The BlackBerry Torch 9800 is available in black with Three on contract for £35 a month on The One Plan – 2000 any network minutes, 5000 Three-to-Three minutes, 5000 texts and 1GB data – and a £249 handset charge.

For more details click through to the Three website.

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Clearwire launches 4G Pay As You Go Internet

Clearwire launched their Rover – pay as you go internet service today, offering unlimited usage for $5 a day, $20 a week, or $50 for a month of 4G service. The Rover service is accessed via one of two ways, either from the Rover Solo; a single system dongle, or the Rover Puck which allows connectivity with up to eight devices at a time. The Rover Solo dongle sells for $99, and the Puck will cost you $149. Connectivity is provided via Clearwire’s previously existing 4G network (in most areas) but it’s still compatible with their 3G network as well. Download speeds will range from 3 to 6 mbps, with a maximum burst speed of 10mbps in the Puck device. You can pick up either device from Best Buy, your local Clearwire store, or online at the Rover website.

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