For most people, the days of pay-as-you-go are long in the past. The standalone price of modern handsets especially the latest must-have smartphones like the iPhone 4 and the HTC Desire means that more and more of us are turning to hefty monthly contracts to ensure we have the latest mobile with the latest features. [...]

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Those who weren’t fast enough to secure an iPhone 4 on its release will be the ones laughing now. As soon as the handset was released (inevitably) there were complaints from consumers. That’s nothing unusual, most new handsets have ‘teething problems’ and people seem to love finding problems with new gadgets (which is probably excusable [...]

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Samsung are really getting stuck into the smartphone market. As excitement builds over the iPhone 4 and Motorola’s possible iPhone killers the Droids, Samsung are not missing out on the action and are showing us what they can offer with the Samsung Galaxy S (a.k.a Vibrant) and the Samsung Galaxy S Pro (a.k.a Epic 4G) [...]

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It may sound like Boris Johnson’s version of ping pong, but mobile operator GiffGaff is set to turn the tables for mobile customers, releasing its competitive packages including unlimited calls, texts and data downloads. Hailed as the “people powered” operator, the small start-up company is powered by the O2 network, and is even staffed by [...]

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HTC has caused a bit of a stir in the mobile phone world lately with a slew of new releases including a whopping three at this year’s Mobile World Congress. So if you’ve developed an interest in the Taiwanese manufacturer, which phone should you go for? HTC has released a nmber of handsets aimed at different markets. We’ve taken a look at them and whittled it down to five. Let’s see what took top awards and why.

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Microsoft’s announcement of Windows 7 for Mobiles may have stolen the limelight a bit at this year’s Mobile World Congress, but that’s only one product; HTC has bowled a hat-trick. The Taiwanese handset manufacturer has released three new phones at the show: the Desire, Legend and HD Mini. Yes the first sounds like a perfume, [...]

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Microsoft has used this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to release its Windows 7 Phone Series, the tech giant’s latest OS for mobile phones. The new OS is a step away from applications and instead moves towards functions according to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. “It’s all about the phone and how consumers react to [...]

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With the world becoming more globally linked and rise of the number of friends I have on Facebook that speak a completely different language to me, wouldn’t it be great to communicate with them without having to learn each other’s language? Well, this might all be reality in a couple of years time as search [...]

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