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Android 2.3 Gingerbread upgrade for Galaxy S
Samsung has announced the availability of upgrades to Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) beginning with the Samsung Galaxy S.
Acer ICONIA SMART - 100% smartphone, 100% tablet
Acer ICONIA SMART perfectly combines the capabilities of a tablet in a smartphone format: a huge 4.8” widescreen with a 21:9 aspect ratio and a super cool chassis. Its revolutionary design, characterized by a stretched out, thin and slightly curved shape, makes it a fascinating device that will not go unnoticed.
Consumers to finally benefit from mobile termination rate cut
BT has announced that, from this weekend, it will be cheaper to call a mobile phone from a landline. The move follows Ofcom's ruling to cut Mobile Termination Rates, the rate that mobile networks charge rival networks and phone companies for carrying calls to their network, from 1st April.
E.ON offer remedy for price rise fears
With recent talk of energy prices potentially going up again, today's launch of a new fixed price plan by E.ON is great news for consumers looking for peace of mind, says uSwitch.com, the independent price comparison and switching service.
Vodafone Smart – A smartphone for everyone
Vodafone has announced the launch of the Vodafone Smart, the latest handset in its own-brand range and the first in its category: a fully-featured smartphone with popular appeal for the next wave of data users.
TalkTalk reduces prices and offers more, for less
TalkTalk, the phone and broadband provider, is backing up its promise to always deliver better value to its customers, by reducing pricing and enriching its most popular packages.
Orange and Barclaycard launch contactless mobile payments
Orange and Barclaycard launch ‘Quick Tap', the UK's first contactless mobile payment service which allows consumers to make purchases on the high street using their mobile phone for the very first time.
Families struggle as savings rise, but so do debts
Families are struggling to save while keeping ahead of inflation and on top of unsecured debt, according to research from the latest Aviva Family Finances Report.
British Gas WebSaver 12
Commenting on the launch of WebSaver 12 from British Gas, Scott Byrom, energy manager at moneysupermarket.com said: "After enjoying the warmest April on record, heating our homes and the cost of energy will be the last thing on people's minds.
Over 55s slow to catch on to the mobile banking revolution
Online and telephone bank first direct says its over 55's are bucking the national trend, as National Silver Surfer week highlights that as many as 1 in 5 people aged 55-64 have never used the internet.
Little change to consumer confidence in April
Consumer confidence remained subdued in April and continues to hover precariously close to the record low seen in February, according to the Nationwide Consumer Confidence Index.
Parents avoid calling kids for fear of racking up phone bills
More than half (54%) of the nation’s parents – equivalent to 8.6 million people – avoid calling their children on their mobiles for fear of it being too expensive, according to research from TalkTalk, the phone and broadband company.
New partnership to accelerate mobile payments during Olympics
Visa and Lloyds TSB have announced the bank as the mobile payments issuance partner for the Samsung Olympic and Paralympic Games mobile handset, which will be given to Visa-sponsored athletes.
TalkTalk offers UK's best value landline to mobile calls
TalkTalk customers can now enjoy the UK’s best value landline to mobile calls (compared to BT, BT Plusnet, Virgin and Sky), thanks to its brand new 500 Mobile Minutes Boost. For just £5 a month, customers get 500 minutes to use from their TalkTalk landline to call UK mobiles.
UK Spamdemic: 111 million spam attacks made every day
Britain's ‘Spamdemic' - the deluge of unsolicited ‘spam' messages - is spreading, according to new research from independent price comparison and switching service uSwitch.com.