Orange Offers eBay Auctions
Ebays online auction service is now available in a range of Orange Signature devices.
Users will be able to access the eBay application through Oranges Signature homescreen.
Orange claims the service will help customers attain more winning bods and keep tabs on any sales they are making.
The operator said it hopes to further enhance the eBay experience by introducing outbid alerts and other updates direct to the customers’ phone.
Orange Signature devices represent 70% of all new business handsets from Orange and include the HTC TyTN II and HTC Shift.
Apple iPhone
Pros - The iPhone is visibly stunning, from its chrome and black finish to the way it renders websites, photos and videos.
Cons - The call volume is too quiet within the plug-in headset and there are some issues with the 3.5mm headphones.
Also Consider - Nokia’s new N95 8GB offers music and a more powerful camera, as well as GPS and loads of multimedia applications.
Killer Application - Music Player - An iPod on your phone. What’s more, it’s Apple’s best iPod yet. Scroll through your tracks by playlist, artist, video and more.
Verdict - The iPhone is stunning and has the first touch-screen user interface, you just can’t put it down. It really does deserve all the hype.
Watch out for Fake Nokias
Counterfeit Nokia handsets, including copies of top models like the N95 8GB have arrived on the UK mobile market in recent weeks with predictions of bigger shipments in the coming months.
A mobile phone magazine recently obtained a fake Nokia N95 after being tipped off by a mobile dealer and reported that experienced retailers are warning the fakes could easily be mistaken for the real products.
Chinese-based exporters are bringing bigger quantities of fake phones to UK wholesalers and selling to individuals within the UK mobile industry.
It is reported that virtually all the parts of the counterfeit N95 8GB are understood to be counterfeit, ranging from the box and manual to the casing, battery, camera, software, user interface and even the games.
The phone was sold to the magazine for£150, despite the fact a genuine model has a trade price of £350.
Sources suggest that the fakes will get better and that improvements are already being carried out in Chinese factories to improve counterfeit quality.
A spokeswomen for Nokia has said ‘Our enforcement activities are continuous and on a global scale. We have a network of investigators and specialists working to protect our brand and consumers. This is a serious issue that affects many companies with successful products’.
If you are looking for a genuine Nokia phone give Argos Mobile Phones a try for a great deal.
Tesco Mobiles WAP Advertising
Tesco Mobile has announced that it will display banner advertising on its WAP portal, after running a consumer trial featuring mobile ad campaigns from the likes of Bee Movie, Nivea, ITV and Teletext.
Tesco Mobile said the trial, which was managed by mobile services company InfoMedia Services, delivered a click-through rate of between 3% and 7%.
To compliment the trial, Tesco and InfoMedia ran a survey which found that 69% of its customers would be prepared to click on a relevant advert.
Tesco Mobile said it recorded 300,000 unique visitors to its WAP portal in December 2007 and revealed that 60% of its WAP users are women and its customers average age is 36.