Sony Ericsson to Offer Unlimited Music Downloads

December 3, 2008 · Filed Under Mobile Phone News · Comment 

 

Sony Ericsson are competing with the Nokia Comes With Music range with the launch of their PlayNow Plus contract.

PlayNow Plus will allow users to discover, download, play and recommend music direct from their mobile phone.

The tracks will be easily transferable between your PC and mobile. When the contract expires all tracks can be saved on and compatible MP3 player.

A brief outline of the contract structures is as follows:
6 month contract – users can keep their most used 100 tracks
12 month contract – users can keep their most used 200 tracks
18 month contract – users can keep their most used 300 tracks.

Remember - Nokia Comes With Music customers keep all their tracks!

PlayNow Plus is initially available on the Sony Ericsson W902 phone, which was launched in October.

 

BlackBerry Storm at Vodafone

December 3, 2008 · Filed Under Mobile Phone News, Mobile Phone Reviews · Comment 

 

Fans of BlackBerry smartphones should head to Vodafone where the superb Storm is now available.

This is RIM’s first attempt at a touch screen and the results are impressive, especially as it boasts to be the UK’s first clickable touch screen. The screen actually depresses slightly when pressed and releases again with a single click.

Other features include a 3.2MP camera with auto focus and flash, 1GB of built in memory, 3G connectivity, built in GPS for sat nav and geo-tagging photos and a 3.5mm headset jack.

Business mobile phone users will be please to see that the phone comes with DataViz Documents to Go software, so MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents can be edited.

The handset also features an accelerometer, which means the screen view can switch between landscape and portrait as the handset is rotated.

The SureType keyboard is available in portrait mode and a full QWERTY keyboard is available in landscape.

Head to Vodafone for more details.