Touchscreens at War – but Which is the Best?

Nowadays touchscreen cellular phones are seen as trendy by a large portion of consumers, but there are so many different brands on the market that it’s difficult to decide which one is the best for you, especially if you’re contemplating your first touchscreen purchase.

The iPhone raised the bar

One of the more well-known brands is the iPhone, which has set a high standard of expectations for consumers. Many of the newer brands simply can’t compete, despite trying hard to do so, but there are two new models that just might be able to keep up with the iPhone, if not surpass it to set a new standard of expectations – these are none other than the BlackBerry Storm and the T-Mobile G1.

The Blackberry Storm

The BlackBerry boasts a high-quality screen perfect for watching videos, and a 3.2-megapixel camera that acts as a camcorder, while the iPhone is unable to play certain videos online due to lack of Flash support and has a poor quality 2-megapixel camera that can’t capture video. Sure, maybe you’re not buying a touchscreen for the camera quality, but how often do you have the urge to snap up an unexpected incident?

Let’s not forget the G1’s slide-out QWERTY keyboard for ultra-fast typing, and the BlackBerry’s touchscreen that lends the feel of physical buttons, against the iPhone’s virtual keyboard that’s difficult to work with, has no copy and paste capabilities, and is unable to receive or send picture text messages.

The T-Mobile G1 - Great First Effort from Google

The BlackBerry can also be used as a modem, and although the T-Mobile G1 isn’t quite as stylish as some of the other models, it can run several programmes at the same time and is easy to navigate. So while established brands like iPhone may be an instinctive choice, but it may very well be worth your while to try something new this time.

LG Renoir T-Mobile Review

LG Renoir Paints a Pretty Picture

The LG Renoir handset has an 8-megapixel, auto-focus camera with a Schneider Kreuznach lens and Xenon flash, plus a 8GB memory card for all your music and photos, GPS and Google maps, optional Sat Nav, WiFi connectivity, Dolby quality audio on the MP3 player and FM radio plus a selection of top TV channels with T-Mobile’s Mobile TV service.



Surf the web with T-Mobile’s web ’n walk, and use the stereo Bluetooth to share your files and listen to tunes on the wireless stereo headphones. The LG Renoir is tri-band, weighs a mere 110 g and is only 108 x 56 x 14 mm. You can talk for up to 3 hours, and it has 300 hours of standby time with a 3 hour charge. The LG Renoir is everything you could want in a sleek, stylish package.


At T-Mobile, the LG Renoir is free with selected plans, and comes with a free digital photo frame. With T-Mobile’s Flext 50 18 month plan, you also get free mobile Internet worth £5 per month, plus an extra 10% off if you buy online and £350 worth of texts and calls each month.

That’s 1750 minutes or 3500 texts or any mix for £45 per month, or get the Combi 30 with loads of text and minutes for £30 a month. T-Mobile’s My Faves has limitless calls, texts and pictures to your 5 favourite people, and T-Mobile’s U-Fix has a monthly allowance that you can top up like pay as you go.

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T-Mobile G1 Google Phone Out Now

The new T-Mobile G1 mobile phone, manufactured by HTC, features the Google Android Mobile operating system and comes loaded with every conceivable feature that anyone could ever want. These include the TFT touchscreen with 65K colours, WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Java MIDP 2.0, voice memo, a built-in GPS so you always know where you are, 192 MB of RAM and 256 MB of ROM, Bluetooth v2.0, with headset support only and games. Add to that, a 3MP camera with 2048x1536 pixel resolution and autofocus for those who want high quality pictures, miniUSB, SMS, MMS, instant messaging and email to ensure that you’re always in contact.

T-Mobile G1 in Black

All of this also comes with Google’s open source Chrome Lite browser, a digital compass, document viewer and MP3 player for those who enjoy listening to good tunes. The T-Mobile G1 Google Phone also has built-in handsfree, up to 406 hours of stand-by time and up to 5 hours 20 minutes of talk time to make sure that you’ll never be cut off.

T-Mobile G1 in White

If that’s not enough, the T-Mobile G1 Google Phone’s other features include a 3.2 inch, 320 x 480 pixel resolution display, polyphonic 40 channel ringtones, MP3, WAV, WMA and vibration, a phonebook with almost infinite memory for entries and fields, Photocall, and almost limitless call records’ memory. And just in case all that’s not enough, it also has drag and drop functionality and an accelerometer, which makes it easy to understand why the T-Mobile G1 Google Phone is generating so much excitement.

Win a T-Mobile G1

Fancy winning yourself a fantastic T-Mobile G1 Device?

T-Mobile are giving away 8 T-Mobile G1 Mobile Phones. All you have to do to win one is fill in a form, registering your interest in the product.



* High speed 3G internet gets you online, surfing is even faster using the full touchscreen and trackball
* The full QWERTY keyboard makes it easy to write what you really want to say
* All your favourite Google™ services are already on board - search, IM, email and maps with GPS
* It's the first phone with the Android Market™ so you can download the applications you want

T-Mobile G1 TV Advert

Hopefully the Google Android G1 will appear int he UK soon enough eh.. it looks swish!

Check out the rather amusing Ad:

Free Nintendo Wii with Free Phones

T-Mobile are offering a free Nintendo Wii with certain selected phones!

Combo 40 Price Plan
* 1000 minutes
* UNLIMITED texts
* FREE Wii
* FREE phone
All for £40 a month!



This is available on the newly released purple KF600, the LG Viewty, the Samsung U900 Soul and the Nokia 6300.



See all phones available with a free wii.......

T-Mobile launches the new BlackBerry Bold smartphone for Business Users in the UK

- New BlackBerry Bold from T-Mobile increases ability to work effectively on the move.
- T-Mobile users benefit from HSDPA-enabled 3G network with 'real world' maximum speeds of 4.5 Mbps.
- Integrated GPS for satellite navigation.
- The ability to download Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files and edit them directly on the handset.
- Expandable memory slot* for storing music, pictures, video and other files.
- First T-Mobile Blackberry on 3G and Quad-band for use all over the world, including the Far East.

T-Mobile UK has expanded it's BlackBerry smartphone portfolio with the launch of the BlackBerry Bold smartphone from Research In Motion (RIM), which will be available in shops and online from September 2008.

The BlackBerry Bold features a premium design and unprecedented performance to increase the ability of T-Mobile customers to work effectively whilst away from the office. As the first BlackBerry smartphone available from T-Mobile to support 3G (HSDPA) networks, the BlackBerry Bold allows business users to download email attachments, stream video or render web pages more quickly than ever before. T-Mobile's 3G network coverage is among the best in the UK and will provide almost complete population coverage by 2009 as a result of the innovative 3G radio access network sharing agreement with 3 UK.

For additional high-speed network coverage, the BlackBerry Bold smartphone supports the 802.11 a/b/g Wi-Fi standards. It is also the first BlackBerry smartphone to support tri-band HSDPA high-speed networks around the world, including the Far East.

With this powerful new smartphone, users can talk on the phone while sending and receiving email or accessing the web, and the BlackBerry Bold also allows users to download Word, Excel or PowerPoint email attachments and edit them directly on the handset with the preinstalled DataViz Documents to Go software suite “ a great advantage for those working on the go. The BlackBerry Bold also comes with a 2 megapixel camera that supports video capture and a media player for taking entertainment on the go. It includes 1 GB of on-board storage memory, as well as a microSD/SDHC memory card slot for additional storage of music, video, pictures and office documents*.

The BlackBerry Bold will be available to all T-Mobile Business 1-Plan customers. The Business 1-Plan tariff enables companies to reap more value from their mobile communications investment by building a truly flexible allowance of voice, data, texts and international calls “ removing the complexity of surrounding costs by providing one simple plan tailored to meet the user's mobile communication needs.

Business 1-Plan includes calls from the UK to Europe and North America as T-Mobile recognises that many business transactions are no longer confined to the UK.

Oliver Chivers, Head of Business Marketing, T-Mobile UK, said: As greater number of businesses recognise the benefits of mobile working, demand for mobile broadband connectivity speeds is escalating rapidly. T-Mobile customers using the BlackBerry Bold smartphone will have access to one of the most innovative mobile business devices on the market supported by a network that independent tests reveal delivers a superior mobile broadband experience. For the business world, this translates into opportunities to extend the boundaries of productivity and efficiency."

The BlackBerry Bold also features integrated GPS with support for location based applications and services such as satellite navigation with local search capabilities, a valuable tool for remote and mobile workers traveling to a meeting at a new venue or for locating the nearest petrol station. It also features Bluetooth® 2.0, with support for hands-free headsets, stereo headsets, car kits and other Bluetooth peripherals

Adding to its wealth of functionality, the BlackBerry Bold provides access to email (including attachment viewing), text and instant messaging, organiser, web and other mobile applications. Chivers adds: We already know that business users are incrediblyenamoured with the capabilities of their BlackBerry smartphones. The BlackBerry Bold from T-Mobile offers all the features they expect, as well as a range of advanced functionality that enhance its business benefits. We are sure it will prove a popular choice with both SME and enterprise customers.