Available Now on Three – Motorola RAZR™ i

The Motorola RAZR i is now available with all-you-can-eat data, on both Pay As You Go and monthly price plans, online and in all Three stores.

The Motorola RAZR i is available for £17 a month with no upfront cost on the Essential Internet 100 plan. It is also available for £20 a month with no upfront cost and offering all-you-can-eat data on the Ultimate Internet 100 plan. Both plans come with a guarantee of no surprise out-of-bundle data charges.

The device is also available on Pay As You Go for £249.99 plus a top up. All in One 15 costs £15 and gives 30-day access to all-you-can-eat data along with 300 any-network minutes and 3,000 texts. Or All in One 25 costs £25 and offers 500 minutes, 3,000 texts and all-you-can-eat data for a 30-day period.

The Motorola RAZR i has an edge-to-edge 4.3-inch screen which fits snugly within the phone’s compact design. This vibrant display is protected by aircraft-grade aluminium, a Gorilla® Glass front and even has a splash proof coating, so people won’t need to worry about accidental spills or splashes.

An 8 megapixel camera with dedicated camera button launches the camera in less than a second, even when the phone is on standby. Plus, in burst mode the Motorola RAZR i can take up to 10 shots a second which means it’s even easier to capture the perfect shot.

Sylvia Chind, Head of Devices at Three said, “Whether browsing the web or downloading the latest apps from Google Play, the Motorola RAZR i offers premium features. Complemented by one of Three’s all-you-can-eat data price plans, you’ll be able to enjoy even more tweeting, blogging, searching and browsing without the worry of out-of-bundle charges”.

Key features:

4.3-inch edge-to-edge display
8MP camera with dedicated camera button and instant launch
KEVLAR® back and Gorilla® Glass front
Aircraft-grade aluminium body and a splash-proof coating
Android Jellybean software
2GHz Intel® processor

Watch the worlds first commercial cell phone call being made in 1983

Fancy taking a step back in time? Well National Geographic have posted a video of the world’s first commercial cell phone call being made from a car in Chicago.

The call was made on October 13th 1983 by Bob Barnett, who was president of regional telecom, Ameritech. The call was made from a parking lot of Soldier Field in Chicago. Interestingly, the call was to Alexander Graham Bell’s great-grandson who was in Germany.

The surrounding press watched in amazement as the call was routed via the new wireless network to Germany and all from the comfort of a car. They were also given the chance to try the new technology for themselves.

It’s hard to imagine, that in the space of a few decades, the technology that AT&T said would never reach more than a million customers, dominates our daily lives and now has more than 6 billion subscriptions worldwide.

Could you imagine a world without your beloved smartphone and instant access to your daily feeds and social networks? No it doesn’t bear thinking about!

Article Source: Go Gadget News

FREE £25 M&S Voucher with The One Plan SIM Only

M&S Vouchers

Fancy £25 of FREE M&S Vouchers? Well that’s what Three are giving away with every order from today on it’s 12 month The One Plan SIM Only tariff.

You’ll get a generous 2000 minutes to any network, 5000 extra minutes to any other Three mobile, 5000 text messages and 2GB of data per month, all for just £20 per month on a 12 month contract.

You can pop your SIM in to any unlocked 3G mobile and if your phone supports HSPA+ or LTE, then you’ll get access to Three’s Ultrafast Network at no extra cost.

Get your Three SIM Pack now at the Three Online Store.

Samsung Galaxy Ace with All-You-Can-Eat Data

Grab this fantastic All-You-Can-Eat Data deal for just £16!

The Samsung Galaxy Ace is an Android ™ powered phone that comes with Social Hub – giving you your emails, texts, instant messages and social network notifications on a single screen.

With a great touch experience, the Samsung Ace is the follow up, to the extremely popular Samsung Galaxy Portal. This Android smartphone with 3.5″ touchscreen features access to numerous apps, in-built GPS and the multitasking function. Be at the centre of your social circle with preloaded Windows Live Messenger, Twitter and Facebook, plus you can geo tag your photos and video. Also, you can snap away with the 5 megapixel, autofocus camera and LED flash.

Stunning 3.5″ touchscreen
Powered by Android 2.2.1 (Froyo+)
Choose from over 400,000 apps in Android Market
5 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash

You can grab the Samsung Galaxy Ace today with 100 minutes, 5000 texts and all-you-can-eat data for just £16 per month with next day delivery available on most stock. We also have the Samsung Galaxy Ace on a range of other plans.

Facebook Home announced. New home on Android

Facebook has today taken wraps of it’s new service ‘Facebook Home’. It’s not an app but more a suite of apps and home screen replacement, a little like what you would expect from a third party launcher.

Interestingly, Facebook Home will only be available on Android Smartphones initially. When asked if it would be available on iOS devices, Mark Zuckerberg didn’t count it out, but noted that such a feature would require cooperation.

Facebook Home will be available from April 12th to download on Google Play and will initially support the following phones: Galaxy S III, S 4, the HTC One, One X+ and the Note II. More devices will follow including support for Android Tablets.

The app/suite looks amazing and by the looks of it will make the Facebook on Android experience one of the best. The Facebook for Android app has always had bad press for being cumbersome and not very useful but this looks to change.

Have a look at the videos below for an exciting look at how Facebook Home will integrate with your existing Android Smartphone.

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A look at the Samsung Galaxy S4 on Three

Checkout our first look at the Samsung Galaxy S4 on Three. It’s due to go on-sale online and in shops around the 26th April. If you would like to be notified when it goes on-sale, just enter your email address below and we’ll keep you updated.

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Samsung Galaxy S4 official

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After months of rumours, Samsung has officially unveiled the Galaxy S4, its next-generation flagship smartphone, at a global launch in New York City. JK Shin says the Galaxy S4 will make our lives “richer, simpler and fuller” when presenting on-stage.

The hardware specs for the Samsung Galaxy S4 are impressive. The new flagship smartphone features a 5-inch (1920 x 1080) full HD Super AMOLED display, 1.6GHz octo-core Exynos 5 processor and 2GB of RAM, so should offer plenty of power.

There’s a 13-megapixel rear camera, 2-megapixel front camera, Wi-Fi, LTE, IR Blaster, NFC, and improved 2,600mAh battery, meaning it should make it through the day too.

The operating system inside is Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean), however it’s heavily skinning under Samsung’s custom TouchWiz UX on-top, adding plenty of additional features.

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The Galaxy S4 features a plastic build similar to the Galaxy S III, though it is thinner at 7.9mm. That plastic cover means it’s removable, to access the battery, or to expand storage via microSD.

With the Galaxy S4, Samsung has added several enhancements to TouchWiz. A new S Translator feature is present. It will be embedded into apps like email, but also launches as a separate app to translate varying languages, much like Google Translate.

The camera software has been updated to feature a picture-in-picture modes for stills and video, dubbed Dual Shot and Dual Recording, that are sure to compliment the 13-megapixel beast quite nicely. When taking a photo, it will snap both the front and rear facing cameras to get a users’ reaction that can be embedded into one shot. A new Eraser Shot feature will remove distracting objects from the background of images.

Highly rumoured, eye recognition software will be included with the Galaxy S4. The Smart Scroll feature enables a user to scroll through a homepage if you tilt your hand, and will only do so if the user is looking at the handset.

Smart Pause does similar, pausing a video playing on the device when it detects a user is looking away from the screen. Lastly in this futuristic arena, a user can hover a finger over the screen to perform specific functions like increasing the size of an image thumbnail.

A new feature called Group Play adds to the social-good, as eight Galaxy S4s in a room can connect with each other to play the same music or games. Like HTC’s One smartphone, an IR blaster is also included on the handset to control any television, which will be awesome given Samsung’s recent assault on the media front.

The Galaxy S4 features a pedometer for fitness tracking that is paired with an S Health app. It counts steps, calories, and other fitness information, with the help of Samsung’s S Band fitness tracker.

An S4 drive feature has been added that gives users hands-free access to calls, messages, music, maps and weather while drive. A voice reads out the relevant information.

The Samsung hub stores videos, books, games, and other media in a magazine-like interface to search and purchase content.

In a never before-seen feature, Samsung is including the ability to control the S4′s display while wearing gloves.

There’s no word on specific carriers or pricing, though Samsung is shipping the device in both black (Black Mist) and white (White Frost). It will be available on 26 April.

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Moonwalking Pony Goes Viral for Three UK

A video of a plucky Shetland Pony doing the moonwalk to Fleetwood Mac’s “Everywhere” has become an unlikely YouTube hit, propelling the sponsor, UK telecom Three, to international fame.

The video, which has gotten 1.2 million views since it hit YouTube on Feb. 28, shows the cute pony strutting his stuff in the Shetland’s breathtaking landscape and then taking a break when a farmer in a tractor pulls up. A caption at the end states “Silly Stuff. It matters.” To prolong the viral success, the company is floating the hashtag #DancePonyDance and inviting fans to produce their own mashups at ponymixer.com.

That site lets you choose from several musical genres, including “boy band” and punk. But, sorry, there’s no “Harlem Shake” option at the moment.

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HTC One – Coming Soon

HTC have kept us all on tenterhooks with the release of their new flagship smartphone the HTC One. So we’re thrilled to announce we will be ranging this exciting new phone.

I think you’ll agree it’s been worth the wait when you see that this smartphone comes packed full of features that will make your mobile internet experience faster and simpler.

First and foremost is a brand new feature called BlinkFeed™, which sends all your social media, email and news updates direct to your homescreen as a live feed. It’s great to have everything coming in to the one place, instead of having to open different applications to get all the news you want. You’ll never miss an important cat photo again ;-)

If you love your music, BoomSound™ features dual stereo speakers on the front of the phone which mean you’re listening to the music as it was truly meant to sound. Couple this with Beats Audio and you’ve got great sound quality, which translates to films, tv shows and games.

The HTC camera has had a make over too; the technology is now called Zoe™, it lets in 300% more light than your average smartphone camera and features triple sensors. This means that the camera takes 3 different levels of photos and blends them together into one, clear, sharp image. The result is amazing quality shots and accurate colour. Not only that, but the camera starts taking pictures before you’ve even pressed the button, clever, mind reading camera!

With its sleek aluminium design, which feels amazing, and a powerful 1.7Ghz quad core processor to boot, the HTC One has rather a lot going for it. It’s also our latest Ultrafast enabled device, meaning it will already make the most of our DC-HSDPA network and then LTE when we launch later this year.

Take a look at our sneak peek video, filmed live from HTC’s launch event and let us know what you think.

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Samsung Mini Bluetooth Stereo Speaker YA-BS300

The Samsung BS300 Bluetooth Speaker acts as a hands-free speaker for conference calls and makes the perfect travel gadget thanks to its slim design.

Features DNSe sound technology

The Samsung BS300 Bluetooth speaker is ultra-portable and compact, weighing only 2.2 oz. The speaker projects crisp, powerful sound via Samsung’s exclusive DNSe sound engine technology delivering 3D Surround Stereo when connected to any Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone, MP3 player or personal media device.

Hands-free calling

With built-in speakers and microphone the Samsung BS300 Bluetooth Speakers also provides the perfect solution to hands-free calling making long calls to friends and family easy. This function is particularly useful for Skype conversations to family or indeed business environments when you want to make conference calls.

Wireless Bluetooth connectivity

You don’t have to worry about frustrating cables always getting in the way because the wireless Bluetooth connectivity enables you to pump out your favourite tunes for 4 hours. If the power runs out then you can simply plug in the 2.5mm jack allowing the Bluetooth speakers to charge via its integrated rechargeable battery easily. Furthermore, there is no need to worry if your device doesn’t have Bluetooth because Samsung provide a 3.5mm lead for all other devices.

The perfect travel accessory

The Samsung BS300 is the perfect travel accessory because it encompasses everything that makes listening to music easier for you. From the lightweight design and slim compact construct it can fit into any bag or pocket with ease. It come with an ergonomic stand that can fasten to your keys and then folds out so you can sit your Samsung BS300 next to your device.

Technical Specifications:

Connectivity: Wireless – Bluetooth 2.0
Connector type: Bluetooth 3.5 mm Stereo mini
Power device: Battery
Run time (up to) 4 hours

Key Details

Bluetooth: Yes
Charger Type: USB Charger
Colour: Black