The Google Phone (gPhone) is the most hotly awaited mobile phone since, well… the iPhone, which is going to be released in the UK on the 9th Nov 2007. Every other week a new “leaked” story comes about the Google phone sayingthat is will be released within the next two weeks. All of these stories have been wrong, but now the sources are getting better and Google’s share price went up by over $3 billion following the latest “leaked” story in the Wall Street Journal. They are even some saying that there will never be a google phone, only a google mobile platform. Read the rest of this entry »

Both 3 and T-mobile have struggled to compete with the big guns of O2 and Vodafone. 3 in particular has found it difficult to gain a large market share due to consumer concerns about its coverage. So it’s no surprise to hear that T-mobile and 3 and going to join forces in an attempt to increase their coverage without increasing their costs. They plan to merge their network, effectively filling gaps in their coverage. It is claimed that the deal will save both companies about £1 billion due to the fact they no longer have to set-up and install costly mobile phone masts in lots of new areas.

By joining forces they hope to massively increase their coverage, reduce costs and give them a fighting chance against the likes of Vodafone and O2. The deal means that 3 and T-mobile now have the Europe’s largest HSDPA network.

The two companies will continue to operate independently with neither owning the other; in fact they will still be fierce rivals. They will only be sharing their 3G networks.

The first full VoIP mobile phone (3SkypePhone) has only just been launched but already a professional research agency is forecasting that there will be 250 million users of 3G VoIP by 2012, compared with less than 100 million for voice on Wi-Fi. Considering how new VoIP on 3G is it strange to think that it will be more popular than VoIP via Wi-Fi.