O2 Adds Flat Rate

Today sees the network announce the 'O2 Web bolt on' - a package available to both Pay & Go and Pay Monthly customers for £ 7.50pm. It comes with a 200MB allowance cap, which O2 calculates is the equivalent of about 1400 web pages.

If that is not enough however there 'O2 Web Max' which lets customers connect their handset to a laptop or use a data card. This retails for the heftier sum of £ 30pm but comes with a full 3GB allowance.

Finally, Blackberry owners get 'Unlimited Blackberry' a package which mimics the O2 Web bolt on but costs slightly more at £ 10pm. All packages will be available from 1 October.

Ultimately this move was inevitable following the iPhone launch and its selection of flat rate data tariffs. Today's packages certainly are not quite as generous as either T-Mobile (which provides a 1GB allowance for its £ 7.50pm Web n Walk option) or 3 (£ 5pm for 1GB on its X-Series plan) but it does at least mean another UK network is onboard.

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Hewlett Packard iPAQ 514

A determined attempt from the Hewlett Packard premises with a view to torpedo the rival smartphones with a power packed device. This gadget, shrouded by the economy armour and tagged Hewlett Packard iPAQ 514 Quad Band Mobile Phone has recently hit the market with a boom. The interface, a smart Windows Mobile 6 Operating System welcomes the user with high profile delicacies like the MS Word, Excel and Powerpoint to cater as in an E-Ten Glowfiish X650 Mobile Phone.

Targets Business People

With the induction of MS OS version 6 in the phone, HP has extended an open invitation to the business users. The user is allowed to comfortably read, scan or reply to E-mails of MS Exchange, POP3 and IMAP formats. Replying to E-mails by VoiceReply is an augmented option here. In addition, a remarkable voice command feature that facilitates the user to create a voice valet using up to 20 independent user voice commands. Further, the user can save his valuable wireless airtime, when at office engaging the VoIP call-making concept. A Bluetooth headset as well as an integrated handsdfree speakerphone relieves the user from proximity bonds. The phone smartly exploits the capabilities of GSM, EDGE and GPRS but still falls short of gaining appreciable speed mainly for the absence of the 3G. Nowadays the market is flooded with lightning quick HSDPA phones such as the UBiQUiO 503G Mobile Phone. WiFi support is also available in the device as a token of compensation.

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HP iPAQ hw6515

This mobile phone smartly combines a quad band GSM/GPRS mobile phone and a sharp GPS receiver in a single device that comes boosted by Windows Mobile operating system. The display screen of this mobile phone is a remarkable contraption being sized 3” diagonally and studded with 240 x 240 pixel resolution, making this mobile phone the first Windows smartphone with such a resolution factor. More, this screen is boasts of a smoky grey coloured plastic shield protection. To add to its security factors, HP iPAQ hw6515 Mobile Messenger Smartphone sports a finger print recognition programme as well. Apart from this striking screen, this mobile phone also features a half QWERTY keypad, a 5 way joystick and a stylus for the TFT partial touchscreen, fortified by Active Matrix technology.

This Windows smartphone that is driven by a 312 Mhz Xscale PXA270 processor of Intel, offers swift connectivity for internet accessing, text messaging and wireless telephony. Simplified dat Sync is realised through Bluetooth. This part of the mobile phone is well complimented by the 56MB on-board memory of it that can be further expanded using its SD and MiniSD memory slots. GPRS data downloader is enhanced here by the inclusion of EDGE. However, definitely one among the prime attractions of this smartphone, if not the prime, is its built-in GPS receiver. The GPS receiver of this smartphone comes with Tomtom navigation software, though a conspicuous absence of some kind of maps protrudes as a major glitch. Anyway, the user can always purchase them or download a free city map logging on to Tomtom website.

HP iPAQ hw6515 Mobile Messenger GPS Mobile Phone also throws something at the easy-go-lucky folks, in the form of a 1.3MP integrated digital camera that offers video capturing at up to a resolution of 352 x 288 pixels and a music player that plays MP3 format. Its camera further offers a LED flash, apart from other features like scene effects and self timer. A set of 2.5mm headset jacks compliment the music player. A load of applications also comes handy here.

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HP iPAQ 910

Rogers today became the first North American carrier to offer the HP IPAQ 910. The full QWERTY keyboard smartphone closely follows the reference design and supports up to 7.2Mbps downstream on the Canadian provider's HSPA-based 3G network. It supports both touchscreen and keyboard input but is most notable for its voice recognition, which lets the phone users give spoken instructions to Navigate Windows Mobile 6.1 as well as reply to e-mail messages without typing. A 3-megapixel back camera, GPS and Wi-Fi also put it at the high end of Rogers' lineup.

The IPAQ is already available through Rogers and is relatively costly on contract at $ 250 with a 3-year data and voice Bundle worth at least $ 45 per month. A purchase-only devices, however, undercuts U.S. unlocked HP's price at $ 500 Canadian ($ 404 U.S.) while a month-to-month service drops the up-front cost to $ 450.

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HP iPAQ 614

• Integrated Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, Tri-Band HSPDA
  Integrated WiFi – 802.11 b/g with WPA2 security
  Integrated Bluetooth® v2.0 + EDR
  Integrated GPS navigation (Assisted GPS)
• Microsoft Windows Mobile 6 Professional
  Mobile Microsoft programs included: Office Mobile, Office Outlook Mobile, Internet Explorer Mobile
• Marvell PXA270 Processor at 520 MHz
• 2.8-inch transmissive TFT 65,000 color 240x320 pixel touch panel display with LED backlight
• 3 Megapixel, autofocus, 4X digital zoom
  Image file formats: GIF, JPEG, BMP, PNG; image resolutions: QCIF (176x144), CIF (352x288), QVGA (320x240), VGA
  (640x480), and SXGA (1280x1024)
  Video file format: WMV; video resolution: 176x144 (QCIF)
• 128 MB SDRAM main memory for running applications
  256 MB flash ROM
• USB 2.0 client for sync/data/charge
  64-bit Micro SD card slot
• Integrated microphone, receiver, speaker and stereo headphone jack
• Numeric keypad with smart touch wheel, thumb wheel, 2 soft keys, volume control, send /end buttons, reset, voice command,
  portrait/landscape key
• HP apps: HP iPAQ Data Connect; HP VoiceReply; HP Voice Commander7; HP iPAQ Device Connect; MMS Composer, Bluetooth
  Manager, Certificate Enroller, HP Photosmart Mobile, iPAQ Wireless Manager, Pocket Panel Lite, HP Help and Support, HP
  QuickStart Tour, HP Enterprise Mobility Agent.
• Dimensions: 117x60.3x17.5mm (4.6x2.37x0.69 in)
• Weight: 145g (5.1 oz)

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