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Limited "unlimited" claims should be banned

Lawyer: Mrs. Simpson, what did you and your husband do after you were ejected from the restaurant?

Marge Simpson: We pretty much went straight home…

Lawyer: Mrs. Simpson, you are under oath!

Marge Simpson: We drove around until 3AM looking...

3's HTC Hero with Spotify now available

Spotify has announced on its blog that the previously-promised Spotify Phone is now available from 3 UK, in both its retail stores and online.

The deal comprises of an HTC Hero preloaded with the Spotify Android app, a 24-month subscription to Spotify Premium,...

Who'll be selling the Motorola Droid in the UK?

We've been doing a little bit of digging to find out who, in the UK, will be offering Motorola's forthcoming Droid handset. The Android 2.0-sporting QWERTY slider scored a whopping 9/10 in its Pocket-lint review, but given that it's supposed to be due on Friday in the...

Daily Tech Deal: INQ Mini 3G gets price cut

INQ's not-long-released Mini 3G handset has just received a price reduction to £49.99, down from £59.99.

The handset has Facebook, IM, Skype and Twitter functionality along with a 2.2-inch display and 2-megapixel camera.

There have also been changes...

3 to offer Sony Ericsson Satio

3 has announced it is very soon to offer the Sony Ericsson Satio, the first 12-megapixel camera phone on sale in the UK.

Available on both contract and on a pay as you go basis, cost-concious consumers will be happy to note that 3 is under cutting Vodafone's...

Top 5 PAYG phones for under £50

We're not all made of money. Some of us might just be after a cheap phone that works - maybe a second handset or perhaps something to buy as a present. Whatever your need, if it's budget you're after then that's exactly what we're bringing you today from Pocket-lint with...

Spotify and 3 deal confirmed

Spotify and 3 have formally announced the partnership that Pocket-lint detailed last week. As previously reported, 3 will begin selling the HTC Hero with a Premium Spotify subscription bundled in - which normally costs £10 per month.

The tariff costs £35 per month...

"Thousands" of iPhones on 3

There are "thousands" of iPhones running on the 3 network across the UK, a spokesperson for the operator has told Pocket-lint.

The comment came in response to our query following a report from The Telegraph that all five mobile carriers in the UK are currently...

3 to launch Spotify phones in the UK

3 has been announced as the first UK mobile operator partner for Spotify, following negotiations earlier in the year, and will be pushing out the music subscription service bundled with handsets before Christmas. The HTC Hero will be the first phone to come with the app...

INQ Mini 3G on sale now

INQ's Mini 3G handset is now on sale. The phone is available from 3 through its high street stores and online, and will be free on £15 per month "Internet Texter" contracts with free internet, free 3-to-3 calls, free voicemail and 75 minutes talk-time. Alternatively,...

Mobile Wi-Fi from 3 available on 18-month tariffs

3 has announced that its "mobile Wi-Fi" is now available on two new 18-month plans.

Those signing up to the mobile Wi-Fi 1GB plan will see a cost £10 a month for those happy to pay £39.99 for the modem, or £12 a month for those that aren't.

The 5GB...

Sony Ericsson T715 gets integrated Twitter app on 3

3, no stranger to Twitter-friendly phones, has announced it is to offer a special version of the Sony Ericsson T715, featuring an integrated Twitter application that is available only on its network. 

The integrated Twitter application gives users one click...

3 Free Agent programme goes live

3 has announced it will be offering consumers the chance to earn cash by promoting free Pay As You Go SIMs to their friends and family using social networks.

The "3 Free Agent" programme is said to be the first scheme of this kind available in the UK.

Carphone Warehouse details MiFi products

Carphone Warehouse has detailed the mobile Wi-Fi, or MiFi range it is now offering.

Creating portable Wi-Fi hotspots, the devices can connect up to five Wi-Fi enabled devices to the Internet at any place, any time and without any need for dongles or other software...

INQ Mini 3G priced for October launch on 3

3 has announced its previously revealed INQ Mini 3G will goes on sale in early October.

The slimline device will be available for free on 3's £15 "Internet Texter" plan. This tariff offers free internet, free 3-to-3 calls, free voicemail and 75 minutes for £15...

3 MiFi mobile Wi-Fi service priced and dated

3, has confirmed the pricing and availability of its new Mobile Wi-Fi service it announced at the beginning of August as it hopes to entice users away from home broadband.

The new Mobile Wi-Fi, the service allows you to create your own mobile Wi-Fi connection...

3 in negotiations with Spotify

According to New Media Age, streaming music wunderkind Spotify is in "advanced negotiations" with phone network 3, in order to distribute its mobile application to 3's 4.4 million subscribers.

That's all well and good, except that 3 doesn't have any Android...

3 announces MiFi mobile Wi-Fi service

3 has announced it is to offer a "mobile Wi-Fi" service - known as "MiFi" - in the UK in time for Christmas this year.

With a Huawei-made wireless modem (just smaller than a mobile phone and rechargeable via USB) the service lets users get Wi-Fi wherever there's...

Ofcom publishes 3G coverage maps for UK operators

Ofcom has published some maps that it cooked up earlier this year, which predict 3G coverage from the five major mobile network operators - O2, Orange, T-Mobile, Vodafone and 3.

The maps were put together by estimating coverage from theoretical predictions,...

3 offers free Sky Mobile TV with Sony Ericsson W995

3 has announced a special offer for those that get the Sony Ericsson W995 Walkman phone this summer.

3 is offering 3 month's worth of exclusive access to Sky Mobile TV on the W995, which would normally cost £5 a month, although the operator recommends also...

3 announces Nokia N97

UK mobile phone operator 3 has announced it will be offering the Nokia N97 this month.

In contrast to less VoIP-friendly operators, 3, that offers free Skype-to-Skype calls across most of its range, is making much of the N97's pre-loaded Skype functionality....

3 launch £0 monthly contract SIM ZERO

3, the mobile phone operator, has announced that from the 17 June, customers will be able to get the UK's first £0 a month contract service.

Called SIM ZERO, the operator hopes to make its money from people making phone calls rather than paying an up front...

3 offers 5GB mobile broadband on 1-month contract

3 is claiming to offer Britain's "most flexible and affordable" mobile broadband contract with a 1 month commitment.

3's "broadband 5GB, 1 month" provides customers with a 3 mobile broadband SIM and an allowance for 5GB of data for £15 a month to use with their...

INQ reveals Twitter phone plans

Mobile phone maker INQ has revealed it is to launch a "Twitter phone" as a follow-up to the Facebook phone, otherwise known as the INQ1, it launched via UK operator 3 last year.

Perhaps showing the shift from Facebook to Twitter as the social networking service...

3 and BT launch campaign to cut mobile call costs

High up at the top of the BT Tower in London, BT's John Petter is upset. He feels that the current system for charging for mobile phone calls is "profoundly unfair and extremely outdated”.

He's annoyed because the costs, he says, are too high for consumers....