http://www.freebiephones.co.uk Mobile Phone News and Reviews Thu, 05 Apr 2007 21:28:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of the things I see really frequently online is people advertising free ringtones, 100% free ringtones and similar attractive propositions. In almost every case though it is just a con to get the mobile phone user to sign up to a ringtone subscription service costing £12 or more every ... http://www.freebiephones.co.uk/2007/04/05/free-ringtones-con/ Another offering from Sony Ericsson, the W810i combines a whole bunch of technology in one neat little package. The W810i might appear like a miniature brick compared to similar spec Motorola phones but it is definitely worth a look. The Sony Ericsson W810i boasts these features: * 2 ... http://www.freebiephones.co.uk/2006/09/25/sony-ericsson-w810i-reviews/ The Nokia 6280 is another slide open design from Nokia. The 6280 has a 2 MP camera which brings it in-line with many other phones on the market. The 84 MB internal memory in the 6280 is impressive, but the support for Mini SD memory helps you boost it much ... http://www.freebiephones.co.uk/2006/07/11/nokia-6280-review/ The Nokia 6111 phone has been around for a little while now, so why include it here? Well in my view it’s everything a phone should be. The Nokia 6111 has ease of use comparable to all Nokia’s. The 6111 has a protected keypad with the slide opening thing. The ... http://www.freebiephones.co.uk/2006/07/07/nokia-6111-review/ Verizon’s release of the Motorola Razr V3m for around USD70 has created some great reviews. A 1 GB memory card will give the V3m enough memory to store a lot of songs. Hopefully it will be available in the UK soon. In the meantime, CNN net reviews the Motorola V3m: The Motorola ... http://www.freebiephones.co.uk/2006/07/06/motorola-razr-v3m-review/ The Register has an article on how it is a bad idea to use a mobile phone during a thunderstorm. Apparently if you are hit by lightning normally there is a good chance that the charge will carry to the ground on the outside of your skin unless you give it ... http://www.freebiephones.co.uk/2006/07/06/using-mobile-phones-in-a-thunderstorm/ This is an article from the BBC about how mobile phones are a catalyst in us being less punctual and displaying our rudeness. I agree entirely with it. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/5128394.stm http://www.freebiephones.co.uk/2006/06/30/mobile-phones-make-us-late-and-rude/ One of the gadgets that came with the Motorola V3 I received last month was a USB cable and some software called Motorola Phone Tools. Initially I was using it to transfer photos to my PC but then came across a ringtone feature in the software. This lets you take ... http://www.freebiephones.co.uk/2006/06/30/free-motorola-v3-ringtones/ If you are a heavy blog reader like me you’ll be interested to know that you can now get Google reader on your mobile device. Not sure I’d want to read through the large number of posts on a small mobile screen, but if you had a mobile device with ... http://www.freebiephones.co.uk/2006/05/24/google-reader-on-your-mobile-phone/ Just before the weekend I took delivery of a new phone - A Motorola V3B which is essentially a Moto Razr but packaged up with a bit of BT jiggerypokery. The whole Fusion deal comes from BT. In essence they send you a phone and a new broadband router. ... http://www.freebiephones.co.uk/2006/05/03/motorola-v3b-and-bt-fusion/