High Speed Internet Access (HSIA): Mobile Internet

One month free access before 3rd Jan

Virgin Mobile have dropped the price on the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play.

The Nokia N9 is marketed as being “beautifully simple”. It’s easy to use, looks great and the build quality is excellent. It’s a touch smartphone with no keyboard or buttons on the front featuring a bright, clear 3.9” super AMOLED display.

All the major carriers in Australia have now announced their iPhone 4S pricing ahead of the launch tomorrow morning. There is a wide range of plans available from the cheapest at $44 per month to high end plans with plenty of data and call value at under $100 per month.

The Xperia Arc is now available to order online from the Vodafone website.

Vodafone have some online specials in their mobile broadband product range until the end of October.

There are some good savings to be had on Virgin Mobile Broadband 12 month Plans but be quick because the offers end midnight October.

Optus are offering $20 off per month on their $59.95 and $79.95 mobile broadband plans.

Vodafone posted a $78.2 million loss for the first half of this year and lost 375,000 customers. The poor performance was widely expected after the company experienced a period of customer dissatisfaction due to network problems and poor customer service

A Federal Court ruling means that Samsung will not be able to advertise or sell the current version of the Tab 10.1 in Australia. Apple has successfully argued the case that the Galaxy tablet infringes 10 Apple design patents …

There was a 13% increase in online spending from the previous year and more telling is the fact that the figure is predicted to almost double within the next four years.

Web browsing statistics coming from a web analytics firm, New Applications, in the US are not surprising but they do underline the growing popularity of mobile devices to access the web. Mobile devices in the form of smartphones and tablets were used for more than 5% of web browsing activity worldwide. The figure was 8.2% [...]

The BlackBerry PlayBook is launching with Vodafone on Wednesday 28th June and there are some fantastic special deals to celebrate the launch.