High Speed Internet Access (HSIA): Mobile Internet

Lenovo have a new Thinkpad netbook that has had some great reviews and its on special on the Lenovo website with a further 15% off the sale price with the coupon AUPANEWYDEALS valid until tomorrow 19 January. This makes the price from $764.15 (customisations are available). It’s a great price as Thinkpads have been traditionally pricey but with excellent features. Shipping is free for a limited time only.

The Thinkpad x100e is small and light with an 11.6″ screen and a great, full size, island style keyboard. Lenovo have also incorporated a trackpoint pointing stick, touchpad and mouse buttons so typing and navigation is easy.

Check out all the features on the Lenovo website. The netbook comes in black, red or white and there are several options for customising including a business version with bluetooth and 6 cell battery.

Get $100 Cash off any Dell Studio or Studio XPS system with an online purchase.

The Offer ends 28 January 2010.

The Dell Studio XPS 13 is the smallest, most portable laptop in the range and is excellent value for money now from $1599 plus the $100 cash off. It looks very stylish with leather accents on the lid. The build is solid. Performance is excellent as is battery life. It all adds up to a very impressive, ultra portable laptop and now the price is attractive as well.

Three Mobile are offering the Nokia E71 free on the $29 Cap with 3 months free plus FREE mobile access to Twitter until 31st March 2010. Terms & conditions apply and full details are on the 3 website.

The E71 has a full QWERTY keyboard and large screen making it easy to send and receive online communications. It has a 3.2 megapixel camera, built in GPS with Nokia Maps 2.0 and fast access to mobile broadband.

3 Mobile are offering the iPhone 3G 8GB free with a $49 Cap Plan on a 24 month contract. They also have the iPhone 3GS 16GB for just $5 a month with a $49 Cap Plan and the iPhone 3GS 32GB for just $10 a month.

The $49 cap gets you :

• $350 a month on calls, SMS and more
• $240 of FreeTalk 24/7 to anyone on 3
• $50 Online Bonus Credit
• Unlimited News, Sports and Fun

The plan is subject to the full terms and conditions on Three’s website.

It’s a great opportunity to pick up an iPhone with no up front costs.

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The Blackberry Bold 9700 is free on a Vodafone $79 cap plan on a 24 month contract. Pay nothing for the handset up front and get $550 included value each month plus 1GB of data or Unlimited BlackBerry email and Internet.

The Blackberry Bold 9700, released late last year, capitalises on all the main strengths of the Blackberry smartphones with some subtle improvements. It’s smaller than the Bold 9000 and with this more compact design comes a slightly smaller screen and keyboard. The screen display quality is excellent with 480×360 resolution and a higher pixel count than previous models.

It’s the first Blackberry smartphone to feature HSDPA speeds with 3.6Mbps downloads. It also has Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity.

The design is excellent with a new stainless steel edge around the handset.

Overall the performance is excellent and the Bold 9700 is one of the best smartphones around.

Full details on the Vodafone website.

3 Mobile are offering a $50 credit if you sign up online for one of their Cap Plans of the value of $49 a month or higher.

There is a wide range of plan values to choose from with the highest being $199 per month. Three also have some great handset deals on all cap plans. You can select from a wide range of popular phone models including the Apple iPhone. Most of the offers include the phone for free, that is nothing to pay up front on a 24 month contract.

The $50 credit is for a limited time only and only available if you order online.

Dodo are offering a netbook deal with a mobile broadband plan which is pretty good value if you want a netbook without paying the cost up front.

The deal is $39.90 per month on a 24 month contract for 2GB of data per month plus the netbook for free.

The netbook included in the offer is the popular Asus Eee PC with an 8.9″ screen, 8GB solid state hard drive, Celeron M 353 processor, 1GB DDR2 RAM and Windows XP. It comes with a built in 3G modem. You can collect the netbook from Dodo or pay a $24.90 delivery fee.

The INQ1 is the ultimate phone for Facebook users. It has real time Facebook updates so notifications are sent to you when anyone sends you a private message. Facebook contacts are integrated with SIM contacts as well as Skype and Windows Live contacts.

The phone has had impressive reviews particularly as it has some impressive features generally found in phones at the expensive, business end of the range in smartphones. The INQ1 won “Best Mobile Device” at the 2009 GSMA Global Mobile Awards.

3 Mobile are offering the INQ1 free on the $19 cap plan with free, ulimited Facebook until the end of August. You also get 4000 Skype minutes per month, unlimited email on 3 and 100 MB of data.

It’ s an HSDPA phone but no Wi-Fi. The design is impressive: solid and sturdy with a brushed metal finish.
More information and full specs and features on the 3 website.

Three Mobile Broadband are offering a Nokia E71 free with the $49 cap plan plus $50 credit if you buy online.

The Nokia E71 is a smartphone with a QWERTY keyboard so it’s great for personal and business sue. It has a 3.2 megapixel camera, built in GPS with Nokia Maps 2.0 and a large screen for browsing the web and accessing email. Even with all the features, the phone itself is thin and compact.

Full phone and plan details are available on the 3 Mobile website. Buy online to get the $50 credit.