Thursday 31 July 2008

BMW 1 Series

The BMW 1 Series, comes in 5 door hatch, 3 door hatch, Coupe and Convertible versions, the seller for the premium hatch is the front engined rear wheel drive transmission, BMW being the only premium hatch manufacturer which offer this traditional well balanced transmission setup.

I've been driving the 118D 5 door hatch back version, which is a good relaxing drive with great throttle control, responsive feedback from the steering and a better drive than the usual Front Engined Front Wheel drive hatches other than the the 4 wheel drive systems offered by VW groups 4Motion and Audi Quattro system's.

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The BMW 1 series after options are added are expensive, though now on the second hand market good used deals can be found on AutoTrader and CarGiant.

For more information see: BMW UK

Friday 11 July 2008

3 Skypephone - Mobile Phone

Three (3) phone network have teamed up with Skype the Voice over IP (VoIP) internet software company owned by eBay to create a mobile phone with Skype built in.

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A single phone is available on contract (from £free) and pay as you go (£39.99) was (£49.99) and the twin pack is at (£69.99).

The phone comes in 3 different colours. White-Blue, White-Pink and Black.

You can make Skype to Skype calls for free, but you do have to top up £10 per month to do so.

Skypeout doesn't work on the phone though, you can only call or chat with another user on Skype on PC or another Skype phone, however if you go for the dual handset deal then you and another friend or family member etc. can call eachother on Skype without having to log onto a PC.


Three:

The first mobile phone fully integrated with Skype. Use it like an ordinary mobile and also make free Skype-to-Skype calls and send instant messages while you're on the move.*

• Fully integrated Skype functionality with contacts, call logs & presence
• 2.0 MP camera and mp3 player
• 3G handset with internet browsing
*Top up every 30 days to use Skype for free. Fair use policy and terms apply.


For more information see www.skype.com

Mobile BroadBand + Laptop Deals

Mobile Broadband deals with a laptop are available from a number of companies offering deals on Mobile Broadband packages.

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The One Stop Phone Shop are offering the best deals I've seen at the moment online, far cheaper than in the high street phone stores.


Best Offers:

Orange

FREE
Orange USB Modem + Acer Aspire 5315 Laptop- FREE
Acer Laptop
by redemption
Internet Everywhere £30.00 24M
Only £30.00p/m

Three

Three USB Modem Stick + Toshiba L300-149 Laptop- £19.99
Broadband Plus 5GB+ 200 Text 18mth
Only £35.00p/m

Three

Three USB Modem Stick + Toshiba P300-148 Laptop- £139.99
Broadband Plus 5GB+ 200 Text 18mth
Only £35.00p/m

Three

Three USB Modem Stick + Toshiba U400-13R Laptop £149.99
Broadband Plus 5GB+ 200 Text 18mth
Only £35.00p/m


For more information and laptop specifications see:

www.onestopphoneshop.co.uk