The World’s First Floating Cell Phone
The world has seen cell phones bundled with new technologies but a new phone has been unveiled last week which is the world’s first floating phone. The phone is manufactured by JCB Toughphone Tradesman. According to them, it is fully functional after being submerged in water, and making its way to the surface.
The floating updated version of the Toughphone, which was originally launched two years ago and made its way into the Guinness World Records Book, was put through a similar cruel and vigorous test emerging completely unscathed. It can operate after being dragged behind a JCB GT at 120mph, buried in 2 tones of rubble and kept floating on the water for six hours.
According to Jason Kemp, Marketing Director for Dragon Den star Peter Jones’ company Data Select, which worked with JCB to make the phone, the Tradesman is the perfect phone for people working outdoors, in the rain, sailing or just accident prone. Its rugged design will also take a hammering that would see lesser phones destroyed. Alternatively, the JCB Toughphone Tradesman makes the perfect second phone for those with an active, outdoor lifestyle that don’t want to take their smartphone mountain biking.
The original Toughphone has sold 50,000 units and the Tradesman already has 4,000 orders since its launch last week.
Peter Jones added that they have seen huge and rapid growth in the mobile phone market with ‘smart’ phone devices, but it you lead an outdoor lifestyle or work in a particularly rugged environment, these aren’t always suitable. These phones operate fine in tough working conditions, and are ideal for people who lead an outdoor lifestyle, such as mountain climbing, skiing and sailing.
T-mobile Pulse: First PAYG Android Smartphone launched in UK
T-Mobile launches the UK’s first Pay-As-You-Go Android handset today, signalling the rise of cheaper smartphones.
The T-Mobile Pulse, manufactured by Huawei, has the largest Android touchscreen yet, matching the iPhone in size (3.5 inches). It has a 3.2 megapixel camera and comes with a 2GB SD card. It also features GPS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity.
The phone is available for £176 approximately, making it significantly cheaper than rival smartphones.
The T-mobile Pulse follows its predecessor, the T-Mobile HTC G1 which was the first Android phone to hit the UK and was launched last year.
Excessive handset subsidies in Netherlands come to an end
Following T-Mobile’s recent announcement, market leader KPN has also decided to cut the commissions it pays to retailers for selling mobile services in The Netherlands. From September, KPN will gradually reduce handset subsidies and sales commissions. The handset subsidies and excessive sales commissions have been a thorn in the side of operators in recent years amid an increasingly saturated Dutch mobile market. The handset subsidies and sales commission contribute to very high churn rates, reaching 30 percent, but do not add to service revenue growth, putting pressure on profit margins. A reduction was inevitable, but the question was which operator dared to take the first step and risk giving the competition an advantage? The first move by T-Mobile and the recent success of E-Plus in Germany may have helped KPN take the decision to pull the plug on handset subsidies in The Netherlands.
Source- http://www.telecompaper.com
