Etisalat offers 6 months free BlackBerry service (UAE)

By Editor on May 2, 2012 · Leave a Comment

UAE’s leading telecom operator, Etisalat is offering BlackBerry smartphone users an amazing opportunity to stay connected with family and friends all day. The company is offering users a social and basic package for free, and premium package only for $13.4 at the time of purchase of the Blackberry Smart phone.

Etisalat’s packages for BlackBerry smartphones offer users a choice from the BlackBerry Bold 9900, BlackBerry Bold 9790 or BlackBerry Curve 9390 with the BlackBerry Social or BlackBerry Basic package free for 6 months. For those with heavier data usage, there’s also a special discount on the BlackBerry Premium Package.

The BlackBerry social package is the perfect initiation to the BlackBerry circle. The BlackBerry Social Package makes sure users are always in the know. Text, share and ping all day, across the UAE, with social networking apps for Facebook, Twitter and MySpace and instant messaging apps for BlackBerry Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo Messenger and ICQ.

The BlackBerry basic package offers users up to 200 MB of data usage and access to 1 email account with Internet speeds of up to 7.2 Mbps. Stay in the loop with social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter and instant messaging apps such as BlackBerry Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo Messenger and ICQ.

The BlackBerry premium package offers users up to 1GB of data usage and 5 MB of roaming data usage with Internet speeds of 14.4 Mbps. Configure up to 10 email accounts and view streaming websites like You Tube too. Further, it enables users to stay connected on social networking sites like Facebook, and Twitter, instant messaging apps like BlackBerry Messenger and Windows Live Messenger and download apps and games anytime.

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Vopium Launches Free Wi-Fi voice calls for the Nokia N8

By Editor on October 8, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Vopium, VoIP provider has announced the launch of its new application for the Nokia N8. The first VoIP application for the Symbian ^3 operating system, Vopium will allow all N8 owners to make free calls over Wi-Fi and mobile data networks. The application has an inbuilt instant messaging feature, allowing users to chat on Facebook and Windows Live Messenger.

According to Tanveer Sharif, CEO at Vopium, Nokia still has the biggest market share in the mobile space and as such the company feels it is important to offer their customers access to the apps the rest of the market are enjoying. The new Vopium application for the Symbian ^3 operating system, allows users to make calls to other Vopium or Skype users for free using Wi-Fi and 3G data networks, while calls to local landlines from a Nokia N8 phones using Wi-Fi or data networks cost only a few pence with Vopium. Finally, if one calls a local mobile phone number, the application will use ones own mobile phone provider, since it offers the lowest rate.

Vopium offers calls to landline and mobile phones at a very low rate, even if the receiver does not have Vopium installed. With the app users can easily chat on Facebook and can even access Skype, Windows Live Messenger, Google Talk, AIM, Yahoo, ICQ and Twitter.

Vopium is currently offering fifteen minutes of free worldwide calls to the new users, giving users a great opportunity to try it out on their N8 handset.