giffgaff, at a little over two years old, is one of the newest additions to the pay as you go sim cards market. Its ingenious business model has been winning over pundits and customers since its 2010 launch. Here’s why…

An internet-only operation, one of the first things to strike you about giffgaff is the sense of relief that you’ll never have to set foot in a store again. Provided you’ve got a working handset, there are no call centres or depressing retail outlets to fight your way through. You just sign up online and order a free sim card. Just five fields to fill, with your name, email and mailing address, and that’s you signed up to giffgaff. This video provides a nifty introduction to the concept:

Designed for people who are happy with their phone, and have no desire to keep up with the Joneses latest smartphone, it’s great value when compared to even the most competitive of competitors. One of their great offers is the 15 pounds a month deal (or ‘goodybag’), which gets you 400 minutes and free, unlimited internet and texting.

The only hurdle you may have to jump before replacing your current sim card with a giffgaff one is to unlock your phone. Mercifully, the website provides a comprehensive list of companies that are able to unlock phones – with each one rated and ranked so you don’t waste any time chasing after cowboys. They even show you how to unlock some handsets for free with simple step-by-step guides.

Once your phone is unlocked, and you’ve gone through the simple registration process, you become a member of giffgaff. ‘Member’ really is a more appropriate word than ‘customer’ as you are free to get involved in every aspect of the company’s operation, from marketing to customer service. In return for answering problems in the community forum and writing blog posts about the latest handsets, you are rewarded with free minutes. You also get money back for introducing new members to the site.

To find out more about the various goodybags offered by giffgaff, visit giffgaff.com, where you’ll also be able to link to the blog, sign up and order one of their free, pay as you go sim cards. Click here to learn more about prepaid mobile phones.

With the introduction of the mobile phone (a gradual process that began with unwieldy, unviable handsets in the 70’s) came speculation that the days of the landline were numbered. Surely, with this clever new mobile technology, the home phone line would be rendered obsolete? This, as it turned out, was not the case…

Perhaps the most important advantage that a home phone line has over a mobile handset, is in case of emergency. The government recommend keeping an analogue phone (which is powered solely by the power in the phone jack), so that you can contact emergency services even if your mobile has run out of battery. It’s certainly smart to keep both types of phone in the house, to cover yourself in as many ways possible.

Landlines also save money. If you are running a business from home, or even if you just have teenage daughters, you will know how expensive phone bills can be. Mobile phone bills, regardless of the network provider, are always considerably more expensive than landlines. When you factor in long distances between callers, the costs can become astronomical – phoning abroad using a mobile may cost 30 times what it would on a landline.

The quality of the connection will also be considerably better with a home phone line. The problem of calls being suddenly disconnected, not to mention static interference, simply doesn’t exist with a landline.

Home phone lines are affordable, convenient and may well connect you to life-saving assistance in an emergency. They cost a fraction of mobile costs, and are already installed in homes and offices throughout the world.

If you don’t have a phone line installed, you can get one as part of most internet packages. Sky offer a particularly good value-for-money deal, with Unlimited Broadband usage and a phone line thrown in, for less than £20 per month. Visit the Sky website by clicking the ‘phone line’ link for more details.

The price and availability of all products mentioned in the above article is subject to change.

Sony Ericsson Aspen is a smartphone device from the Sony Ericsson Green Heart range. This 3G enabled amazing handset supports Windows Mobile OS version 6.5.3 Professional. In addition with this feature this stylish looking handset comprises with a touch sensitive display with full QWERTY keyboard. The owner of this wonderful cellphone will surely enjoy a user friendly social networking experience as it is also Facebook and Youtube compatible. Sony Ericsson Aspen comes with a 3.2 MP camera along with 4x digital zoom. It is capable of capturing bright pictures with automatic light and colour balance. Enjoy your free time listening to your favorite songs in Windows Media player. The stereo speakers offer excellent sound quality.

Sony Ericsson Aspen

Browse internet on the mobile’s Internet Explorer. The device has got expandable memory support; hence you can download plenty of music, games or images to your mobile phone. Wireless Bluetooth supports high speed data transfer by connecting your mobile to other compatible devices. If you love playing games on mobile then have a look at the cool gadget which contains some of the most exciting 3D games into it. Another unique feature of this cellphone also includes handwriting recognition software that allows the user to view & edit important documents on their Smartphone.

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The name Sony Ericsson is synonymous with innovation and high end technology to which their musical handset Spiro perfectly goes well. If you are a real music lover then experience the wonderful sound clarity that anyone could only expect from a giant sized sound system.

Sony Ericsson Spiro

This GSM/GPRS/EDGE 900/1800 enabled device offers instant data access. You can download plenty of songs as the cellphone is supported by 5MB internal space aside from 16MB external memory. When the memory is full it can be up graded by installing MicroSD and MicroSDHC card slot. For instant data transfer the phone is equipped with Bluetooth connectivity.

The Sony Ericsson Spiro comes with a 2 MP camera with 2x digital zoom that offers decent quality photographs. You do not need to carry any separate camcorder to shoot videos of some of the precious moments of your life. With Obigo™ Q7 you can browse unlimited internet. Connecting to Facebook is another attribute that is available on the phone. In spite of having so many features and boasting a solid durable look, the handset is not much heavy as it weighs only 90.0 grams. For those who travel a lot can enjoy long hours of mobile conversation with the support of loner battery life. The phone offers 4 hours 30 min talktime with the stand by time up to 476 hours.

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Nokia has released the X5 smartphone, with a unique sliding feature called square slider. When you close the handset it displays like a square shaped gadget and after opening it becomes like a BlackBerry with QWERTY keyboard. All social networking tools like Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and other major Instant Messaging services are inbuilt into this new design phone from Nokia.

Feature wise, it runs on Symbian S60 3rd Generation OS with 2.36-inch screen, 5 MP camera with flash, media playing tools, 3.5mm jack. The phone has connectivity options like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth and this phone comes with a 2GB microSD card.

Get fun and functionality both at your finger tips with latest Samsung Omnia Lite cellphone device. Its eye catchy design grabs everybody’s attention. The mobile phone has got a finger-friendly Touch Wiz 2.0 interface that displays cool, colorful graphics. You will surely enjoy navigating across your favorite features with a single tap or touch without a stylus.

Samsung Omnia Lite

If you are tired of slow internet browsing in an ordinary handset, then switch to Samsung Omnia Lite. It’s Opera 9.5 browser is almost 2.5 times faster than Internet Mobile Explorer that other mobile phones offer. Now you can download plenty of files, images, music or games within few seconds. This superb stylish mobile phone provides you high speed internet access that one can expect from a PC only.

You will find everything in the power packed handset that makes it a perfect entertainment device. Starting from downloadable games to FM radio you will get everything with a simple tap. You can use it for photographic purpose. Leave your camera behind and pick up this 3 MP camera phone. You can take photos and videos of your priceless memories with this mobile set while you are on the fly.

The convenient Push email capabilities with Microsoft Exchange support repeatedly update your inbox, which is quite useful for the corporate users.

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Nokia C3, low cost smart phone with impressive features from Nokia will be available from Vodafone network. Vodafone will start selling deals of Nokia C3 from Jun 22 2010. A phone that boasts Wi-Fi, one-click access to social networking sites and a QWERTY keyboard, Nokia C3 will be around £109 on Sim free deals. Other features include a 2MP  camera, GPRS, and Nokia’s Messaging service.

Users will also be able to choose the Nokia C3 from three colours; hot pink, slate grey and golden white.

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Finally iPhone 4G or just iPhone 4 has been announced toay by Apple.  Built with stainless steel and glass body, apple has tried to make it eye candy phone for everyone. The phone comes with 5MP camera, Wi-Fi, 3G to name a few. It has Face Time calling features to make video-calling possible with it.

The iPhone 4 will be available in UK soon. O2, Orange and Vodafone will be selling it in UK and speculated release date is set to 24 June.

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Nokia X3 offers a complete entertainment experience with an eye catchy design that everyone would die for. It is a slide bar phone that weighs nearly 103 g. The Quad-band GSM handset is equipped with Bluetooth device. You can connect it to your cell phone and transfer your stored data to another laptop or mobile phone.  The Integrated hands free speakerphone lets you drive safely to your destination. It supports web browsing facility as well. So you can use it as mini office laptop and access various websites through it.

Nokia X3

The camera has got a 3.2 mega pixel camera with 4x digital zoom. You can take beautiful snaps or shoot the memorable events of your life through video recording feature. The phone also facilitates uploading the captured image and videos online to share with the social networks or friends. You can also avail the latest mobile games and applications from Nokia’s Ovi store. In addition with this the handset also includes the built in music player and the Stereo FM radio with RDS support. This device can be a great help to record class lectures with Voice recorder. The price of this phone in UK market is approximately £125.00 including VAT.

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Sony Ericsson Aino sports a groovy and dynamic look that easily grabs people’s attention. It is packed with loads of innovative features that include PlayStation3 connectivity as well. If you register the phone with your PS3 then you will be able to stream audio and video over Wi-Fi or 3G from anywhere under the sky. Though you can’t play games, but you can surely turn your PS3 on and off, which is quite appealing. The touch screen interface of Aino remains non responsive when the slider phone is open. But when it is closed you can enjoy its touch sensitive user interface, and watch videos or listen to music at any time.

Sony Ericsson Aino

The phone offers 55MB Phone book memory, which means you can store plenty of contact information in your handset. For further up gradation of the internal memory you can use the microSD card slot too. The phone is supported by GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 and its powerful battery backup ensures 8 hours 30 min of non stop talktime with 300 hours of stand by time.

This phone is quite useful to take beautiful snaps as well as video recording with its 8.1 MP camera which is equipped with photo flash, auto focus and 16x digital zoom.

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