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.

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.

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 5230 is an entry level handset which has become quite popular in recent times. This is a cheap and affordable handset that offers a touch screen experience along with music playing abilities. The device comes in an aesthetically styled casing that measures 111 mm x 51 mm wide and 15 mm thick in size. It is quite easy to carry being 115 g in weight. Earlier the Nokia 5230 was available in only purple encasing. The black, pink and while versions of Nokia 5230 have also been launched in the market. The 5230 is a 3G handset and has high-speed HSDPA that provides download speeds of up to 3.6 Mbps. Hence it is great device for browsing internet while you are on the go, or you can use it to download music or games also.

This Symbian operated mobile phone is available on Vodafone monthly and also PAYG deals. If you go for the monthly deal the price range starts from £15.00 per month and you will get this unique handset totally free of cost. But the PAYG deal for 5230 just available in only £64.95. You will get £10.00 Airtime Credit if you purchase this scheme.

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Dell and O2 have declared that Dell Streak will be available exclusively on O2 from the month of June. Dell Streak is an Android Tablet device which was released only last month. This has incorporated all the features of a tablet and a cell phone into one package. It brings high speed internet connectivity, entertainment, easy turn-by-turn navigation system and numerous Android Market apps to the customers who are looking for a big screen experience without carrying a laptop around.

This outstanding device comes with a 5 megapixel camera which offers excellent photographic quality. The in built Wi-Fi enables the users to easily connect to various social networks. The handset is available in all O2 stores from 4^th June. Dell Streak features a 5 megapixel camera, fast processor, built in Wi-Fi and can easily connect to a range of social networks. Its tough display screen is made of Gorilla Glass. This touch sensitive screen is fully scratch proof. Hence it lasts longer.

The president of Dell Communication Solutions Group Ron Garriques claimed, “The Dell Streak hits the sweet spot between traditional smartphones and larger-screen tablets.” You can avail this handset at any O2 store and its monthly contract starts from £25 for 24 months while the Pay as you go price starts from £399 onwards.

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Till now Huawei, a Chinese mobile phone company has manufactured several handsets for other operators in the UK-such as T-Mobile Pulse. But for the first time they are going to launch a handset under their own brand name in UK market. In a recent Press Release they have announced that this handset named as Huawei G7002 will be available through O2. This will be an inexpensive and entry level handset. So it has included some basic features like 1.3 megapixel camera with video capture facility. The LCD display of the phone is 2.4 inch wide. It is a full touch screen and so the users can enjoy all the functionalities of the mobile phone with a single finger touch.

The phone is a 2G device and hence it doesn’t support Wi-Fi. It has got a 2Mb of internal memory that can be enhanced by installing a MicroSD card. If you enjoy listening to music in your free time the handset will certainly excite you a lot. With the built in FM Radio along with music player and MP3/MP4 playback you can make your free time more enjoyable. The handset is also compatible to Bluetooth device and its powerful battery backup provides 6 hours of talk time as well.

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The latest affordable Android 2.1 phone from Vodafone, the Vodafone 845 announced last month. Rumor is that this is probably the cheapest Android phone launched till date. Though the handset is very much affordable but it looks far more expensive than the price and it comes in both silver and black colour encasing.

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The phone lets you customize the home screen. You can select from over 30,000 apps in the Android Market. One of the most remarkable feature of this phone is it provides faster browsing facility than any other smartphone device. There is also Vodafone 360 which provides MyWeb for browsing. You can download plenty of latest tracks and albums at cheap rate.

In addition to this the handset also comes with a 3.2 megapixel camera and 2.8 inches screen to display images and texts with clear visibility. It’s also quite simple to personalize the Vodafone 845 as the phone is equipped with the latest version of Google’s Android.

Not only that, the phone brings thousands of free apps in the Android Market. The handset is integrated with various social networking sites like Twitter or Facebook. Hence it’s not just a phone; it is a wonderful device loaded with enumerable features to make you a real gadget freak.

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Acer E Ferrari smart phone is also known as Liquid E handset. This attractive mobile handset runs on Android 2.1 operating system, a 3.5 inch touchscreen. All the objects and images are quite clearly visible on this large wonderful screen. The applications of the mobile phone will operate quite fast as the handset uses Qualcomm Snapdragon processor.

Acer Liquid E Ferrari

The casing of the handset has got a Ferrai red cover with a chrome trim finishing and a Scuderia Ferrai shield on the rear part of it. You can have a Ferrari wallpaper on your screen and also get videos and images of this special car. The user can also make the ringtones personalized with a sweet music of the Ferrari engine.

The handset can also be used safely while driving as there is a Bluetooth attached to it. He can store the important emotional moments of his life as there is a 5 mega pixel camera with an auto focus attached to the handset. You will also get a Ferrari case where you can keep the mobile handset protected from dust and unnecessary shocks.

One can also get the advantages of mapping and find locations easily as there is GPS tagging included in this wonderful looking handset.

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With their launch in the market, Blackberry 9105 Pearl 3G has tied up with the giant service provider Vodafone. The handset producer and Vodafone have come out with schemes which cover all types of users, namely the low end and high end ones. If anyone pays £10 monthly, then he can get 100 minutes of talk time every month to any network and he will be able to send 500 text messages every month within that budget.

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There are also people who need to send text messages more than making calls. There is a beautiful scheme for these persons as they can send unlimited texts just by paying £15 per month. In such cases, the user will have to buy the handset and the price varies according to the scheme chosen.

But the real lucky ones are those who go for high ended schemes as they get the chance of availing this handset totally free of cost. If any user goes for Vodafone 600 scheme, then he can talk for 600 minutes to any other network and also get this wonderful handset totally free of cost. There are many schemes which also offer Internet along with the connection and in such cases also, handset is offered free.

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