Finally phone manufacturers have joined the pledge to start offering a single universal charger for handsets from next year.

This fantastic move has come after complaints from customer who due to receiving a new charger with every mobile phone bought, millions of homes have unused charges and wires which are a complete waste of space and of which many are thrown out creating waste. The EU has estimated there is around 51,000 tonnes of unused phone charges hanging around.

The phone manufacturers that have joined up to the scheme include Apple, Nokia, Motorola, LG  Sony Ericsson , Samsung and Blackberry. They will provide charger compatibly with micro-USB connectors and this new charger will replace the more than 13 different charges available at the moment.

The first set of universal charges will go on sale next year and this now means you will not have to worry any longer about forgetting your charger as you can use any!

The Samsung Jet is described as ‘smarter than a smartphone’ and it has been announced today that it will be available to 3 network, two weeks after the exclusive launch with Vodafone.

Expected for availability in mid July the Samsung Jet offers fantastic sound and image quality on the 3.1 inch screen which packs four times the standard resolution seen on most handsets. The handset is run on a 800MHz application processor which offers more power, fast and responsive touch screen and excellent applications.

The Jet also comes complete with a 5 mega pixel camera, built in GPS for finding your way around and DivX & XviD for viewing and downloading videos in DVD player standards.  The touch sensitive display complete with Samsung’s new TouchWiz 2.0 user interface makes this handset perfect for web browsing with Ad blockers and Online widgets onboard.

Even if it is smarter than any smart phone it still packs the general features including Microsoft Exchange for emails and Microsoft task manager to keep you organised.

A great all round phone, we can’t wait for the landing of the Jet! If you cant wait till the end of July check out the Samsung Pixon which comes complete with 8 mega pixel camera and a good web browser.

Sony Ericssson is doing their bit for the environment by launching two mobile phones made from old cd cases and water bottles. The handsets named the Green heart C901 and the Naite have been created in a bid to boos the brands awareness of its green values and approach a more environmentally friendly market.
The Greenheart C901 and the Naite both come complete with all the features you would expect from a top end Sony Ericsson mobile phone including a camera, WAP and Google maps.

So how are these phones actually made? They use at least 50% recycled plastic and the plastic is coloured using a friendly water based paint. Other greener benefits include the low power charges which come with these handsets and the onboard e-manual which reduces the need for more paper to produce a user manual. Other features on this phone include an application which allows users to calculate their greenhouse gas commissions when they walk compared to driving.

Sony Ericsson claim these changes will reduce the carbon footprint of the handsets by 15% and are expected to go on sale later this year.

For handsets that don’t neccessarily help the enviroment but are fantastic take a look at our range of the latest mobile phones available at Mobilesplease.

LG Arena Pink

Exclusive to Orange, LG have launched a beautiful pink version of the LG KM900 Arena . The multimedia phone with a 5 mega pixel camera, Wi-fi and a massive 8GB of memory proved such a hit with consumers that the mobile giants have launched it in a girly dusky pink.

The Lg Arena is a multimedia machine with full GPS capabilities, a large 3 inch touch sensitive display and a up to 30 hours of MP3 playing plus with 8Gb of memory you can store hundreds of songs.
Many phone manufacturers are picking up on the need for pink mobile phones with the recent release of LG Cookie in Pink, the Blackberry 8120 Pearl in pink and Samsung pixon in Pink .

A pink phone is the perfect fashion accessory for the style conscious and with such fantastic features it’s not all about the looks.
Available this week the Lg Arena in pink is a must have item for your Spring/Summer wardrobe!

LG phone with 118 dialled

118 are launching a brand new service on the 18th June, which will allows users access to a huge database of mobile phone contacts.

How does this work? Well the user can either search on the website www.118800.co.uk site or call 118800 to find the desired number. The person they are trying to find will then receive a text message asking them whether they would like to accept the person searching for them.  The service is charged at £1 per search and will come in useful for getting business contacts or a long lost friend’s number.

People have already complained about the breach of privacy but 118 118 claims that two thirds of the people they asked where in favour of the mobile number directory.

From 18th June just simply log on to the site from your Blackberry or Nokia mobile phone to get access to many contacts – the person being searched does need to give permission though!

Blackberry with Northen Rail APP

Applications are the ‘new’ thing with hundreds being created each day, the Apple iphone boasts over 15,000 applications which allows you do to everything from find a restaurant to plan the perfect outfit. One of the latest Applications from Blackberry is perfect for the business traveller.

If you spend most of your time on trains that you will find the recent Vodafone and Northern Rail Application a life saver. Vodafone have teamed up with the nationwide rail network to offer passengers and staff an application which will allows customer to keep up to date with train times and the latest travel information. Already in use by over 1,000 train conductors on Blackberry handsets the revolutionary application will make a lot of people journeys a lot easier.

There are thousands of applications out there from most phone manufacturers including Blackberry’s App store, Nokia’s Ovi store and Apple iphone apps.

Another Android to land, thanks for the tip off engadget.

HTC are fulfilling our dreams of a world full of phone run on the Android platform, with the launch of the HTC Hero. HTC teased up at the beggining of the year with an annoucement that they would be releasing 3 new handsets in 2009.

The HTC Hero is rumoured to be available in a range of bright colours including red, blue and green and will featureHTC very own TouchFlo technology ( which is already seen in the HTC Touch Diamond)

Said to be launching one with a full QWERTY keyboard like the orginal G1 Android and one without the handset are said to be announced on the 24th June…so not long to wait!

One of the main advantages to this handset is a 3.5mm head phone jack which will please alot of Android fans who felt this was needed in the Google Android and the HTC Magic.

Samsung Pixon Pink

Samsung have joined the race to be the first manufacturer to produce a 12 mega pixel camera phone…and it looks like after there announcement they will be the winners. Their contender is the Sony Ericsson Satio which is also under development and due to be out this year.

The handset named the ‘Pixon12′ is a new and improved version of the successful Samsung Pixon which features an 8 mega pixel camera and is available in both silver and pink. The Pixon12 is going to feature a 3.1 inch full touch screen and will be packed full of fantastic camera features including an Xenon flash, Auto-focus tracking and a cool function which allows you to use your finger to pinpoint where you want the camera to focus.

Also included on this camera phone are a FM radio, GPS and internet access via the Wi-fi and HSPDA support.

By the start of next year we predict that 12 mega pixel camera phones will be the norm but we congratulate Samsung for producing the first of many! If you cant wait for the launch of this great phone try the Samsung Pixon or Sony Ericsson C905 which both come with fantastic 8 mega pixel cameras….which is good enough for us.