Mobile Phone Deals News

More and more people are using their mobile phones to send picture messages, according to a report by Orange.

Music downloads and puzzle games are also being used on mobiles more than ever.

Gavin Forth, head of entertainment at Orange, said: "The kind of people who are playing mobile games is evolving. They are not the kind of people which we would normally call gamers — historically male teenagers or twenty-somethings. Females are now the biggest group."

He added that figures are showing more and more people are using their phones for casual gaming while more people are "downloading a game simply to kill time".

One of the most popular games downloaded onto mobile phones is a version of students' favourite Deal or No Deal.

The report shows that the number of music downloads on mobile phones has risen 15 per cent in the last six months. The mobile phone company expects the annual download figures to have more than doubled by the end of 2007.

More than seven million picture messages are sent every month according to Orange. One billion normal text messages are sent each month.

Students concerned for the environment may be interested by the unveiling of an ECO Sensor concept phone, made by Nokia.

The phone has a wearable sensor unit that monitors the environment around the user as well as health and local weather conditions.

To read reviews and compare the latest mobile phone deals on offer click here

3 unveils 'Facebook phone'
On 14-Nov-2008 under Mobile Phones
Find the best mobile phone dealsMobile phone giant 3 is launching a new model which it hoped will capitalise on the popularity of social networking sites such as Facebook.The brand's new INQ1 is set t read more...

Post Office to launch mobile network
On 17-Sep-2008 under Mobile Phones
The Post Office is planning to launch a mobile phone network after its success in the broadband market, according to the Guardian.With more than half a million home broadband and land line customers o read more...

Games 'to drive mobile phones growth'
On 04-Aug-2008 under Mobile Phones
Mobile phones will be increasingly used to play games on, an industry member has claimed.Speaking at the Develop conference, Aki Jarvilehto, from Nokia, said innovative games developed with the latest read more...