Mobile Phones

Welcome to my phones and Mobiles page.

In less than twenty years, mobile phones have gone from being rare and expensive pieces of equipment used primarily by the business elite to a pervasive low-cost personal item. In many countries, mobile phones now outnumber land-line telephones, with most adults and many children using mobile phones. In the United States, 50% of children are using mobile phones. In many young adults' households the mobile phone has supplanted land-line telephones. In some areas in developing countries with scarce fixed-line infrastructure, the mobile phone has introduced telephony as such. It has given poor people in isolated communties access to services that are considered elementary human rights, such as medical and legal advice.

With high levels of mobile telephone penetration , mobile culture has evolved where the phone is a key social tool with people relying on their mobile phone address book to keep in touch with friends, not least by SMS, and a whole culture of "texting" has developed from this. The commercial market in SMSs is growing. Many phones offer Instant Messenger services to increase the simplicity and ease of texting on phones. Mobile phones in Japan, offering Internet capabilities such as NTT DoCoMo's i-mode, offer text messaging via standard e-mail.

The mobile phone itself has also become a fashion object of totemic value, with users decorating, customizing, and accessorizing their mobile phones to reflect their personality. This has emerged as its own industry. The sale of commercial ringtones exceeded $2.5 billion in 2004. The Uk Industry has 5 main players in the market, these are O2, Vodaphone, Orange, 3 and T-Mobile. Other players are in the market and can offer you phone services, by piggy-backing on to one of these systems, they are listed here.

I have tried to show you some of the places where you can find the best deal for your mobiles and phones, and some of the other services you may find useful relating to communications.

Network Providers

Shops and other providers

Other Mobile Services

	What is Skype? Skype is a little piece of software that lets you make free calls over the Internet. We are revolutionizing the telecoms world by allowing our users to make superior quality voice calls to other Skype users for free and to landlines and mobiles worldwide for the price of a local call
	maxSIM™ is a prepaid mobile phone service that allows you to use your mobile phone when you are traveling abroad, without incurring expensive roaming charges. Simply swap to maxSIM™ and make cheap mobile phone calls in over 115 countries worldwide, and even receive calls for free in more than 65 countries. Ideal for people travelling abroad on business, holiday or taking a gap year, maxSIM™ will cut your mobile phone bill by as much as 85% and makes it easier to stay in touch.
	TotalPDA is a market leader in the field of PDA and GPS technology, specialising in low cost GPS/Satellite navigation products. Our remit is to provide top quality products at the most competitive prices, selling a large range of new and refurbished products.
	Grab now LEO unbeatable promotion! A roaring offer that will stun customers with a HUGE load of free downloads, ranging from thousands of ringtones, true tone, real tones to java games, mobile applications and much more. LEO’s database will be updated constantly with all the latest hits, cool games, sexy pics and trendy stuff of the moment.
	UrFreeSim is a part of the 1stFruits Ltd Group. UrFreeSim gives out members free sim cards just for joining our partner sites and competitions at the click of a button! All they need to do is complete their details and join in the sites and competitions! It's as easy as that!
	www.0044.co.uk is the first and only website in the UK to specialise in mobile phone roaming solutions. Our range of international prepaid sim cards allows travellers to avoid roaming charges and save up to 80%
	Jamster is Europe’s leading provider of mobile entertainment. At jamster.co.uk customers can find a huge choice of mobile phone downloads: polyphonic and monophonic ringtones, real music tones, true tones, mobile java games, colour wallpapers, animated screensavers, colour backgrounds, mobile video, mobile karaoke, colour logos, mobile phone themes, operator logos, picture messages, SMS and MMS info channels, sexy downloads and much more.
	Alpha Telecom is one of the largest alternative telecommunications providers in the United Kingdom specialising in prepaid telecommunications services that offer exceptional value.