It has been evident that the wave of hip and innovative technological gadgets has consumed the public. But long before the high mega pixel cameras and mp3/mp4 players came the advent of the mobile phones. And sure enough, the staying power of mobile phones is here to stay.
The United Kingdom mobile surge started in 2003. It was reported by U.K.'s National Statistics office that 75% of adults owns a mobile phone and that a bigger percentage of this belongs to the young adults group. By 2005, 45 million of U.K.'s population owns a mobile phone. Not satisfied with simply having a nice mobile phone to boot, U.K. mobile phone users went ahead and subscribed for 3G services. 4 million of them subscribed to the leading authority in 3G services in U.K., and this is non other than 3 mobile.
3 mobile can also be called 3 due to the date it was launched which was March 3, 2003.
The company's official name was Hutchison 3G UK Limited. 3 has the widest coverage of 3G services in Europe and this goes with the wide array of mobile phones to choose from. For the first quarter of 2008, some of the hottest 3 phones will be available for subscribers. These are the Nokia 6500 Slide, Nokia N95 8GB Edition and the Cyber-Shot camera phones from Sony Ericsson like the K800i, K850i, and K770i. Other hot phones from LG, orange phone, T-Mobile, Motorola, Samsung, Blackberry are also available. Skypephone will also be supported by 3. Skypephone allow calls to and fro the PC and mobile phones. Calls using Skype will not consume airtime minutes, it is free.
3 won't stop here. They offer subscribers with their X-series subscription plans in which customers can now fully use the function of their mobile phones. Voice calls and SMS messaging are such a thing of the past when it comes to the 3G technology, the Internet and when your phone is a computer on-the-go. X-series mobile phones allow you to use an instant messenger like MSN, search the web with Yahoo Search, do bargain shopping at eBay and use Skype for free calls. Moreover, 3 also provides broadband services, online music stores, news and sports updates, downloadable games and many more. 3 mobile subscribers will surely have a blast choosing from the variety of phones, plans and services. 3's website can even help you choose what will be the best for you. But all-in-all, 3 will give you your money's worth and even more.
