Nokia 5800 XpressMusic unboxing

Bluetooth is useful for many things, but the latest idea could be one of the coolest for some time. A keyfob sized gadget that backs up all your phone data and alerts you if the phone gets too far away.

From the 23rd December 2008, 3 will be offering the UK’s first sub-ten pound credit-crunch busting tariff. Despite the low cost, it still offers an impressive call allowance and free services like Windows Live Messenger and Skype.

It doesn’t matter if you’re in a car, on a bike or on foot, if you’ve got the new MobileNavigator 7 software for Symbian (S60 3rd Edition) devices. Navigon has introduced genuine pedestrian navigation, and is offering the software on a 14-day trial.

Any journalist knows his or her job is to check for authenticity before publishing anything. With Virgin Mobile being so good at winding people up with elaborate jokes, we had to run this story through a range of filters to confirm it wasn’t a stupid story made up to get editorial on a website desperate for news in the run up to Christmas.