T-Mobile G1 costs only £92 to make
So why is it that we can we only get it free on a £40 tariff?

T-Mobile G1 – how much do the components cost?

T-Mobile’s G1 handset, manufactured by HTC, has been broken down on a cost basis, and it turns out it comes in at a wallet friendly £92.
Analyst [...]

Super high-res phone lacks only kitchen sink
Sharp builds a beast of a handset for Softbank

Sharp already leverages the Aquos brand in its Japanese phones

Japanese phone users may not have as good a selection of decent hardware as us in the West (they’re big on services, mind), but they do at least now have one of [...]

London, 2nd September 2008 – Orange Business Services today launched a set of SIM only tariffs for business customers. From as little as £15 a month business customers will receive 300 inclusive minutes and 50 inclusive texts. While sharer SIM only options start at £45 a month including 1,000 talk plan minutes. International outbound calls [...]

Only 200,000 Android phones sold in 2008?
T-Mobile’s handset predicted to sell fewer than expected

HTC’s touch series is doing well

Analysts are reporting that the T-Mobile G1 Android-powered phone is likely to sell only 200,000 units before the end of 2008.
Previous estimates predicted the handset would sell 400,000 units worldwide, and given the fact the handset has [...]

London, 26 August 2008 – Orange Business Services today launched a set of SIM only tariffs for business customers. From as little as £15 a month business customers will receive 300 inclusive minutes and 50 inclusive texts. While sharer SIM only options start at £45 a month including 1,000 talk plan minutes. International outbound calls [...]