We recently ran a competition to win an ipad2 in our Hastings store. It is with great pleasure to announce that Spencer Hunt is the winner of a brand new iPad 2. The mayor of Hastings, Councillor Kim Forward presented Spencer with his prize. Congratulations Spencer, everyone at fonehouse hopes you enjoy your fantastic new gadget.

As an extra present this Christmas we are giving away a free chipmunk toy and DVD on all new pay monthly deals. This is to celebrate the launch of the new film, Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked. These make a great stocking filler and it must be said – the chipmunks really are rather cute...

Find your local store here: http://www.fonehouse.co.uk/Stores/

You are all invited to our latest house warming party to celebrate the re-launch of our Bluewater store. Join us on Saturday 22nd October for freebies, special promotions and good vibes.

Saturday 22nd October will be the start of a month long celebration of the re-launch of our Bluewater store. During this time customers can win an iPod Nano Touch and Nokia speakers every day. The main prize will be an iPad 2 so make sure you join us on Saturday 22nd, 29th October and 5th, 12th November.

Fonehouse Bluewater address: Unit 37B, Upper Rose Gallery, Kent, DA9 9SQ

First glimpse of the MOTOROLA DROID RAZR

Source: droid-life

Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) announced today that a selection of premium apps worth a total value of more than US $100 will be offered free of charge to subscribers as an expression of appreciation for their patience during the recent service disruptions. The apps will be made available to customers over the coming weeks on BlackBerry® App World™ and will continue to be available until December 31, 2011.*

“Our global network supports the communications needs of more than 70 million customers,” said RIM Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis. “We truly appreciate and value our relationship with our customers. We’ve worked hard to earn their trust over the past 12 years, and we’re committed to providing the high standard of reliability they expect, today and in the future.”

The complete selection of premium apps will become available to download at BlackBerry App World over a period of four weeks beginning Wednesday, October 19th. The selections over this period will include the following (with more to come):

• SIMS 3 - Electronic Arts

• Bejeweled - Electronic Arts

• N.O.V.A. - Gameloft

• Texas Hold’em Poker 2 - Gameloft

• Bubble Bash 2 - Gameloft

• Photo Editor Ultimate - Ice Cold Apps

• DriveSafe.ly Pro - iSpeech.org

• iSpeech Translator Pro - iSpeech.org

• Drive Safe.ly Enterprise - iSpeech.org

• Nobex Radio™ Premium - Nobex

• Shazam Encore - Shazam

• Vlingo Plus: Virtual Assistant - Vlingo

RIM’s enterprise customers will also be offered one month of free Technical Support. Current customers will be offered a complimentary one month extension of their existing Technical Support contract, and customers who do not currently have a Technical Support contract will be offered a one month trial of RIM’s BlackBerry Technical Support Services - Enhanced Support, free of charge. Additional details about the program and information about how to register will be available at www.blackberry.com/enterpriseoffer.

“We are grateful to our loyal BlackBerry customers for their patience,” added Lazaridis. “We have apologized to our customers and we will work tirelessly to restore their confidence. We are taking immediate and aggressive steps to help prevent something like this from happening again.”

Global popularity with customers drives momentum for Samsung's flagship smartphone

SEOUL, Korea – September 25th, 2011 – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a global leader in digital media and digital convergence technologies, today announced that the Samsung GALAXY S II (Model: GT-I9100) has achieved 10 million global channel sales, doubling from five million in just eight weeks.

The GALAXY S II is Samsung's flagship smartphone device - a beautifully thin (8.49mm) and lightweight dual-core smartphone that combines an unmatched Super AMOLED Plus viewing experience with powerful performance, all on Android, the world's fastest-growing mobile operating system. The next generation smartphone also includes Samsung's four content and entertainment hubs, seamlessly integrated to provide instant access to music, games, e-reading and social networking services.

"Since its launch in late April 2011, the GALAXY S II has seen continued sales success, demonstrating Samsung's industry-leading capabilities in - and commitment to - the smartphone market" said JK Shin, President and Head of Samsung's Mobile Communications Business.

"In just five months the GALAXY S II has seen tremendous growth, reflecting its tremendous popularity with customers around the world, who in selecting the GALAXY S II as their device of choice have driven the device's strong market position globally."