This week’s podcast from The Fonecast takes a look at the European Commission’s new roaming charges before talking about the rest of the week’s big stories, from Facebook to free messaging.

You can listen to the programme on our website audio player, via iTunes, by using our RSS feed or by downloading the MP3.

iZettle, which offers a plug-in card reader that can turn an iPhone or iPad into a credit card terminal, has launched a beta programme in the UK. It follows launches in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway within the past nine months.

UK users who want to accept MasterCard, American Express and Diners Club cards can can sign up via iZettle’s UK website or can download the iOS app from the Apple App Store and request an invitation.

Mark Bridge writes:

This was going to be my best-ever mobile phone review... and I wasn’t even going to use the handset. But all my plans fell apart because my mother wouldn’t let me do it.

Don’t get me wrong, I hadn’t planned an elaborate ‘theatre-not-journalism’ piece of creative writing and I’m not tied to anyone’s apron strings. I was going to give mum a mobile phone to test.

It's been another busy week for the mobile industry, with European roaming charges, Facebook applications, Yahoo's CEO, mobile payments, free messaging and financial results all hitting the headlines.

HTC Corporation has been promoting its business-focussed HTCpro service by releasing a whitepaper about mobile security.

The ‘Basic Principles for Increasing Security in a Mobile Computing Program’ whitepaper is aimed at Chief Information Officers and IT departments, explaining how companies can combine the flexibility of mobile devices while maintaining security.