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Carphone Warehouse gets UK exclusive for LG Optimus 3D launch

The LG Optimus 3D will launch exclusively at The Carphone Warehouse and Best Buy this spring. It’ll later be available to other UK retailers.

The phone, which was announced at Mobile World Congress in February, has an auto-stereoscopic 4.3-inch display that avoids the need for 3D glasses.

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Vodafone, HTC, Best Buy and 20:20 rewarded for innovation at Mobile News Awards

Last night's Mobile News Awards ceremony at the London Hilton on Park Lane saw major wins for some of the industry's best known names.

Vodafone's Sure Signal femtocell won the Innovative Product award, the HTC Desire won Innovative Handset, Best Buy's 'Walk out working' picked up the Innovative Service award and 20:20 won Innovative Distributor.

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Amazon Kindle now available at Carphone Warehouse and Best Buy UK

The Amazon Kindle eBook reader is now available at all Best Buy UK stores and around 400 Carphone Warehouse shops as well. Pricing is the same as buying the device directly from Amazon; £111 for the WiFi-only version or £152 for the WiFi/3G Kindle.

Best Buy’s US operation has been offering the Kindle since last year.

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Emergency SMS, shorter contracts and faster number porting... all heading for the UK thanks to the EU

Ofcom has issued a consultation about a number of changes it needs to make by 25th May 2011, which is a deadline set by the EU for new telecoms laws to be in place.

These include mobile number portability, SMS access to emergency services and contract terms.

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A look back at Mobile World Congress in this week's podcast

This week's edition of The Fonecast includes its regular look at the latest mobile industry headlines - and it also returns to last week’s GSMA Mobile World Congress.

New shops from Everything Everywhere, mobiles on the tube, the ever-increasing interest in tablet devices and the future of applications are all up for discussion.

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