There's something of a retail focus in this week's mobile industry headlines, with joint-branded stores, mobile shopping, subsidised iPads and a stand-alone Tesco Phone Shop all being discussed. There's also talk about Symbian, Windows Phone 7 and angels with mobile phones.
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Orange and T-Mobile have both announced subsidised pricing for the Apple iPad when bought with a two-year ‘pay monthly’ contract. The devices are expected to go on sale in the next week or two.
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Everything Everywhere has confirmed that six dual-branded Orange and T-Mobile stores will be opening this week as part of a trial scheme. The stores are located in Tooting, Palmers Green, Hertford, Bridgend, Weston super Mare and Dorchester.
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Orange has confirmed it’ll be the first major UK mobile network to offer the Apple iPad at a subsidised price when purchased with a data plan. In a brief statement it said these purchase options for Wi-Fi + 3G iPad models would be available “in the coming months”.
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Mobile Broadband Network Limited, the 50/50 joint venture set up by Three UK and T-Mobile almost three years ago, has now delivered more than 12,000 shared 3G sites across the UK for the two networks. Each of these 3G sites is fully-configured for high-speed mobile broadband access.
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