The Carphone Warehouse has been told to drop the phrase “0% commission” from its advertising. A complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority from rival Phones 4U argued that “100% impartial advice” and “0% Commission” were misleading. Phones 4U said they thought Carphone Warehouse staff were rewarded on the basis of store sales figures, which meant they could not be totally impartial.
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In this week's edition of The Fonecast we’re making some predictions for 2011... and we’re looking back on last year's predictions as well.
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This week's edition of The Fonecast takes its regular look at mobile news headlines from the past seven days, including the launch of HipLogic's Spark application. In addition, the team makes some predictions about the industry for 2011... and discusses the successes and failures of last year's predictions.
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Continuing with the December theme of reviews and predictions, browser company Opera has published its 'State of the Mobile Web' top 30 list.
Last year, Facebook was the most-visited site by Opera Mini users worldwide – but this year Google is back in first place, pushing Facebook into the number 2 position.
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Microsoft has revealed some of the figures that followed its recent Windows Phone 7 launch. Achim Berg, Microsoft’s vice president of business and marketing for Windows Phones, has been talking about the platform in an online interview.
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