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Filed under: Handsets, Motorola, GSM

it seems like the age of the free prepaid phone is nearly upon us, with Carphone Warehouse offloading Motorola W180s for the ridiculously low price of £2.88 (about ) when purchased with £10 worth of Orange airtime. Granted, you’re not plan to turn any heads with the W180, but you might get a raised eyebrow or two once folks find out how little you paid for the darn thing. And hell, it’s even got an FM radio built in — where are you gonna get an FM radio for ?

[Thanks, jc]

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Filed under: Handsets, Multimedia, Nokia

A recent Reuters article doesn’t mention a specific model (although we have our hunches), but one thing’s for sure: some kind of Comes with Music handset is launching on October 17th. We had previously assumed that October 2nd would be the go-live Dat. for the intriguing music bundle, but retailer Carphone Warehouse has at this time made clear that Britain won’t be able to buy in until a few weeks later. As predicted, a Nokia spokesman declined to comment, so we’d go ahead and pencil (key word: pencil) this one into your increasingly crowded datebook.

[Via MobileBurn]

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Filed under: Handsets, Motorola, GSM, EDGE

Anyone who’s been jonesing for a U9 with a little more style look no further than the MOTOJEWEL, a new clamshell Motorola’s bringing to the UK this fall that’s being billed as “a phone so sassy that users will wish they could wear it.” What then, pray tell, makes it so sassy? Well, that’s an open subject of debate — but we’re guessing it’s mostly the “3D crystal-cut design” that rings the mirrored Midnight Quartz shell to give it that jeweled look and the “dazzling” purple keypad that you won’t find on your garden diversity U9. Otherwise, though, the specs are sounding mighty familiar: 2-megapixel cam, external touch-sensitive music controls, stereo Bluetooth, Motorola’s CrystalTalk noise reduction — you know the drill — and unless Moto pulled a fast one on us and slipped in some 3G, it’s likely packing quadband EDGE. Look for this little gem (see what we did there?) as a Carphone Warehouse limited edition exclusive starting in November.

[Via MobileBurn]

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