Mobile Accessories News

New Optus BlackBerry Plans

Monday August 3, 2009
Two Optus Blackberry plans offer unlimited email from $9.99.

A Tip For Mobile Phones: Recycle

Saturday January 19, 2008
UPPER Hunter Shire Council is urging people to recycle their mobile phones, batteries and other accessories.

Cellnet Shares Dive 37c After Nokia Disconnects

Wednesday August 13, 2003
Cellnet shares are back in the doghouse after the mobile phone and accessories distributor shocked the market with news it had lost Nokia's mobile accessories business yesterday.

Cellnet Shares Plunge On News Of Mobile Downturn

Saturday November 16, 2002
Cellnet Telecommunications said a downturn in mobile phone handset sales had led to a 20 per cent drop in revenue for the first four months of the 2003 financial year and the market responded by sending its share price plunging 23 per cent yesterday.

Mobile Phone Use Warning

Friday August 4, 2000
Using a hands-free kit on a mobile telephone could reduce exposure to electromagnetic radiation (EMR) by more than 90 per cent, a study has found. Choice magazine has warned consumers to take a cautious approach to their mobile telephone use following its study - which found EMR levels fell by

Network Transfer Boon For Mobile Phone Sales

Friday December 10, 1999
Suppliers of mobile-phone equipment and accessories expect record sales this month as hundreds of thousands of users transfer from the analogue mobile-phone network to digital systems. The booming market for telecommunications products is expected to peak in the week before Christmas, when telec

Poll Dispels Mobile Myths

Thursday October 21, 1999
Despite the range of coloured phones in the marketplace, 52 per cent of users still preferred black. A survey on mobile phone use among young Australians has contradicted marketing images of teenage girls yakking on candy-coloured fashion accessories. Young men make twice as many calls as wome

Numerous Plans Put Smile On Mobile Dial

Tuesday September 28, 1999
To ensure clients can get one of the best possible deals, recently established Uptown Phones carries more than 60 different mobile phone plans. Proprietor Fred Fleury said people were sure to find a phone and plan that would suit their needs. ``People need mobiles for all different types of re

Go Public, Spurn The Mobile

Wednesday October 21, 1998
South Korean women have sounded a battle cry over what they claim is a high-tech scourge of social harmony - the ubiquitous mobile phone. A community group of housewives is urging Koreans to shun them in favour of public phones. They say mobile phones take millions of dollars out of the country i

Get Mobile With Style

Tuesday December 9, 1997
ARE you tired of all the black and charcoal-grey mobile phones around? Then look no further than Alcatel for the solution - stylish, easy-to-use mobile phones in seven different colours including summer blue, corn yellow, red brick, acid green, thalasso blue, sand beige and highly grey. The Alca

Win An Alcatel Mobile Phone

Wednesday September 17, 1997
Keep in touch in style with the groovy new Alcatel One Touch Easy digital mobile phone. It comes in very-now shades of summer blue, yellow, red, acid green, pale blue, beige and grey. The lightweight Easy offers up to five days' standby and six hours' continuous talk-time with its standard power-pac

It's A Very Mobile Population

Monday June 9, 1997
MOBILE mania continues apace in Australia. New figures culled by Morgan Research on behalf of Nokia Communications show that 51 per cent of Australians over the age of 14 years use a mobile phone or are on the verge of buying one. This follows news earlier this year that Australia has the fifth-high

Little Extras Add To Mobile Conversations

Tuesday February 13, 1996
ACCESSORIES can enhance the functionality of your mobile phone. Leather pouches, retractable antennas, waterproof cases, in-vehicle battery eliminators and chargers, and vibrators are just a few of the handy accessories that make life that little bit easier. Leather cases come in various shape

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