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Tesco mobile are the latest UK network to show that they will be selling the iPhone 4S. With the Tesco mobile website stating that the Apple iPhone 4S is coming soon. It is not clear if they will have it from launch day (Friday 14th October), as everyone we have spoken to seems to remain tight lipped upon when they will start selling it and what the pricing structure maybe like.

The 16GB iPhone 4S will be £499 sim free directly from Apple. The price of the 32GB and 64GB has not yet been revealed however it is widely rumoured to be in increments of £100.

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The iPhone 4 8GB sim free price has also been revealed at £429, although why anyone would pay that for an iPhone 4 8GB when for only £70 more you can get the iPhone 4S 16GB with double the storage, better camera and faster processor; im not sure. The iPhone 3GS will also be available in sim free for £319, fairly expensive for such an old model.

HTC today launch a new smart-phone the HTC Hero, powered by the open source Android operating system. The Hero will be the first android phone to support Adobe Flash for web browsing the flash media content. Set out to compete with the new iPhone 3G S, the Hero will be available in Europe in July. Here in the UK it will be offered by Orange from free early July and by T-mobile from free under the name of T-mobile G1 Touch from mid-July.

The HTC Hero brings to the table the HTC Sense user interface. HTC Sense includes widgets and shortcuts that allow access to Facebook, Twitter, News, Calender, Share Prices and many more direct to the home-screen. HTC have focused on customizability allowing the user to make the phone very personable to their needs and wants by moving favourite features to the forefront of the phone. Other improvements include the on screen keyboard bringing in better work correction and auto completion.

Other features include a 5 mega pixel camera with auto focus, internal GPS, Bluetooth, Wifi, G-Sensor and a digital compass with a 3.2 inch HVGA Touch screen, the Hero is out there to complete with the iPhone. But will it succeed? We will have to wait and see…

The phone known as the T-Mobile G1 or the HTC Dream will be available on the T-Mobile network in the UK before Christmas. The phone itself is manufactured by HTC combines a touchscreen with a slide out QWERTY keyboard. The phone will reportedly be free on T-mobile tariffs over £40 a month, which includes unlimited net browsing.

The HTC Dream will run on the Android operating system which is designed to bring desktop computing to your mobile. The G1 gives the user one touch access to Google’s online services such as Gmail, Google Talk for instant messaging, Google Maps and Youtube. Users will also have access to a variety of applications which are compatible with the Android operating system similarly to Apple’s Application Store.

The G1 comes with 2GB built in memory, enough for up to 500 songs. However provides the ability to expand this by providing a memory card slot. The first phone provide an in-built compass as well as motion sensors allowing users to navigate using Google Maps just by rotating the phone.

The phone is aim at the smartphone market, which current estimates suggests only consists of 12-12% of all handsets. The Android operating system with face stiff competition from Nokia’s Symbian software, Microsoft’s Windows Mobile as well as the Apple iPhone and to some extent Blackberry’s.