BillMonitor

Over the last couple of weeks we’ve been thinking hard about how to make it as easy as possible to get the handset you want from BillMonitor. Often on phone sites we found that it was too easy to get caught up in slightly different versions of the same handset, so we stripped all that complexity out and trimmed down our list of phones.  When you’ve searched for the handset you want, you’ll be able to pick between the different styles and colours as much as you like by clicking on the handset by the plan you’re interested in.  We’re really happy with the way that this works and we hope that you will be too.

This opens up a whole load of exciting new stuff for us, like searching by colour and offering the best prices from multiple retailers.  It’s a big step forward in our aim to map out the whole mobile market!

It’s true!  BillMonitor is out of beta.  With our latest release we’ve added the ability to search for handsets, so finally you can compare tariffs that give you the phone you want.  Try it out, it’s awesome.

In addition to that exciting development, we’ve added the iPhone and tweaked the internal cogs and gears to get everything running faster and smoother.  We’ve also changed the way that the front page looks to make our best features a little more obvious – drop by our uservoice page and let us know what you think.

Oh, and by the way, you can now become a fan of us on Facebook!

At Karoosh we’re more interested in tariffs than handsets, but unless you’re trapped in a box you’ll have noticed that it’s an exciting time for mobile technology. Google’s Android is approaching fast (and might even be enough to make me think about T-Mobile after playing with the emulator), the iPhone continues to be all the rage in spite of the fact that the tariffs available for it offer pretty much no value, and Nokia’s N95 and N96 are holding their own on the non-touchscreen market.

As if all that wasn’t exciting enough, Vodafone have got together with Dell to launch their rather shiny new Netbook. The concept of mobile broadband isn’t new, but this is the sexiest it’s looked to date. Built in 3G instead of a dongle and a sleek Dell design is sure to be enough to win over some of the market, even if it’s not the best deal going (Orange just about beat it). Oh, and in case you’re not aware, while the Vodafone website says they’re available on the 14th October, they’re actually out now in shops. Thanks to Mobile Industry Review for that bit of news.

According to the ever-trustworthy blogosphere, it looks like Netbooks are the new hotness, and they’re not going away any time soon. With mobile phones getting bigger again and laptops getting smaller, perhaps we’ll all be getting netbooks with our next contract.