iPhone-style mobile device from BT
BT signals its return to the mobile market with the launch of a smart-phone as part of its £23.99 per month broadband deal
BT Group has dived back into the mobile market with an offering squarely aimed at the BlackBerry and the iPhone.
Like the popular smartphones from RIM and Apple, the so-called BT ToGo allows customers to browse the internet and make calls. But BT’s device automatically switches between the internet and its mobile network depending on where the user is.
The ToGo, which is part of the group’s new broadband package, BT Total Broadband Anywhere, runs off BT’s home hub broadband inside the home, while using the group’s WiFi zones and its mobile network - which it hires from Vodafone - when out and about. Customers get unlimited internet access at home or within one of BT’s 2,500 WiFi zones and 82,000 BT FON WiFi hotspots, plus a limited number of free mobile minutes and texts and a 10 megabyte monthly limit on downloads when using BT’s mobile network.
Made by Taiwanese manufacturer HTC, the ToGo also allows users to make cheap VoIP (voice over internet protocol) calls and connects to the internet at broadband speeds. More…