From today Nokia customers in 11 countries that have S60 devices will be able to access Windows Live Hotmail Windows Live Messenger Windows Live Contacts and Windows Live Spaces. From next year the services will be available on Nokia Series 40 handsets.

The new services can currently be accessed on a free trial but customers who continue to use the service may be asked to pay a monthly fee somewhere down the line.

Microsoft senior vice president of the online services business Steve Berkowitz said:

The availability of Windows Live services for Nokias devices demonstrates our commitment to delivering great mobile experiences and extending peoples online lives taking it from the PC to the device.

The alliance will enable a much broader group of consumers to experience the benefits Windows Live has to offer easily connecting them to the information and people that matter most from virtually anywhere.

The callers Skype ID when available will be shown and their message converted to SMS and delivered to the Skype users mobile phone.

SpinVox chief executive Christina Domecq said: This is a powerful example of how SpinVox is enabling leading Web 2.0 services to extend their reach from PC to mobile.

Its also proof of our ability to integrate our technology with any existing service platform whether fixed-line cable or wireless and now internet calling.

SpinVox said it expects to reach six million subscribers by the end of 2007.

Last week Carphone dismissed talk of a buy-out as speculation but have since confirmed that a deal has been struck.

Mobiles.co.uk was founded in Watford in 1995 and turns over in excess of £9 million per year.

It is the only online retailer to have been granted entry to Oranges Federated Dealer Club.

Last year it overhauled its content management system and website. It offers instant online credit checking decisions across all five networks and connects direct with Orange O2 3 and T-Mobile.

Carphone shut its OneStop PhoneShop online retail operation last month.

Nokia has several suppliers who collectively produced more than 300 million BL-5C batteries but the batteries in question were manufactured by Matsushita between December 2005 and November 2006.

So far there have been over 100 incidents of overheating reported worldwide. To prevent further problems Nokia is urging all of its customers that use the BL-5C battery to return them for a free replacement.

Nokia communications director Mark Squires said: We have issued this advisory becasue reliability and quality is our top priority. During this period we appreciate the continued support from the millions of customers who use Nokia phones around the world.

For further information about how to return the affected batteries please visit the Nokia website via the following link

OBrien oversaw Vodafones successful development of mobile content firstly as head of music at Vodafone UK and more recently as head of content at Vodafone Australia.

In his new role OBrien will be responsible for maintain relationships with operators and attracting new business to FoneStarzs On-Portal business line which produces interactive mobile content.

OBrien said: For the last five years in my position at Vodafone I have been a customer of FoneStarz and I have seen the companys profile and recognition as a market leader prosper.

Im delighted to join the company at a very exciting time and I look forward to building on its past successes and extending its customer network in both new and exiting international markets.

Henry joins 20:20 as group business development director the role initially offered to Motorola UK boss Jim Michel before he reneged last month.

Henry said: I have seen every distributor up close and 20:20 is way way ahead of the competition. It could take ownership of the end-to-end supply chain of every retailer network and manufacturer in the country. There are massive opportunities in the UK from supply chain consolidation.

Henrys first ports of call for broader-ranging distribution contracts will be Carphone and Orange where he worked as sales director from 2002-05.

20:20 has also appointed Trevor Price former chief executive of online retailer E-Directory as UK managing director. Price replaces Peter Hubbard who left in June after just six months in the job.

Former Carphone directors George Steur and Richard Parry have also joined as group commercial director and business development manager respectively.

Steur headed up Carphones European operation and more recently was responsible for its Best Buy joint venture in the US. Parry worked as trading director with Henry at Carphones SIM-free distribution arm Mobile Phone Express before it was canned last month. He replaces Richard Baxendale.

20:20 also confirmed last week the appointment of Chris Stephenson from Total Home Entertainment as UK finance director.

20:20 chief executive Mark Ryan said: We have never ever bought and sold as many units in the UK as we are doing now. We have never been further ahead of the competition in the UK. The gap is getting wider. I have a better quality and depth of staff than before. The team from top to bottom is the strongest weve ever had.

Murray will be responsible for T-Mobiles policies around environmental and health issues. She said: We need to be open honest and transparent about our business impacts.

She joins from DHL Express where she held a similar role. She has also worked in UN and NGO positions.

Pure Communications managing director Matt Sandford said nine companies are trialing 250 BlackBerry devices between them on the back of the first business breakfast attended by 25 local businesses.

Sandfords conversion rate to date from BlackBerry trials has been 100 per cent he said last week.

Pure Communications ran the business breakfast in conjunction with O2. Sandford said: Due to the breakfast and the offer from O2 which means we can enable 30-day trials of BlackBerry devices and software to prospective clients we have around 250 devices on trial. Around 50 per cent of our connections are with BlackBerrys at present.

The interview with Sandford in last issue of Mobile News said he canned his former business Ternhill Communications. In fact Sandford sold it for a six-figure sum to Project Telecom in 2002. Ternhill which under Sandfords stewardship won Dealer of the Year at the Mobile News Awards two years in a row had no retail outlets at the time of the sale.

Sandford also made clear the reasons for his exit from Yes Telecom. He said: I left Yes Telecom because we had done a deal with Vodafone to acquire the company. My job was done. I did not throw in the towel.

He added: I have had a fantastic time in the industry and not had a struggle in making things work.

Noodle is offering cheap local and international calls via an integrated GSM and VoIP service. Its Noodle SIM carries calls over the T-Mobile network for the GSM leg of the call before routing them over IP. Its Noodle Oodles deal enables other network customers to use the service and redeem credit for calls received on the service.

Noodle customers can now top-up at 17000 PayPoint outlets across the UK with e-vouchers of £5 £10 and £20.

Noodle Mobile chief executive Sean Murray said: PayPoint is the easiest way for customers to top-up their account without having to use the internet.

Noodle plans to sign up half a million customers to its new network by the end of the year.

The new P1i builds on Sony Ericssons P990i and M600i business handsets its first-generation UIQ 3.0 devices both heavily criticised for their lack of operating memory (RAM).

Sony Ericsson said in June new bug fixes and support for the P990i M600i and W950i (which uses the same UIQ interface but is pitched to consumers) would cease.

Last month however it backtracked in the face of protests from developers and consumers deciding to press ahead with new firmware releases including RAM improvements for its existing UIQ 3.0 handsets. Further updates to the P990i M600i and W950i are expected this month.

Critics suggested Sony Ericsson has alienated business users as a result of the previous lack of RAM and been forced to promote the P1i as a premium email device for the consumer market as a result.

The problem with the P990i was its lack of RAM which meant it couldnt run multiple applications. It would shut down existing applications when new ones opened so users had to keep restarting applications potentially losing data. This has lost Sony Ericsson a lot of trust within the business
sector said a source.

The P1i has 128MB of RAM compared with just 64MB on earlier models leaving 80MB free instead of 16MB. Sony Ericsson marketing manager for UK and Ireland Ian Finn told Mobile News: There were some issues with the P990i and we have listened to and responded to consumers.

The P990i was not massive [in terms of sales]. This will sell better because it will appeal to users upgrading from a high-end bar phone. It crosses the consumer/business boundary.

The P1i 25 per cent smaller than the P990i will be ranged by all networks in time said Finn. It has an integrated QWERTY keypad 3G Wi-Fi and VoIP connectivity and supports a range of push email solutions. Its also has a 3.2-megapixel camera and Sony Ericsson music applications.