Nokia Lumia 800 Deals Now on Four UK Networks

The first smart phone model from the latest Nokia Lumia range has now been picked up by four of the UK networks, the Nokia Lumia 800 now has contract deals offered across the main four UK operators who are all now competing hard to offer the best deals.

As it currently stands, T-Mobile are leading the race to offer free Nokia Lumia deals with the lowest monthly line rental charges, they have four separate tariffs available at just £25.53 per month that offer a free phone to consumers.

Of these four Nokia Lumia 800 deals there is one that offers more than the rest with an inclusive 500MB of internet access per month which will help keep the phone connected to the internet whilst away from a Wi-Fi hotspot, also included are 600 minutes of calls which can be used at any time of the day and to call any network as well as 500 text messages each and every month.

The closest that the other networks can get offering a free Nokia Lumia smart phone at this price are deals from both Orange and Vodafone who require a line rental charge of £26 per month, however neither offer as many inclusive minutes, text and data as the T-Mobile deal.

Vodafone's cheapest deal with a free phone includes just 100 minutes of calls and 250MB of internet access with the same 500 text messages whilst the best Orange deal for a free Nokia Lumia phone is slightly better with an allocated 200 minutes, unlimited SMS and 750MB of data.

O2 are currently well out of the running with their lowest line rental offer with a free Nokia Lumia 800 charged at a substantial £32 per month.

So what do you get from the new Nokia Lumia 800 smart phone?

This is the very first Nokia phone to feature the Windows operating system and better still it is the latest incarnation called version 7.5 which is also known as the Mango update, this new operating software uses some very clever 'Live Tiles' as its home screen set-up which display live information chosen by the user.

The phone itself offers an 8 mega pixel camera with the ability to record 720p HD video clips and uses Carl Zeiss optics for high quality pictures which look very good on its 3.7 inch AMOLED touch screen display.

The phone is run by a 1.4GHz processor with 512MB of RAM which keeps applications ticking over smoothly whilst connections are made available via Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, USB and fast 3.5G data support, the GPS aspect offers a unique new add-on from Nokia which allows the user to actually download a map before making their journey so that the phone does not need a 3G signal en route.

Although not as powerful as some other recent releases such as the Samsung Galaxy S2, Galaxy Nexus, HTC Sensation XE, XL or the new Motorola RAZR, the new Nokia Lumia 800 is aimed at the mid market with a more affordable price tag for those on a tighter budget.

If you would like to see the very latest Nokia Lumia deals as they are released or compare them against deals for the Samsung Galaxy S2 then please visit our website: Phones Limited.

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Open Wi-Fi Networks Safe

If you find yourself in desperate need of an Internet connection and your own wireless service is down, you may be tempted to connect to an open, or unsecured, wireless (wi-fi) network that your wireless modem picks up. Should you connect to it? What are the risks?Answer: The quick answer is that it's really not safe to connect to an unknown open wireless network (a.k.a., "piggybacking" or logging onto someone's wi-fi network without their permission or knowledge), particularly if you're going to be transferring any kind of sensitive information. The reason is that any and all information sent over an unsecured wireless network -- one that doesn't require you to enter a WPA or WPA2 security code -- is information that is sent in plain sight, so to speak, for anyone to grab over the air. Just by connecting to an open network you are potentially opening your computer to anyone else on that wireless network.

If you log into a website or use an application that sends data in clear text over the network, that information can be easily captured by anyone motivated to steal another person's information. Your email login information, for example, if not transferred securely, would allow a hacker to access your email, and any confidential or personal information in your account, whenever they want -- without you knowing. Similarly, any IM or non-encrypted website traffic can be captured by a hacker.

Also, if you don't have a firewall (or it's not configured correctly) and you forget to turn off file sharing on your laptop, a hacker can access your hard drive over the network, accessing confidential or sensitive data or launching spam and virus attacks pretty easily.

For about $50 you can get the tools needed to learn all about a wireless network, capture (sniff) the data transmitted on it, crack the WEP security key, and decrypt and view data on network devices. Lucid Link, a wireless network security software developer, has a Flash demonstration of what wireless hackers can do.

In addition to the security issues above, if you hop onto a wireless network someone else is maintaining and paying for, there may be legal issues involved. In the past, several cases of unauthorized access to wi-fi computer networks have resulted in fines or felony charges, as About's Guide to Wireless/Networking has pointed out. If you use a public wi-fi hotspot set up specifically for guests to use (e.g., your local Starbucks), you should be fine, but keep in mind you'll still need to pay attention to wi-fi hotspot security issues, since wi-fi hotspots are typically open -- i.e., unsecured -- wireless networks.

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Open Wi-Fi Networks Safe

If you find yourself in desperate need of an Internet connection and your own wireless service is down, you may be tempted to connect to an open, or unsecured, wireless (wi-fi) network that your wireless modem picks up. Should you connect to it? What are the risks?Answer: The quick answer is that it's really not safe to connect to an unknown open wireless network (a.k.a., "piggybacking" or logging onto someone's wi-fi network without their permission or knowledge), particularly if you're going to be transferring any kind of sensitive information. The reason is that any and all information sent over an unsecured wireless network -- one that doesn't require you to enter a WPA or WPA2 security code -- is information that is sent in plain sight, so to speak, for anyone to grab over the air. Just by connecting to an open network you are potentially opening your computer to anyone else on that wireless network.

If you log into a website or use an application that sends data in clear text over the network, that information can be easily captured by anyone motivated to steal another person's information. Your email login information, for example, if not transferred securely, would allow a hacker to access your email, and any confidential or personal information in your account, whenever they want -- without you knowing. Similarly, any IM or non-encrypted website traffic can be captured by a hacker.

Also, if you don't have a firewall (or it's not configured correctly) and you forget to turn off file sharing on your laptop, a hacker can access your hard drive over the network, accessing confidential or sensitive data or launching spam and virus attacks pretty easily.

For about $50 you can get the tools needed to learn all about a wireless network, capture (sniff) the data transmitted on it, crack the WEP security key, and decrypt and view data on network devices. Lucid Link, a wireless network security software developer, has a Flash demonstration of what wireless hackers can do.

In addition to the security issues above, if you hop onto a wireless network someone else is maintaining and paying for, there may be legal issues involved. In the past, several cases of unauthorized access to wi-fi computer networks have resulted in fines or felony charges, as About's Guide to Wireless/Networking has pointed out. If you use a public wi-fi hotspot set up specifically for guests to use (e.g., your local Starbucks), you should be fine, but keep in mind you'll still need to pay attention to wi-fi hotspot security issues, since wi-fi hotspots are typically open -- i.e., unsecured -- wireless networks.

source from about.com