For AT&T subscribers looking for a simple device with no bells and whistles that a smartphone or even a featurephone brings nowadays, the carrier has announced the availability of a new low-end cellphone, the Samsung a167.  Launched as part of AT&T’s Pay As You Go plan, the a167 GoPhone doesn’t have much going for itself, exactly what some people might be looking for.  Features include dual-band GSM/GPRS 850/1900 MHz network support, a VGA camera, web browser, 2MB of internal memory, and a 128×160 pixel internal display.

Head over to AT&T’s website if you think you need one at a low price of $69.99 with no contractual obligations. (more…)

Here’s an interesting move coming from Vodafone UK. The company has announced that it will cancel all roaming charges from June 1 to August 35. The changes will affect Pay As You Go customers and regular subscribers. In order to get the same calling rates all over Europe and beyond, Vodafone UK customers will have to sign up for Vodafone Passport. After that they will be able to choose any summer destination from the following: Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Channel Islands, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faroes, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Isle of Man, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madeira, Malta, Monaco, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Vatican City, New Zealand, and Australia.

Here we go and spoil it all for you. We will all be picking up the story of a certain Erica Sadun of TUAW who managed to insert a pay-as-you-go AT&T SIM card on an iPhone 3G. Everything worked out perfectly. The phone calls and the data were there. The phone has been activated with AT&T, whom with else, and it hasn’t been unlocked. Or so she says. And instead of letting you enjoy it everyone will talk about it until AT&T will do something drastic!
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O2 has announced it will sell the iPhone 3G with a pay-as-you-go option starting with September 16th. Curious about prices? The 8GB version will sell for £350 or about $700 and the 16GB version will sell for £400 or about $800. Not that much of a difference between those two wouldn’t you say?

The next important issue is data right? After all that’s what makes the iPhone 3G special. For the first 12 months you will be offered unlimited WiFi, whatever that means. The default Sim will be linked to O2’s Favourite Place which means users will get free calls to other O2 mobiles or UK landlines. You can change pay as you go plans at any time.

Voice minutes come in different quantities depending on how much you’re willing to spend each month. 500 minutes come for a monthly £10-14 or $20-28, 1000 minutes come for a monthly £15-29 or $30-58 charge. Spending more than £30 or $60 in credit will get you unlimited minutes.