An eighteen year old girl found her mobile phone loaded with pornographic images after having taken it to be repaired, according to an article in The Sun. The article, which claims the girl was “deeply traumatised” by the incident took her Nokia mobile phone to be repaired at Carphone Warehouse, only for it to come back loaded with X rated photographs and as many as ten pornographic video clips. To add insult to injury, when the girl rang Carphone Warehouse to complain, the company is alleged to have been uninterested in her story, and offered her just ten pounds in compensation

Customers around the UK will be eagerly waiting the results of Ofcom’s investigation into the number porting controversy, which are expected to be released later this week.

Virgin Media is splashing out on some big deals for consumers. Customers will soon be able to gain unlimited amounts of data for just twenty pounds a month under the newly revamped tariffs, with other Virgin service customers also being given the opportunity to purchase discounted smartphones.

In a survey reported in Computers in Human Behaviour, a fifth of respondents say they regularly snoop at their partner’s emails and texts.

Samsung’s new handset, the SCH-U820 has been released quietly.

Vertu is about to launch their latest luxury handsets with each one worth over £144,000.

LG has just released a third handset containing a dual SIM. This is the LG GX500.

The Sony Ericsson X10 is now on sale – SIM free. It is currently available to buy online from Hong Kong.

Mobile phone giants Vodafone and Verizon Communications are in discussions about the companies’ joint venture – Verizon Wireless. One option being discussed is a full merger.

3UK is adding another Nokia mobile to its existing range. The Nokia E72 is being added to 3UK’s list of available handsets, apparently as a response to the many requests for the business smartphone made via comments on their blog.