Vodafone announces new handsets for Christmas

Vodafone Group has announced its range of Christmas 2007 consumer handsets offering a wide choice of exclusive and Vodafone branded handsets. The line-up includes the latest premium models from handset suppliers, a range of open system devices enabling easy downloads and a set of Vodafone branded handsets.

In the UK Vodafone has also announced its range of handsets for Christmas as well as MusicStation, a new and exclusive music service from Omnifone, the UK based mobile music company. This offers customers unlimited music downloads direct to the mobile from all the major record labels, as well as leading independents, on a raft of new handsets for Christmas.

The service will work on Vodafone UK's new handsets as well as current 2.5 and 3G mobiles.

Vodafone has listed some of the highlights including three premium 3G broadband (HSDPA), handsets- the Nokia N95 8GB, the Samsung SGH-F700V and the Sony Ericsson W910i.

Two BlackBerry handsets from Research In Motion (BlackBerry CurveT 8310 and BlackBerry PearlT 8100) are also listed and Vodafone says it will appeal to both consumers as well as business customers, featuring Vodafone live! services with news, music and entertainment on the move, including an exclusive version of the BlackBerry CurveT 8310 with built-in GPS.

A broad range of open system devices customised for Vodafone will deliver browsing, internet services and message support, including two new Microsoft Windows Mobile handsets as well as a range of six devices based on the S60 platform