I've managed to end up with more batteries than I needed due to an error on my part so if anybody wants to buy one/them please let me know in the comments and I'll stick a buy it now up on ebay (but only going to do that when I know somebody wants one as their fees are so high now that I've stopped bothering normally) so you can see I'm not going to rip anybody off. :-) Read Full Story

Over a week since people have been able to get hold of the handset, T Mobile have finally put the handset on their website.http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/shop/mobile-phones/phones/pay-monthly/t-mobile/mda-vario-iv/overview/It took them long enough... Read Full Story

After a lot of messing around over numerous phone calls with T Mobile regarding the price, I finally ordered it last night for £82.75, which is down from the £232 I was first quoted to stay on my current price plan (Flext 35 Web and Walk £31.88); and also better than the trade up on my price plan that I was offered to go to £40 a month and then pay £92 on top of that.I'm sure I could have got a better deal if I'd waited a bit longer but in all fairness, I think I have waited long enou... Read Full Story

Having just spoken to Anne again, I am able to give a date for the release of this phone... finally. She said it should be released on the 20th of January, if all goes to plan and there's no hitches. She also said there would be plenty of stock and although she didn't know the cost of the phone exactly, she *thinks* it could be around the £350 mark... which you will obviously get your retentions discount on top of, that I hope bring it down to an affordable price, considering how long... Read Full Story

Just had a call from Anne at the Customer Service Directors office and she has been speaking to the acquisitions department who now say they're looking at the MIDDLE OF JANUARY for the release of this phone.I honestly do not know why I feel so loyal and am hanging on/waiting for T Mobile to get themselves in gear as they're clearly just dragging their feet.Also, I have been told (along with many others) that I cannot upgrade now until January even though I have been eligible for an up... Read Full Story

I am wondering why they are showing the G1 as coming soon on the website and have got the N96 in stock so quickly (plus had it on coming soon), yet are having so many problems getting the Vario IV out, or even putting any information on the website/to their employees so that customers are informed about this phone easier.It's like they don't want you to have it/know anything about it, which makes absolutely no sense whatsoever to me.Annoying. Read Full Story

I haven't posted for a short while as I haven't been told anything new regarding this phone or its release date, until today! I've just spoken to Anne in the directors office again and have been told that the Vario IV has been put back as it's still in testing and is not going to make the October 1st release date that they originally hoped for. The date she has given me now is... wait for it......the END OF NOVEMBER!!!!This has come as a real shock to me, and I've been lef... Read Full Story

I thought I'd have a nosey at the Vario IV on T Mobile, Netherlands website, and I thought others may want to do the same, so here it is:Click Me For T Mobile Netherlands Page Vario IVI have put it through googles translator so it's in rough English for the most part, although this means you also have to go to shop, phones and then to the product page as the URL doesn't change from the google translated first page. The original page is here for anybody who wants to view it, in its... Read Full Story

I rang head office again today, and have been told something slightly different to last time. The girl I spoke to, said that she had a look on the internal internet of T Mobile, and could only find ONE piece of information about the phone and that was saying Q3 release, which could be any time up to September. I told her that I had been told many conflicting things about the date and that I was told October, and she said it could be late September/early October then, but that they don't t... Read Full Story

I was told by my mum that when my lavender went a bit woody and the buds were drying up to cut the plant right back to prevent the plant growing back woody. Whilst doing this today, it occurred to me that I may be able to get seeds from the drying buds that are on it, so I asked my mum about my plans and she said to put them in an envelope and the seeds will come out themselves. I have done this now and am storing them in a box with other envelopes of seeds I have been collecting (peppers etc... Read Full Story