Thailand v's Europe

Mimicking the on-going success of the low fare airlines in Europe, flights in an around Thailand are coming down in price. For those who can be flexible in their flying times some real bargains can be had.

After a long winter most of Europe have their (numb) fingers crossed for another great spring and summer like last year. Meanwhile as Thailand heats up it braces itself for Song Kran the water festival which comes in the middle of April and dissolves into a 4 day water fight designed to cool everyone down. Outstanding fun and those in the know are already stocking up on water pistols, water balloons and flour bombs.

Techno-Colour

A trip to most Mobile Phone shops in Europe shows that almost all phones on the market now have full colour multi-media capabilities. However, an informal survey of users (coupled with a great pub-crawl) showed that most people are still unaware of, and/or unimpressed with, the non-voice services open to them. Text and voice are still the leading use for a phone.

Undeterred, the network operators are working hard to change that. None more so than ‘3’ the operator formally known as Hutch or Hutchinson Whampoa. ‘3’ have aggressively priced its way on to the market in the UK. Although battery life continues to hamper sales (extra battery packs are being given away with phones) the quality of the video calls is fantastic and well worth a look.