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Many people prefer to opt for SIM only deals for their mobile phones rather than a handset – on the grounds that this allows you to retain the phone and number you already have, while also offering a cheaper option than a long-term contract for your mobile phone service. Nonetheless, it can be difficult to work out which mobile network is offering the cheapest SIM card only deals, as there are so many different ones available from networks such as Virgin Mobile, O2 and Orange.

The best cheap SIM only deal available at the moment is with Vodaphone Talk. This deal offers you a 365 days a year service for just £15.50 a month. More to the point it also allows the user 3,000 monthly text messages and 300 minutes of cross network phone time per month within the terms of the deal. This is not however the cheapest monthly SIM deal available – it is rated the best overall because of what it offers the user for the cost. Vodaphone themselves offer a cheaper SIM only deal, costing £10.50 per month, which includes many of the features available with the Talk deal, but does not offer the cross network telephone time option available with that one: only calls made to other Vodaphone network phones come under the terms of the deal.

There are a host of networks, including Vodaphone, T Mobile, Orange and Virgin Mobile, offering SIM only deals at £10 a month. While these may clearly appear to be a cheaper option, this is not necessarily the case. These are 30 day rolling contract offers, meaning they will have to be renewed more frequently. They also offer considerably less phone time and number of text messages per month compared to the Vodaphone talk deal, meaning that they may well prove to be more expensive for users in the longer term.

The blackberry Curve 9300 is essential an updated replacement of the curve 8520, and as it is an entry level model, does not really offer anything unique to entice new customers to the blackberry system.

The curve 9300 is a run of the mill entry level device, improving on its predecessor but definitely not revolutionising the face of blackberry. A big step up from the last device is the inclusion of 3G, a feature that is now common place amongst smart phones, making it a lot easier to surf on the go.

Despite it not containing anything to challenge the big boys of the smart phone industry, it is definitely a stable device, and something that a user new to blackberry, who doesn’t need, want, or require a lot of functions, will get on very nicely with. Like others in the range, the 9300 does not have a touch screen, instead you use the optical track pad to navigate yourself around the menus. Obviously a track pad will ever be as quick and incisive as a touch screen, but it is a sufficient tool, although some people do find it cumbersome and irritating.

Excluding the email capabilities, blackberry messenger and QWERTY keyboard; which are iconic of blackberry devices, the phone offers relatively low spec extras. There is a 2Mega pixel camera, which has no flash or autofocus, which as long as you don’t intend to take pictures inside, or anywhere relatively dark, will be fine. As for internal memory you have a low 256mb at your disposal, so it’s a good job that you can insert a microSD card if you intend to use the phone as a media player.

The curve 9300 is definitely a great phone if you simply want a device to email and text message with. Despite this, web browsing can be awkward, and as more advanced touch screen devices are available for the same price then there might not be enough space for the curve 9300 to fit in.