With the Blackberry Internet Service (BIS) Blackberry users automatically receive emails from web-based POP3 and IMAP accounts on their a Blackberry smart-phone. In Germany, this Blackberry service is provided through a mobile phone service provider which means Blackberry smart-phone users have to book a specific tariff option in order to use the email push of the Blackberry Internet Service. Here is a short overview of mobile phone providers in Germany offering BIS, of the monthly charges and included services of the Blackberry tariff options and of the prerequisites for booking a Blackberry tariff option.

For the brand’s first birthday, Telefónica Germany (O2) has relaunched the mobile advertising tariff called Netzclub. Instead of having the choice between three different tariff versions, customers can now choose between two versions, both with a mobile data flat rate tariff option for mobile Internet access over the network of Telefónica Germany. “Sponsored Surf Basic” offers monthly mobile Internet access for free with up to 100 MB data volume for transfers with HSPA speeds of up to 7.2 mbps (download). Alternatively, smart-phone users can surf the web with 300 MB data volume for transfers with HSPA speed with the “Sponsored Surf Pro” tariff which costs € 5.00 per month.

German operator E-Plus is expected to launch its branded Android tablet Base Tab within a few days. The device will be available with a mobile data flat rate tariff for € 19.00 per month over a two-year period. Taking into account the monthly fee of € 10.00 for the mobile data flat rate tariff over a period of 24 months, the costs for the Base Tab itself will amount to € 216.00. Here is a short review of the Base Tab.

Consumers get an LTE connection with 10 GB of data volume per month for data transfer with the maximum speed of up to 7.2 mbps (download) for a monthly fee of € 29.90 over the first six months. After the first half year, Telefónica Germany raises the monthly for the LTE connection for private customers to € 39.90. Freelancers, self-employed and small businesses pay the same amount of money for their LTE connection, but get 12 GB of data volume per month for data transfers with maximum speed.

If you buy a new iPhone 4 in Germany, you pay at least € 630.00 without plan (check my updated overview). But there is a way to save some money: At stores of the two German operators Telekom (T-Mobile) and O2 Germany you can buy arefurbished iPhone 4 which means the phone is not new, but supposedly as good as new. Compared to buying a new iPhone 4, you can save up to 20 percent when purchasing a refurbished one. On the other hand: There might be warranty and guarantee issues with a refurbished iPhone. Here is a short overview of how much refurbished iPhone 4 cost at Telekom and O2 stores.

Low-cost provider Tchibo Mobil has launched a new pay as you go tariff for mobile phone users in Germany which replaces the two prepaid and postpaid plans Tchibo had offered over the past few years. Existing customers of Tchibo Mobil with the old 15-cent plan can switch to the new tariff offer on-line or by calling the hotline.

From today on, the current model iPhone 4 is available not just in black, but also in white. It seems crazy that there has been such a hype about a white iPhone 4 for months since this is all just about color: The white iPhone offers the same features as the black one. Here is a short overview of where to buy the white iPhone 4 in Germany and how much it will cost.

This Friday, March 25th, at 5 p.m. sharp, the new Apple tablet iPad 2 will go on sale in Germany and 24 other countries around the world. It will be available at the four Apple stores in Hamburg, Munich, Frankfort and Oberhausen as well as at selected retail stores such as Saturn and Media Markt, Gravis and M-Stores. Here is a short overview of the iPad 2 features, its purchase prices, stores selling the touch-screen tablet and suitable pay as you go tariffs.

The smart-phone Vodafone 553 addresses social networking fans. Vodafone Germany is offering the budget smart-phone as part of a prepaid package including a SIM card with pay as you go tariff CallYa for € 79.90. Buyers of the prepaid package and the smart-phone built by Chinese manufacturer ZTE may even get mobile Internet access over the Vodafone network for six months for free.

Together with Simfy, German operator Telefónica O2 Germany will launch a new music streaming service for users users of PCs, laptops, tablets or smart-phones. Customers will get access to a musical repertoire that includes more than eight million songs – from pop to indie, and metal to electro – when booking a flat rate tariff that costs € 8.99 per month. The new music service will be available in April, new users can try it for free for the first month.