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.

Here we go: The next wave of tablets rivaling the Apple iPad and iPad 2 hits stores. These new devices such as the Motorola Xoom, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, the HTC Flyer, the LG Optimus Pad and others come with different touch-screen sizes of 7 inches, 9 inches or 10 inches and are running on Android 2.0 at first and will get an update to Android 3.0 Honeycomb as soon as this Android version is officially released. Here is a short overview of four tablets are now or soon available at stores in Germany.

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.

For accessing the Internet over a mobile network with your notebook, netbook or tablet, you need at least a 3G web stick. Such web sticks with pay as you go tariff are available at retail stores in Germany for purchase prices beginning at € 20.00 to € 30.00. Alternatively, notebook or tablet users can also buy a portable WiFi 3G router called “web’n’walk Box”, “Surfbox” or “MiFi”. With such a device, users can not only connect to the web via GPRS or UMTS, but also integrate other mobile devices such as a game pad, a smart-phone, a media player or a camera into the wireless network.

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.

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.

Telefónica O2 Germany will get a new name. Following completion of the integration of fixed network service provider HanseNet (Alice), the company will change its name on April 1st. The new name will be Telefónica Germany. The company bearing the familiar O2 brand has already been part of the global Telefónica Group since 2006. In the course of this year the new corporate brand will be introduced in all the countries making up Telefónica Europe. Germany is the first country in the Group to make the changeover.

Here is a short video demonstration of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play for mobile gaming, mobile Internet and – of course – communication.

German operator Telefónica O2 Germany has launched a new mobile data flat rate tariff for netbook and notebook users. The new flat rate tariff “Internet-pack Spezial” with a minimum term commitment of six months costs € 15.00 per month. The postpaid plan offers unlimited Internet access over the mobile network of Telefónica O2 Germany with 1 GB for faster data transfers.

There is a new prepaid tariff with cost cap in the German market. Mobile phone provider Fonic, a subsidiary of operator O2 Germany, has launched a cost limit to its pay as you tariff from which new and existing customers benefit. From now on, Fonic customers will not pay more than € 40.00 over a 30-day period for mobile phone calls and text messaging (SMS) within Germany. Until this cost limit has been reached, Fonic charges its customers € 0.09 for every calling minute and every test message sent.