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Virgin’s Lobster tellyphone sentenced to death

It was a promising start, if an ugly phone, but it turns out the Lobster 700TV (pictured) will be the first and last of Virgin's TV-packing mobiles.De

It was a promising start, if an ugly phone, but it turns out the Lobster 700TV (pictured) will be the first and last of Virgin’s TV-packing mobiles.Despite an ad campaign featuring Pamela ‘don’t call me babe’ Anderson, the limp Lobster sold a mere 10,000 handsets by the start of 2007 and now, ten months after it all began, BT Movio is pulling the plug on the DMB TV broadcasts it receives.So no more E4 on the bus or ITV1 on the loo. But there is some good news. Lobster will still be able to pick up DAB radio – just in time for the forthcoming launch of Channel 4 and Sky’s digital radio stations. Hurrah!EssentialsVirgin Mobile Lobster 700TVPrice: £100 PAYGOn sale: NowContact: Virgin MobileRelated stories:Virgin’s Lobster snaps up Channel 4Virgin DAB-bles in radio downloadsREVIEWED: Virgin Lobster 700TV

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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