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Reporting, musing and not to mention some random scribbling on tech issues from green/sustainable IT to security. (http://adonoghue.wordpress.com/)
Wednesday 5 September 2007, 4:38 PM
Breaking News: Free laptop give-away
Mobile phone retailer The Carphone Warehouse is giving away 200 laptops across the UK tomorrow to promote its broadband service.
The decision by Carphone Warehouse to give away a laptop as an incentive to sign-up to its broadband services surprised a lot of people but the mobile retailer has gone a step further and decided to give away 200 laptops as part of nationwide competition.
You can read the full story in the news channel in the next 30 minutes!
If any ZDNet.co.uk readers are lucky enough to snag one of the machines - let us know. We'd be quite interested to hear exactly what the mysterious registration process involves - as these broadband providers have had a questionable definition of the word free up to now.
The decision by Carphone Warehouse to give away a laptop as an incentive to sign-up to its broadband services surprised a lot of people but the mobile retailer has gone a step further and decided to give away 200 laptops as part of nationwide competition.
You can read the full story in the news channel in the next 30 minutes!
If any ZDNet.co.uk readers are lucky enough to snag one of the machines - let us know. We'd be quite interested to hear exactly what the mysterious registration process involves - as these broadband providers have had a questionable definition of the word free up to now.
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ok, so I wanna bag one of these - does anyone know where they are hidden ha?
