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Bought myself a X-Series phone from Three the other day and it’s definitely one worth paying attention to. I love it. Being a frequent user of the mobile web this is perfect for me. Three’s offering of the the X-Series places it far ahead of the other networks with regard to new media and how it’s evolving. If you haven’t seen it take a look at the X-Series website.

It comes in two options. The X-Series Silver (which I have) and X-Series Gold. For £5 a month (not including my talk and text plan) I get mobile Skype with free Skype to Skype calls which works perfectly. Called my mate in Australia the other day using it and the sound quality was perfect without any time delay either. All for free! It also has mobile MSN Messenger, free internet browsing, Mobile Mail, Yahoo! Search and Mobilcast.

Mobilcast is very cool. It allows you to listen to your favourite podcasts directly from your phone as opposed to downloading them to your computer and synching them to your mp3 player. Again, I’ve tested and it’s near perfect. Okay, a few stops of the stream now and again but apart from that I can’t fault it at all. So far, I’ve got For Immediate Release and the Chris Moyles’ podcast saved into my favourites.

If you go for the X-Series Gold (£10) option you’ll receive all of the above with an additional two applications: Orb, which allows you to view your music, photo and video files directly from your PC to your phone wherever you are. And Sling Media which, if you have a Slingbox connected to your TV at home, allows you to watch your TV on the go.

The X-Series is definitely at the forefront of the mobile media disruptors. The X-Series blog is asking for beta testers to test new applications. I’ve applied and maybe if I throw a few links their way they might accept my application.

For a more indepth review the Digital Lifestyles blog has good run down.