Aussie Mobile Phones 

 Phones & Plans 

• Virgin Mobile - I use Virgin - cheap, fun & friendly. No-nonsense plans.
• eBay - great place to buy the cheapest mobile phones
• Unique Mobiles - Aussie eBay store with cheap new phones
• MobileStop - B Clear & Simple and Vodafone plans
• Lime Mobile - Optus network, 24 month plans or buy outright
• Top Mobile Phones - buy new mobile phones, no plans
• FoneZone - Telstra plans only
• 3G - the first review of someone using the NECe606 on Orange's new "3" network
• Techoni - claim to have the cheapest new phones in Australia

 SMS 

These come and go like the wind...

If it is free, read the find print - they must make money somehow. Usually by sending ads by email or SMS.

• Ipipi - send SMS worldwide from any computer and receive SMS replies as email. Text message with friends in over 150 countries - 99% of all mobile networks are covered. $US0.10 per text message
• SMSPup - let you send free SMS Messages to any mobile phone in Australia, in exchange for receiving ads in your email
• Noodle Invitations - send free SMS messages - organize parties, invite people - in exchange for receiving occasional surveys and email/SMS promotions.
• BlueSkyFrog - 30 cents per SMS. Free credits if you choose to receive ad emails or recommend a friend.
• ICQ - unlimited and free - need to belong to ICQ first - doesn't give your mobile number as the sender, so include it in your SMS (yep, big pain). For Australian numbers, the trick is to leave off the zero - so for my number I entered 407 and 03186X, whereas my number is normally 040703186X. Only Vodafone (as at Sep 2006) for Australia, Bell for Canada, plus Israel & Singapore
• GoMo - no longer free, but still very cheap and cool.
• Net2Mobile - 19 cents per Web--->SMS
• Free SMS Mate - 5 free every day, to the UK or AU
• Intazaar - dead
• GoFreeSMS (now called mobiK) - free, but "Each message you send is appended with an 'ad tag' from our sponsors."
• MentionIt - dead

 Logos & Ringtones 

• Jamster - Free Ringtones - registration required
• RingingPhone.com- $US0.49 per download
• MatrixM - Free Ringtones
• Bling - 1st ring tone is free!
• freesms.com.au - every time you download a ring tone or logo, you receive 20 FreeSMS credits
• GoMo - no longer free, but still very cheap and cool. Now taken over by BlueSkyFrog
• Best Tones - free Ringtones, not downloadable, use your keypad like with Nokia Composer
• MyMobilePhone.com.au - tones and graphix
• Ringtones.co.uk - download ringtones
• Mobile Me AU - sign up and get a free Nokia graphic
• PhoneLogos.com.au
• Max Your Mobile
• Aussie Ringtones and Logos
• NineMSN Mobile & Tech - they have a logo composer
• Yahoo Mobile
• Your Mobile
• MentionIt - logos and ringtones for 10 cents - cheapest in Australia

 eBay Australia 

 More resources  

• iMobile - This is a full-on magazine - with reviews, latest products, industry news, accessories, price guides, mobile phone doctor, phone simulator and a lot, lot more
• Don't throw your old phone away - RECYCLE the metals and plastics
• PhoneChoice - compare the plans of mobile and landline services with their various wizards
• Phone Card Selector - for very cheap international rates. Also try OzPrepaidCards or BuyTelephoneCards (accepts PayPal)
• Use this SMS Lingo Tool - to convert English to Lingo
• Mobux - buy mobile recharge cards online - same price as the shops - get free downloads - pay using PayPal