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Want to stay on the ball for 2009 Eastbourne's AEGON International? Want to stay on the ball for Eastbourne tennis? Why not sign up for our free tennis text alerts.

We are running the free-of-charge alerts for the 12th consecutive year at Eastbourne, which are only valid for UK mobile numbers. These mobile phone text alerts provide the latest news, results and quotes to your mobile.

For Free SMS Alerts on Ladies
To receive | text EB2009 to 07530.781.888
To halt alerts | text STOP EB2009 to 07530.781.888 

For Free SMS Alerts on Men
To receive | text E2009 to 07530.781.888
To halt alerts | text STOP E2009 to 07530.781.888

Until the end ofJuly 2009, each person signed up for text alerts will be automatically added to the monthly draw. The top prize is an emporia mobile phone, worth around £150.
About the prize you can win.

Draws will be made at the end of each month, with only the monthly winners notified. 

Interested in sponsoring the text alerts? Contact Monti on 0781.3355.979 to discuss availability and prices. 

Win a phone

Practical and fashionable LIFEplus handset

emporia handsetUntil July 2009, we are giving away one LIFEplus phone a month. And the top prize of an emporia LIFEplus mobile phone posseses its very own wow factor, despite not having a camera.

The LIFEplus mobile has an easy-to-find dedicated panic alam button on the back. By pressing this red button, this clever gadget calls your pre-set telephone numbers - or the world's emergency number of 112 - to deliver a distress signal. Such a nifty little trick is aimed at the mature market, and this handset also boasts vast buttons on a specially adapted highly visible LCD screen.

Website | www.emporialifeplus.com        Cost | Around £150+ 

To be entered for the draw, simply sign up for the free text alerts but include your name, postcode and email address.

This handset offers cutting edge technology with a simple-to-use phone and chic elegance.

- emporia LIFEplus phone

Review of prize | by Monticelli

Although the emporia LIFEplus mobile phone cannot be used to surf the net and play games on, it does possess its own unique wow factor. Its unique selling point is an easy-to-find dedicated panic button on the back. 

Boasting this red button which, once pressed, rings a pre-selected number to deliver a distress signal. But if no-one answers, the phone will automatically dial in sequence the next number on the owner's designated list of up to five numbers. However, 112 - the world's emergency number - is preset should the owner not have programmed the panic button numbers. 

Following the successful launch of other handsets from the Austrian manufacturers, the LIFEplus is the latest product blending lifestyle practicality with a fashionable look. Essentially, emporia's phones target elderly users and those who have hearing and/or sight difficulties. 

With quick access shortcut buttons and excellent supporting features, this personal safety dedicated handset is equipped with large fonts on a huge monochrome LCD orange-lit display specifically adapted for a highly visible screen. The signature big buttons also make it very easy to dial numbers and write texts.

This modern mobile is the perfect accessory for its particular target audience, which allows users to keep in touch with family and friends, have access to a variety of emergency functions, use the personal alarm clock and even a flash light that doubles up as a torch.

Now the elderly, or those who have difficulty with modern technology on smaller phone models, have the opportunity to move into the mobile market in style with the LIFEplus phone. This is the smallest, lightest, trendiest and easily the best looking of emporia's stable of innovate handsets.

On first sight of this specialist mobile, and after handling its bulky metal casing, you get the impression that you own a retro phone. When you explore the smooth feel of the LIFEplus, the functions initially seem limited to just telephone calls and text messages. But delve a bit further and there are plenty of outstanding extras, many controlled by the switches and slides on the sides of the handset.

There is the facility to set a very loud ring volume and a super-powerful vibration function, suitable for those who require such functions such as those users with digital hearing aids.

But the personal emergency call feature has to be the killer factor that sets this chic handset apart from its rivals.

Created specifically for easy management, there are even futuristic-style visual alerts for incoming calls that are indicated by a green flashing LED.

But this slick mobile is not compact and pocket-sized. The handset boasts a highly fashionable slider function that extends to 175mm from the closed size of 118mm. However, you do not have to slide open the handset each time you make calls, as it is possible to programme the buttons for numbers called most often.

On the plus side, by weighing a massive 138g means that this particular phone will be difficult to misplace around the house or office, making this handset a perfect portable emergency alarm. This latest offering from emporia offers the target audience exactly the kind the cutting edge technology that is individually important to them with a simple-to-use phone and chic elegance of the metal housing.

If you would like to get your hands on a LIFEplus handset for free, then why not enter our ace competition?

We have teamed up with emporia, the Austrian manufacturers, with six handsets up for grabs. With a prize a month until the end of July 2009.