Details of the LG Panther smartphone have been cropping up across the net, after it was demoed by Microsoft.

The excitement is because the Panther is set to be the first mobile to run Microsoft’s upcoming OS, Windows Phone 7.

The LG Panther comes with a five megapixel camera, and a slide-out Qwerty keyboard.

Windows Phone 7 also impressed many in the demo, with features like MS Office, Zune and Xbox Live all integrated.

It also boasted seamless social networking integration, with your friend’s latest updates appearing under their entry in the contacts book.

Microsoft is hoping that Windows Phone 7 will enable it to claw back some market share in the smartphone operating system world.

It recently fell into fifth place in terms of percentage of global sales (7%), behind Google’s Android OS which is now fourth with 10%.

Expect an autumn launch for the Panther.

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LG Panther shows its claws

Sometimes it is not just what is seen on an advert that causes a complaint, occasionally it is the voice over that forms the main cause for concern.

This was the case when BSkyB heard the TalkTalk television advert for calls and broadband services.

The advert goes into details over the consumer paying too much for their calls and broadband.

The voice over stated £6.49 a month, while the text on the screen noted an £11.25 a month line rental and even a connection fee of £29.99.

BSkyB complained about the advert to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), saying that the advert was misleading to consumers.

TalkTalk argued that the wording would not be interpreted by consumers as being literal, but that did not fly with the ASA which ruled that the advert should not be shown again in its current form.

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Sky Complains about TalkTalk advert

An online advert for a video on demand film has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).

This is the first time that the ASA has made a ruling regarding video on demand content.

The trailer was for a 15 rated film called “Carriers”, a Paramount film about zombies.

The trailer was shown during the X Factor final on the ITV Player and carried all of the necessary warnings.

The ruling followed complaints from parents who believed that the content of the advert was unsuitable for young children and, as the trailer was shown during a family show, ITV should have introduce proper safeguards.

The result of the ASA ruling means the trailer must not be shown again in its current form and it also marks a milestone for the ASA too, as it was the first VoD ruling.

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Paramount ad banned from ITV Player

The BBC Trust has been busy with its calculators, adjusting budgets in order to cover the cost of rents, following the sale of many of the corporation’s freehold properties.

The BBC has pubished details of the service agreements for the twenty eight TV, radio and online services to the end of March 2011.

It turns out that the cost of renting property is around £23 million a year and this figure has been spread across the service licences.

This sale of the property was seen as a radical reform of the BBC estate and these rental charges are now just a way of life for the BBC.

The BBC Trust is, at the moment, under the government’s microscope, as before the election the Tories did say the BBC Trust would be scrapped.

BBC alters budgets to pay rent

BSkyB, like many other providers of TV, phone and broadband services, is keen to get its customers signed up to all three services to save money and this allows the likes of BSkyB to keep its customer base.

However, when it comes to phone services and in particular packages that include free evening calls, it seems that BSkyB is one of the latest providers to change the rules by pushing back the time from when the actual evening starts.

Currently, according to Sky Talk, the evening starts at 6 pm, but from the 1st June the evening will begin at 7 pm for its 2.3 million customers and it has nothing to do with British summer time.

This could mean that if customers do not change the times they use their phone, the bill could rise by around £450 a year!

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BSkyB turns back the clock