I don't know if people who pre-registered with them have been notified - I have had nothing, and I discovered that they were now active from Engadget.
Looking at the main reason for using them, it's hard to knock: A completely free mobile service, which gives you 200 minutes, 200 texts and 200MB of 4G data.
For many, many people, this is useless, but there are still a lot of people in the UK who will find these allowances enough for their needs.
Pay FreedomPop £9 a month, and you'll get 1000 minutes, 1000 texts and 1GB of data. £12 a month will see you get unlimited minutes and texts, and a tight 2GB of data.
To be able to use the free service, you'll pay £6.99 for delivery and activation of the SIM card.
There are some caveats:
As yet, you can't port your mobile number in to FreedomPop.
FreedomPop operates through the FreedomPop app, and doesn't make use of your mobile's call/text function, so it's a 3G only service.
Which brings me on to the network; it operates on Three.
To top things off, FreedomPop only works on Apple and Android devices - There is no Windows Phone or BlackBerry app, and non-smartphones are out, even if they are 3G.
For me, this is a great sounding service at the free level, even if the allocations are quite mean.
A FreedomPop SIM at the lowest (free) level would be great in a spare phone, but most people don't carry around spare Android and Apple mobiles because the battery life isn't good enough in most cases.
In a dual SIM mobile, this could be of use to someone for the free calls and texts, but you might as well right off the data.
The £9 a month plan isn't bad, but paying an extra £3 to get only 2GB of data isn't good value - You could do much better elsewhere, just take a look at the best value PAYG bundles on my website here: http://mobile-networks-uk.weebly.com/payg-bundles.html
