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Apple Tablet will be Subsidised by UK Phone Networks

by Jay Garrett on January 21, 2010

Well, lovers of all that is shiny and gadgety!

Looks like the UK will be getting some Apple-styled Tablet love as it appears that the fruity tech maker is chatting with UK operators over network partnerships for its much talked-about tablet PC.

Orange, O2 and Vodafone are all claimed to be drooling in anticipation of stocking the latest big noise in the tech world.

All reckon that the operators will bundle the iSlate in with 3G mobile broadband contracts (just like they do with netbooks, etc) and thus subsidising the rumoured £800 it’s expected to cost.

Apple’s tablet PC is expected to be flashed and photographed reality on January 27th when the San Francisco-based company unveils its “latest creation”.

This follows the little glissade de la langue (slip of the tongue) by a French Orange executive who claimed his company would be stocking the new creation – of course this was quickly retracted.

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Orange Announce HD Calling – Super Clear Hi Def Chat

by Jay Garrett on January 2, 2010

A new year and Orange have revealed their latest weapon in the battle of the networks.

Orange has announced that they’re bringing HD to voice calls this year.

Hi Def calling is promised to make you feel like the caller is in the same room as you (good thing or not?) as well as filtering out background noise to make calling much clearer.

Orange said: “High definition voice doubles the spectrum devoted to the spoken voice, making it possible to transmit all the nuances of the human voice.”

Orange’s HD Voice service promises improved audio quality between the bandwidths of 50-7000 Hz, compared to the current narrowband speech codec of 300-3400 Hz.

If this sounds like a good thing to you chances are you’re going to need a new HD handset in order to get the benefit of super-clear calling ;)

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Nokia London Flagship Store To Close Before its Second Birthday

December 4, 2009 Click to read more →
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The Finnish flagship presence on Regent Street is due to close after only opening in February 2008.
A familiar trend in these times of the crunch, the store is closing for the same reason most stores are closed: it’s not paying for itself.
A Nokia spokeswomen declared that it’s “not been as efficient or as profitable” as [...]

Sony Ericsson Satio – Dropped By Carphone Warehouse and Phones4U due to Software Problems

November 24, 2009 Click to read more →
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If you have the 12mp camera equipped SE handset and things seem to be a tad odd or, hopefully, yours is working just tickety-boo you should read on.
The Satio has now been removed from the shelves of both CPW and Phones4U.
Word is that the problems stem from a “software fault” so perhaps it’s not playing [...]

O2 Officially Unlock Your iPhone for £15

November 9, 2009 Click to read more →
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Yup – if you’re coming to the end of your contract, such as I, then the world could be your lobster!
O2 has confirmed that iPhone users are “entirely free” to move to another network after their contract is up for £14.97 – thus allowing customers to unlock their iPhones to work on different networks.
On the [...]

Voda iPhone – Another Network Joins O2 and Orange to Sell Apple iPhones

September 29, 2009 Click to read more →
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Following on from yesterday’s news that Orange will be flogging Apple’s iPhone soon here in the UK Vodafone has gloved-up in the red corner.
Vodafone has announced this morning that it will sell both the iPhone 3G and 3GS in the UK and Ireland in “early 2010″.
Vodafone, just like Orange, is still playing things close to [...]

Orange Apples! iPhone 3Gs – End of an Era or Start of Something Better?

September 28, 2009 Click to read more →
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The days of O2’s exclusivity on Apple’s iPhone has always been assumed to be numbered.
Today that day seems to have arrived as Orange has officially confirmed it will be offering the iPhone 3GS online and in its stores later this year.
This isn’t really a shock as I reported that Orange had been in [...]

LG BL40 Gets UK Pricing and BL20 Gets Filmed – If You Like a Lot of Chocolate….

September 21, 2009 Click to read more →
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Tired of gazing lustfully at pictures of the LG BL40 widescreened Chocolate mobile?
Almost getting bored of watching the teaser vids?
It appears that the LG BL40 Chocolate has slipped out ready for order and in stock over at mobiles.co.uk – an arm of Carphone Warehouse.
It’s available on both O2 and Orange for around the same price [...]

LG GD910 Wristphone On Sale in UK – PAYG at Half Price

August 20, 2009 Click to read more →
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It’s happened!
I know we were all expecting it to – but you can now start counting down the days ’til you get your hands on the LG GD910 wristphone!
Yup, LG’s futuristic communication device goes on sale a week today.
The GD910 will be tied to Orange and will only be available on pay as you [...]

Paul Teutul Sr Shows Off Eco-Friendly Electric Orange County Smart Chopper

August 16, 2009 Click to read more →
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Paul Teutul Sr. – bless him.
He’s big, shouty and everything a designer and maker of some of the coolest choppers every should be – I’m just glad I don’t work for him!
Well, public speaking may not be his fortay but he is no doubt proud of his latest futuristic creation.
The Siemens Smart Chopper has a [...]

T-Mobile UK Now Offering Apple iPhone 3G

August 4, 2009 Click to read more →
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Still looking to buy an iPhone 3G here in the UK but would rather not join O2?
Howsabout getting one from T–Mobile now?
Yup, T-Mobile couldn’t wait for the greenlight from Apple so the cunning mobile vendor has started importing unlocked iPhones!
The under-the-counter trade comes at a price though.
To grab a T–Mobile iPhone 3G you’ll have to [...]

Orange Reveals Solar Powered Media Hub Tent For Glastonbury

June 23, 2009 Click to read more →
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As if festivals aren’t expensive enough Orange has just unveiled its latest hi-tech tent concept which will be showcased at the Glasto mud-fest this weekend.
The mobile company has had a number of Glasto concepts and now it’s the time of the solar tent.
It’s all been stiched up with “Photovoltaic fabric” which means that specially coated [...]

O2 to Drop iPhone Price for New iPhone in Summer

March 15, 2009 Click to read more →

O2 seems to be doing quite well with lovely phone tech.
They’ve managed to get the iPhone and now they’ve swiped the much loved Palm Pre.
Now it’s looking like they’ll get the new iPhone.
New iPhone – you read right!
According to Mobile Today the service provider, O2, will be cutting the price of the iPhone in May.
This [...]

LG GD910 Wrist Phone Coming To UK!

February 16, 2009 Click to read more →

Remember that LG Watch Phone?
How could you forget that totally cool thing spotted at the CES.
The coolest thing is that LG has confirmed at the MWC that we’ll be getting it in the UK before the year is over!!! 
It will initially be an Orange exclusive.

The LG Watch Phone (or GD910) is a full-blown [...]

Mobile Broadband Gets Logo and Everything!

September 30, 2008 Click to read more →

Check out this logo!
16 companies have teamed-up for a GSM Association-led initiative to make mobile broadband a recognisable standard – nothing makes things more real than a logo
The team’s aim is to create a bunch of “always-connected mobile broadband devices delivering a compelling alternative to Wi-Fi”.
The first phase will see it pre-installed on laptops in 91 [...]

Sony Ericsson Present UK With Newest 3G Phone – G705

September 9, 2008 Click to read more →

Here it is.
Sony Ericsson proudly present their latest bruiser, the G705.
It’s a 3G slidey that is packing a 2.4-inch display with screen rotation thanks to an accelerometer, WiFi, aGPS with Google Maps for Mobile, 1GB included M2 memory, built-in FM radio, RSS reader, and full HTML browser.
For image grabbing it sports a 3.2 megapixel cam [...]

Nokia N96 Being Shipped To The UK

September 3, 2008 Click to read more →

Nokia has finally announced that their much anticipated flagship (since February!) N96 has now started shipping so it’s likely to appear a month earlier than the previously thought October date.
If you need reminding it boasts a TV tuner, 5-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, turn-by-turn voice navigation, 16GB of internal memory that can be increased [...]

Samsung i900 Omnia Available Now

August 18, 2008 Click to read more →

There’s plenty of rumblings going around regarding the impending availability of the Samsung i900 Omnia on Orange and Vodafone here in the UK.
According to Coolsmartphone Orange have it in stock now and Vodafone will follow closely behind.
This new phone from Sammy sounds like it probably is a must-have for all those seeking out a rather [...]

Bic Phone – Throw Away Chat

July 13, 2008 Click to read more →

Better known for single-use razors and ball point pens they’ve decided to put their disposable knowledge into the mobile market.
Bic has teamed up with Orange France to release the first ever Bic Phone.
The blower is sold complete with a pre-charged battery and made to be thrown away once you’re bored with it or ceases to [...]

L’Orange French 3G iPhone Deal?

May 27, 2008 Click to read more →

If you’ve been keeping up with the 3G iPhone leaks and news you will have seen mysterious queues outside Apple stores and excited reports about cargo ships from China.
This one seems a little more real.
French iPhone owners are reporting that they are being contacted by Orange, the official French carrier-partner, with special offers for the (rumoured) [...]

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