Tag: o2
Price cuts create 8GB iPhone shortage, 16GB cuts to follow?
Last week’s decision to lop a hundred quid off the price of an 8GB iPhone had, unsurprisingly, a pretty good effect on sales. In fact, it has been so good that O2 and Carphone Warehouse have reportedly sold out of the handsets in most of their major outlets…
Better late than never, O2 to offer mobile broadband from Friday for existing customers
Joining the party several years after its rivals, O2 has made plans to offer a mobile broadband USB dongle from Friday.
Before scrambling down to the nearest O2 shop to buy one, you should take note that it’s bizarrely only offered to existing O2 customers, who have either an O2 SIM card, or…
Price-drop for UK confirmed by O2, iPhone now just £169
The tech rumour which crept up behind us, tapped us on the back and startled us into thinking ‘oooh…my bank balance is looking good this month, perhaps I should indulge?’ has now been confirmed.
We may’ve been disgruntled when we heard Germany would be receiving a price-cut for the iPhone, but there’s no need to draw up plans for WWIII any longer. O2 has just confirmed that the UK will also receive a price-cut for the iPhone, lopping £100 off the price to offer the 8GB version for £169. The cheaper offer…
British and French iPhone stocks run dry, more "evidence" for 3G model?
According to Valleywag, who would obviously know what’s happening here in Britain and in France, there are no iPhones to be had. This reflects the current US shortage, though there appear to be no obvious problems with the Apple or O2 online stores…
O2 rolls out the Bluebook online data back-up service and blogging platform
O2 has removed the need to buy gadgets such as ThinkGeek’s sim card back-up tool, today announcing the (re)launch of Bluebook – an online service that backs up customers’ contacts, texts and picture messages. They first demo-ed this late 2006.
It’s free, and automatic, with customers asked simply to register for the service. Once saved, the texts and picture messages can be edited or even saved in online albums, which you can then share with friends or publish on your O2 Bluebook blogging platform, Blueblog. Adding to that, photos…
Ofcom slaps O2's wrists for slow 3G rollout
O2 has been publicly criticised by telecoms regulator Ofcom for not rolling out its 3G network fast enough. According to Ofcom, O2’s 3G network currently only covers 75.69% of the UK population, when it was obliged to have reached the 80% mark by December.
iPhone coming to Ireland on Friday 14th March — NO UNLIMITED DATA PLAN
O2 Ireland has announced that the iPhone will finally come to the Republic on Friday, 14th March. The 8GB version will cost €399 and the 16GB version €499.
There are three tariffs available — €45, €65, and €100 per month — but GET THIS. There will be NO unlimited data plan available. A monthly 1GB cap on data will be imposed, with excess data use charged at 2c per MB. Ouch!
3 and O2 launch EyeVibe mobile user generated video site
3 and O2 have announced that they’ve joined forces, bringing their two mobile video services (SeeMeTV and LookAtMe!) together to create what they claim is the UK’s largest open access mobile video community — EyeVibe.
Users are being encouraged to submit quality videos by enticing them with a cut of the download fee (10p per video) each time their content is accessed. Mobile users on flat rate data plans only have to pay for the clip, not any data charges, while other users will have to fork out additional data charges.
O2 unveils XDA Orbit 2 GPS smartphone
O2 has taken the wrappers off its new Xda Orbit 2 smartphone, which runs Windows Mobile 6 and comes with built-in GPS and the CoPilot Live 7 satnav software preloaded.
Endemol producing 'Cell' made-for-mobile TV drama for O2
O2 has teamed up with Endemol to produce a new 20-episode TV show called ‘Cell’, which has been filmed exclusively for mobile phones. It kicks off tomorrow, with each episode being a bitesized two minutes long.
