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Will O2's simplified, data-friendly pay monthly tariffs affect the iPhone?
O2 today announced a new range of pay monthly tariffs for new and existing customers, offering improved data rates and simpler pricing.
We’ve already reported that many Brits only use their mobile for voice calls and texts, with a major reason being confusion over pricing, and O2’s own research backs this up.
“This industry is infamous for confusing consumers with the number and complexity of tariffs,” said Sally Cowdry, Marketing Director, O2 UK. You’re not wrong there.
US business users get official iPhone tariffs
Though many people, including a good few geeks in company IT departments (sorry, but hey, I used to be one, so it’s justified), have said that the iPhone isn’t a good fit for business users. However, it would seem enough people have been using Apple’s wonder phone for business use — so much so that AT&T has decided to launch a business tariff.
It offers a similar feature set to the personal plans — unlimited data and visual voicemail, plus a varying amount of “free” SMS text messages depending on how much a user (or their company) stumps up per month. In addition, there are additional options for using data while roaming abroad.
It will be interesting to see how many business users are able to take up this offer. They’ll still need to gain the approval of their employer before taking the iPhone out, and that could well remain the sticking point.
Samsung Solid rubberised mobile phone launches on O2
Think the trend for rubbery handsets that bounce when you drop ’em was over? Think again. Samsung has unveiled the Samsung Solid, which it describes as its first “ultra durable” handset.
Got £4,500 spare next year? Now you can buy five iPhones at once
Good news for those of you that really love the iPhone so much that you need more than one (or you're incredibly generous). Apple has raised the per-customer limit from two to five iPhones, worldwide. That means you have the…
YouTube Hit: Watch Led Zeppelin's comeback gig
Well, some of it, anyway. Look, there's no tech angle here other than the fact that someone's shot footage of Led Zep on stage last night and posted it to YouTube. But hell, that's good enough for me. Watch them play Stairway To Heaven, and indulge in a spot of desk-based air guitaring. That's not a euphemism.
Opinion: Oyster-enabled Nokia handsets are the right kind of mobile convergence
A confession: I don’t have an Oyster card, being a hick from the sticks who still has to buy physical tickets when travelling into London. So the idea of swiping your way through tube barriers rather than holding up dozens of commuters as you squash your malfunctioning piece of card into the slot already feels space-age to me.
Rumours detail how just 26,500 iPhones have been activated in UK, but is this accurate?
O2 and Apple are still being tight-lipped about the number of iPhone sales in the UK, but even more so, about how many activations they’ve had on the network.
Good thing The Register is here to blab to the internets however, about the gossip they wangled from ‘reliable channel sources’, that O2 has activated just 26,500 of the iBricks since it launched two weeks ago.
Either most people are unlocking them, to work…
Londoners to use Oyster-enabled Nokia handsets to pay for journeys
Londoners are already revelling in the new-found freedom their Barclaycards can offer, with its fast-cash payments and Oyster-power, but what about us fortunate unfortunate types who aren’t actually signed up with Barclays Bank?
Well, we’ve all got mobile phones, right? How about paying for train journeys using those? According to The…
O2 launches 3G Xda Stellar with GPS, QWERTY, colour touchscreen
O2 may have the iPhone, but their latest "own label" XDA handset packs in a lot of features not present on the Apple device. For a start, the Xda Stellar is 3G, so it has the faster connection many…
Poll: Bought the iPhone? Have you unlocked it, or just succumbed to O2's network?
It's been four days since the iPhone went on sale here in Europe, and what Tech Digest is wondering is…have you unlocked yours? Obviously the iPhone is exclusive to O2, but with the 'jailbreak' hack, users can unlock it to work on any chosen network.
Or is that wrong in your eyes? Are you happy to pay O2 £35 a month for the privilege of their crummy reception and….
