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Recently I had to use the train quite a bit. The experience wasn't as bad as I'd remembered from my teenage years. The trains were on-time, quiet and clean. I spent the daily commute into Birmingham listening to music on my phone but, after playing ne...
Three have added some extra plans for anyone intending to buy the HTC Desire on their network. This is in response to customer feedback. Spotify has been chucked in for the length of the contract on the 24-month £35 Internet Texter plan, with the pho...
Orange have added some new mobile broadband deals to their portfolio with extra data allowances for businesses and data-hungry customers. Four contract options now include the folowing packages.. "Business Everywhere 5 to 9" - Unlimited data between ...
I've just had a look around the Virgin Mobile website and there's now a really good range of handsets. Virgin are an MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator) using the T-Mobile network here in the UK. They've just put the HTC Desire in their catalogue a...
T-Mobile have just announced a new offer for their customers. It's called "Night In" and from next week it'll let you enjoy a mid-week treat from Blockbuster. T-Mobile customers can rent a game and a movie or two movies for two nights and grab some sn...
UK network "3" have some good and bad news this morning. In a blog post yesterday they have admitted that their range of handsets needs to increase.. "We’ve come in for a lot of flack in the past (and on this blog!) for our handset range to date, …
HTC Hero owners are currently perched on the edge of their seats. At the moment Android 1.5 powers the device and, with enhancements in apps like Google Maps that aren't compatible with 1.5, they're eager to get the new Android 2.1 and updated HTC Sen...
Six new Android phones will be appearing on UK network "3" in the next three months. The details, announced by Mobile News, mention Sony Ericsson and Samsung, with the HTC Hero already selling. The Spotify app location - which lets you listen to music...
Orange and T-Mobile announced their intention to merge last year. However, the European Commission had to look into it first. Today it has been approved with European Competition Commissioner Joaquín Almunia stating.. "I am happy that we managed to ...
We're inside the HTC hospitality suite now. Right now. It's 12:10 GMT / 13:10 CET. We're about to get some info from these two companies and you can follow LIVE updates about what exactly it is on our Twitter feed. The feed is also available on the ri...
Today we got some time to have a chat with Yves Maitre, Senior Vice President of Mobile Multimedia and Devices at Orange. Yves is a thoroughly nice guy and was full of enthusiasm about the devices and the services within Orange. We asked him first abo...
As you know, Microsoft showed off their new Mobile OS today. HTC have added their support and now Orange have also backed the OS. The network will become a key partner to Microsoft in Europe, just as it did eight years ago when this site first started...
Orange have just announced something which will no doubt please a lot of travellers within Europe - a fixed daily data tariff for roaming. Launching first in France and coming soon across all Orange European operations you'll pay just €2 for 2MB wit...
We hate to say it, but when you're in the local mobile phone shop the world is a different place. In that world there's excellent 3G / HSDPA connectivity everywhere and you'll never have a flat battery. The reality is slightly different, and many peop...
T-Mobile will be ditching their Combi and Flext tariffs next month. All 12 months plans will also be dropped, with the Solo SIM-only tariff getting the boot too. According to Mobile Magazine new plans will include "flexible boosters" of unlimited text...
Total Telecom is reporting the the Nexus One handset will actually be available on several networks here in the UK. Vodafone was initially reported as carrying the device here but now there's news that T-Mobile UK and 3 UK are in negotiations to suppo...
Thanks to everyone emailing in about the continuing o2 data problems here in the UK. According to o2 Tweets it's due to an IP addressing problem and they'll have it fixed as soon as possible. Let us know if you're affected, or even if you're not! Upda...
Just yesterday I was browsing rainymood.com and thinking, "That's a bit weird, but I guess I can understand why people would want it". It's basically a website that plays "mood sounds" - in this case rain and the odd crackle of thunder. There's other ...
Hey, are you a Vodafone customer? Well, feel free to burn as much data as you want tomorrow, because Voda UK are letting you use the internet for absolutely nothing tomorrow (November 27th). Vodafone, it seems, are doing this to celebrate the Christma...
Right, I've got to apologise to o2. They sent us the o2 XDA Venn about a month ago and we've only just got the review out the door. We've not seen many "non touch" devices of late (other than the HTC Snap) so it's great to see a …
Orange have just announced an exclusive - the Android-powered Motorola DEXT will be on sale today only on their network. The first of the handsets will only be available from the new Milton Keynes store, situated in thecentre:mk. It's a new venture fo...
Right, just to bring you up to speed. The HTC Hero. It's an Android handset with the HTC Sense experience. Last month it had an update to take it from "brilliant" to "super-brilliant". HTC unlocked handsets got their update on September 15th and then ...
Oh what's this over on the Vodafone coming soon pages? Not one, not two, but three hot new phones we've been covering. First is the HTC Tattoo is coming to Voda exclusively in black next month. It's the Android device for the masses and has a 3.2 mega...
Are you a T-Mobile customer? Are you going to the USA or Canada soon? Well, watch out. T-Mobile have just increased their roaming charges and, in some cases, it's quite a big increase. Switzerland, for example, has increased from 55p per minute to £1...
Starting a new contract is often a confusing affair. Finding the right phone, the right coverage and the right price is sometimes can take time. With more and more business done online we decided to take a look at what happens if you're not happy with...
We spotted the Toshiba TG01 on the Orange site a few days back but it vanished shortly after. Today it's official, with a big press release from Orange arriving in our inbox. The full specs include the CorePlayer for fast and pain-free movie playing, ...
Arriving in just a few days, the Vodafone Access Gateway is designed to boost the existing Vodafone signal so you can get mobile reception. It plugs into your home broadband connection and transmits a standard 3G GSM signal so that up to four mobile c...
Orange have made their launch of the HTC Hero official with the press release below. It's going to exclusively retail the "Graphite" coloured Hero for absolutely nothing on plans 24-month plans costing £39.15 per month from early July. They also conf...
You'll no doubt have seen the all-new iPhone and it's launch on o2. However, it seems that the arrival of new iPhone handset has kicked off a price-rise with other premium handsets on the o2 network. Previously free on mid-range tariffs, devices like ...
Whilst most other US networks are getting the new Touch Pro2 it's good to see AT&T picking up both of HTC's new WinMo handsets shortly too. They've got slightly different names, which we presume are internal codenames - the HTC Fortress (aka HTC Touch...
o2 have kindly dropped off a o2 XDA Guide for us to borrow so, ahead of the usual collosal review, here's some real photos of the device fresh out of the box. Look, it's still got that "don't sit on the phone with it in your back pocket" …
We've already uncovered the o2 XDA Guide and the fact that it's coming soon. But, what we've now found out, is that it's actually coming very, very soon ideed and you may already be able to grab one. Several people have emailed us and o2 shop staff ha...
This is the Samsung Jack. Shortly to become available on AT&T in the US it's the successor to the original BlackJack and packs WiFi, 3G, GPS and a future upgrade to Windows Mobile 6.5. The new Samsung i637 Jack has a QWERTY keyboard a 3.2 megapixel ca...
Orange have today launched Microsoft Mail data bundles which, according to the operator, are the "UK's most affordable". For £4.25 per month you can now get 500MB of data, subject to the usual fair usage bits. All Orange HTC devices, including the To...
We're hearing that the HTC Touch 3G will be out this week on Orange. This sleek phone is already available unlocked from devicewire.com but Orange will be adding UMA fun into the mix. What? UMA? Surely everyone knows what that is, right? Err... Well,...
This evening I tried to check my email on an Orange mobile but.. it didn't work. I figured it was just me and rebooted but no, a data connection couldn't be found. Following a quick check of our forum I found this post which seems to suggest a …
Last week T-Mobile revised their Flext talk-plans. The details are here. They include 08 numbers, voicemail, international calls and texts plus there's unlimited internet that is, as with everything in this country, subject to "fair use". Plans for ex...
Right, the HTC Touch Diamond2. It's like the original Touch Diamond but this time there's an uprated 5 megapixel camera, high-res 3.2 inch 480x800 WVGA screen, zoom bar, longer life battery and external storage in the shape of a microSD card. T-Mobile...
Shh.. we're hearing on the grapevine that Orange have a new data bundle. It's £5 per month and you get unlimited mobile internet browsing anytime. Want to know more? Well, according to our sources it's available for customers who choose to have this ...
We've covered the launch of Netbooks and Laptops on Orange before but now we're hearing of a wider selection about to arrive on the network. The Eee PC 901 (currently free on the £25p/m 24 month plan with 3GB data per month) is already available, but...
