Orange UK to provide Toshiba TG01 exclusivity
By Ben Robinson on Thursday, July 9th, 2009 at 7:20 AM PST In Orange, Toshiba
TechRadar is right on the money today, reporting that Orange is going to be the exclusive carrier for the Toshiba (OTCPK: TOSBF) TG01. I won’t go in to any detail on the TG01 (since we’ve covered it to death here before), only to say they could have come up with a more snappy name…!
Apparently the device is going to be available from 10th July, and will be free to those who are willing to be locked in to a 24-month plan at £39.15/month. For that price, subs will get 1200 mins, unlimited texts, anytime internet browsing, plus Orange Maps – so not bad actually.
What will be interesting (to me at least) is what volumes this device does – it has the potential to do good numbers, but with the iPhone 3GS and Palm (NSDQ: PALM) Pre (soon to be) residing at O2 (NYSE: TEF) (along with the Samsung i7500 Android), that’s one big battle Orange has on it’s hands – Orange is bringing it’s own Android device in the shape of the HTC Hero, so perhaps that will even things up a bit…..
[Via: TechRadar]
This is BS the US never gets the hot phones and we have a larger market for them. Stupid Euros don’t need or deserve a phone this powerful.
Well that’s one point of view