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Between January and August over 11,000 people helped contribute data points for a survey Broadband Expert was taking and the results are in: Vodafone has the fastest network with an average download speed of 1.78 Mbps, compared to 3 with 1.76 Mbps, Orange with 1.46 Mbps, O2 with 1.42 Mbps, and T-Mobile with 1.07 Mbps.…
Good news for UK residents as Microsoft will launch Windows Phone 7 on all five major wireless carriers. Though Orange was singled out as a preferred partner when Windows Phone 7 launched earlier this year, the UK carrier will be joined by O2, Vodafone, T-Mobile and Three. Alex Reeve of Microsoft’s UK Mobile Business Group confirmed the…
Two mid-range handsets are now available in the UK – Nokia C6 via Vodafone and HTC Wildfire via Three. Both phones fit in the “ideal first smartphone bought” category, though the C6 is somewhat more powerful. Vodafone is offering the Nokia C6 for free on a 24-month contract starting at £20/month. As you may know,…
After a release in Canada and the U.S., the BlackBerry Curve 3G 9300 is finding its way elsewhere in the world, namely the UK and Australia. Vodafone will be offering the 9300, in all of its low-end glory: QVGA display, 3G, GPS, Wi-Fi, 256 MB of RAM, and a 2 megapixel camera. What sets it…
Today 3 introduced Huawei’s 3G router into their portfolio, which interestingly enough sports an OLED display. Huawei is just making all sorts of things, eh? The 3G router, officially names the Huawei E585 has a monochrome OLED display which allows the user to see signal strength, data usage, and battery life. Pretty nifty, and not…
Sony Ericsson and 3UK have unveiled the final phase of their Spotify promotion with the launch of www.sonyericsson.com/musiceverywhere – which is home to a selection of personal playlists from an eclectic mix of artists ranging from The Stereophonics, Keane and Ellie Goulding to The Courteeners and Mumford & Sons. The artists have collaborated to provide…
As I reported the other day, the HTC Desire on 3UK is coming in two flavours, over the course of the next couple of months – the first flavour is vanilla (generic) version, without any customisation for Three – this is just to get the device out there and selling (with contracts I assume!). However,…
3UK released some PR this month saying that they were ranging the HTC Desire – nothing unusual there you might think, other than perhaps the fact they are slightly behind some of the other Operators (notably T-Mobile and Vodafone). However, it’s this very fact that might be behind the definitely unusual stance of 3 releasing…
This is an interesting one – now we all know Mobile Broadband Personal Hotspots are cool, but what about applying that principle to a Car? Well 3UK have decided that there are enough WiFi portable devices that you might have in the car, that it warrants the launch of In Car WiFi, using their MiFi…
The LG Breeze, a QWERTY slider featuring a 2.8″ touchscreen display, 3MP camera (and video), Bluetooth, WiFi and more… is now available on TELUS’ 3G + network. Priced at $49.99 on a 3-year contract, this new touchscreen slider is a mid-range device for those that do a lot of texting. The Breeze comes with a…