Is it a sign of times or what? Google and Nokia both offer free navigation products and now we have the first carrier launching the same service. It is Germany’s O2, which is bundling Telmap Navigator with select handsets. Effective immediately, Telmap Navigator is preinstalled on many new GPS-enabled mobile phones, while customers who are…
Dell Streak Coming to O2 Next Month, Followed by AT&T
Michael Dell has gone on the record with a released date for the upcoming Dell Streak, a mammoth Android device with a 5″ touchscreen, front-facing VGA camera, rear-facing 5 megapixel camera with flash, 3G, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth. O2 will be offering the Streak (previously known as the Mini 5) next month, followed by AT&T, which…
Samsung Monte Iron Man 2 special edition on O2 on May 1
What do you get when you mix a social-networking touchscreen handset with one of the hottest new movie releases of 2010? You get Samsung’s new Monte Iron Man 2 special edition kinda-smartphone on the O2 network. To celebrate – or, more like leverage the movie’s popularity – Samsung has announced a special edition version of…
O2 Launches Embedded Laptops
O2 today made its latest play in the mobile broadband market by announcing two laptops with built in mobile broadband exclusive to O2. The new ultra-thin Asus UL30A laptop and the Samsung N150 netbook with embedded SIM cards will only be available from O2. The launch of O2’s first embedded devices follows a launch into…
Carrier List for Microsoft Kin Phones Uncovered
Buried deep within Kin’s software is a provisioning file directory, which has uncovered a list of carriers who will potentially support Microsoft’s One and Two handsets. These are no guarantees that the carriers will actually be picking up the phones, only that they’re technically capable of running on these networks. It’s entirely possible these were…
O2 pushes HTC Desire launch back to mid-May
Waiting to get your hands on an HTC Desire from O2 in the UK? Well, seeing as how we were expecting the Desire to launch on O2 in April and we’re only a few days away from May, it doesn’t look like O2 is going to meet their initial launch goals for the Android smartphone.…
Telefónica offer customers free telepresence services due to Volcanic Ash
Telefónica is offering free use of its eight European telepresence online conference suites to government and business customers stranded during the ongoing volcanic travel crisis. The free offer will remain available until air traffic restrictions are lifted. (For those of you that haven’t been watching the world news, there’s huge cloud of volcanic ash, which…
Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus Slated for April 28th Launch on O2 and Vodafone Germany
Good news for folks in Germany seeking a dose of webOS. Looks like the Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus are on their way to Vodafone and O2 Germany. While no pricing is yet available, expect both ‘Plus’ models to become available on April 28th. Jon Rubinstein, Palm Chairman and CEO commented on the upcoming…
iPad will get pricing from three UK Operators at end of May
Talk about incoming press releases! I got three today, from O2, Vodafone, and Orange, respectively – and all were talking about when they are releasing iPad pricing – those amongst you that are pretty sharp might notice a lot of similarity in the text itself….! Now we already know that big pancaked-iPhone is late (because…
Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus set to hit Vodafone and O2 Germany on April 28th!
Just when I posted a “still a rumor” that the Palm Pixi Plus is about to hit the O2 Germany, we got the news confirmed by Palm. As a matter of fact, it’s not just O2 that will get to carry the Pixi – Vodafone is joining the party as well. Best of all, Pixi…