This is still not confirmed, so we’re filing it into our “Rumors” section. However, the evidence is clear that Palm has scored a deal with Telefonica-owned O2 Germany as its “partner in crime” to bring the Pixi to Europe’s largest economy. Speaking of evidence, while we don’t have the official word from neither Palm nor…
iPhone OS 4.0 to Feature Video Calling?
Take this with a grain of salt, but iPhone OS 4.0, which will be announced on Thursday, may have video calling capabilities if this screenshot from a retracted O2 UK iPhone page is to be believed. It seems like a strange feature to include, since no iPhone, even the much-lauded iPad, doesn’t have a forward-facing…
Palm webOS 1.4.1 hits Europe
It appears European Palm users can now get the latest version of webOS software, as the 1.4.1 version is hitting the UK, Netherlands, Germany, and Spain. According to a translated changelog, the latest version adds: * You can now purchase paid applications outside the US * Bluetooth Audio now works with BMWs * Pinch to…
HTC HD Mini and HTC Desire appear in O2 UK sales collateral
Nice and brief this one – the HTC HD Mini and the HTC Desire have been spotted making an appearance in the April edition of the O2 monthly magazine. This magazine is one that is effectively a polished-up sales brochure, which you’ll find in most, if not all, O2 stores. Anyway, moving on to big…
O2 UK reaches 1 million conversations with Lucy!
O2 are busy trumpeting the fact today that they’ve hit a milestone this week – Lucy, their virtual Customer Service Advisor, had her millionth conversation with a customer. O2 apparently created Lucy to ‘bring the help section of our website to life and make it more than a long section of questions and answers’. Lucy is…
O2 UK is supporting Earth Hour this weekend
It’s nice when you can do an Environmental post from time to time – and this is no exception! O2 UK have been telling anyone that wants to listen what they are doing about Earth Hour, this weekend. Gareth Rice, O2’s Head of Environment, had this to say: On Saturday at 8.30pm people across the…
O2 is helping large corporates adapt to an ever-changing world
So here’s a different one – O2, the popular UK operator, has been doing some research, and speaking to some of the companies it serves on its network. The result of all of this is a report that consists of the output of interviews with 500 senior executives, along with futurologists, academics, and business bodies.…
Samsung Jet Ultra Edition to launch on O2
It wasn’t too long since Samsung announced the Jet 2, which looked exactly like the original. Well, Samsung’s at it again, as they just recently announced the Jet Ultra edition. What makes it so Ultra, you ask? Not a lot. The Jet Ultra edition is the exact same phone that’s been available for Vodafone for…
Spectrum auction in the UK may be delayed because Vodafone and O2 don’t like the terms
While America wrapped up their spectrum auction nearly 2 years ago, with Verizon being the winner and announcing that they’ll have an LTE network up and running by the end of this year, many countries on this side of the pond are still flipping through their agendas, trying to find a good date to get…
O2 mobile phone recycling scheme pays out £1m to customers
O2 Recycle, a mobile phone (and other stuff) recycling service which is O2 branded, has generated a massive £1 million in cash pay outs for customers, less than five months since its launch in October 2009. The service is operated by phone recycling specialist Redeem Plc and aims to re-use as many of the unwanted…