I recently enabled iPhone Tethering, and was expecting it to solve my problems of having to use a separate mobile broadband dongle – since it does the same thing. However, I ran in to two problems: poor network coverage where I’ve been travelling to the initial connection of the iPhone to the network for data…
UK: O2 launches My O2 iPhone app
O2 has announced My O2 for iPhone, an app designed to help make viewing the amount customers spend on their phones even easier. The My O2 section of O2’s website gives comprehensive information on every part of a customer’s account and could already be accessed via SMS and online, however the new My O2 app…
UK: Palm Pre to be introduced this week?
Everythingpre.com is reporting, based on a PC Advisor article, that there is going to be an announcement this week regarding the Palm Pre! Now it’s not 100% clear what the specifics of the announcement will be, but it’s quite possible that it could include a date for release of the wonder-device – now how cool…
UK: T-Mobile ‘for sale’ rumours continue
So who IS going to buy T-Mobile UK? Well according to Mobile News, it could be any of the following: Vodafone, France Telecom (Orange), or Telefonica (O2)! Mobile News reports on a story that surfaced in The Financial Times, stating that three companies listed above have all shown interest in subsuming T-Mob. Of course, there…
UK: I’ve got Tethering
Tethering sounds like a nasty affliction, doesn’t it….. So after somewhat of a kerfuffle, I got Internet Tethering setup for my iPhone 3GS today. I say kerfuffle, because I didn’t get any notification (of any kind) that it was working – oh no, hang on, they sent it to the wrong email address, that’s it…
UK: How many smartphones do/will O2 support?
Picking up on a quote in the post I put up on the release of the (Android-powered) Samsung Galaxy, O2 now seems to be the place to go for smartphone exclusives: “O2 has become the home of smartphones and launching our first Android-powered phone with Samsung is a key part of this,” said Steve Alder,…
UK: Samsung’s first Android smartphone (i7500) now on sale with O2
Samsung Mobile UK today announces that its Galaxy handset (i7500) is now available on the O2 network in the UK through O2. The Samsung Galaxy is the company’s first device powered by Android, giving customers instant access to familiar applications, as well as access to a range of ever-expanding services being developed for the Android…
UK: Update: Samsung Galaxy i7500 on O2 – delayed
Only last week, it looked like we were going to get the Samsung Galaxy i7500 arriving in O2 shops in the UK – well, that hasn’t happened, and Mobile Magazine has picked up reports from O2 staff that the device has failed testing. This is a small setback for O2, since it’s their first Android…
O2 Ireland says demand outstripping supply for iPhone 3GS
Mobile News is reporting that O2 Ireland apparently has a shortage of the iPhone 3GS, meaning that customers are having to wait weeks to get a device. Logistics seem to have been a somewhat variable problem for Apple since the device was launched – checking O2’s UK website on a regular basis, I’ve seen a…
Palm Pre due in UK on Friday October 30th (apparently)
The Palm web OS Blog has some interesting, nay exciting, info for potential Palm Pre owners in the UK – apparently the Pre is due on October 30th! The info has supposedly come from an anonymous tipster, so we can’t say much about it be a verified source, but, the end of October seems entirely…