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We’ve heard that T-Mobile will offer the HTC One X+ in the U.S. but what about Europe? As far as UK is concerned, it seems that O2 will be the first carrier in the country to launch the updated version of One X, with the smartphone already earning a spot in a (leaked) brochure. Yup,…
Sony Xperia T aka the Bond phone will be available in its full “Skyfall glory” exclusively through O2 UK. The carrier proudly announced the news, hoping that affiliating with the world’s most famous secret agent will help them boost sales. The special version of the Xperia T comes with 007 ringtone, themes, screensavers and SKYFALL…
While all of the major carriers in the UK have announced their intentions to carry the iPhone 5, only customers on the newly-launched EE network and Three will have access to LTE. EE is the only carrier in the UK to run an LTE network on a band supported by LTE chips found in the…
British arm of O2 decided not to approve the Ice Cream Sandwich update for three Sony smartphones: Xperia arc, Xperia ray and Xperia neo. The decision was thoroughly explained in a dedicated blog post but the main premise is simple: the new software makes all three phones slower. We’re everything but surprised that Android 4.0…
UK carrier Everything Everywhere, the joint venture between T-Mobile and Orange, has announced a 5 year deal with MasterCard that will bring NFC payments to customers at over 100,000 retail outlets in the UK. The move will also bring person to person (p2p) payments to Everything Everywhere, a feature that will roll out at a…
O2 will be the first mobile operator in the UK to offer the new Sony Xperia Go smartphone, which as you may know is made for folks leading an “active” lifestyle. The device we’re talking about already got a dedicated page at O2’s “Coming Soon” section from where we learn that it will start selling…
Like we already don’t have enough chat apps and services, handset makers (Samsung) and now mobile operators are joining the game. After the iPhone app, Telefonica launched an Android version of its chat client – TU Me. Similarly to other such apps, this one also provides users with free calls and texts between TU Me…
O2 UK has managed to get exclusive launch rights for the silver version of the Sony Xperia P. The device is available for free with contracts starting at 27 GBP per month, with that particular plan (27 GBP/month) including 300 voice any network minutes, 500 O2 to O2 minutes, unlimited texts and 500MB of mobile…
O2 UK has struck a deal with the Costa Coffee chain to offer free Wi-Fi service to coffee drinkers. The deployment has already started with the idea to make all Costa stores set up for festivities planned this summer across the capital (i.e. Summer Olympics and Queen’s Diamond Jubilee). In order to connect to Wi-Fi…
And the first mobile operators in the UK to unveil plans to offer the soon-to-be-announced Samsung Galaxy S III are… O2 and Vodafone. The Big Red giant prepared a dedicated coming soon page where interested users can leave their email to be informed when (pre)orders start. Meanwhile, O2 turned to Twitter to share the good…