Wow! There are some seriously good acts coming to The O2, with tickets for sale from TOMORROW (10th October) – check these out: Remember if you are an O2 subscriber, you get lots of advantages when you go there, like priority tickets, and the like. Check out the The O2 site here.
Nokia E71 wins Phone of the Year
The 2008 Mobile Choice Awards went down last night, and the Nokia E71 went home as the big winner, but Samsung did pretty well for itself, too. Other notables include… Phone of the Year: Nokia E71 Best Smartphone: Nokia E71 Best Manufacturer: Samsung Best Cameraphone: Samsung i8510 Best Music Phone: Samsung F400 Readers’ Choice: iPhone…
UK: Nokia N96 coming via Phones4U also
Another day, and another retailer (it was Expansys the other day) announces they are going to carry the N96. This time it’s the turn of Phones4U, who are well known in the UK, particularly for their distinctive ad campaigns. Anyhow, they are going to carry the N96 on contract, with both O2 and Orange. Contract…
All the big five UK Operators now involved with the IAB on Mobile Advertising
O2, T-Mobile, Vodafone, and 3 have all now signed up as members (alongside existing member Orange) of the Internet Advertising Bureau, in the UK. The Operators have formed a Mobile Steering Group to oversee the Mobile Advertising strategy of the IAB. When the IAB conducted a survey last year, they found that mobile advertising lacked …
iPhone 3G sales strong and steady in UK
As we wait for Sony Ericsson, RIM, HTC, and Samsung to drop their latest wares on the entire world, the iPhone 3G has apparently been doing quite well for itself. With the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 rumored to go live at the end of this month (except for us Yankees, of course); RIM’s first touchscreen…
Monkey: Journey to the West comes to the O2
Talk about when a whole number of strange incidents come together…. I got a nice email from the folks at the O2 telling me that “Monkey: Journey to the West” is arriving there, and I can book tickets. Strange I thought, both the name and graphics seem familiar – reminding me immediately of the crazy…
O2 enables mobile usage on UK subway
O2 is about to switch on coverge for the first underground mobile network in the UK, in the city of…….. Glasgow! Yes, you might have thought that was going to be the London Underground, but alas no (or yes, depending on your viewpoint). The service will start in December, and utilise a “multi-user distribution antenna…
UK Recap: who, what, and where for the Blackberry Bold
As Dusan previously reported (here and here), the Blackberry Bold 9000 (RIMs new HSPA email uber-phone) is now for sale with Orange and Vodafone in the UK. But where else can you get it? Well apparently, 3 is going to be carrying it in November. That only leaves T-Mobile and O2, who we’ve not really…
O2 do SIM-only tariff at great price – but what do you prefer?
O2 are currently advertising a SIM-only deal (which they call “simplicity”) on their website, which is £20/month, and includes 600 mins/unlimited texts. If that wasn’t enough, there isn’t a contract tie-in either. Obviously the deal isn’t unique as other Operators have this offering, but in a more general sense, I’d like to “open a question…
UK: consumers want NFC on their mobiles
…so says Nokia. The statement is based on the results of a trial run between a number of parties, including the aforementioned Finnish vendor, O2, London Underground, and Barclays. In the “O2 wallet” trial, users carried an NFC-equipped Nokia 6131 mobile, which was able to make payments much as an Oyster card (season pass for…