Ladies and gentlemen, he was a good buddy. Its large glossy screen made people around envy you (at least when you were in the hotspot area), and its media playing capabilities were second to none. However, he’s not longer with British citizens… iPhone, at least in its 2G version, is official dead in the UK.…
Motorola Z10 hitting UK exclusively through O2
We saw the Motorola Z10 hitting O2 UK’s “Coming soon” pages back in September of last year. Back then we thought MOTO will have the device ready within a month, but as you know, we were so wrong. The Z10 was officially announced during this year’s CTIA and is just starting to become available. O2…
UK: O2 goes for SMEs with it’s broadband offering
O2 UK has announced it is launching Business Broadband, along with making their home broadband truly nationwide. As you might know, O2 were later to market with their BBand offering, but, I take that as a sign of making sure things were tested fully, and dare I say it, working consistently (unlike some other notable…
O2 picks up Windows Mobile powered Palm Treo 500
While it might look familiar to fans of the Palm Centro, the newest Palm handset to hit O2’s UK network isn’t your fluffy, consumer-oriented device. The Palm Treo 500 goes back to Palm’s roots in enterprise devices and brings Windows Mobile 6.0 Standard along to hammer home its business prowess. Vodafone previously had an exclusive…
Apple iPhone 8GB sold out in UK, meets end-of-life
It looks like the price cut that O2 UK implemented on the 8GB iPhone variant in the UK boosted sales beyond even Apple’s expectations. Reports were trickling in that stores across the country were running low or completely out of stock on 8GB iPhones. Now, we’re hearing reports that all retail channels in the UK…
iPhones selling out in UK following O2 price cut
So, what was the biggest barrier to entry for potential iPhone customers in the UK? By the looks of it, it was the price. Following the £100 price cut on iPhones from O2 UK, O2 and Carphone Warehouse retail locations are reporting that iPhone stock is selling out like it was launch day all over…
O2 & Qualcomm in line for L-band spectrum in UK
The names of the nine applicants for the L-Band spectrum in the UK have now been made public – O2, and (an offshoot of) Qualcomm are in there, making us wonder not very much about what they might be planning…I’ll give you a clue….Broadcast Mobile TV! For those of you not up on your radio…
UK: O2 brand refresh means new TV Ad…
O2 recently launched their £5m brand refresh with a TV Ad that has an interesting tagline – “We’re better, connected”. This of course replaces the famous “(It’s your) O2. See what you can do”, voiced by Sean Bean. Mr Bean (Sean, not the Rowan Atkinson one) is used to deliver the new tagline also. Brand…
O2 and Carphone Warehouse offer £100 discount on iPhone 8GB
Following fellow European iPhone counterpart T-Mobile’s move to subsidize the iPhone 8GB when purchased with a a qualifying rate plan, O2 UK has announced that it will be shaving a cool £100 off the retail price of their iPhone 8GB stock. The offer is only valid from April 16 to June 1, and only applies…
O2 down-throttles 3G users to 128kbps – 3G speeds limited unless user requests otherwise
What good is having 3G data access if you can’t actually get to use that data connection to its full extent? Not much good. O2 is apparently down-throttling many of their 3G customer’s data speeds. According to the Register, unless the customer is paying more than £35 a month or is a business customer, O2…