Digitimes got the scoop on O2’s next GPS smartphone. Apparently, the European GSM carrier hit up Taiwan-based Arima Corporation for 100,000 of some new GPS smartphone. The order comes on the heels of Arima’s recent release of the Arima “Flame.” The super-high end (read: crazy expensive) Flame rocks out with dual-processors, 2GB of built-in memory,…
Pre-Order your Nokia 8600 Today!
Nokia’s beautiful, sliding Nokia 8600 (Luna) has not-so-officially been bumped up to pre-order status. But, it seems that a third-party retailer has jumped the gun on Nokia and taken it upon themselves to offer the 8600 for pre-order. Carphone Warehouse‘s website shows that the high-end Nokia 8600 Luna will be rocking a 2 megapixel camera,…
O2 Germany to provide Windows Mobile 6 upgrades for XDA Orbit, Trion
Good news for the Windows Mobile fans in Germany. O2 Germay is planning to release the Windows Mobile 6 Professional upgrades for its XDA Orbit (HTC Artemis) and XDA Trion (HTC Hermes) smartphones. That’s more speed for the same buck… The time frame is still not not known, but the O2 Germany’s website promises that…
O2 UK makes BlackBerry Curve available
While U.S. carriers, namely AT&T and T-Mobile, are still quiet about the official release date of the recently announced BlackBerry Curve, on the other side of the pond O2 has been busy preparing to launch this ultimate consumer-oriented device. The BlackBerry Curve page is already live on O2’s site, and is ready for immediate purchase.…
O2 Asia to offer free Windows Mobile 6 upgrades Xda Atom Life users
O2 Asia has recently announced its first Windows Mobile 6 upgrade that targets the users of the O2 Xda Atom Life Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC Phone Edition. The free upgrades will start from May 12 and will be available either as a download for a self-upgrade or by getting it from one of O2…
O2 UK Launches entry-level Pocket PC – HTC Panda as O2 XDA Argon
Remember Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC Phone Edition? Yea, we just barely remember it too. With Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional taking center stage these days, the Pocket PC Phone Edition seems like a historical relic. Regardless, O2 has launched a Pocket PC smartphone, with the old and dusty OS, in their XDA Argon (a rebranded…
O2 goes green; Pays customers NOT to upgrade their phones
Imagine a carrier that urges it’s customers NOT to upgrade their phone? Now I’ve seen everything. O2 has partnered with Energy Saving Trust and is now pushing its subscribers to wait with their phone upgrades. Furthermore, they are actually giving customers a credit worth of $210 to do so. Of course, users are required to…
O2 – First to Ship a Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional Device with XDA terra
We’ve been waiting on O2 to drop the XDA terra for some time now. The re-branded HTC P4350 (Herald) has started to ship from O2 and clinches the coveted “World’s First” title for O2 – as the first to ship a mobile device with Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional. Head over to O2’s website for a…
O2 Ireland adds the XDA Orbit (HTC Artemis)
O2 users in the Ireland are about to get some Windows Mobile love, as the carrier introduced the XDA Orbit, aka HTC Artemis. The all-in-one device among other things packs an integrated GPS, a WiFi, and a 2 MP camera. Still the XDA Orbit will be released with Windows Mobile 5. I’m not sure why…
O2 Says XDA Zinc Is Canned, Pulled, Dropped, Kaput – To Be Replaced By HTC TyTn (?)
O2, European GSM operator, just went official with an announcement that the much lauded XDA Zinc will not be offered through their network. We all expected the Zinc to drop in January, and then expected it in March. And when we finally get news of it dropping on us, we find it’s been dropped from…