Orange’s interactive Spot The Bull competition is back for 2009. You know what that means… 18 pairs of Glastonbury Festival tickets are up for grabs. All you have to do is guess correctly which square of the field Desmond the bull will be in at 3pm every day for the next three weeks. This year…
UK: Orange Blog: Samsung i8910 unboxing
I was just doing some checking around the InterWeb, when I found this rather nice i8910 video on the Orange UK (blog) site. As many of you will know, the i8910 from Samsung is a beast of a multimedia phone, and this unboxing vid lets you get a glimpse of how the all-important UI is…
UK: Orange Blog: Facebook and Orange get cosy
Orange’s blog, The Feed, often throws up interesting stories for us in Mobile-land. Take this one for instance that Orange are getting on board with Facebook: We like using Facebook but it’s not always convenient to log onto a computer to do the profile housekeeping. Which is why Orange’s picture messaging (MMS) and text messaging (SMS)…
Orange Power Pump for Glasto!
Orange has shown off a concept for a mobile phone charger that should prove a hit with festival go-ers this summer – it’s powered by your legs! The Orange Power Pump uses kinetic energy from an airbed foot pump, which connects to a turbine – and henceforth creates an electric current to recharge your…
UK: Orange have the i8910!
GSMarena is reporting that the Samsung i8910 Omnia HD (to give it its full name!) is now available through Orange stores in the UK! Totally dependent on contract, you might pay between (approx) £100-300 up-front for the handset…. Of course this heavyweight handset is touting all things HD, and personally I can’t wait to…
Orange UK to launch Nokia 5800 XM with “Comes With Music” service
Orange and Nokia announced that they will launch Nokia’s “Comes With Music” service exclusively for Orange customers on the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. So aside from getting the first touch-enabled Nokia S60 smartphone, Orange’s special plans also involve a number of text messages and free minutes, as well as unlimited music downloads for the duration of…
Orange TV costs France Telecom in Q1
Broadband TV News is reporting that the cost of buying rights in for Orange’s TV channels (yes, they do TV – in France) has had an effect on the profits of the parent company (France Telecom) in Q1 this year…. as most people are probably aware, TV content can be really expensive – especially…
Coming Soon: Nokia XpressMusic 5800 Star Trek Edition!
Calling all Trekkies. Your touchscreen smartphone has arrived! There’s likely a pretty significant overlap between Trekkies and mobile enthusiasts. Case in point, myself. I’m not ashamed to admit that I have an almost debilitating affinity for mobile phones, nor am I ashamed of being a Star Trek fan. For those of you like me, Nokia’s…
Orange ‘Vegas’ Now Available on Pay-As-You-Go at Orange UK
The lucky folks over in the UK now have a cheaper alternative to the typical touchscreen devices you’re seeing these days… and the feature-set is actually a bit more than I was expecting. Orange UK have launched the brand new ‘Vegas’. As you can see in the product shot included here, the device is ultra…
Orange Strikes up Deal with Wikipedia
The fount of all user-generated knowledge, Wikipedia, will be working with European carrier Orange to mobilize their online encyclopaedia. The exact format Wikipedia will take is a bit vague right now, but it sounds like the vast majority of the services will be web-based. That means search bars in official Orange mobile web portals and…