Remember that announcement about Skype being preloaded on the Nokia N-series from Mobile World Congress? Well, Orange and O2 aren’t too happy about the VoIP operator taking a bite from their voice revenues. Rumors are floating around that both carriers might pull their N97 stock should the Skype deal go through,and even pull other Nokia…
Want an LG GD910 Touch Watch Phone? Got a grand?
Oh, what price we pay to be on the cutting edge, nay, the bleeding edge of technology. The 3G-capable LG Touch Watch Phone that LG showed off so proudly at CES Las Vegas 2009 has just been priced for all to envy. Apparently, it’ll cost you a cool grand (£1,000) to put an LG GD910…
Orange at MWC: LG Touch Watch phone, Orange Care, new widgets, app store goes multi-platform and more
French mobile operator, Orange, announced some interesting stuff at this year’s Mobile World Congress. Let’s briefly go through their news, shall we: First and I guess the most interesting news item is that they’ve managed to score the exclusive launch rights for the highly anticipated LG Watch Phone in Europe. We’ve seen LG’s cool product…
Orange working on big push in corporate contracts
Reuters is reporting that Orange is working on a global push for the corporate contracts market, as the global downturn really starts to bite – the idea being to unseat rivals on what I would presume is a cost basis. Interestingly, Orange have said that they are not seeing massive changes in core usage…
Orange Launches Pay As You Go BlackBerry Service
Orange UK just announced a new pay-as-you-go service with the BlackBerry 8120: £145 gets you the handset, and £5 gets you BlackBerry Internet Service, including e-mail, instant messaging and social networking access. The wording is a bit hazy, but I think you have to sign up for one of their current prepaid packages for voice,…
LG Cookie KP501 in pink and silver hits Orange UK
Just in time for the Valentine’s Day, Orange UK has added a new device, affordable all-touchscreen LG Cookie KP501 to its portfolio. The phone will be available in silver and pink, with latter being perfect gift for February 14th. Notice here that Orange has the KP501 version, which seems somewhat different from the original KP500.…
UK Operators compared against each other
In a post that made interesting reading, TechDigest has today compared the various UK Operators against each other. For those that are not familiar, there are 5 major OpCos in the UK: O2 Vodafone T-Mobile Orange 3 I make no secret of the fact that I am an O2 subscriber, and largely I find them…
Orange selects Ad Infuse to do three-screen Ads
Orange has chosen Ad Infuse to deliver it’s “Three Screen” Ad strategy in a number of European countries. Ad Infuse’s “adInMotion” platform will allow Ads to be sent across Web, TV, and Mobile, in a personalised fashion. Given there are something like 118mn consumers, that’s a lot of personalising! Apparently there are going to be…
BlackBerry Curve 8900 Comes to Romania on Orange
I’ve got some buds over in Romania, and I’ve already sent them a few messages imploring them to consider the BlackBerry Curve 8900 as their next device. Why? News has broke via press release that the 8900 is coming to Romania on the Orange network. Unlike the previous generation Curve, the 8900 is solid, fits…
Orange’s doggie collar packing some serious tech!
Orange, and a company called Retrieva have launched an anti-theft doggie collar – and it’s packing tech – GPS, GSM and radio frequency apparently! There’s also some “pet-inpenetrable” waterproofing (yep, need that in case your dog likes the water), and an alert in case someone tries to remove/damage the collar – I was thinking an…