Apparently, our Brit-friends over yonder aren’t too fond of the SureType-esque, 20-key, half-QWERTY keypad on the HTC Touch Dual. MoDaCo is reporting that Orange UK will be launching a 16-key variant of the HTC Touch Dual with a numeric-only keypad. Orange UK wants to slide in the HTC Touch Dual beneath the full-QWERTY smartphones in…
Mobile phone unlocking laws keeping iPhone out of France?
Those wacky French and their crazy consumer protection laws. It turns out that the Orange iPhone may be delayed in the land of crepes and souffles due to regulations related to unlocked mobile phones. We love poking fun of our mime-loving friends across the pond, but we gotta hand it to them for keeping consumer…
The N81 receives no operator love in the UK, more countries to follow?
The N81 is the flagship device from Nokia that has a built in music and game store, something that upset quite a few operators (Orange and now T-Mobile) in the UK who already provide their customers with such solutions. They see this as a threat so they’re refusing to sell the deivce (subsidized of course)…
T-Mobile acquires Orange NL
The Dutch mobile operator market is slimming down again — some time ago we had KPN acquiring Telfort — and now, with the acquisition of Orange by T-Mobile, people in Netherlands have only 3 networks to choose from. Apparently, Orange NL has been on the shelf of the Orange group for some time already as…
Orange to offer Amoi 6711 aka AT&T SMT5700 as SPV E610
France Telecom owned Orange is prepping to boost its business-centric offering with yet another Windows Mobile 6 Standard edition based and full QWERTY keyboard equipped smartphone – SPV E610. The new device is actually called Amoi 6711, and is everything but a hot news, hence we’ve already seen it passing the FCC filings and heading…
Apple and Orange still negotiating iPhone deal?
Wait, didn’t Orange and Apple just announce their partnership to bring the Apple iPhone to France? In fact, they did – just last week. But, according to Reuters, the two companies are still struggling to come to agreeable terms in the revenue sharing model that Apple is demanding from all potential iPhone carriers. With T-Mobile…
Orange picks up Apple iPhone for France
Following on the UK’s O2 and Germany’s T-Mobile announcement that they will be bringing their respective European nations the much-heralded Apple iPhone, France’s Orange has just announced their intention to bring the iPhone to the crepe-eating, mime-loving population of France. We’re not surprised, but at least it’s official now. France Telecom’s spokeswoman said, “We have…
HTC TyTn II P4550 Kaiser could rock HSUPA
With the recent release of the uber-smartphone from HTC, we’re squirming in our seats for AT&T to bring us the HTC Kaiser TyTn II P4550 as the AT&T Tilt. The HTC Kaiser will be the most bad-ass smartphone on the market – with integrated GPS, quad-band GSM with tri-band UMTS (HSDPA makes this thing 3.5G),…
Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile to sell iPhone in five European countries?
Well, at least they will if the Financial Times Deutschland is on the money with their report. It looks like Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile will not only be hocking the iPhone for Germany, but for five other European countries as well. Without citing their source, Financial Times Deutschland is reporting that will be part of T-Mobile’s…
iPhone heading to France for November 29 launch sans 3G!
Although we’ve heard this before, this time the source seems more valid than ever. Apparently, iPhone will be announced during the upcoming Apple Expo in Paris next week and will start selling on November 29, 2007. The exclusive carrier is France Telecom owned Orange, which will sell Apple’s handset — we’re not sure it’s 4GB…