With less than two weeks remaining to enter, Vodafone today announced some new top entrants to its Vodafone App Star competition. A rather cosmopolitan mix from across Europe has seen some stellar new mobile apps pushing location-based services to find and share anything from new friends and upcoming music gigs to the nearest chemist and…
Vodafone gives you a chance to meet Black Eyed Peas!
If you are Vodafone UK subscriber, you could potentially be in for quite some treat. Vodafone UK are currently running a competition based around their music proposition, to meet the Black Eyed Peas. The ‘Peas have just released their ‘Rock Your Body’ joint from ‘The E.N.D” album, which is a seriously phat wedge of hip-hop-electro-dance,…
OS 5.0.0.545 for the BlackBerry Bold 9700 Goes Official via Vodafone UK
If the previously leaked version of OS 5.0.0.545 for the BlackBerry Bold 9700 wasn’t your thing… Perhaps an official release will do? Vodafone UK has gone live with 5.0.0.545 for the 9700, and you can pick it up right here. Nothing like an actual ‘official’ OS update to start the day. If you’re not on…
Sony Ericsson Vivaz available on Vodafone UK
Sony Ericsson have launched their Vivaz device on Vodafone UK, bringing some much-needed HD video handling to UK users! Really, if you are looking a media monster, of a device, check out what this bad boy is packing: Shoot video in HD The Sony Ericsson Vivaz puts you in the director’s chair, letting you shoot…
Rumor: Verizon, Vodafone receiving Nexus One shipments
The rumors are flying like crazy that we’ll see a CDMA version of the Google superphone. Now, Digitimes is reporting that Verizon is already getting Nexus One units and Vodafone will soon be getting its share. Of course, Digitimes is kind of spotty on the hot scoops, but they do get it right occasionally. The…
Spectrum auction in the UK may be delayed because Vodafone and O2 don’t like the terms
While America wrapped up their spectrum auction nearly 2 years ago, with Verizon being the winner and announcing that they’ll have an LTE network up and running by the end of this year, many countries on this side of the pond are still flipping through their agendas, trying to find a good date to get…
Vodafone UK runs free eBook promo to their subscribers
Vodafone UK used today as an opportunity to give customers the opportunity to download up to five free eBooks to their mobile phone. This was the latest in a series of Free Fridays from the UK’s best network that has previously seen customers receive free mobile Internet and free music on the last day of…
Vodafone UK allows registrations for the Google Nexus One
Vodafone UK have updated the coming soon section of their website quite spectacularly in the last few days – I already reported on the HTC Legend and HTC Desire making it on to the ‘pre-registration’ list (see here), but now we have the Google Nexus One appearing too (never mind the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10!)…
Vodafone UK looking to lose 500 jobs, acquiring 3UK?
You can file at least part of this post under ‘bad news’ – in the sense that redundancies are rarely, if ever, good news, for all of those involved. Vodafone UK are said to be preparing to axe as many as 500 jobs in an effort to cut costs. According to TechDigest, Vodafone UK are apparently considering…
HTC Legend and HTC Desire Coming Soon to Vodafone UK
Vodafone UK customers can now register for the HTC Legend and HTC Desire, two of the most eagerly anticipated smartphones of the year. The new handsets, both powered by the Android operating system, are set to launch in April and customers can sign up for all of the latest information here. HTC Legend The Legend…