How does a company that sells a product make money when they’re made to compete against competing products that are offered for free? Well, they don’t. Companies in this position have two choices – change their business model, or get out of the business. For Vodafone, they’ve made the choice to exit stage left with…
HTC Legend gets pre-order and release date with UK e-tailer
Tech news site Techradar has posted up some news saying that the HTC Legend is going to be available in the UK later this month, from e-tailer Clove Technology. The price has rolled in at £320 exc. VAT (sim-free), which comes to around £376 inc. VAT. Interestingly, this is ahead of the April release date…
Low-end Android-powered Vodafone 845 in works
Vodafone is reportedly working on a low-end Android smartphone called Vodafone 845 (though the name could change in due course). Details are scarce at the moment, but we’re hearing the upcoming device will run Android 2.1 and come with such features as HSDPA and WiFi connectivity, GPS, 2.8-inch QVGA touchscreen display, 3.2-megapixel camera, 512 MB…
Vodafone’s unified comms solution wins at European IT Excellence Awards 2010
Vodafone UK have announced it has won ‘The European Unified Communications Solution of the Year’ title at this year’s European IT Excellence Awards, held in London late last week. Vodafone was presented with the award for its unified communications solution for Carole Nash Insurance. By overhauling the motorcycle insurance specialists’ call centre operations, Vodafone’s solution…
More Microsoft Pink phone pics, still underwhelming
When it leaks, it pours. Some more Microsoft Pink phone pictures and details have emerged, but it’s nothing to get too excited about. Both handsets are expected to be made by Sharp and will run a proprietary operating system that has Zune-like influences. Previous reports said the OS is supposed to be intuitive, fast and…
Vodafone Greece offers HSPA+ in Athens, Greece; Other cities to follow shortly
Vodafone Greece has upgraded its 3G network to HSPA+, driving peak download speeds to the theoretical maximum of 28.8Mbps. Upgraded services are initially provided in selected areas of Athens, with plans to expand to other urban areas in the near future. Huawei provided the hardware for the upgrade. If you’re in Athens and use Vodafone’s…
Foursquare checks in with Vodafone UK customers
Vodafone UK customers can now “check-in” to Foursquare, one of the hottest social networking phenomenon, on their mobile phones. Vodafone UK customers can now access Foursquare’s new mobile website on any mobile internet enabled handset directly through the Vodafone MyWeb or Vodafone live! on older phones. They can also text “FOURSQUARE” to 97886 to receive…
Deadline approaches for €1M Vodafone App Star competition
There’s just over a month to go before the Vodafone App Star competition closes – and the race is on across the European developer community to design and build the best mobile app and win a share of the €1m prize fund. So particularly if you are a developer, read on! The Vodafone App Star…
Nokia X6 Launches for Vodafone UK Customers
Previously I had reported that the Nokia X6 was available on 3UK – well guess what, now it’s available to buy from Vodafone UK! The Nokia X6 has a big, bright 3.2 inch touchscreen that’s great for games, browsing the web and videos – which is lucky really, since the third series of Gavin &…
WIN plc Launches Applications For Vodafone 360
WIN plc, which is a UK-based company, and ‘provider of interactive information and entertainment to mobile phones’, has announced that it will launch a range of applications for the Vodafone 360 platform including Pocket Doctor, Lottery and Snow & Ski. For those of you know familiar with Vodafone 360, it is designed to bring together…