On the day of the iPhone release, Vodafone announced the availability of its free Vodafone 360 People Sync App on the App Store. Since I’m going to cover off a stack of Vodafone / iPhone news, I thought I’d slot this one in right here. The app was developed to help customers easily move mobile…
Update: clarifying Vodafone UK’s iPhone pre-order stats
I wrote a post the other day on Vodafone UK’s iPhone pre-order stats – which to be fair perhaps wasn’t as clear as it could have been – I blame that on duff info I cam across, but then a bad workman blames his tools blah blah blah … Anyway, VFUK have been in contact…
OS 5.0.0.436 for the BlackBerry Storm2 Goes Official via Vodafone UK
Storm2 users, a new OS has gone all official for us, via Vodafone UK. This isn’t a leaked release, it’s the real deal, so if you want to pick up OS 5.0.0.436 for the BlackBerry Storm2, use this link. Even though this is as official as can be, make sure you take all necessary precautions…
Straight comparison of network download speed with iPhones in the UK
So, our buddies over at fonehome.co.uk have conducted a download speed test using the iPhone 3GS on three different networks (O2, Orange, and Vodafone), side-by-side, to see which is the quickest. And the result – well, let’s just say Vodafone didn’t lose! Now of course there is some criticism you could level at the test,…
Vodafone UK gets in to Femtocells with launch of ‘SureSignal’
Vodafone UK has relased some PR to talk about it’s new(ly branded) SureSignal product, which is a Femtocell that plugs in to your broadband connection, and backhauls your mobile connection over the InterWeb. Why would you want to do that? Well maybe you have a poor signal in your house for example – that would…
Samsung CorbyPRO comes to UK as the Genio Slide
Why do some handsets have so many names? Confused I am! Anyway, now the Samsung (ready for this?) B5310 CorbyPRO, or Samsung Genio Slide as they are calling it in the UK, is now for sales on the Vodafone UK shop site. Got all that? Then you’ve done well! The B5310/CorbyPRO/Genio Slide is aimed at…
Vodafone to sell its SFR stake to Vivendi?
Vodafone may consider to sell its 44% stake in French SFR to its majority shareholder – Vivendi. According to Le Figaro, which doesn’t cites any sources, Vodafone’s board has told its executives that if they want to continue making acquisitions in emerging markets, then it will have to consider the sale of minority interests, such…
Vodafone UK launch iPhone with some success
… well that’s how it would appear, anyway. The Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iPhone 3G and 3GS have been spreading across UK networks since O2 (NYSE: TEF) lost their exclusive right last year. First Orange got it, then Tesco Mobile, and now Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) – but what of Vodafone’s sales figures? Have they eclipsed the…
Vodafone Nexus One Priced at 150 Euros
You might have heard that Google’s Nexus One Android smartphone was coming to Europe by way of Vodafone. Well, thanks to this German leak, we see that the N1 (along with the LG BL40 and N97 Mini) will be priced at at 149.90 Euros. Despite the hype, Google’s N1 sales have a ways to go…
Google Nexus One is coming to Vodafone UK!
So we are awash with Google Nexus One news at the moment, which is great, but Europe hasn’t seen much love, other than a brief ‘yeah it’ll be coming soon’. Well, I can change that for you now because the Vodafone UK site has a forum, on which the GNO is discussed – or more…