Now this is an odd one. Vodafone New Zealand has reportedly pulled the HTC Magic from their website. Calls have been put in to Vodafone in the region, and the response was somewhat ominous: the Magic can be purchased for $1,099 NZD, but no more are in stock and it isn’t clear when more will…
Samsung Jet Already Available on Vodafone
Woah, that was quick. Samsung announced their new Jet (no, not the Omnia II) handset just yesterday and already Vodafone UK has it up for grabs. Here’s a quick refresher if you missed the launch yesteday: 3.1″ WVGA, AMOLED screen 800 MHz processor 5 megapixel camera with autofocus Wi-Fi, aGPS, Bluetooth 2.1 2 or 8…
HTC Magic Launches in Australia
The HTC Magic, the world’s second Android handset, will be landing down under on Vodafone and 3 Mobile. They’re branding it as “With Google”, so odds are you Aussies won’t be enjoying the Exchange support and other customized goodness that us Canadians have on our recently-launched Magic. Australia would have been home to some very…
Australia greenlights Vodafone-Hutchison merger in the country
You’ve probably heard that Hutchison’s and Vodafone’s Australian operations want to merge to create a new operator called VHA, which stands for Vodafone Hutchinson Australia. Well, the government has nothing against the deal, even though they raised some concerns earlier that it could kill the competition in the market. The new founding is that the…
UK: Vodafone re-instates staff bonuses
Cellular News is reporting (on a story in The Independent newspaper) that Vodafone staff in the UK have forced the management in to a volte face (about turn) on the annual bonuses which had been cancelled – apparently they are going to be re-instated! It was March when the cancellation news came originally, but…
Vodafone gets to exclusively launch the Nokia 6730 classic
Nokia announced that Vodafone will be the exclusive carrier to launch their Nokia 6730 classic, S60-based smartphone. The device is completely customized to sing along Vodafone services, providing users with easy access to Mobile internet, Vodafone Music, and personal and business email access along with mobile navigation capabilities. Specs wise, the 6730 classic sports a…
Visual Voicemail for iPhone 3G Arrives in Australia (Finally!)
iPhone 3G users in Australia can rejoice, Vodafone has finally launched visual voicemail service for the device. WooHoo! (about bloody time!). According to Vodafone Australia, visual voicemail service will be available by end of business on Friday May 29th. iPhone 3G customers will receive a text message alerting them to the new service… Users will…
Vodafone Qatar due to be launching soon
Well another Vodafone operation should be up and running in June, that’s if things go according to plan in Qatar! Customers should be able to sign up on the company’s website from next month, and after the launch in June, roll-out could occur in September. Right now there’s a trial ongoing to establish the…
UK: Northern Rail improves Customer Service with mobile tech
Gomonews is reporting a story that 1000 conductors on Northern Rail trains have been given a new mobile information service, enabled by Vodafone UK – meaning that customer service is better as customers are kept informed of issues during their journeys. There are apparently 2600 daily train services run by Northern Rail, so clearly…
Apple iPhone 3G gets EOL’d down unda
As the world waits for Palm and Sprint to launch their highly anticipated Palm Pre, a little known outfit has been hard at work on their next-generation iPhone smartphone. Apple has been expected to bring a new iPhone hardware offering to market later this Summer, and it looks like the launch is imminent. iPhone vendors…