The ultra-cool TouchWIZ-enabled Samsung UltraTOUCH S8300 slider will be hitting Vodafone UK’s portfolio on March 19th, when interested buyers will be able to grab it as the Tocco Ultra Edition. There are no doubts in my mind the UltraTOUCH S8300 is set to be a hit. It has everything a modern phone user needs, including…
Yahoo, Vodafone in talks about search deal?
Yahoo is reportedly in talks with Vodafone about the distribution of its mobile search client in Europe. Although no contract has been signed yet, if this goes through Yahoo would be a default search engine on all phones sold by Vodafone, hence replacing Google, which contract expires this year. Both Yahoo’s and Vodafone’s representatives declined…
Vodafone and McLaren F1 Team Up to Produce Amazing BlackBerry Storm Video
The folks at Vodafone together with McLaren have put together the sweetest viral piece I’ve seen in quite a while now…Called ‘Simon & Steve’s RC Grand Prix Adventure’, the whole thing starts out with two buddies that rig up a remote control F1 car (Lewis Hamilton’s McLaren F1 ride) to use the BlackBerry Storm for…
Vodafone Turkey investing 1.3bn lira in 2009
Vodafone Turkey is planning to invest 1.3bn lira (that’s about $750m) in 2009, according to Reuters. This is to try and counteract the last quarter poor performance, which saw a drop in revenue of ~15%. It is thought the fact that the Turkish market is so fiercely competitive has been part of the problem, with…
Vodafone Australia’s 3G network rollout still on track for H1 2009
Despite the minor hiccup due to legal technicalities with Ericsson, Vodafone says its target to complete the 3G network rollout in Australia by the first half of 2009 is on track. Vodafone had originally set a self-imposed deadline of Christmas to extend its 3G network footprint to 95% of the country, up from 58% of…
HTC Magic Confirmed for April Launch
Vodafone’s online store’s coming soon section has the new Android-laden HTC Magic slated for an April launch. Bear in mind this is for Vodafone UK, but that should be a fair indicator of when the world can expect the next generation of Android. The specs haven’t changed since the Mobile World Congress launch, but here…
GMV Bringing BlackBerry Service to Linux-Based Enterprises
RIM’s BlackBerry Enterprise Server has traditionally run on Novell Groupwise and Microsoft Exchange servers, which covers the vast majority of companies out there, but there’s still a segment running Linux that hasn’t gotten any love whatsoever. Luckily, Spanish developer GMV has been working with Vodafone to bring a product called atlas to Linux-toting enterprise, enabling…
Vodafone NZ will finish 3G upgrade early
Vodafone NZ has said it plans to finish it’s 3G rollout to a level of 95% coverage by the end of May – a full year ahead of schedule! Well someone has sure got good project managers!! 🙂 On the infrastructure duties this time are Nokia Siemens Networks – with their quality, and Vodafone’s 900Mhz…
Vodafone Portugal testing HSPA+ 64QAM
More HSPA news…. this time with Vodafone Portugal. Using something called HSPA+ 64QAM technology, testing has been carried out to see what data rates are possible, in a real-world environment, compared to the theoretical max. of 21.6Mbps (yes, you did read that right!). The actual speed attained was about 16Mbps per second, and would be…
Viigo Scores Vodafone Deal
There’s a dream that one day Viigo, a popular RSS reader and mobile content-delivery app, will someday be preinstalled on every BlackBerry. Well, the first steps are being made on that front, now that the boys out of Toronto have locked down a deal with Vodafone Australia to be their first Application Center app on…