In a new section for IntoMobile, I am going to take a regular look at the state of the UK MNO homepages – in terms of what’s on them, their arrangement (user interface), and anything else that I think pertinent. Web has grown to become it’s own respectable channel for purchasing, services, support, and CRM,…
Toshiba Portege G710 coming to Vodafone Germany as the VDA GPS
We’ve already seen what’s Toshiba up to. One of the devices spotted includes the monoblock Portégé G710, which is heading to Vodafone Germany as VDA GPS. As you probably already know, it’s the quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE Windows Mobile 6 smartphone that also sports such goodies as Bluetooth, GPS, full QWERTY keyboard, and the 2 megapixel camera.…
Strategy Analytics names Vodafone Live! best portal
Strategy Analytics have named have rated Vodafone Live! as the number one portal, in new report they have published. They tested the portal over criteria including usability, download speeds, and ease of purchase. So here’s your opportunity – what do YOU think of the Vodafone Live! portal – with the number of subs that Vodafone…
3 suffers setback in MNP dispute
3 sufffered a setback on Friday (18th Jan) when a judge ruled it could not have access to it’s rivals documents and emails. 3 hoped this access would prove that Vodaone, O2, Orange, and T-Mobile colluded to slow down the process of customers keeping their number when they ported networks….
White Samsung F700 headed to Vodafone Spain
Those lucky Europeans, they get all the good stuff. The pseudo-haptic feedback-toting Samsung F700, with that Award-winning Croix interface, has popped up with a new color scheme. We’ve been seeing manufacturers offer lighter-color offerings of all-Black handsets, and it seems Samsung isn’t letting the F700 fall behind. Vodafone Spain will be getting the Samsung F700…
Props to Boy Genius, he scored Vodafone’s 2008 roadmap! BlackBerry, Palm, Symbian and Windows Mobile inside
Boy Genius has the scoop of the century, a peak at Vodafone’s 2008 lineup! Now he is going to break it up into several posts, but I’ll condense his writing into this one mega article. Stay tuned as I update this through out the day! Devices in this post so far: BlackBerry 8XXX Nokia E71…
Vodafone UK customer charges up ridiculous cellphone bill
Here we go again with the ridiculous mobile phone charges. This one comes from the UK. The Mirror reports that Vodafone customer Ian Simpson apparently started using his mobile phone as a wireless modem, after realizing that his Vodafone handset could be tethered to his computer for faster download speeds. Well, Mr. Simpsons started downloading…
Samsung SGH-i640v coming to Vodafone UK soon
Even though we’ve already seen a demo video of the Samsung i640v and even heard Vodafone saying it will launch the device as part of its Christmas collection, the Windows Mobile powered slider is still not available for purchase. As a matter of fact, it keeps occupying space on the “Coming soon” section of Vodafone’s…
Vodafone nixes Windows Mobile 920 handset
Not that we were all that excited for Vodafone to launch their Windows Mobile slider from HTC (HTC Kii?), but we thought a few of you out there might want to know that the Vodafone 920 has been pulled from Vodafone’s lineup. Vodafone gave no reason for killing the Vodafone 920, but we’re figuring it…
T-Mobile victorious over Vodafone – German court overturns injunction; keeps iPhone’s locked, exclusive to T-Mobile
And the winner is…T-Mobile! After waiting on a delayed ruling from a Hamburg court in Germany, it seems that Apple’s iPhone-distribution partner in Germany has won the battle against rival carrier Vodafone. The court has overturned a temporary injunction that forced T-Mobile to sell unlocked versions of the iPhone alongside the locked, T-Mobile-exclusive iPhone –…