The UK’s Vodafone, O2 and Everything Everywhere (Orange and T-Mobile) networks have collaborated on an NFC joint-venture that will put the squeeze on businesses to start offering NFC as a payment option for customers, and allow customers of any network with any NFC-equipped phone to use the service. They’re hopeful it’ll launch sometime before next year. [Everything Everywhere]
Phones from HTC, Palm, LG, Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Samsung were put to the eco-friendly test by carrier O2, who found that the Palm Pre Plus and LG Etna are the worst models you could buy for the environmentally inclined. More »
What’s going on?! Vodafone, O2, Orange, T-Mobile and now 3 have announced they’ll be selling the iPhone 4 when it hits on June 24. The US’ exclusive carrier, of course, remains with AT&T. Madness. [Three]
Once known as the Mini 5, the Streak will be launching first in Europe with O2 Telefonica, and then “later this summer” with AT&T in the States, according to CEO Michael Dell. More »
Apple has sneakily put the UK iPad data plans up on its website before networks Orange, O2 and Vodafone have had a chance to issue news themselves – and what’s obvious so far is that it pays to shop around. More »
Being among the first of the world’s networks to carry the iPhone practically guaranteed a flush few years. Also, apparently, network trouble. Take the UK’s O2, whose spokespeople seem to be reading from the same apologetic script as AT&T’s. More »
The Palm Pre is heading to both Spain and the UK. And for each market, it’ll score GSM (the bands necessary to run on AT&T/T-Mobile networks here). More »
CNET got their hands on Cowon’s new flash-based PMP, the O2, and they think it’s one of the year’s best dedicated media players. The 4.3-inch touchscreen player has a truly ridiculous list of supported codecs, an SDHC slot to expand its internal 8, 16, or 32GB memory, solid (if not too flashy) GUI, and a surprisingly affordable price: only $US219, $US249, and $US299 respectively.
If you’re flying one of Europe’s many discount carriers and you’re not violently hungover, you’re probably doing something wrong–the cabins of those single-class A319s are bubbling tempests of unshowered, throbbing rage that always seem a fraction of a degree away from boiling over. Now on your sunrise flight from Krakow to Berlin, you can enjoy constant mobile phone blabbing from up to six surrounding seats thanks to the good folks at Ryanair, 3, and O2.
