Palm Pre Plus, Pixi Plus may hit O2 in April

The Tracy and Matt phone blogspot states that O2 could be the U.K. The two handsets are rumored by TracyAndMatt to ship in April after the App Catalog is out of Beta stage in Europe. O2 have already been offering the GSM version of the Palm Pre for some months now, but so far the Pixi is yet to make an appearance outside of the US.Most of the features of Palm Pre Plus are also same as Pixi with a

2 Million iPhone Handsets Sold Says O2 UK

Although O2 UK recently lost their exclusivity over the iPhone they have still managed to notch up some 2 million iPhone sales announced the chief exec of O2 UK Ronan Dunne and Telefonica Europe chief exec Matthew Key reports Reuters.O2 was the first to offer the iPhone in the United Kingdom in November 07 and thus benefited from early sales, while Orange and Vodafone have only recently begun

O2 offers new Option ExpressCard with retractable antenna

Telefónica O2 Germany will be one of the first operators to offer the GlobeTrotter Express 441. The company will market the GlobeTrotter Express 441 under its own brand as the O2 Surfcard Speed. Supporting quad-band HSPA as well as quad-band EDGE and GPRS, the GlobeTrotter Express 441 has been designed to deliver worldwide coverage for busy international business travellers. This device breaks

O2 offers new Option ExpressCard with retractable antenna

Telefónica O2 Germany will be one of the first operators to offer the GlobeTrotter Express 441. The company will market the GlobeTrotter Express 441 under its own brand as the O2 Surfcard Speed. Supporting quad-band HSPA as well as quad-band EDGE and GPRS, the GlobeTrotter Express 441 has been designed to deliver worldwide coverage for busy international business travellers. This device breaks

O2 launches Xda Flint for the classroom on the move

O2 today unveils the O2 Xda Flint, a rebrand of HTC Advantage X7510 specifically targeted at the education sector. The Flint can be used by students to load eBooks onto the device and make electronic notes, read or review documents provided by their peers. They can also log onto or download digital learning applications, content and courses from the school/college or local authorities’ virtual

O2 launches Xda Flint for the classroom on the move

O2 today unveils the O2 Xda Flint, a rebrand of HTC Advantage X7510 specifically targeted at the education sector. The Flint can be used by students to load eBooks onto the device and make electronic notes, read or review documents provided by their peers. They can also log onto or download digital learning applications, content and courses from the school/college or local authorities’ virtual

O2 Germany to Offer New BlackBerry Package to its Subscribers

Telefónica O2 Germany will launch the BlackBerry option for consumers on January 19, 2009. The new contract proposal combines the comfort of the BlackBerry smart phones with the flexibility of the mobile data tariffs Internet-Pack S, M or L. The BlackBerry option can be ordered for € 5 a month with all postpaid mobile tariffs and all BlackBerry models.The tariff is composed of the concurrent

O2 Germany to Offer New BlackBerry Package to its Subscribers

Telefónica O2 Germany will launch the BlackBerry option for consumers on January 19, 2009. The new contract proposal combines the comfort of the BlackBerry smart phones with the flexibility of the mobile data tariffs Internet-Pack S, M or L. The BlackBerry option can be ordered for € 5 a month with all postpaid mobile tariffs and all BlackBerry models.The tariff is composed of the concurrent

O2 to Launch BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphone in UK from 5th January 2009

O2 today announces that the new BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphone will be available for pre-registration in the UK from December 10th and pre-order from December 22nd from the O2 website: www.o2.co.uk/blackberry. The BlackBerry Curve 8900 will be available to customers from 5th January 2009.The new BlackBerry Curve 8900, as well as being an exceptional phone with email, messaging, organizer, web

O2 to Launch BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphone in UK from 5th January 2009

O2 today announces that the new BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphone will be available for pre-registration in the UK from December 10th and pre-order from December 22nd from the O2 website: www.o2.co.uk/blackberry. The BlackBerry Curve 8900 will be available to customers from 5th January 2009.The new BlackBerry Curve 8900, as well as being an exceptional phone with email, messaging, organizer, web

O2 to Announce New Mobile Flat Rate in Germany

Telefónica o2 Germany will start a new mobile flat rate tariff on October 15, 2008 with a minimum contract period reduced to six months. The price per month of EUR15 includes calls to the German fixed network and the German o2 mobile network.The flat rate comprises calls to the German fixed network and the German mobile network of O2. Calls to other German mobile networks cost 19 Cents per minute

O2 Germany Offers the O2 Surf Stick with Prepaid Package

Available from October 1, Telefónica O2 Germany will offer the O2 Surf Stick in a prepaid version. The stick enables the rapid web access for prepaid customers via UMTS/HSDPA and is available for € 69.99. In the first month after the purchase, customers will get the data flat rate for free. Afterwards, they can surf the web for € 25 a month.After the free test month, the flat rate will be

O2 Germany to Pre-Install Opera Mini on Selected Phones

Opera Software announced that its Opera Mini browser will now be pre-installed selected phones through service provider O2’s “Internet-to-Go” initiative. O2’s “Internet-to-Go” will be available on several models with both pre-installed or over-the-air (OTA) versions of the Opera Mini browser. The Samsung U900 Soul will launch mid-summer with the pre-installed version and as early as late July

O2 XDA Vista Available in China Soon

If you are in love with the Xperia X1 high resolution display screen, you might want to take a look at this O2 XDA Vista too. Reported on it168 chinese website, O2 XDA Vista will be available in China soon with a selling price of around 500 USD.With a similar design as the Toshiba G900, it has a 3-inch WQVGA WVGA display screen at 800 x 480 pixel. Powered by the Intel XScale 520MHz cpu, the O2

O2’s bringing the iPhone to Ireland on March 14th

O2 has confirmed that following it’s launch of the iPhone in the UK, it will be the exclusive carrier for Apple’s mobile phone in Ireland.iPhone will be sold in Ireland through O2 retail stores. The device will also be available through Carphone Warehouse retail stores. iPhone will be available in an 8GB model for €399 (inc VAT) and a 16GB model for €499 (inc VAT) and will work with either a PC

UK O2 iPhones Exhbiting Service/Reception Issues

According to a post earlier this morning on Engadget, a number of O2 iPhone owners in the UK are complaining of significant issues with reception. According to the article, users who are having problems are failing to get service/reception in areas where other O2 phones (non-iPhones) are showing strong signal strength.UK Apple stores have been exchanging units for frustrated iPhone owners without

OS X Leopard Notes Don't Sync with iPhone

A few weeks ago, it was reported by Mac OS X Leopard beta testers that Leopard's mail included notes feature akin to the Notes program on the iPhone. The optimistic, and somewhat logical, hope at the time was that notes on the iPhone would sync with notes in the new Leopard version of Mail. In fact, note syncing was even listed at one time in Apple's feature list for Leopard. Unfortunately, that

O2 Already Setting Up iPhone Store Displays

Although you wouldn't say the November 9th launch of the iPhone on O2 in the UK is "right around the corner," that's not stopping O2 stores from getting their iPhone displays up. In preparation for what is certain to be a very energetic lanch in the UK, O2 stores around the country have begun dressing up for the release. A MacRumors forums member, DogcowUK, recently snapped the above shot of an

O2 Cocoon

The quad-band 3G Cocoon is not the first own-branded whiter than white handset I've seen from O2. That accolade went to the Ice. The Cocoon though, is a uniquely oddball mobile in several respects. It certainly looks different enough to be an eye catcher and apparently if you take your Cocoon to the O2 (formerly known as the Millennium Dome) in London, the phone knows what you are doing and will

O2 XDA Zinc Mobile Phone

The O2 XDA Zinc is the next in the series of O2 XDA Smartphones which are starting to make a name for themselves in the smartphone market. Sleek, easy to use with an impressive polished finish, the handset looks the part and holds a vast array of the latest services required for a life on the move.The O2 XDA Zinc combines a traditional mobile phone offering with the latest PDA technology, and is