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O2 Palm Pre GSM review

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Oct 6th 2009 No Comments

For European consumers, the Palm Pre has been a long time coming. Announced – in CDMA form – back in January 2009, with Palm coyly dancing around the matter of a GSM version until its Sprint launch took place in June, the smartphone has even gained a sibling (in the shape of the Palm Pixi) before those across the Atlantic have had a chance to play with the original. That’s all finally changing this month, with carrier O2 exclusively offering the Pre in the UK and Ireland from October 16th and Germany from October 13th. Has time dulled the Pre’s appeal? SlashGear have been testing out the GSM Palm Pre; check out our full review after the cut.

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HTC HD2 also getting T-Mobile UK release?

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Oct 1st 2009 No Comments

Having been seen in UK carrier O2's upcoming phone catalog, there's now talk of the second operator to offer the 4.3-inch Snapdragon based HTC Leo smartphone. According to CoolSmartPhone's sources, the Windows Phone - which is expected to be branded the HTC HD2 - has begun to show up in T-Mobile UK's internal systems.

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O2 catalog lists upcoming HTC HD2

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Sep 30th 2009 No Comments

The tricky thing about printed catalogs is that they require some preparation, and that generally puts them into plenty of peoples’ hands. One such leaky person has handed over an upcoming O2 catalog to Engadget, with the first official listing of the HTC HD2 (aka the HTC Leo) we’ve seen so far.

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Vodafone UK next to get iPhone 3GS [Updated]

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Sep 29th 2009 2 Comments

After Orange’s announcement yesterday that they would be offering the iPhone 3GS in the UK, now comes word that Vodafone will be the third carrier in the country to sell Apple’s smartphone. According to UK paper The Telegraph, the Vodafone iPhone 3GS is likely to be £100 cheaper ($159) after analysts predict a price war between carriers.

Update: Vodafone have confirmed the news; the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS will launch in the UK and Ireland in early 2010. [Thanks Dion!]

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LG Chocolate BL20 now officially official: UK in Q4

By Chris Davies on Monday, Sep 28th 2009 No Comments

Having made its first official appearance on an LG engineering site last Wednesday, the LG Chocolate BL20 has finally got a press release and product page to go along with the specifications. Smaller – and less complex – sibling to the BL40, the BL20 will arrive in the UK on O2 in Q4 2009 with a 5-megapixel camera with autofocus and flash.

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O2 losing iPhone 3GS exclusivity: on Orange UK later in 2009

By Chris Davies on Monday, Sep 28th 2009 No Comments

UK would-be iPhone users desperate to avoid O2’s network can take heart in the fact that rival network Orange have just announced they will be offering the iPhone 3GS later this year. The Orange iPhone 3GS is yet to be priced, and nor have the company revealed the exact date it will go on sale, but there is a pre-interest page open for registrations.

Update: O2 statement after the cut

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O2 to launch HTC HD2 (aka HTC Leo) on October 12th?

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Sep 24th 2009 No Comments

Pinch of salt time, but one of Engadget's "trusted tipsters with a proven past" has been in touch to say that the HTC Leo has been spotted on carrier O2's intranet site. Listed as the HTC HD2 - as the branding has suggested in recent leaked photos - the Snapdragon-based smartphone is apparently tipped to arrive on October 12th.

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O2 Palm Pre launching October 16th from free [Updated]

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Sep 24th 2009 No Comments

O2 have just announced that they will be launching the Palm Pre in the UK on October 16th. The handset – the GSM version of the Sprint device that has been available in the US for several months now – will be priced between free and £96.89 ($159) depending on contract.

Update: O2 in Germany and Ireland will also get the Palm Pre on October 13th and 16th respectively. German pricing details here; Irish details after the cut.

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Full contract details after the cut

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giffgaff UK MVNO announced: is “mutual giving” a business model?

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Sep 23rd 2009 No Comments

giffgaff honeypot MVNOs in the US haven’t had the greatest of success, with Virgin Mobile USA the most recent big-name to be gobbled up by a “proper” carrier. However one UK company has obviously decided that the scene there is crying out for a new carrier option, and hence giffgaff has been born. Based on O2’s network, giffgaff is still playing coy with their pricing but is suggesting that users will be able to earn back up to 100-percent of their pre-pay top-ups via good deeds to other users and the MVNO themselves.

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Samsung Sees a Galaxy on O2

By Evan Selleck on Friday, Aug 14th 2009 No Comments

The Samsung Galaxy (i7500), the only Android device with an AMOLED display, has been out on Germany's network for some time, and it's been the general envy of most Android users out there since its release. While other Android phones like the Magic and Hero are great in their own right, Samsung left it upon itself to create an Android phone that set up to blow the competition (HTC) out of the water. And it looks like that customer base is about to get a lot bigger.