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Toshiba TG01 released in next three weeks

By Chris Davies on Friday, Jun 5th 2009 No Comments

o2 germany toshiba tg01 Snapdragon’s appearance in various netbooks over the past few days may have distracted you from the fact that its first proper showing will likely be in the Toshiba TG01. O2 Germany had already announced their intention to carry the Windows Mobile smartphone, but they’ve now confirmed that it’ll be arriving on the market within the next three weeks.

The TG01 is interesting inside and out, with the Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD2850 1GHz processor inside and a 4.1-inch WVGA resistive touchscreen on the outside. The whole thing is just 9.9mm thick, despite packing WiFi, HSPA, GPS, Bluetooth and a microSD slot content with up to 32GB cards. Check out our live photos and video of the smartphone for more details.

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Samsung I7500 Android phone hits O2 Germany in June

By Chris Davies on Monday, Apr 27th 2009 No Comments

Tipped over the weekend, O2 Germany have officially announced their first Android handset, the Samsung I7500. The I7500 has a 5-megapixel camera with an LED flash, paired with a 3.2-inch 320 x 480 AMOLED touchscreen, HSPA, GPS and WiFi b/g.

There’s also Bluetooth 2.0, a 3.5mm headphone socket and a microUSB port, squeezed into a body that measures just 115 x 56 x 11.9 mm. The usual array of Google applications are present, including GMail and the Chrome Lite browser, together with the Android Market for downloading further titles.

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Vodafone & Telefonica O2 sign Euro share agreement

By Chris Davies on Monday, Mar 23rd 2009 No Comments

o2 vodafone logos Arch carrier rivals Telefónica and Vodafone have signed a deal that will see them share cell-tower hardware, consolidating existing 2G and 3G base-stations and working together on future installations. The agreement will first impact the UK, Germany, Ireland and Spain, with further negotiations taking place regarding the Czech Republic.

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Telefonica clinch GSM Palm Pre?

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Mar 12th 2009 No Comments

According to Spanish media, carrier giant Telefonica has grabbed the all-important Palm Pre exclusivity deal in Spain, the United Kingdom and Latin America. If the reports – currently unconfirmed by either Palm or Telefonica – are true, that would see the carrier’s UK subsidiary O2 selling the Pre alongside the iPhone 3G.

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O2 Joggler: touchscreen home organizer hits UK April

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Mar 5th 2009 No Comments

O2 declined to comment when leaked shots of the OpenPeak OpenFrame home information center showed up last month bearing the carriers icons, but they’re happily squealing about it today. The 7-inch touchscreen desktop communications tablet gets a new name – the O2 Joggler – and promises media streaming, PIM apps and photo viewing.

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Toshiba TG01 hitting O2 Germany over Summer

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Mar 3rd 2009 1 Comment

O2 will be the exclusive carrier for the Toshiba TG01 smartphone in Germany, according to a press release today. The TG01 – the launch of which we covered back in February - is the thinnest smartphone to-date, running Windows Mobile on a huge 4.1-inch 800 x 480 touchscreen display.

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OpenFrame home info center coming to O2 by end of February?

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Feb 4th 2009 No Comments

It’s been around six months since OpenPeak showed off their OpenFrame home information center, and since then Verizon have launched their own take on the concept, with the Verizon Hub, while iRiver unveiled their own WAVE HOME. Obviously someone at carrier O2 has been taken with the OpenPeak device; photos of the OpenFrame in action, complete with new iconography, have shown up, together with a predicted release date.

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Cowon O2 touchscreen PMP released

By Brenda Stokes on Monday, Oct 27th 2008 No Comments

If you’ve been waiting for the O2, you’re in luck. Cowon has officially announced the release of their O2 touchscreen portable media player today and it packs in quite a few features.

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Portable Oxygen Bar – for when O2 fiends need their fix on the go

By James Allan Brady on Monday, Mar 17th 2008 No Comments

If you depend on Oxygen bars to make it through your day as chipper as ever, then maybe this wouldn’t be a bad investment for you. You get the little oxygen bar gadget and a bunch of other stuff so you can give yourself and/or your friends your daily O2 fix.

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Poseidon Mk IV Discovery – dive system recycles O2

By James Allan Brady on Monday, Mar 10th 2008 No Comments

Using a Lithium-ion battery, some CO2 scrubbers and oxygen cells they are able to extend the amount of time you are able to spend under the water. No word on how long you can stay underwater as that’s got to be at least partly depending on the size of battery and size of your air tanks and how you breathe, but sometimes even just a half hour is enough to see the fish you went down looking for in the first place.

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