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Dell Streak O2 debut on June 4th

Chris Davies, May 26th 2010 Discuss [0]

O2 UK have announced the launch date for the Dell Streak, the 5-inch Android MID which made its official debut yesterday. According to an update to the O2 overview page, the Streak will land on June 4th 2010. Read The Full Story

O2 Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus due May 28th

Chris Davies, May 19th 2010 Discuss [0]

UK carrier O2 and Palm have announced that the Pre Plus and Pixi Plus will be arriving on the network come May 28th. The handsets - which will be the same as their US brethren, only supporting O2's UMTS/HSPA network - will be priced from free, tariff depending. Full details after the cut. Read The Full Story

Dell Streak (aka Mini 5) due O2 release June; AT&T launch Summer 2010

Chris Davies, May 14th 2010 Discuss [2]

Dell CEO Michael Dell has confirmed launch details for the Dell Streak aka the Dell Mini 5 MID. The outspoken exec took to the stage at the Citrix Synergy conference and announced that the voice-enabled handheld would "be available starting next month, first with our partner O2 Telefonica in Europe, then later this summer with our pretty good partner here in the United States, AT&T." Read The Full Story

O2 and Vodafone iPad 3G data plans detailed

Chris Davies, May 10th 2010 Discuss [0]

Orange UK jumped the gun on Friday and announced their iPad WiFi + 3G data plans - in fact their pre-registration page went live today - but details from rival carriers O2 and Vodafone have only been confirmed this morning. Apple's preorder page for the iPad WiFi + 3G confirms that O2's daily plan is better value than Orange's (£2 for 500MB, versus £2 for 200MB) while Vodafone are concentrating solely on monthly packages. Full details after the cut. Read The Full Story

O2 Dell Mini 5 launch tipped by Dell/Telefonica alliance?

Chris Davies, Apr 14th 2010 Discuss [0]

With a headline like "Dell and Telefonica form strategic alliance", we'd forgive you for skipping past this latest press release and onto shinier things. Still, we've a feeling it's potentially hinting at far more exciting news: an imminent Dell Mini 5 launch on O2 in Europe, perhaps? Read The Full Story

Palm Pre Plus & Pixi Plus O2 Germany launch on April 28th

Chris Davies, Apr 13th 2010 Discuss [0]

Having been spotted last month tiptoeing through the GCF in GSM form, the Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus have been confirmed for launch on O2 Germany. Announced with a tweet from the carrier's account, the two webOS smartphones will apparently go up for sale on April 28th. While there's no word from O2's other European arms, the assumption is that the two handsets will see similar launches in Spain, Ireland and the UK. Read The Full Story

O2 Joggler home media tablet price slashed

Chris Davies, Apr 1st 2010 Discuss [1]

We weren't entirely convinced by the O2 Joggler - a 7-inch touchscreen home tablet intended to pull together a family's calendar together with offering internet radio and other functionality - when it launched for £149.99 ($228), and even after a price cut to £99.99($152) it still seemed on the expensive side. Now, though, O2 have slashed the price in half, which means you can pick up the hackable slate for £49.99 ($76). Read The Full Story

O2 UK getting Palm Pre Plus & Pixi Plus in April 2010?

Chris Davies, Mar 19th 2010 Discuss [1]

Could Palm's attempt to reinvigorate their dreary financial performance include adding the Pre Plus and Pixi Plus to their O2 line-up? That's the rumor over at Tracy & Matt, who have received an anonymous tip claiming that the two devices will arrive in April 2010. O2 have already been offering the GSM version of the Palm Pre for some months now, but so far the Pixi - which has a smaller display and candybar form-factor - is yet to make an appearance outside of the US. Read The Full Story

O2 HTC Smart hands-on [Video]

Chris Davies, Feb 18th 2010 Discuss [0]

HTC's second launch event of MWC 2010 may have been a little more subdued than the Desire/Legend/HD mini announcement, but the phone it detailed may reach a whole lot more users than that trio. Along with carrier O2, the company have announced availability of the HTC Smart, an entry-level device running Qualcomm's Brew MP OS on a 300MHz processor. Check out our hands-on video demo after the cut. Read The Full Story

Only 220 Palm Pre sold in Ireland since launch?

Chris Davies, Jan 8th 2010 Discuss [0]

Back when we reviewed the O2 Palm Pre in October 2009, we pondered whether the sheer length of time between its announcement the preceding January and its launch nine months later would leave buyers cold. Unfortunately it sounds like that might have been the case: Mobile Industry Review have heard from an unnamed "heavyweight industry source" that O2 Ireland have sold a mere 220 Pre handsets, and that sales have been "equally successful" in the UK. Read The Full Story

Dell Mini 3 and Google Nexus One UK launch plans unfold

Chris Davies, Jan 8th 2010 Discuss [0]

CES 2010's US-focus means we generally have to wait a little longer to hear about when some of the more appealing gadgets may make their way to foreign shores, but a couple of the headline-grabbing Android smartphones have already been promised to the UK. Dell confirmed with Electricpig that the Dell Mini 3 would be, perhaps unsurprisingly, headed to the UK, together with the tease that the handset was apparently "built specifically with the UK in mind", while Total Telecom have heard from UK carriers T-Mobile and 3 that they're currently negotiating with Google over the Nexus One. Read The Full Story

O2 to spend hundreds of millions of pounds to fix network

Shane McGlaun, Dec 30th 2009 Discuss [0]

The iPhone is one of the best smartphones around and has the most prolific users of the internet of any smartphone. If you listen to AT&T, the iPhone user is the reason that its network is so shoddy and over taxed in many areas. Read The Full Story