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Tagged ‘O2’
It’s official BlackBerry PlayBook UK launch day but if you’re on O2, you’re out of luck. The network has decided to ditch RIM’s first tablet and is emailing customers who expressed an interest in buying one to explain why it has had a change of heart.
While plenty of places (including Currys and PC World) will be stocking the tablet, it’s bad news for RIM that such a major network has lost faith in it. Read on to find out why O2 dropped the BlackBerry PlayBook…
The Alcatel OT-990 isn’t an Android phone for spec heads. While Samsung and HTC do battle at the top end of the market with dual-core CPUs and lavish qHD displays, this new handset is designed to lure in Pay As You Go folk, with a sub £100 price tag, but also the latest version of Android. It’s not out until August but we’ve been testing a prototype over the weekend: read on to see what we make of it.
The white iPhone 4 is here! Well, tomorrow it is anyway, and only 326 days after it was first revealed back at WWDC in June last year. Better late than never, eh? Here’s everything you need to know about the launch tomorrow.
It’s free bank holiday day on Friday, or the royal wedding, as it’s otherwise known. While many will be tuning in on TV, plenty are planning on squeezing into central London to see the event in person. So what do the extra hordes of tourists mean for mobile reception? In a pleasingly transparent move, O2′s revealed some of the figures it’s anticipating – and how it’s going to cater to them.
The delayed Sony Ericsson Xperia Play should finally be hitting O2 very soon. After failing to hit its original April 1 release date thanks to buggy software, O2 has been putting the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play’s latest set up through its paces and seems pleased with what its found…
You no longer have to pay extra to use your iPhone 4 as a Wi-Fi hotspot on another UK network, thanks to new data tariffs from O2. So now you can get online using your Wi-Fi only iPad, or even help a friend to do so, without paying a hefty price on top of your monthly bill.