UPDATE 2: Vodafone’s registration sign up page is now live.
UPDATE: Network Three will also stock the iPhone 4S from day one, we’ve learned.
Not much to say here, other than we’ve confirmed with Vodafone that the iPhone 4S is on the way to the network. Expect it on 14 October, complete with killer Siri voice skills, a dual-core processor and eight megapixel camera capable of full HD video recording.
Vodafone’s launching a new initiative today, “Data Test Drive”, which promises to change the way you buy a phone on contract. Buy a smartphone through the network and for three months you can use all the data you want. The point isn’t to go overboard, but to find out how much you actually use, as you get to grips with your new blower.
Thought the £99 HP TouchPad was a bargain? Wait until you get a load of this: earlier this week, Vodafone accidentally sold the rather swish Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, complete with a year’s worth of data, for less than the price of er, a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. Oops.
RIM has outed a brand new BlackBerry this morning – the BlackBerry Curve 9360. Following the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and BlackBerry Torch 9860, like it’s predecessor’s the newest Curve is a more modestly specced, affordable option.
It’s already up on the Vodafone site marked as “coming soon” and we’ll be getting hands on with it later this morning. In the meantime, here’s the specs you can expect from the BlackBerry Curve 9360…
Vodafone is rolling out carrier billing for the Android Market. That means Android owners on the network will be able to charge app purchases to their phone bills and pay for them alongside calls, texts and data. Initially the new feature is only available to Android owners who bough their phone directly from Vodafone through its online or retail stores.
Billing has always been one of the biggest Android Market bugbears thanks to the eccentricities of Google Checkout. Vodafone is the first European carrier to launch operator billing but Google is said to be negotiating deals with other networks. Click the headline and head to the comments to tell us: will carrier billing make you buy more Android apps from the Android Market?
Out now | £free | Vodafone (via Mobile-Ent.Biz)
Not exactly a release date, but news nonetheless. Vodafone has just launched a sign up page for the Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray. The not-so-Neo Xperia Ray had us stumped in June, but we’ve found much to love in the bite-sized handset since. With a 3.3-inch FWVGA resolution touch screen and Gingerbread on-board, this could be one of Android’s finest value handsets to date.
As the most likely successor to the popular X8, the Xperia Ray packs an 8.1-megapixel camera, Reality Display and Mobile Bravia engine in a 9.4mm thin shell. While we’re still a bit flustered over the lack of a HDMI-out port, having the latest build of Android is a perk not many Sony Ericsson handsets can contend.
If you were hoping to get your hands on the HTC EVO 3D this summer, we’ve got a bit of bad news. Vodafone has decided to scratch the launch because of a series of “delays to bring the phone to market.” There will be no 3D love from HTC hitting the UK after all.
The HTC EVO 3D has seen a particularly unusual transition from CDMA to GSM. After launching in the US on Sprint’s network, the EVO 3D was quickly addressed overseas with the release of the LG Optimus 3D. To date, neither device has captured the level of interest of the 2D handsets they’ve replaced. Read more
The Vodafone Smart is one of a new breed of low price Android phones, offering up the Google smartphone experience in a handset with a pricetag in the realm of double digits, not triple.
But does it represent value for money, or is it in the bargain bin for a reason? Read our Vodafone Smart review to find out.
