O2 Xda diamond - A Quick Look

Arne Hess from the::unwired got a hold of a pre-production unit and has some pictures and brief thoughts that you might like.  In part, Arne said:

Like HTC’s version, also O2’s smartphone features a 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera without flash on the back and in the upper right corner on the front a VGA video telephony camera which can be used for self-portraits as well. Unfortunately there’s no hardware shutter button for the camera anymore which means you either have to start the camera from the Start menu or from HTC’s TouchFLO 3D Today screen UI.

O2 Gets the Palm Treo 500

UK O2 users can now get their hands on the Palm Treo 500. This is such a beautiful looking device. I can’t wait for the “rumored” Treo 800w to hit the US.

Head over to O2’s website for more info.

Source: CoolSmartPhone

Napster and Ericsson Launch Mobile Music Service for UK’s Leading Wireless Carrier — O2 UK

Napster and Ericsson today announced the launch of the Napster Mobile music service with O2 UK, the leading wireless carrier serving the UK market with more than 18 million subscribers.

Co-developed by Napster and Ericsson, Napster Mobile is a premium music service offering an array of features and content. O2 UK customers will be able to search, browse, preview, purchase and play full-length tracks from Napster’s massive catalog of more than 5 million songs. Napster Mobile also offers dual-delivery for simultaneous downloads to a subscriber’s PC and mobile phone, a unique feature that provides users the convenience of downloading songs directly to their phones with a high-fidelity copy of the song available to download on their PCs.

The service also features a recommendation tool and access to Napster’s expert programming on the handset, including featured artists and top tracks.

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Iphone… Ireland… March..I4

 

If you’re in Ireland and

1. Are still excited about owning an iPhone
2. Haven’t got one of the millions of unlocked iPhones
3. Don’t mind paying O2 Ireland a lot more money than people are paying O2 UK

Then today is a good news day for you….

The Important details are

8 gig €399,16GB for €499.

Tariffs range from €45 for 175 minutes to €100 for 700 minutes, and all plans include 1GB of data

And you can find the full details at http://www.o2online.ie/wps/wcm/connect/O2/Home/Shop/Phones/iPhone/Find+out+more

Source: Engadget

O2 Stellar, TyTN 2 with a Radio?

Jason Langridge posted about the O2 Stellar showing up on the O2 Coming soon page.

The new O2 Xda Stellar is a touch screen Xda with a slim, stylish design. As well as the on-board GPS, Windows Mobile 6 (supporting Microsoft Direct Push Email) and Wi-Fi, it is Quad Band, 3G and has a 3 mega-pixel camera, MP3 player and radio.

A radio. What else can you cram into this form factor? Let’s start with more memory, I know it has a lot already, but more is good. Then let’s throw a VGA Screen on there. Let’s make it perfect!

Bad night for Apple in the UK

With iPhone sales slowing in the US, tonight was going to herald glorious sales in the UK, as the iPhone was launched by O2 and the Carphone warehouse (on O2).

Except it went badly

The planned queues of people never happened. And it didn’t get any better. After just one hour of sales the number of staff in the two branches of Carphone warehouse in Liverpool was more than the number of customers there. And they were customers who were looking rather than buying. The cash register was very quiet.

One poor sole was dressed up as Mowbli (right) in an attempt to attract peoples attention, while others tried to drag anyone into the store to just look at the iPhones. Huge stacks of leaflets went unused.

A CPW staff member later said that their target for the night had been halved to 36 at the last minute, although he didn’t think it had been reached. ‘I really hope tomorrow is better, it has to be’ he said.

The O2 store in Liverpool city center looked a bit better, with the number of people in it looking like an average Wednesday afternoon. But again not many people seemed to be leaving the store with carrier bags.

If this is reflected around the country then both Apple and O2 are in serious trouble… and may have  to change the whole iPhone business model

iPhone on Sale This Friday Night at Apple, O2 and Carphone Warehouse Retail Stores in the UK

Apple’s iPhone will go on sale this Friday, November 9 at 6:02 p.m. at Apple, O2 and Carphone Warehouse retail and online stores. iPhones will be available at more than 1,300 Apple, O2 and Carphone Warehouse retail locations across the UK, giving customers their first chance to get their hands on this revolutionary new product. iPhone combines three devices into one—a mobile phone, a widescreen iPod®, and a breakthrough Internet device—all based on Apple’s revolutionary multi-touch interface and pioneering software that allows users to control iPhone with just a tap, flick or pinch of their fingers.

 

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O2 and RIM Launch the BlackBerry Pearl 8120 Smartphone in the UK

O2, a leading provider of mobile services to UK consumers and businesses, and Research In Motion (RIM) introduced today the new BlackBerry Pearl 8120 smartphone in the UK. In its small, stylish and elegant design, the BlackBerry Pearl 8120 provides rich multimedia features together with all the popular functionality users have come to expect from the BlackBerry wireless solution.

The BlackBerry Pearl 8120 comes complete with a 2 megapixel digital camera with a 5x zoom and video capture capability, an externally accessible microSD/SDHC slot and Wi-Fi� connectivity support. These new features, along with an enhanced visual interface, add to the renowned BlackBerry smartphone experience for email, phone, messaging (SMS, IM, MMS), web browsing, multimedia, organiser and other mobile applications.

 

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Apple Chooses O2 as Exclusive Carrier for iPhone in UK

Apple and O2 announced today that O2 will be the exclusive UK carrier for Apple’s iPhone when it makes its debut in the UK on November 9. 

iPhone users in the UK will be able to activate their new iPhones using iTunes software running on a PC or Mac computer in the comfort and privacy of their own home or office, without having to wait in a store while their phone is activated.  Activating iPhone takes only minutes as iTunes guides the user through simple steps to choose their tariff, undertake a credit check and activate their iPhone. Once iPhone is activated, users can then easily sync all of their phone numbers and other contact information, calendars, email accounts, web browser bookmarks, music, photos, podcasts and TV shows just like they do when they sync their iPods with iTunes.

iPhone is scheduled to go on sale on November 9 and will be sold exclusively in the UK through Apple’s retail and online stores, O2 and The Carphone Warehouse’s retail and online stores. iPhone will be available in an 8GB model for �269 (inc VAT) and will work with either a PC or Mac. Three new great value iPhone tariffs will be available from O2 starting at �35, which all include unlimited anytime, anywhere mobile data usage and, in a market first, free unlimited use of the UK’s largest single public Wi-Fi network, covering over 7,500 cafes, restaurants, airport lounges, pubs and other locations across the UK.

iPhone activation will require an Internet connection; an iTunes Store account or a major credit card; the latest version of iTunes available at www.itunes.com and a PC or Mac with a USB 2.0 port and one of the following operating systems: Mac OS X v10.4.10 or later; Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 2 or later; or Windows Vista Home Premium, Business, Enterprise or Ultimate Edition. iPhone requires a new 18-month contract with O2. Existing O2 customers will have the option of keeping their existing phone number and upgrading their account to work with iPhone while new customers can also simply and easily transfer their current mobile number to O2. 

Source: Apple press release

O2 Germany to release Xda Comet

O2 Germany plans to release the Xda Atom Life as the Xda comet.

 

Features

• Windows Mobile 6 Professional
• QVGA (only) touch screen
• triband (900/1800/1900 MHz) GSM/GPRS/EDGE
• singleband (2100 MHz) UMTS/HSDPA up to 3.6 Mbps
• Bluetooth (1.2 only)
• WiFi b/g
• Marvell XScale PXA 270 CPU at 624 MHz
• 1 GB of ROM
• 2 megapixel camera with macro focus
• front facing camera for UMTS video telephony
• FM radio
• measures 106 x 58 x 18 mm
• weighs of 148 g

The O2 Xda comet will be available in October for an unknown price.

Source: the unwired

O2 Cocoon Reviewed by Fosfor Gadgets

A couple weeks ago, I shared a link to Fosfor Gadgets to show you their unboxing of the O2 cocoon. Now, I am here to share a link to their review of this interesting phone. Weird Looking, but interesting.

“The O2 Cocoon is a nice phone, but most of all it’s a cool phone. Sound quality is perfect, both during calls and while listening to music. The camera is OK, it’s nowhere near the SonyEricssons 3.2 megapixel camera phones, but it give you nice video and good 2 megapixel photos. If it wasn’t for the scrolling LED display this phone wouldn’t get that much attention - but it’s a killer with it. And the combined dock, charger alarm clock is nothing but awesome! 7 out of 10.

O2 Cocoon - review

O2 UK Windows Mobile 6 upgrade for the XDA Orbit and Trion

O2 have announced upgrades to Windows Mobile 6 for the very popular XDA Orbit device as well as the XDA Trion (HTC Hermes)

You can now also open Office 2007 documents too!!

The download for the Orbit is HERE

For the Trion it’s HERE

Source:Jason Langridge’s blog

Windows Mobile 6 ROM Updates

The following are some of the current available Windows Mobile 6 ROM updates.

Asus

• ASUS A639
• ASUS A626
• ASUS A686
• ASUS A696
• ASUS P535
• ASUS P735

go to ASUS downloads (select PDA from “product” and “service” drop-down menus, and “model #”)

Dopod HTC Windows Mobile 6 upgrade 

• Dopod D810 (HTC P3600)-July 10
• 838Pro (HTC TyTN)-July 12
• P800w (P3300)- July 13
• U1000 (HTC Advantage)- July 20

go to HTC WM6 info for Dopod owners

O2 

• O2 Xda Zinc

go to See O2

             

T-Mobile  

• T-Mobile Dash
• T-Mobile MDA

go to T-Mobile WM upgrade

 

Note: I will try to update and repost as new carriers are added (Susan, Mobility Site News Editor)

The Carphone Warehouse to offer BlackBerry smartphones directly to customers in the UK

The Carphone Warehouse and Research In Motion announced a strategic relationship to offer the latest range of BlackBerry smartphones directly through its strong network of The Carphone Warehouse outlets located throughout the UK and online through Carphone Warehouse.com . Launching across the UK’s 780 stores, The Carphone Warehouse is the only supplier to sell the BlackBerry solution.

Activations available on - O2, Orange, and T-Mobile networks

Available smartphones - 

• BlackBerry Curve- smallest and lightest full-QWERTY BlackBerry smartphone, which comes packed with a comprehensive multimedia suite and integrated camera; offers a unique blend of communications, multimedia and web features to provide users with an exceptional mobile companion for both work and leisure.
• BlackBerry 8800- packed with powerful communications capabilities and yet it is incredibly compact, slim and stylish. The BlackBerry 8800 also includes built-in GPS, BlackBerry Maps, a media player, expandable memory slot, and intuitive trackball navigation system.
• BlackBerry Pearl - smallest BlackBerry handset yet at a mere 107mm x 50mm x 14.5mm and weighing just 89 grams. In addition to supporting phone, email, messaging, organizer, web browser and other mobile applications,  it incorporates a digital camera, MP3 player, video player and an expandable memory slot

The Carphone Warehouse has a presence in over ten countries in mainland Europe under the brand Phone House. The Phone House has an intent to work with local country network operators in France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland to mirror the retail strategy in the UK.

The Carphone Warehouse customers can take advantage of renowned BlackBerry functionality which includes push-email, phone, SMS and MMS messaging, web browsing, multimedia, calendar & organizer capabilities as well as access to thousands of business and lifestyle applications.

Connection through the BlackBerry Internet Service supports up to 10 personal email accounts, including popular ISP email accounts such as TalkTalk, AOL, Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, NTL and Virgin Media. Customers can also connect through their corporate email server with BlackBerry Enterprise Server, which integrates with IBM Lotus Domino, Microsoft Exchange, and Novell GroupWise.

For more information, visit Carphone Warehouse

Source: Blackberry press release

HTC Omni details leaked ?

Unwired View received some information about the HTC Omni, the long time delayed follower of the HTC Universal (aka T-Mobile MDA Pro/O2 Xda Exec). According the leaked details and specs, which Unwired View got from a HTC 2007 roadmap presentation, the device looks indeed impressive and if the information turns out to be true, it’s really the legitimate follower of the HTC Universal which came into its years now. 

Feature Highlights (according to Unwired View):

• Windows Mobile Professional 6
• UMTS/HSDPA connectivity
• WVGA 4″ 800 x 480 main display with sub-display
• TV and VGA out
• 256 MB ROM, 128 MB RAM
• microSD memorycard slot
• Wifi b/g, USB and Bluetooth connectivity
• GPS/A-GPS
• Full QWERTY keyboard
• Dimensions: 130 x 81 x 16 mm

According to the roadmap, the HTC Omni does not have a designated product number yet but the release date is planned for October.

Source: unwired view