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iPhones Delayed in Israel…Sort of
August 28, 2009 – 12:28 am | Comments
iPhones Delayed in Israel…Sort of

As the iPhone is finally getting rolled out into all sorts of smaller markets (like, y’know, China), Apple is predictably running into all sorts of unexpected difficulties as well. Take for example Israel, a …

Bluetooth Stereo headphones… only 10 quid!
February 28, 2008 – 2:30 pm | Comments
Bluetooth Stereo headphones… only 10 quid!

Last year I thought i’d got a fantastic bargain… A pair of Jabra 320S bluetooth stereo headphones for £20.
 
This year you can go £10 better and get a pair of A2DP stereo earbuds (which you …

MWC: Orange and T-Mobile UK to Jointly Pilot New Mobile TV Broadcast Service in London using NextWave Wireless’ TDtvTSolution
February 12, 2008 – 7:22 am | Comments
MWC: Orange and T-Mobile UK to Jointly Pilot New Mobile TV Broadcast Service in London using NextWave Wireless’ TDtvTSolution

Mobile Operators trial use of TDtv MBMS and Existing 3G Spectrum to Deliver Up to 24 Broadcast Channels and 10 Digital Radio Stations to Multimedia Enabled WCDMA Handsets
Orange and T-Mobile UK today announced they …

Key Telecom Industry Players Join Forces To Speed Up The Introduction Of Interoperable Rich Communication Services
February 8, 2008 – 6:19 am | Comments

Today, a group of key operators, infrastucture and device vendors comprised of Orange, Telecom Italia, Telefónica, TeliaSonera, Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks, Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Samsung, announced a joint effort to facilitate the evolution of …

Holy Shift!! The Shift is soon to land in the UK!
February 7, 2008 – 11:31 am | Comments
Holy Shift!! The Shift is soon to land in the UK!

Back in March 2007, I got a chance to play with the HTC Shift at an exclusive dinner with HTC. Myself and the others in attendance were floored at this device. We weren’t allowed to …

Orange Confirms HTC Touch to be Released in the UK
October 11, 2007 – 4:05 pm | Comments
Orange Confirms HTC Touch to be Released in the UK

From Modaco :
Orange has confirmed that the Touch Duals to be used on their UK network will have the 16-key “phone” pad, rather than the quasi-qwerty 20-key flavour also available.
 
This raises some interesting thoughts as …

Orange Announces Christmas line-up
September 15, 2007 – 11:05 am | Comments Off
Orange Announces Christmas line-up

Following on from Vodafone’s similar recent announcement, Orange has revealed their Christmas handset line-up.
The phones include the following:

LG Shine
Samsung F210
Sony Ericsson W580i
Sony Ericsson W200i
Samsung U600
Sony Ericsson W910

Also similar to Vodafone, Orange’s Christmas offerings will …

The Best Phone Ever (to take to the Pub)
August 26, 2007 – 11:03 am | Comments
The Best Phone Ever (to take to the Pub)

We’re a fickle lot at Mobiltysite when it comes to shiny new phones. Jack is busy dreaming of the day he can have a PSP phone, Johno is busy working out what he can …

Words you didn’t know you needed – Smexting
August 6, 2007 – 2:48 pm | Comments Off
Words you didn’t know you needed – Smexting

Every day there are new words being added to the English language, some of them are needed and serve a genuine purpose, Others of them are made up by evil marketing minions and are …

Orange and Disney sign VOD deal
July 27, 2007 – 8:46 pm | Comments Off
Orange and Disney sign VOD deal

Mobile and broadband operator Orange UK and Disney-ABC International Televison have signed a multi-year video-on-demand deal for digital TV and the internet. 
The deal will allow Orange customers to watch a selection of movies from …

BlackBerry 8820 Smartphone in the UK
July 25, 2007 – 1:43 pm | Comments Off
BlackBerry 8820 Smartphone in the UK

Last week RIM announced the Blackberry 8820. Today RIM and Orange UK today introduced the BlackBerry 8820 smartphone to the UK market., The new smartphone features RIM’s thinnest handset design with a full and  highly tactile QWERTY …

The Carphone Warehouse to offer BlackBerry smartphones directly to customers in the UK
July 12, 2007 – 8:54 am | Comments Off
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 …

Free Teenager mobile network delayed
July 9, 2007 – 1:18 pm | Comments Off
Free Teenager mobile network delayed

  As previously mentioned on Mobiltysite the UK launch of the free mobile phone network for Teenagers, Blyk is going to be on the Orange Network. 
The deal appears to be that teenagers will get free phone calls in …

Top Ten of Whatevers…… The Failed Future of Mobile Technology Part I
June 15, 2007 – 1:34 pm | Comments
Top Ten of Whatevers…… The Failed Future of Mobile Technology Part I

With news stories breaking so fast on Mobilitysite it’s inevitable that sometimes  some things tend to get forgotten.   Combine that with the fact that there’s only so many arguments you can have about iPhones, Windows Mobile Upgrades yet …

Vodafone… We took your N95 VOIP away from you… for your own benefit.
April 22, 2007 – 3:41 pm | Comments
Vodafone… We took your N95 VOIP away from you… for your own benefit.

The Nokia N95 is (until the iphone shows up) the top of the tree phone in the UK this year. However if you buy it from Nokia you’ll find it rather different from the version …

BLYK… Teenage freeloaders Mobile Phone network is Orange
April 6, 2007 – 10:15 am | Comments

As previously mentioned on Mobilitysite, Blyk the proposed Virtual Mobile phone network for teenagers in the UK has found a network. And it’s those crazy guys at Orange who are going to provide the backend.
For …

Orange SPV E650 aka HTC Vox Photos
March 19, 2007 – 11:07 pm | Comments
Orange SPV E650 aka HTC Vox Photos

CoolSmartPhone.com got their hands on a photo that can confirm that the HTC Vox will join the Orange Army of great handsets. This phone is expected to drop next month so get ready Orange people, a …

MobiltyVets, Windows mobile and fluffy animals
February 23, 2007 – 1:00 pm | Comments
MobiltyVets, Windows mobile and fluffy animals

Veterinary students in the UK are involved in a pilot study to use WM devices to take notes, record training records and track cases. The pilot sponsored by Orange uses the M3100SPV (Universal) and M500 …

Orange and Vodafone play with each others toys…
February 10, 2007 – 10:35 am | Comments

In an all to rare outbreak of common sense in the UK, Orange and Vodafone have signed a deal to share their 3G networks RANS..  including masts,  antennas, power supplies etc..
At the moment Orange has …

What a difference a day makes… Brits and Technology
January 29, 2007 – 1:06 pm | Comments
What a difference a day makes… Brits and Technology

It’s amazing what difference a day can make.. This morning I woke up in a country, that according to a survey, couldn’t even program a video recorder (you do remember video recorders don’t you?) According …