Tag: Orange
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Orange CEO says iPhone 5 will be thinner thanks to new SIM card
Here’s some more info to throw into the already overspilling iPhone 5 rumour mill: France Telecom CEO Stephane Richard has said Apple have agreed with mobile networks to use a smaller SIM card, thus making the next iPhone much smaller and thinner. Before we get started, let’s assess the legitimacy of this rumour. France Telecom…
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Orange partners with Vouchercloud app to bring exclusive deals to Orange customers
Orange UK has teamed up with Vouchercloud to offer their customers exclusive discounts on a monthly basis. Both Pay as you go and contract customers on Orange will have access to 8 exclusive deals either via the Vouchercloud website, or within their iOS app. At present there are offers with Maplin, Hotel Chocolat, Habitat and…
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Orange and Barclaycard team up to bring contactless payments to the UK
Orange and Barclaycard have today launched ‘Quick Tap’, a contactless payment system that utilises both Orange mobile phones and the Mastercard PayPass contactless point of sale technology. The two companies paired up in 2009 and announced they would be developing a contactless payment service for mobile phone users in the UK, and today that service…
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New Apple Micro SIM plans set to stop iPhone 5 unlocks?
Anti-piracy card could be an iPhone 5 exclusive
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Pay for your Windows Phone apps through your mobile bill with Orange
Orange has announced that as of now, Windows Phone 7 users on their network will be able to opt to pay for in-app content as a part of their monthly bill, rather than paying by paypal or credit card. Many games including Angry Birds offer gamers the chance to purchase extras while in the game…
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BlackBerry Bold 9900 confirmed for Three, O2 and Vodafone
The newly announced Blackberry Bold 9900 is soon to be setting Blackberry fans’ hearts a-fluttering as RIM’s new flagship device, but now that we have all the down and dirty info on the handset what we need to know is where we can get our hands on one! Well so far O2, Three and Vodafone have…
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Motorola Atrix confirmed for May 4th release through Orange network.
The dual-core Motorola Atrix “super-phone” is coming to the Orange network in the UK with price plans revealed and the release on the brightly branded network is now known to be tomorrow. The Atrix will come packing FroYo with a Dual-Core 1GHz Nvidia Tegra 2 processor and 1GB of RAM – That’s some pulling power for…
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How to Stop Your Gadgets Going Gaga during the Royal wedding!
The months of anticipation are over and the big day is nearly upon us. But with millions of people set to watch Wills and Kate tie the knot in their homes and hundreds of thousands of people set to throng the streets around Westminster Abbey, there is a very good chance that some of your…
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Motorola Atrix coming to Orange UK early May
Orange has announced exclusively that they will be stocking the Dual-Core Motorola Atrix handset, and it will be available “early May”. We got our hands on the 4G version of the Atrix, imported all the way from America, just last week at the Gadget Show Live exhibition. The handset is touted by Orange as the…
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The HTC Sensation coming to T-Mobile, Orange and Three
After yesterday’s sensational reveal, the HTC Sensation is soon to be one of the best Android handsets available, so now that we know what we are getting, it’s time to find out how we can get hold of it. We already know that Vodafone have an exclusivity deal with HTC for the first month of…
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Carphone Warehouse begin trialling unlimited Mobile Broadband
Mobile Phone retailer Carphone Warehouse has begun trialling ‘Unlimited Mobile Broadband’ packages on their own Talkmobile network. Talkmobile is Carphone Warehouse’s own network, which is a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), ‘Piggybacking’ on the Vodafone network. Customers who sign up to the trial with Talkmobile will receive unlimited internet access for their smartphones, on a…
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T-Mobile UK list iPad 2 price plans
T-Mobile UK are the first network out of the blocks to announce their price plans and tariffs for the iPad 2, which is due for release this Friday. By already being a T-Mobile customer you’ll benefit from discounted prices, for example you’ll pay £199 up front for the tablet instead of the £229 price point…