O2 have announced at MWC that they will be adding pre-loaded eBay apps and links to eBay on all of their phones. eBay and O2’s parent company Telefonica have agreed to add eBay apps and links to most smart phones and feature phones sold by the company via its O2 brand in the UK. This is…
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O2 launch location based marketing service
O2 have launched location-based service marketing service enabling advertisers to target individuals with SMS/MMS messages, based on their likes and their current location. The new six-month location-based service trial is described as the first from a network “to offer large-scale location-based mobile marketing in the UK.” The first users of the trial will be Starbucks…
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Why mobile needs a “broadband moment”
One of the key problems with building the mobile web and mobile apps is the speed at which the data arrives at the phone. What’s the point of building a mobile video website if the user has to wait ten minutes for the video to start? If you were to believe the networks they have…
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All UK operators to support Windows Phone 7
Microsoft has announced that the big five mobile operators and two retailers will offer Windows Phone 7 (WP7) smartphones when the new OS launches later this year, possibly October but nobody is willing to say exactly when. The list of operators includes Orange, O2, Vodafone, T-Mobile and 3, along with retailers Carphone Warehouse and Phones4u.…
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O2 get promotional on their iPad data pricing
O2’s iPad customers are up in arms at O2’s decision to cut their monthly data allocations. O2 customers who signed up for the iPad were initially told they could choose from plans with a 500MB cap, a 1 GB cap, or a 3 GB cap, but O2 has changed it’s terms and those caps are…
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O2 is restocking with iPhone 4’s today
O2 has just tweeted that it will be restocking with iPhone 4’s this weekend and you’ll be able to find where from 12am (midday) today. Since the iPhone 4 launch last week the shiny new Apple gadget has flown of the shelves like hotcakes, and it’s been hard to track one down, so it’s great…
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Apple 4th most successful ecommerce vendor in UK
Experian Hitwise have published their 4 Year Anniversary Edition of the IMRG Hitwise Hot shops list and Apple are at number 4 a jump from their 17th position in May last year, and all on the back of the launch of the iPad. If the iPhone 4 traffic was added in who knows it could…
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iPhone 4 mania hits the UK
Seems like the UK has gone compeletly iPhone 4 mad as queues of, mostly men, form all around the UK to get the best thing since sliced bread iPhone 4 in their sweaty little mitts. Vodafone have sold out, and it looks like the rest are also sold out judging by Twitter accounts. And while…
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Bad news O2 iPhone users it’s first come first served
Not content with telling new users that they’re not going to get an iPhone until after the normal O2 users get their go – which could mean a wait until the end of July (see below) – they’re also letting existing iPhone users fight it out in the queue. O2 has announced that it will…
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Apple and O2 are the perfect combination
If you have an iPhone and you’re on O2 you’re a lucky person. You think that O2 is the best network in Europe by a long chalk, and you think the iPhone is incredible. Customer experience business Satmetrix, released its 2010 European Net Promoter Industry Benchmarks for the mobile phone carriers and mobile phone handset…
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O2 get nasty with their new data plans
On the June 24 O2 are to bring in a new set of data plans for their mobile users and they’re going to make a lot of iPhone users very unhappy. O2 are obviously tired of being castigated for their slow data connectivity, and have decided that the only answer is to make their heavy…
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iPhone 4 now on Three and T-Mobile
First we had 02, then we had Orange and Vodafone, and now we have Three and possibly T-Mobile but probably not on the 24th June. So it can’t be long before Jobs brings the tablet iPhone 4 down from the mountain and hands it to Tesco. The positions are O2 You can register now for…
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How to upgrade from a 3GS to an iPhone 4 on O2
O2 have revealed their “Early Upgrade Charge” Offer for Pay Monthly & Business customers and it’s quite straightforward. The offer is open for a limited time but there’s nothing that says how limited this offer is. If you have an iPhone contract and a 3GS phone and you want to upgrade to an iPhone 4…
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iPhone 4 goes to O2
O2 are to announce an upgrade deal for iPhone users who want to get hold of the latest iPhone 4.0. Just moments after Steve Jobs completed the announcement of the device we’ve all been calling “the device that the guy left in the bar”, and that we’ve all seen for the last month on Gizmodo…
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Dell Streaks to O2
O2 have the drop on the rest of the networks with today’s announcement that they’re getting the exclusive on the Dell Streak. The launch date is described by both Dell and O2 as “early next month” with the Streak being sold in O2 stores, online at O2 and Carphone Warehouse. “The Dell Streak is a…
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iPad data plan prices
Hot on the heels of the iPad UK pricing comes the data plan pricing and quick off the mark we have O2, and rumours from Vodafone and Orange and a spat from BT. O2 On O2 all iPad data tariffs will be available without a long contract and include unlimited access to BT Openzone and…
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O2 launches two embedded laptops
O2 has has made it’s foray into the embedded laptop market with exclusive versions of the new ultra-thin Asus UL30A laptop and the Samsung N150 netbook. Customers signing up to the new deals will benefit from inclusive Wi-Fi through BT Openzone and The Cloud, an extended two year warranty, 30 days O2 Techies support, McAfee…