Archive : Networks

The Orange San Francisco was one of the most popular PAYG handsets in the UK and now Orange are set to release the updated Orange Barcelona. The new Orange Barcelona handset springed up on Orange’s website this morning and looks like it will compliment the Orange San Francisco by offering a QWERTY keyboard Android alternative. The San Francisco was one of the most affordable Android handsets [...]

In a joint effort between BT and Everything Everywhere (T-mobile/Orange) the first 4G LTE wireless broadband trials are set to roll out in the UK. The UK is currently undergoing the digital switchover as the nation’s TV signals are moved from analogue to digital. As each part of the country is switched over, this free’s up space on the 800mhz spectrum which mobile phone networks are hoping to [...]

Orange and Barclays have created a new app called Quick Tap that will bring contactless payments into the high street across the UK. If you’re not familiar with what contactless payments/NFC technology is then let me explain. Essentially your phone will become its own debit card which you can load funds onto. When you want to buy something, you simply scan your phone at the payment point and the [...]

The Motorola Atrix is truly a unique handset. On the surface it looks like any other Android phone, but once you plug it into its dock, it becomes a full blown laptop with its own operating system. The Atrix is a breath of fresh air in the already crowded smartphone marketplace and Orange have the UK exclusive on the handset. Well Orange have made good on their promise and the Atrix is now available [...]

Vodafone have put the HTC Sensation online and available to preorder with delivery before the end of the month! The HTC Sensation is the latest Android based super phone and Vodafone will be the first network to stock it. The device features a dual core 1.2ghz processor, huge 4.3 inch touch screen, 8 megapixel camera and Android 2.3 Gingerbread. There is also 4GB of internal memory built in but Vodafone [...]

The Blackberry 9800 Torch is due for release in the UK in the next couple of months. Personally I have been looking at the 9800 to replace my good ole 8900 Curve. True to their name, Blackberry Leaks have just leaked the pricing inforomation for the 9800 on Vodafone! What suprises me about this though is the pricing for the phone! Even on a £40 per month 18 month contract the handset will still [...]

O2 have been very slow in bringing the HTC Desire to Android 2.2 sparking lots of complaints across their forums and the web But they finally managed to push out the update to Desire owners!! The only problem is they withdrew it shortly after as people started to complain their phones were freezing or getting stuck in a crash loop! So not only are customers frustrated with the long delay to the update, [...]

British Telecom (BT) has finally completed its goal of building the largest Wi-Fi hotspot network in Britain with over one million Wi-Fi hotspots now available! BT’s Wi-Fi customers are on track to spend over a billion minutes online through their Wi-Fi service this year alone. A lot of this activity is due to the launch of the iPhone as BT have agreements in place with O2, Orange and Vodafone [...]