Archive for May 3rd, 2007

Orange announce flat rate internet!

Written by on May 3, 2007 in News with 0 Comments

Today Orange announced plans to launch its new flat rate pricing for data, making it easier for users to understand the costs involved when browsing the mobile internet.

From June, five new bundles, starting from just £1, mean both Pay Monthly and Pay As You Go customers can browse safe in the knowledge they will know exactly how much they will pay.

The five different pricing bundles are:
Orange Pay Monthly

  • Daily browsing for as little as £1 – (for those who want to experience the mobile internet without worrying about the cost)
  • Monthly evening and weekend browsing for £5 – (for those who choose to browse mainly in the evening and at weekends)
  • Monthly Anytime browsing for £8 – (for seasoned surfers who demand great value for all their mobile browsing)

    • Orange Pay As You Go

  • Daily browsing for as little as £1 – (for those who want to experience the mobile internet without worrying about the cost)
  • 7 day browsing for £5 – (for frequent surfers, offering more than 25% off our already great value daily rate)

    • so put in place a price cap for customers who don’t sign up to a bundle. These customers will be able to browse the mobile internet as they do now, but will only be charged up to a maximum of £1.50 per day (Pay Monthly) or £2.00 (Pay As You Go).

    Furthermore, all Orange customers will now have free access to their own personalised Orange World homepage, as well as news headlines and favourites. Customers will also benefit from free mobile internet searches and can browse the full catalogue of downloadable video, games, music and ring tones for free. If they see something they like while browsing, they pay just for the download, not the download traffic or any other hidden data charges. They can also make use of the Orange Local service for free throughout the summer (July – September inclusive), letting them know where they are and what they can get up to with information on restaurants, bars and local services.

    Jean-Pascal Van Overbeke, Vice President Mobile & Convergence for Orange, says “Our new pricing structure makes it easy for our customers to understand exactly what they are getting and for how long when they access the mobile internet. Customers can get access to the web on the move, without the fear of being caught out by any hidden charges.”

    Posted By: Matt

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    O2 XDA Orbit unboxed

    Written by on May 3, 2007 in Videos/Unboxings with 0 Comments

    A few weeks ago O2 Ireland launched their version of the HTC Artemis, the O2 XDA Orbit. The XDA Orbit is the first device available on O2 to have built in sat-nav. Last week we finally managed to get our hands on one to review.

    I haven’t had much time to play with the device yet but I am am impressed with the packaging and presentation of the device so I thought I would provide you with another unboxing video.

    I shall be reviewing the Orbit over the coming weeks but in the mean time, feel free to ask questions. 🙂

    O2 XDA Orbit Specification:

  • Windows Mobile 5 for Pocket PC AKU 3
  • Quad Band GPRS / EDGE
  • FM Radio
  • TI OMAP 850 @ 200MHz
  • 128MB ROM
  • 64MB RAM
  • 2.8″ QVGA 65K colour screen
  • microSD expansion underneath battery
  • 2.0MP camera
  • miniUSB connector for sync / charge / headphones
  • 1200mAh battery
  • Built in SiRF Star III GPS
  • up to 3.5 – 5 hrs talktime
  • up to 150-200 hour standby
  • 58mm x 108mm x 16.3mm
  • 127g

    • Head over to the O2 Website for more.

    You can download the higher res version of the Video HERE or if you prefer you can watch the video on Soapbox.

    Posted by: Matt

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