Who’d have thought that O2 would be offering a legitamte unlocking service for the iPhone after all. This should please a fair few folks out there as they will slip in their Vodafone/Orange sims and see the signal rise. You obviously have to ride out the O2 contracts and who knows, this may ease conjestion on O2’s network as some may opt for a different carrier most of the time. Details after the break:
O2 announces the iPhone Total Connectivity Bolt On, which allows new and existing iPhone customers to purchase the iPhone Internet Tethering bolt-on and receive the standard O2 Home Broadband package completely free.
Pay Monthly iPhone customers who purchase the discounted £9.79 per month 3GB Internet Tethering Bolt On before 31 December 2009 will be entitled to the O2 Home Broadband standard package for free. The service means users can stay totally connected and get the best connection possible, whether at home or out and about on their phone or laptop.
The 3GB Internet Tethering and O2 Home Broadband package is available for just £9.79 per month and will be compatible with all versions of the Apple iPhone 3G. Alternatively, customers can claim a £7.34pm discount against any other O2 Home Broadband product including Premium, Pro or O2 Home Broadband Access.
Peter Rampling, Head of Consumer Mobile at O2 said, “This is a brilliant deal for people who want tethering and home internet. Effectively you get both for just £9.79 a month. Total Connectivity means our customers will always be connected, at home and on the move”
Terms apply, see o2.co.uk/iPhone
Offer available from 10 November 2009.
Source – Press Release
Vodafone is going to be doing a new phone called the Apple iPhone 3Gs. This is a phone that has made a bit of noise over the last couple of years, but no one could blame you if you haven’t heard of it before.
In this press release oddly hosted by Cheetahmail.com you can read but not pre-order. Instead there is a link to the Vodafone Access Gateway and you can give Vodafone some ideas about their approach to the iPhone.
We’ve been sent the following from devicewire.com regarding the HTC HD2 due this Friday (13th).
“devicewire.com currently have additional stock not yet allocated to pre-orders. Whilst orders are continuing to be processed devicewire.com hope to have a limited allocation available on launch day.
The remaining stock will be added to the site at 12.01am Friday morning and will be sold on a first come first served basis.
Once this initial allocation of HTC HD2’s are sold further stock will not be available until at least December so we would highly recommend you placing an order today to avoid disappointment.
devicewire.com can also offer a premium delivery service for all orders processed before 3pm Friday. For only £19.99 devicewire.com delivers can be placed for Saturday Pre-Noon. Any customers who have already placed an order can call 08708490233 with their order number and payment details for this delivery upgrade.
If you have any further questions, please contact devicewire.com at [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> or call 08708490233″
If you have not checked out our HTC HD2 demo video please click here.
Posted by: James
O2 has confirmed to TechRadar that iPhone users will be able to unlock their iPhone for free and use it on any network they wish at the end of their contract term.
“The Apple iPhone has been available in the UK exclusively on O2 since November 2007. Once the iPhone becomes available on other UK networks, Pay Monthly customers on a consumer or business account will be able to unlock their iPhone without charge at any point during their contract.
“This also applies to BlackBerry and Xda. All other devices are unlocked on o2 automatically. Customers will still have to honour the remainder of the minimum term on their contract even if they place a non-O2 SIM into it.
“Pay & Go customers can unlock their iPhone or any other device on Pay & Go, after twelve months with O2, for a £14.69 one-off fee, which is deducted from their airtime balance.”
Freedom
CEO Matthew Key was quoted in The Times as confirming the network would be allowing customers to unlock the iPhone after it was rumoured the network would be blocking it.
“At the end of their contract period, they are entirely free to move to another operator – though naturally we hope they won’t want to!”
Smart
This is a smart move by O2 to protect revenue and reduce churn as more carriers are due to offer the iPhone this year. By allowing customers to unlock without penalty means those who are out of contract may choose to test Orange and Vodafone’s network before signing up for a 2 year tie in and decide they want to stay with O2. If you’re using a Samsung you should also know how to S10 network unlock.
To compete with O2, the other carriers may feel compelled to do the same, which can only be a good thing for consumers. O2 link here.
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A few months ago, when we were away in the US we went to one of my favourite shops, Best Buy, and saw a huge display of Powermat products. I’d heard about the technology which is basically wireless inductive charging, but to that point hadn’t seen a product to make use of it.
The Powermat essentially comes in two parts. The mat itself, available in office/home and portable versions, and a ‘receiver’ unit. The receiver comes in a variety of forms from a simple Powercube that comes with the Powermat allowing you to charge USB devices to a selection of ‘jackets’ to fit iPhone, Blackberry and Nintendo DS.
The nice people from Powermat sent me over a review unit to take a look at so in the video below you’ll see the home/office version of the Powermat as well as the Powercube and a receiver/dock for the iPhone/iPod.
There are many other receiver units available so head over to the Powermat site to see if they make one for your favourite device.
No more tangled mess of cords or searching for the right adaptor, simply place your enabled device on the Powermat to charge. Featuring a full range of wireless charging solutions for all your favorite devices, Powermat is compatible with iPhone, BlackBerry, MP3 players, cell phones, headsets, hand held electronic games, digital cameras, and GPS units. Whether you charge at home, at the office, on the road, or in all of these places, Powermat has a solution for you.
Posted by: Matt
Tracyandmatt.co.uk are doing some paralleled coverage of the HTC HD2. Packing the site with videos, pictures and commentary it’s porbably the closest you are going to get to the device without buying it. Check out these two links below for the heads up on the HTC HD2.
We are watching the newly released apps in iPhone app store every day and when we notice something of interest we are reporting here. While there are many apps that let you excercise muscles in your fingers, or even tongue, with this app, that was released to the app store merely few hours ago, you can excercise muscles in your eyes:
Yesterday we unboxed the HTC HD2 and promised you a video demo of the user interface and some applications, well here’s the video!
Obviously we’ve only picked out a couple of things to look at else the video would have been a week long but we’ll comment on more of the apps and general usage when we come to do the full HD2 review later this week.
As I said in the previous post, please keep your questions about the HD2 coming and we’ll try to answer them either straight away or in the review itself. You can submit your questions via the HD2 forum thread.
EDIT: Our extensive HTC HD2 review is now live on site.
Posted by: Matt
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