Author Archive: Gareth

o2 deliver iPhone unlock as promised

As we reported a few days ago, o2 have promised to unlock iPhones that are on pay monthly anytime and after 12 months if your iPhone is on pay as you go. They have a form that you need to fill in to request the unlock and then wait a maximum of 14 days. My situation was a little different, yes I have an iPhone on pay monthly but I bought an iPhone 3GS on pay as you go back in July.

I filled out the form and put in the IMEI number of my iPhone 3GS and hoped for the best, about 15 minutes ago I received a text from O2 telling me the iPhone had been unlocked.

Review: Acer s200 Neotouch

  The Acer s200 is a device that does exactly what it sets out to do. I can say very little about it other than I recommend it, here’s why.

HTC HD2 Unboxing

I’ve completed parts 1 and 2 of an unboxing for the HTC HD2. Had a real probelm getting part 3 uploaded, it just didn’t want to work! See the complete set of  videos after the break:

Vodafone UK first to stock Nokia N900?

The Nokia N900 handset has finally started shipping to distributors, and it seems that Vodafone may be the first to announce it in the UK.

TechRadar contacted all the UK networks, with all of them saying that there’s nothing to announce – although O2 said is has ‘no plans as yet’ to stock it, despite CPW having a coming soon page offering the N900 on O2 which has since been pulled.

However, it seems likely Vodafone will be the first to announce the device, if its forums are anything to go by. While stopping short of announcing it to the hordes of enquiring fans, the eForum team are constantly asking people to keep an eye on the ‘Coming soon’ page, which is a big hint the red network might be the first to announce it.

One network that is unlikely to be launching it until 2010 at the earliest is 3, after it emerged that the SIM-free device is incompatible with 3’s latest USIM cards in the UK, although a software update to fix the issue is due before the years end.

iPhone banking comes to UK

Do you really really love your iPhone? Well, you can prove it: if your bank doesn’t support banking services through an iPhone app, then dump this bank and open an account at a bank, offers an iPhone app for its customers:

Clove selling Blackberry Bold 9700 on Friday

Clove have announced with will have the BlackBerry Bold 9700 will be in stock this Friday!

SIM FREE, UNLOCKED and unbranded, the Bold 9700 is the newest device from the firm.

If you wanted to get your hands on one of the first, then CLICK HERE to order yours.

OffMaps for iPhone – review

So, imagine that you would like to visit some remote country. However you wouldn’t like to pay for international roaming data (that would be used a lot if you would use built-in Google Maps) and you wouldn’t like to buy expensive GPS turn-by-turn navigation software (after all it may be that you drop by to this country only once in a lifetime). Or maybe you have only an iPod touch and you can’t use Google Maps while traveling at all.

Well, there is an app for that and it’s called “OffMaps” and it costs only $2.99:

Mobile Tech Addicts Podcast #48

Our latest podcast, Episode 48, is now available for download, with out first special guest in over 100 years. Tonight with Matt Davis from www.tracyandmatt.co.uk we discuss the HTC HD2, Orange selling record numbers and O2’s counter-attack. You can subscribe via iTunes, RSS or download the mp3 file here. Full show notes after the break.

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3 reports Orange to Advertising Standards Agency

3 has reported Orange to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) over its claims of having the largest high-speed mobile network. Orange, which launched the iPhone on its network today, claimed that it has a 3G network covering 93% of the population – but 3 said this claim is misleading and confusing for customers.

3 has been carrying out work across its network recently and is currently working in the London area to improve coverage. It has 9,192 sites in comparison to Orange’s 7,500 3G masts and claims to be adding 150 sites a week. 3 complained that if it applied a ‘different measure’ it would be able to claim 95% coverage and said it would like a third party to measure the level of 3G coverage to provide a ‘realistic’ picture for consumers.

Orange told the Times that it was ‘not how many masts you have’, but ‘where you stick them’.

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Orange iPhone first day of sales

Orange has released a little bit of information regarding their release of the iPhone. A rather successful first day.