Tag: carriers
The T-Mobile updates we mentioned at the start of this month have now been officially announced by the guys at T-Mobile. You can use these updates to get instant-email to all of the T-Mobile MDA devices and benefit from the "remote wipe" facility plus...
Orange UK announced their "Orange Mail" solution today across their Signature Device range. It's designed for companies that have their own email server and is a fully featured ‘push-email’ service combining real-time email delivery with the abili...
UK 3G network "3" have announced that they are to carry the HTC Universal - AKA the Orange SPV M5000, o2 XDA Exec, T-Mobile MDA Pro etc. However, it doesn't look like 3 will put it under their brand and will sell it as the QTek 9000. Their …
In 2004 network operator Orange launched it's "Code Camp" to help bring the developer community closer. Now, two years on Orange have grown into an internet provider, mobile network and business solutions supplier. The Camp has grown too - it's now kn...
Orange today announced another collosal change in the way people get mobile, fixed-line and broadband services. Binning the "Wanadoo" brand they're now giving free high speed internet access to UK customers who, like me, spend at least £30 a month on...
A bad day today for Vodafone, who racked up the largest ever loss in British corporate history. A loss of bearly £14.9 billion ($27.9 billion) was incurred after the company wrote off £23.5 billion of the value of overseas businesses. They also plan...
I spent part of last week with Orange and I've learned a surprising amount about what they do and some services I wasn't even aware of. First up was Orange Photography which is a fantastically easy way to set up an online gallery of pictures for eithe...
Three, the 3G network here in the UK, have announced that they're switching their 2G-failover partner to Orange. Customers of Three have previously switched back to an o2-operated service when out of 3G range, however Orange will now be taking on the ...
A huge creamy dollop of news today now I'm back in sunny England. First up is news of a HSPDA data card from T-Mobile. Yes, another acronym for you guys - HSPDA is basically 3G on steroids - more speed and a reduction in latency. You can read …
You may have noticed a distinct lack of news so far this week. I'm actually out in Florida with Orange - one of the world's leading mobile operators. They're holding the Orange Partner Camp as part of their Partner programme which provides a fast star...
WiFi providers TheCloud have announced a new "UltraWiFi" package which, for £11.99 per month (subject to 12 month contract), will let you use any of their access points for as long as you wish. The new package, available from July 1st, means that use...
The Orange Partner Camp, being held from May 8th-10th is a chance for mobile games, ringtones, music, business solutions, applications, handset and network enablers or any other wireless services providers, to come together with Orange. This year the...
Yes, it does appear that Orange did decide to remove MSN Messenger from the Orange SPV M600. They're apparently working on a new Instant Messaging (IM) application which, for the success of the handset, I certainly hope will include access onto IM net...
If you're after even faster broadband then it's worth looking at Internet Central. Right now they're offering up to 8Mb/s broadband with a whacking 30Gb data transfer limit per month for just £19.99. That's pretty fantastic when you realise that othe...
Orange have announced pricing their new Microsoft Exchange Direct Push e-mail plans, according to this ComputerWeekly story. Data bundles will start at £6.50, giving users 10Mb of email. Medium usage packages will cost £12 per month for 30Mbytes, wi...
There were rumours, however it's now confirmed - T-Mobile are to launch a new Internet service on April 1st for £7.50 a month as an add-on to the already successful Relax and Flext tariffs. The unlimited web’n’walk means that e-mail, browsing and...
Orange have today announced a new low cost deployment tool to make roll-outs of push-email a whole lot easier and quicker. From April 3rd business customers will not only be able to use the push email solution provided with Windows Mobile® 5.0 for Di...
It's now available to download here! This will bring the push email facilities promised by Microsoft. It's a whacking 34.5Mb download called "c600_mail.exe" from the Orange Business site and brings your handset up to version 11.2.1.5. Orange state... ...
One thing that slipped through my net recently was the launch of EDGE in the UK on Orange. This is great news for those of you with EDGE compatible handsets (like the Orange SPV C600) however it still doesn't signal the release of the Orange SPV M3000...
More bad news for travellers today after this story highlighted the case of Joanne Lancaster. After getting the flu whilst on holiday Joanne decided to check a few film trailers on her Orange phone. Unfortunately, because she was in the French Alps, s...
If you've got a T-Mobile MDA Vario it may be worth checking out this link, where you can get the latest version of the ROM. There's expected to be another update in March but be sure to check it periodically to keep your Vario up-to-date. Although it'...
Jon Pewtner has emailed in about a new feature on Orange. They've recently introduced a new feature called "Orange Calling Tunes". This allows callers to hear a funky musical ringing tone over the top of the usual, "ring ring" tone. Plus you can even ...
Orange Netherlands have officially announced the launch of the Orange SPV C600 and much sought-after Orange SPV M3000 in the today. Although we knew they were launched already, this is confirmation from Orange Netherlands themselves that they are to l...
After seeing both the o2 and Orange November / December catalogues it's looking decidedly good for Windows Mobile devices. In the o2 brochure there's confirmation of our earlier story with the o2 XDA Mini S being advertised (that's the HTC Wizard - th...
o2 has announced that it is to roll out HSDPA by Q3 next year (2006). Woahoa! Stop. What is HSPDA ? Well, I had a look on the internet and found this explanation.. "HSPDA works by moving important processing functions closer to the air interface. Alt...
Yes, we're the first site to bring you news on the official launch of two new Orange handsets. Orange UK have just contacted us to announce the launch of the Orange SPV C600 Smartphone and the Orange SPV M3000 Pocket PC-style phone. Both are compatibl...
Check it out. The Orange SPV C600 is now available right here at Orange Switzerland. MSMobiles have picked up the story, and look - there's even the Orange SPV M5000 too. Want to know more ? Heck, why not download the M5000 user manual or even the C60...
The Register reckon that Orange may pick up the Samsung SGH-i300 phone next year... "Orange also let on that it was currently looking at the two hard disk based phones – the Nokia N91 and the Samsung SGH-i300 and that Orange subscribers might be abl...
Engadget are reporting that the HTC Wizard and Tornado (a variant of the Orange SPV C600) are being prepped for US network Cingular. According to the story and data gleamed by the guys at HowardForums, it seems that the SPV C600's brother will be call...
According to The Register 100 people are trialling WiMax for BT in both Belfast and Birmingham. BT, using Navini Networks wireless kit are testing how well the kit works and the experience of wireless broadband. In theory there's a 31 mile (50km) ran...
Orange have now placed the SPV C550 into their available handsets on the Pay As You Go scheme here. You can now pick it up for a fairly respectable £149.99, then add credit as and when you need it. A lot of people have been asking me when …
If you're a mobile developer, publisher, manufacturer, provider or programmer then you'll be interested to know that network operator Orange, who brought us the first Windows Mobile phone along with Microsoft, are staging another Code Camp in October....
The long, long awaited update for the Orange SPV C500 is now available to download here which adds Windows Media Player 10, MP3 ringtones, ringtones from your SD card plus compatibility with the THB car kit. Grab the direct download here - don't forge...
It seems that France Telecom, owner of Wanadoo and Orange, is going to change the old "Freeserve" name again. Freeserve, which hit the headlines originally by offering an 0845 dial-up without any additional charges, was bought by France Telecom and th...
ORANGE OPENS DEVELOPER CENTRES IN BOSTON AND SAN FRANCISCO Orange announces today that it has extended its Developer Centre network to the US with the opening of new centres in Boston and San Francisco. This follows the developer event – Code Camp -...
According to Reuters.co.uk, Orange are to launch its high-speed EDGE mobile service for consumers on June 9. This comes neatly after the Orange TV announcement too. EDGE will let people get on t'internet and email - plus access TV / Video on demand t...
French Orange SPV C500's were updated on April 19th 2005. Windows Media Player 10 was included, as were a few other fixes such as the "bleeping" noise when you insert a symbol into a text message. Although the update wasn't major, we're left wondering...
Today marks the launch of Orange TV - the UK’s first TV-on-the-mobile service. It operates on the Orange 3G network and brings news, sport and entertainment programmes onto your phone. 9 channels will be available including ITN News, CNN, Cartoon Ne...
Orange has revealed their Windows Mobile 5.0 plans in this Microsoft.com press release. It seems that they'll probably be introducing them in new devices, and you won't be able to upgrade your existing phone to this new OS. Florian Seiche, Director of...
Our spies reckon that May 3rd could be the day when UK Orange SPV C500 owners get the Operating System update which includes Windows Media Player 10. This update was announced recently on Orange France here. May 3rd is a Tuesday, which may sound a li...
