Tag: ee

EE HTC One X gets Jelly Bean

Tom Darcy has just pinged me an email after having Android Jelly Bean arrive on his HTC One X. It started arriving about a month ago elsewhere but Tom is on EE so if you got your handset through Orange or T-Mobile, look for an update right now. …

Fake EE twitter account confuses customers

The first 4G network in the UK called EE use twitter to communicate with their customers and try to help out as best as possible without having to call customer services.  Whilst results so far have been rather mixed and a lot of people (myself included) never getting …

EE adds Android tablets to their range

EE today have introduced the first Android tablets to their range of devices accompanying the iPad and iPad mini. As of today, you can get the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 LTE or Google Nexus 7 by ASUS bundle (paired with Huawei E589 Mobile Wi-Fi) Price details are included …

EE 4G coming to 17 more towns and cites

During our testing of the EE 4G network we found a blob of LTE coverage tucked away in Sutton Coldfield. Now Sutton Coldfield, along with 16 other towns and cities, are to be bathed in 4G coverage by March. The list includes five other areas close to me …

Nokia Lumia 820 now on EE

An update on the EE Twitter account has just announced that the Lumia 820, powered by Windows Phone 8, is now available to buy on the 4G network. Plus, if you buy in store, you get a free wireless charger to go with it too. The @nokia_uk 820 …

iPad mini available today from EE

Interested in getting the iPad mini on EE? Well, we’ve already mentioned that the New iPad and the iPad mini were about to arrive on the network, but today the iPad mini is appearing in stores. Pippa Dunn, Chief Marketing Officer at EE stated… To celebrate the launch …

Huawei blow hundreds of people away

Huawei have decided that the best way to promote their latest 4G handset is to make Santa look like he’s already on his sleigh. If you’re looking for mobile phone deals then the Ascend P1 LTE is a handset we reviewed some time ago and it’s rather epic. …

EE Increase Data Limits with new 4G Mobile Broadband plans

After all of the criticism around the fact that existing packages did not provide enough Bandwidth, EE have today changed those packages in order to provide more data allowances to customers. Data allowances have now been increased by up to 60% meaning that those on a 6GB allowance …

Lumia 920 on EE PAYG

Thinking of getting a SIM-only deal on EE? Want to get your hands on a Lumia 920 with it’s new Windows Phone 8 OS and PureView camera? You might just be in luck. It seems that in stores only (not online or over the phone), EE have stock …

EE and Vodafone customers get Tube WiFi for free

Enjoying the free WiFi on the Tube? Up until today, only Virgin Media customers had a guarantee that it would remain free into the New Year. However, Virgin Media have just announced that all EE (that’s Orange and T-Mobile too) and Vodafone customers will continue to get the …

EE 4G Patchy even in current coverage areas

We’ve covered EE and their 4G service quite heavily over the last few weeks. From a country lane to London, we have tested the speeds of the new LTE network and checked the coverage too. Even EE will admit that, at the moment, 4G coverage is only available …

EE launch SIM-only plans

BREAKING NEWS! On checking the official EE site just now, it seems SIM-only plans have just beed added to the list. Prices starting from £21 per month for 500MB and go up to £36 per month for 5GB. These are all 12 month plans to get you 4G …

EE 4G 4D in Battersea

Listen, I’ll fess up. We were offered a sponsored post. You’ve seen the adverts already and heck, we would’ve got 10p for every view of the video below. HA! Christmas in the Caribbean baby. But no, we’ve got our standards. I mean sure, I once posted about an …

Nexus 4 DOES have an LTE chip after all!

This is a dramatic twist. One of the biggest sore points of the Nexus 4 launch was its lack of LTE but an iFixit teardown has revealed that the Nexus 4 actually has a “Qualcomm WTR1605L Seven-Band 4G LTE chip” inside, the turquoise highlighted chip in the picture above. Quite …

The 4G tryout

As a big promoter of data use on mobile phones, I’ve already pushed the boundaries. Over a year ago I did the AYCE Challenge on Three and used 44GB in two weeks (no really, here’s my bill). The end result? No extra charge for data use – even …

EE 4G SIM-only now due to arrive withing the next two weeks

Following our coverage today on the EE 4G SIM-only delay, we can now reveal that you could have another fortnight before these plans are available. We’ve just received the following from an EE spokesperson… Our 4GEE SIM only plans will now be launching within the next two weeks. …

EE SIM-only delay caused by additional testing

We’ve already reviewed the all-new EE 4G network and you’ll have no doubt seen the adverts on TV, newspapers and billboards across the UK. However, last night we revealed the fact that their SIM-only deals, which aren’t available yet, were to be delayed. We contacted EE to find …

Everything Everywhere delay SIM-only plans

We’ve just seen that EE have decided to delay their SIM-only plans for up to another two weeks. The network announced the move in a tweet earlier today: Sorry folks – there’s been a date change for our SIM-only plans. We expect to bring them in the next …

EE 4G – My review

My thoughts on the 4G LTE technology? Well, to be honest it’s taken be back in time. This is both a good and bad thing, and I’ll explain why. I’m old enough to remember a time when mobile phones weren’t in everyone’s pocket. My first phone was a …

EE – Is It really all that bad?

So, 4G is live in 12 cities, the tech journalists have busied themselves speed testing from every street, from inside buildings, outside shopping centres and some have even got up at silly o’clock just to drive somewhere and check the speeds that can be achieved (now who would …

On test – How does EE 4G perform in the real world?

You’ve seen the news and the TV reports. A reporter, stood inside or next to an EE store slap-bang in the centre of London or Manchester. He lifts the handset, does a speed test and tells us how great 4G is. I could have done the same, but …

4G & EE – Now Open for business

If you are visiting the high street here in the UK today you may well notice a brand new name. With two yellow circles on a grey background, shop windows with no posters and clean fresh lines all over the place, the new brand that is EE has …

4G in the UK goes live. EE is go.

Today marks the launch of 4G here in the UK. Beginning with 11 cities, EE will also offer a fibre broadband service to some 11 million premises too. The company is throwing in £1.5 billion into this roll-out and their 4G network will expand by 2,000 square miles …

Vodafone Come out Fighting in 4G Wars

With the launch of the UK’s first 4G network only days away and after EE have come in for some major criticism over their price plans for the super-fast network, the competition have decided that they are not going to remain quiet and surrender but have come out …

EE, Orange and T-Mobile to carry new iPad and iPad mini

Following a similar announcement by Three, EE have now also confirmed that they are to range the iPad mini along with the upcoming fourth generation iPad. Although there’s no news on prices or dates, a spokesman told us that the two new Apple products will be available on …

EE get a grilling over their pricing

Well after a long wait, we brought you EE’s 4G price plans as soon as they were announced and… well its fair to say the response hasn’t been universal acclaim, due almost entirely to the thorny issue of data allowances. PC Pro have managed to get an interview with EE’s Chief …

4G Speeds – A reality check

I’ve written about this before, but I think we need a revisit today. Last night we gave you the pricing and plans for the UK’s first 4G network – EE. It’s provoked quite a response and a lot of questions. Some expected something different. Perhaps more data allowance …

Revealed – EE 4G Plans and pricing

EE have today announced their pricing for the new 4G service which is going to launch in the UK in one weeks time, on the 30th October. Some very interesting points to take away from the full press release below including some services, data pricing, roaming information and …

More Pictures of the new Nexus surface

  The end of October is shaping up to be a tad busy in the world of mobile communications.  With EE due to launch their 4G network, Microsoft holding their Windows Phone 8 and Google getting set to cause mayhem by holding their event on the same day …

EE’s 4G Network to launch October 30th

In a statement released today Olaf Swantee, CEO of the newly created EE confirmed that the 4G network will be put into action for general consumers on October 30th. He said: “We are delighted to announce that the official launch of our new customer brand, EE, offering the …

EE 4G – Coolsmartphone Goes Hands On

Tucked away in a leafy part of London yesterday I was given the opportunity to have a play with EE’s new 4G handsets running on the brand spanking new 4G network. The handsets on show were the newly announced Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE, the Huawei Ascend P1 LTE, …

EE Announces 4G handsets ready for purchase

EE – the new brand created by the merger of Orange and T-Mobile and the first and currently only company to be able to offer 4G in the UK have today announced that the new 4G handsets are now available to purchase from Orange and T-Mobile stores, online …

Government speeds up 4G rollout

EE (formerly Everything Everywhere) have been busy recently not only with a big rebrand under the new EE name but also to be able to rollout their new 4G network here in the UK to bring super fast downloads into hands of customers. The big hurdle though was …

Three to launch 4G – EE 4G monopoly to be short lived?

EE had their big launch yesterday, and will become the UK’s first 4G network – but for how long? A running joke developed over the day about what rival network Three would call itself once it launched a 4G service, but the bigger question would be how EE’s …

Confirmed – iPhone 5 will run on 4G, coming to EE

The new iPhone, to be launched this evening will, as expected, run on EE’s new 4G network. It’s been rumoured for a while that the new iPhone will contain 4G technology, and while EE would only say “other devices will follow very soon” yesterday, a source has confirmed …

4G – Backhaul is key

Many months ago we performed some slightly unscientific speed tests and came to the conclusion that “traffic management” was active on certain mobile networks. Our tests at the time showed that a 3G / HSPDA connection never seemed to deliver more than 2Mbps whilst other networks delivered more …

Opinion: EE & 4G – Is the Future Bright, is it iPhone?

Olaf Swantee, CEO of Everything Everywhere took to the stage at the science museum in London this morning and declared that his new brand EE is the future.  The future of digital Britain, the future of telecommunications on these fair islands. It was a slick presentation, extolling the …

Where Do Your Allegiances Lie?

It may only be Tuesday and we’re yet to see what Apple have to offer (and I think we all know what that will be) but this week is already pretty exciting. We have our first concrete promise of 4G and from EE (formerly Everything Everywhere) and they’ve …

EE and LTE – Roster of handsets

Now the cat is finally out of the bag. It looks like the network didn’t just go large, it went for the supersized option. The current roster of releases under the new EE brand is as follows: The Nokia Lumia 920 with its 1280×768 pixel PureMotion HD+ display, …