The latest O2 XDA series unveiled with Windows smartphone OS. The O2 XDA Guide looks like ordinary PDA phone. The main interesting is the GPS facility and TomTom Navigator 7 software which integrated with a set of maps.

Fully feature with Windows OS smartphone, O2 XDA Guide have 2.8 inch lcd display with 240×320 pixel touchscreen. The wifi, umts/3G also support the XDA with high speed download and uploads. The processor using 528MHz Qualcomm MSM 7225 with memory 256MB.

The software using Windows Mobile 6.1 Pofessional and the dimension around 104×54x15mm with battery using 1110mAh which is the same as most HTC Touch device. There’s no price available yet and it will be available on February 2009.

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O2 XDA Guide Smart Phone

Today O2 Germany has announced the new Xda Guide, coming to replace the previous Xda Orbit 2. Same as its predecessor, the Guide is an exclusive to O2, so don't expect it to appear on any other carrier.Features include:

GSM / GPRS / EDGE; UMTS / HSDPA /...

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O2 Wireless, a Locus Telecommunications subsidiary (not British O2), has released the new Alcatel 206. It is a basic candybar GSM cell phone available for $19, and offers 50 free minutes when activated.

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Today O2 Wireless, a subsidiary of Locus Telecommunications, announced the availability of the Alcatel 206 phone. Locus Telecommunications and O2 Wireless provide pre- and post-paid mobile phone service in the U.S. The Alcatel 206 is a basic bar-style phone ...
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O2's new mobile charger is designed to cut off electricity use when a device is fully charged, reducing power usage by upwards of 70 percent in the U.K.
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O2's latest Xda device is small and chubby and feels cheap. Fortunately, it is cheap, and packed full of goodness too.

Spb Software has announced that the company creates an Spb Mobile Shell-powered touch screen interface for O2 Xda Zest. Designed exclusively for O2’s latest Xda handset, the ‘O2 Menu’ helps to make the device ideal for those subscribers new to the Xda phones.

The new O2 Xda Zest is expected to encourage the conventional handset users to switch over to the more powerful Xda smartphones. The Zest’s impressive 2.8″ TFT screen with the sleek finger-friendly touch interface make for extremely easy device navigation, optimal for novice PDA users. O2 Xda Zest is available in the UK for Pay Monthly and Pay & Go customers starting November 17th, 2008

O2 Cocoon is a arresting music-centered accessory bogus alone for the O2 carrier. Although it's a endure year edition, it sports all the candied appearance you would apprehend in a abreast handset - 3G and HSDPA support, ample QVGA TFT ...

O2 is one of the biggest online stores, offering a wide-range of brands of modern mobile phones, offering broadband services and upgrade services for your mobile phone. Spotted in O2 is the MDA Vario IV which appeared on the T-mobile website, but now it had the name XDA Serra after appearing in O2. This [...]

O2 Germany has announced that the company is now covering 99 percent of the population with its GSM network. By the end of the year, the entire UMTS network will be HSDPA capable. The number of EDGE sites has tripled in the last two months and the HSUPA upgrading will start this year already.

O2 has reached the key milestone of operating an independent network as the company now achieves an almost 100 percent coverage of the population. Until the full expansion of its own mobile network by the end of 2009, O2 customers will also be able to use the T-Mobile network in areas which are not covered by O2. Moreover, O2 is also rapidly moving forward the optimization of the mobile supply in buildings, and the company continues to catch up with the two big market players.

Furthermore, O2 will start HSUPA upgrading for a more rapid uploading of data in the next couple of weeks.
Based on EDGE the mobile use of data will also become more and more rapidly in the classical GSM network. The number of sites has more than tripled to 2,600 in the last two months.

A couple of detailed pics of the O2 XDA Zest has surfaced recently, allowing us to take a closer look at this fatso.

The phone will be available from O2 on November 7th at a price of £250 ($400/€300) if you choose the pay-as-you-go option.Features include:

VGA display;...

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O2 Germany has announced to start selling the new HTC Touch HD from mid November this month. The company will be getting 4 weeks of exclusive rights and will be selling the pda phone from 289.99 euros with 2 years contract.

HTC Touch HD is the newest full touch screen smartphone from HTC, featuring a large 3.8-inch display screen, VGA display resolution, standard 3.5mm audio jack and 5 megapixel camera with autofocus. The stylish new device also features HTC’s TouchFLO 3D user interface to provide quick and intuitive access to the people, messages and content that are most important.

Today O2 Germany has officially announced that the much-anticipated HTC Touch HD that will be available on their network in the middle of November. They will have it exclusively for 4 weeks. The phone will cost 289.99 Euros along with a 24-month contract.

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Starting today O2 customers in Germany can finally get the new Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 for 349.99 Euros on a 2-year contract or for 619.99 Euros outright.

And the rest of us continue to wait...

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After publish Cowon P2 and P5 PMP, now Cowon release their new PMP O2 on November 2008 at Japan market with several disk space. The available of Cowon O2 32GB with cost 350€, the 16GB version 280€ and the 8GB around 240€.

Featuring a 4.3 inch touch screen display, the O2 from Cowon is compatible with DivX, XviD, MPEG4, WM9, H .264 video files and WMA, MP3, AC3, AAC, FLAC, and OGG audio files. Also there are some other features like T-DMN, electronic dictionary, and SD card slot. There’s no price available yet.

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Cowon O2 Portable Multimedia Player

O2 has unveiled today the new XDA Mantle, a handset for those who hate the HTC Touch Diamond or Touch Pro. The phone is a successor to the HTC P6500, and will run on Windows Mobile 6.0. Other features include:

GPS; HSDPA connectivity; Wi-Fi; Dual SD memory card slots;...

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Telefónica o2 Germany will start a new mobile flat rate tariff on October 15, 2008 with a minimum contract period reduced to six months. The price per month of EUR15 includes calls to the German fixed network and the German o2 mobile network.

The flat rate comprises calls to the German fixed network and the German mobile network of O2. Calls to other German mobile networks cost 19 Cents per minute or per SMS. After the short contract period, customers may flexibly change to a contract with mobile phone or continue to use the O2 mobile phone flat rate. The contract extends after the expiry of six months by three months only and can be terminated at a period of one month.

Available from October 1, Telefónica O2 Germany will offer the O2 Surf Stick in a prepaid version. The stick enables the rapid web access for prepaid customers via UMTS/HSDPA and is available for € 69.99. In the first month after the purchase, customers will get the data flat rate for free. Afterwards, they can surf the web for € 25 a month.

 

After the free test month, the flat rate will be extended provided there is enough credit on the prepaid card. Should the credit not be enough, the customer receives a reminder by SMS and is requested to recharge the card.

By the end of the year, the entire UMTS network of Telefónica O2 Germany will be HSDPA capable. The data accelerator EDGE which O2 launched a couple of days ago will complement HSDPA. In addition, HSUPA will be launched.

Great news for O2 subscribers in Germany! Apparently you will be the firs to get you hands on the upcoming HTC Touch HD.

Theunwired .net has posted some shots of it on Sunday and said that the phone was a marketing sample provided by O2 Germany, which b...

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It's been a long time since XDA offered something new to the market. Today, the XDA O2 Ignito is making waves in the cell phone scene and its one cool new gadget that you certainly ought to check out. If you are looking for an iPhone alternative, this handset can be one of you bets. [...]

O2 is about to switch on coverge for the first underground mobile network in the UK, in the city of…….. Glasgow! Yes, you might have thought that was going to be the London Underground, but alas no (or yes, depending on your viewpoint). The service will start in December, and utilise a “multi-user distribution antenna system“, in five of the busiest stations - the plan being to extend the coverage onward in to the tunnels too. The whole “services” theme is in play too, with 2G/3G voice, calls,

The prospect of using your mobile phone to make purchases or pay for travel took a step forward today with the results from Europe’s largest trial of Near Field Communications (NFC) technology on a mobile phone revealing clear consumer demand for such services. Nine out of ten trialists were happy using NFC technology on a mobile phone and 78% said they would be interested in using contactless services if available. Convenience, ease-of-use and the status of having such an innovative device were seen as the main benefits.

Interest in having Oyster on their mobile phones was particularly strong with 89% of trialists saying they were interested in taking this up. Over two-thirds of trialists also said that they would be interested in having the Barclaycard Visa payWave feature on their mobile in the future.

The O2 Wallet trial took place over six months between November 2007 and May 2008 and involved 500 trialists. It tested consumer demand for having cards you would normally carry in a wallet, such as Oyster and credit cards, available on a Nokia 6131 NFC mobile phone. To travel on London’s transport system or make purchases in retail stores, the user simply ...

Item: o2 Cocoon Location: by tomcat99 Review: This phone was the highest profile o2 branded hand set launch ever! The intention from o2 was clear. No longer would they settle for their hand sets being cheap prepay handsets (think o2 ice) but rather they wanted to create a top end product. The question is, have they [...]

Opera Software announced that its Opera Mini browser will now be pre-installed selected phones through service provider O2’s “Internet-to-Go” initiative. O2’s “Internet-to-Go” will be available on several models with both pre-installed or over-the-air (OTA) versions of the Opera Mini browser. The Samsung U900 Soul will launch mid-summer with the pre-installed version and as early as late July with the OTA version. Opera Mini will be O2-branded featuring a customized skin and pre-set bookmarks.

“Partnering with a leading operator such as O2 is an important step to expanding the Opera brand in Europe. It brings the full Internet experience to millions of cell phone users in Germany,” says Jon von Tetzchner, CEO, Opera Software. “We hope to build on our relationship with O2 in the future and use this success to continue to bringing mobile customers across the Europe the most complete Internet experience on-the-go.”

Opera Mini will first be available on the following products:

• Samsung U900 Soul
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• Sony Ericsson C902
• Sony Ericsson C702
• Sony Ericsson W760i

Opera Mini will be available on the following phones over-the-air:

• Sony Ericsson K800i
• Sony Ericsson K850i
• Sony Ericsson W880i
• Sony Ericsson W890i
• Sony Ericsson W910i
• Nokia 6233
• Nokia 6280
• Nokia 6500 classic
• Nokia 6500 slide
• Samsung U700
• Samsung U900 Soul
• Samsung Z400

With wide spectra of advanced features, the new O2 XDA IIi mobile phone has come into the mobile market. The device is very light and user friendly and is also very much helpful when it comes in doing office works that include document ...

I must say I am getting slightly irritated by O2, and their complete and utter lack of a product roadmap. As many of you know I've been after the HTC Touch Pro since before it was announced. Catherine has had the HTC Touch Diamond for nearly two weeks (from Orange). Which when I was in Newport this week obviously checked out quite extensively. The short review: Much better than my expectations. The Touch Pro, is essentially the Diamond, with a hardware keyboard, microSD slot and bigger batter

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If you tried to pre-order a 3G iPhone this morning only to find out you couldn't, don't worry -- it seems like you weren't alone. We spoke to O2 to find out what the dilly-o was

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If you are in love with the Xperia X1 high resolution display screen, you might want to take a look at this O2 XDA Vista too. Reported on it168 chinese website, O2 XDA Vista will be available in China soon with a selling price of around 500 USD.

With a similar design as the Toshiba G900, it has a 3-inch WQVGA display screen at 800 x 480 pixel. Powered by the Intel XScale 520MHz cpu, the O2 XDA Vista will also has a standalone NVIDIA GoForce 5500 GPU. According to the NVIDIA GoForce info, the NVIDIA GoForce 5500 is able to delivers a host of multimedia features, including:

• able playback H.264, WMV9 and MPEG-4 video up to D1 resolution at 30 frames per second (fps)
• Compatible with major mobile TV standards including DVB-H, ISDB-T, and DMB networks
• include surround sound processor to deliver an immersive audio experience in the palm of a hand
• 3X the 3D performance of the previous generation2
• Sharp, crystal clear digital photography
• Rapid multi-shot capabilities so users never miss a photo
• Support for up to 10 megapixel resolution
• Ultra-low power consumption
• Dedicated low-power hardware design delivers more hours of entertainment on the phone with less drain on the talk time

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O2 will deliver the iPhone 3G for free to the U.K. The plans are fairly reasonable £45 for the 8GB and £75 for the 16GB. The 8GB plan is. The £75 monthly for an extra 8GB of storage seem a little exorbitant. For Germany, T-Mobile has a one-Euro plan, whch will set back Germans 89 euros each a month.

I wonder whether O2 isn’t pricing the 16GB iPhone 3G too high with the £75 bundle? Sometimes these contracts bundled with the iPhone doesn’t make much sense. Take the Rogers 3-year sign-up. Being the only GSM provider in Canada, what difference does it make if it ws for 3 years, 2 years or a year?

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The latest mobile phone from O2 is the new O2 Ice mobile phone that holds together a range of modern features that make the use of this device more interesting. Ranging from better Internet connectivity option to Bluetooth and GPRS, ...

Swisscom has launched a new mobile TV network using DVB-H, called Bluewin TV. Meanwhile, O2 and the BBC are reportedly interested in using the MediaFLO based TV network that Qualcomm is looking to establish in the UK.
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The new LG Secret has today been released on O2
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Motorola sticks to its word in its plan of creating a new line of product that would amaze its consumers and be at par with the success of the Moto Razor. With the launch of the Moto's RIZR Z10 from O2, cell phone fanatics would definitely be curious of what this phone has to give.

Well, it looks like 3G iPhone is definitely coming in June.

First - no vacations for AT&T store employees until July, second - the "next month" hint on Monday, third - the upcoming 1 year anniversary, and now this: according to O2's CEO, the anticipated handset will be launched in "...

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Want a 3G iPhone? You might not have to wait much longer. O2 has apparently run out of iPhones, which could mean it's getting ready for a new model

O2 became the exclusive carrier for the new Motorola RIZR Z10 cell phone.

Luckily, once the limited launch period is finished, other carriers will also be able to pick up this handset.

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The latest RIZR series mobile phone from Motorola has been launched as an O2 exclusive handset.
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A new Silver edition of the Samsung U900 Soul has today been released on O2 in the UK
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O2 has picked up the new Palm Treo 500, previously an exclusive to Vodafone.

It is a business-centric smartphone powered by Windows Mobile 6.0 Standard and featuring 900/1800/1900Mhz GSM radio, 2100Mhz UMTS, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR, and a microSD card slot. You can get the ...

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After first launching on T-Mobile, the Samsung U900 Soul has now been released on O2 in the UK.
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O2 Wireless's prepaid arm in the U.S. will soon begin selling the Alcatel E206a. The E206a is one of the first phones from Alcatel to be sold from an MVNO in the U.S. It is a dual-band GSM bar-style ...
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