Ericsson and Napster announce the largest European hosting contract for Napster Mobile, with O2 UK. O2 UK's customers will be able to search, browse, preview and purchase full-length tracks from Napster's immense catalog of over 5 million tracks and play them on their mobile handsets and PCs.

With my recent travels I've been a bit slack on blogging about the XDA Orbit 2 that O2 (via VCCP) kindly sent to me recently. A few of my blogger friends are also on this seeding program and have reviewed in depth so I thought I would take a slightly different view than give you an in depth technical assessment. Besides, when it comes to the software I'm biased :) For informed views from others, check out reviews from the likes of Being Lucy Diamond, Blog Til You Drop, Darren Straight, Keit

TrustedReviews has done a review on the O2 XDA Orbit 2 PDA phone, which is the successor of the XDA Orbit. Powered by a Qualcomm MSM7200 400MHz processor, the Orbit 2 has 256MB ROM and 128MB RAM. It comes with integrated GPS chipset and antenna and supports 3G / HSDPA connectivity. The XDA Orbit 2 has a 2.8-inch LCD touchscreen, a 3 Megapixel camera with Auto Focus, Bluetooth, WiFi and a microSD card slot. The phone runs the Windows Mobile 6 OS with TouchFLO technology. TrustedReviews‘ com

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U.K. phone network O2 announced today that it has partnered exclusively with online music vendor Napster to provide a la carte, over-the-air music downloads to O2 customers, direct to their mobile phones. Napster's entire 5 million-track catalog will be available for download from this weekend ...

   Competition hotting up, though details remain scant.

This newest candy bar shaped cellular phone features a sleek and stylish new look. The Xda Atmos features a QWERTY style keyboard upon opening the device as well as 3G capabilities for saving all the data you have just typed up with your QWERTY keyboard. Users can also count on being able to capture all those priceless moments with their 2 mega pixel camera that comes standard with this new smartphone.

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The O2 XDA Atmos is an HSDPA capable Windows smartphone with a somewhat unusual keypad arrangement that sets it aside from the competition.

The new Xda Atmos for O2 is now available. The Atmos sports quad-band GSM/EDGE support as well as tri-band UMTS/HSDPA high-speed 3G support. It has a slide-out QWERTY keyboard as well as a 2 megapixel camera, and even supports WiFi.
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The XDA Orbit 2 is O2's version of the HTC Cruise and from the little time we've spent with it, we think it's out of this world (Haha! Ha. No?).Combining aspects from the HTC Touch and HTC P3300 -- aka the original XDA Orbit -- the Orbit 2 offers email, high-speed Internet on the go and GPS with CoPilot 7 navigation software.

O2 just got the nod from Apple to distribute the iPhone in Ireland beginning March 12. It remains to see whether the iPhone will be receive the same hyped-up reception that U.S. iPhone did. To tell the truth, iPhone Europe was pretty lackluster and the Irish are not exactly known to be big spenders on tech.

This is waht O2 will be offering iPhone subscribers: 8GB model for €399 (US$600) and a 16GB model for €499 (US$750). Subscribers could buy their iPhones from Carphone Warehouse or O2 stores. There will be three tariffs on offer starting from €45 for 175 minutes to €100 for 700 minutes. These include anytime minutes, text and 1GB of data.

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   About time we gave it to our chums across the Sea.

I have had the Xda Orbit 2 for a few days now and have used it for car navigation. I am not going to review the phone or list the specifications - other sites have already done this. Instead, here are some more thoughts… I find the touch screen slightly insensitive. You have to press hard compared to most PPCs I have used. CoPilot works very well and is an able replacement for my stand-alone TomTom. The only quirk is that when you go the wrong way it nearly always tries to take you back the

Femtocells set to improve indoor 3G coverage, drive premium service uptake and increase 3G subscriber base

Better all round as the iPhone contracts surprisingly become some of the best value on the market.

Today O2 announced it's introducing a new pricing structure across the network, which will see six new, apparently simpler, tariffs and free voicemail made available to all existing and new customers from 1 February. This tariff restructuring will also affect the current iPhone tariffs, giving existing users on the cheapest £35 per month contract three times more minutes (600) and double the number of texts (400).

As I mentioned when I joined IntoMobile, occasionally I will be writing commentary or editorial on various areas within Mobile. Today it’s the turn of O2, with their Broadband offering - yes, those tentative steps towards convergence are occurring apace within the industry (as you might or might not know, O2 bought Be - an ADSL2+ Broadband provider). I actually ordered O2 Broadband about 2 weeks before Christmas - the idea being that whilst I was off from work (and having a baby!), that it w

This is the stylish latest edition in Motorola’s MOTORIZR series, the Motorola Z8, the first multimedia mobile phone to bring high definition video and high fidelity radio. With this superb mobile phone you will find in the box a FREE 512MB memory card along with a full length feature film of the Bourne Identity for you to enjoy at your leisure. You will also find a set of S9 stereo Bluetooth headphones which will allow you to connect with your mobile device wirelessly. The Motorola Z8 has a 2

This is the O2 XDA Trion mobile phone a sharp and stylishly designed mobile in stunning silver with one of the best brains you can find and backed by Windows Mobile 5.0 which allows you to view and edit Microsoft Word and Excel documents and check out PowerPoint presentations, and the use of WiFi and 3G keeps you in control. The O2 XDA Trion has a large touch screen which provides access to all its features; however you will also find that the Trion has a slide out QWERTY keyboard as well as a

Samsung's new M110 "Solid" cell phone will soon be available in the UK.

It has a rugged exterior, which only makes the phone look durable, but besides the design the M110 has nothing spe...

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When O2 dropped its Southeast Asian post we wasn’t too sure what would happen, however it has turned out O2 are at least giving it a try with new models called the Zinc II and Atom V. Expansys’ Hong Kong outpost have done a courtesy of posting preorder pages for the Zinc II and Atom V. Both devices will feature 256MB ROM; 64MB RAM, tri-band HSDPA and quad-band GSM, WiFI and GPS, and integrated FM radio. The Zinc II has a 2 megapixel camera while the Atom V has a 3 megapixel camera, although is

Given HTC's ability to pump out quality Windows Mobile devices, it's no surprise that all the networks wanted to get their hands on the smashing HTC TyTN II. O2 is the latest, and has branded it up with a subtle small white logo and a blue wallpaper on the start page. Very tasteful. All the features are there, including GPS, Wi-Fi and HSDPA (3.5G).

Absolutely brilliant network would recommend over any others.

According to recent reports, Apple iPhone has serious connection problems on the British O2 wireless network.

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Don't worry, it might have O2 in the title but this isn't another iPhone story. No, this could be the future of credit cards and automated travel ticketing

O2 today announced the launch of the UK's first large scale pilot of NFC (Near Field Communications) technology on mobile phones. The trial of the O2 Wallet paves the way for the mass market use of mobile phones to pay for purchases, access events or even be used as Oyster cards for travel around London, simply by touching the phone to a reader.

 4WinMobile.com has published a very well written review about the XDA Stellar: O2 have been renowned for innovation over the years with the creation and development of the Xda series of machines. The last twelve months or so however have seen few machines being released which look to be current compared to machines being offered by other carriers. However this is now being addressed with O2 bringing to the marketplace the O2 Xda Stellar which is based on the design of the HTC TyTN II - one of

In the run up to 'iPhone Friday' this is about the best news we could have wished for...

Provide all kind cellular phone information and review. Find Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, O2, Motorola, Spice, LG and many more Cell Phone at one place and compare with other

The Atom Life tries very hard to bridge the gap between serious business tools and lifestyle gadgets. It's surprising, then, that it's a better business tool than fun phone.

O2's latest phone combines many of the features of a PDA with the latest in mobile phone technology including 3G support, push e-mail and video conferencing all in conventional looking handset.