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O2 announces two new xda devices review
Reviews O2's new xda IIs will be available in the UK and Ireland on 1 November at a cost of around £449 (inc. VAT). Its standout feature is a slide-out 39-key QWERTY keyboard, which is designed to make it easier to use the on-board email, contact...
[September 10, 2004, 13:15]
O2 to offer landline numbers for mobiles
News O2 is to launch a fixed/mobile convergence service for small businesses, the company has said. The service, called Fixed Number Anywhere, will give users a landline-style number that channels calls straight through to their mobile phone, a...
[July 10, 2009, 11:45]
O2 Xda Venn
Blog O2’s longstanding Xda line includes a range of Windows Mobile-based devices. But the Xda Venn adds something new, as it's the first 'dual slider' Xda smartphone. Dual sliders are by their nature chunky.
[October 2, 2009, 9:39]
O2 recalls 140,000 handsets over fire risk
News Mobile operator O2 is recalling over 100,000 of its X1 mobile phones after customers reported that their handsets had melted while being charged. O2 published adverts in several national newspapers on Thursday, urging X1 users to return their...
[March 23, 2006, 13:45]
O2 extends voice roaming price cuts
News O2 has extended its European roaming tariff scheme to 31 countries, having previously predicted it would cover 35 states by mid-2007. Last year the operator introduced its My Europe tariffs, under which a customer paid a discounted rate of 35p per...
[February 12, 2007, 8:09]
O2 hails success of Oyster-phone trial
News Mobile operator O2 has announced the results of a six-month, mobile-wallet trial in London. Despite claims that consumers are enamoured of having contactless travel capabilities embedded in their phone, an imminent wallet rollout does not look likely.
[September 3, 2008, 11:39]
Photos: O2 Xda Zest review
Reviews O2's Xda heritage is as old as Windows Mobile itself: O2 was an original hardware partner for Microsoft at the launch of Windows Mobile, and in the UK the network operator has always maintained a strong line of devices.
[December 3, 2008, 9:00]
O2 slashes European roaming rates
News The UK's largest mobile phone operator is introducing a new roaming scheme for voice calls in Europe, whereby incoming calls — currently costing 35p per minute — will be free in exchange for a monthly supplement.
[October 19, 2006, 10:35]
O2 sorts out high-speed wireless
News Mobile operator mmO2 has been sorting out where it will be setting out its stall for the alphabet soup of connectivity of the future. EDGE, for one, is out, as is the company's own Wi-Fi network, due to a lack of business case, according to the...
[January 28, 2005, 8:20]
O2 prices force police to rethink vocab
News Police officers are to be given a CD teaching them to communicate clearly and concisely with one another, amid rising concerns over the cost of communications. Emergency services across the UK use a radio system called Airwave, which is based on...
[February 21, 2007, 8:48]
O2 agrees to Telefónica takeover
News O2, one of Britain's last two independent mobile operators, is to be sold to Spain's Telefónica in a deal reportedly worth £17.7 bn. The deal was made public by O2's chief executive, Peter Erskine, on this morning's Today programme on BBC Radio 4.
[October 31, 2005, 9:25]
O2 sorts out high-speed wireless
Talkback Oh that's rich from the CTO! What he really means is O2 elected not to purchase the full feature rich facilities inherent in 3G and as a consequence, owing to market forces, competition and technical limitations in the existing infrastructure, we...
[January 31, 2005, 9:09]
O2's Joggler: the digital fridge door
Blog I love it when kit does something innovative, something I’ve not seen before. So in theory I ought to love the O2 Joggler. But I’m finding it a bit difficult to get a warm glow going. O2 is marketing the Joggler primarily as a replacement for all...
[June 2, 2009, 14:41]
O2 to allow iPhone tethering
Blog One of the many details announced in the Apple WWDC keynote, going on at the moment, was that O2 is one of the iPhone carriers who will allow tethering. Tethering allows the handset to be used as a mobile broadband modem for a PC.
[June 8, 2009, 19:12]
O2 takes the mobile network indoors
News Patchy indoor mobile coverage could be consigned to history by O2, which is evaluating two new ways of extending its mobile network. The mobile operator said on Thursday it will offer small mobile base stations to firms that experience poor mobile...
[November 16, 2006, 11:50]
O2 overshadows BT with superfast broadband rollout
News BT's former mobile arm, O2, is challenging the telco in the broadband arena with a rapid rollout of superfast broadband. BT demerged O2 five years ago to help crack its multi-billion pound debt mountain.
[November 15, 2006, 15:51]
O2 to carry Samsung's i7500 Android phone
Blog Samsung's first Android handset, the i7500, has appeared in O2's in-house magazine, and a spokesperson for the operator confirmed to ZDNet UK on Monday that the handset will be carried by O2 in the UK.
[July 6, 2009, 17:18]
O2: Enjoying its bite of the 3G apple
News Ronan Dunne, O2 UK's chief executive, is a softly spoken Irishman who heads up the operator's UK operations from a glass-walled office above an open-plan atrium where staff sit and sup bottles of O2-branded water in the company's Slough HQ.
[September 22, 2008, 16:35]
O2: £200-per-gigabyte data charge a 'deterrent'
Blog The operator O2 has defended its heavy data charges for those users who go over their mobile broadband bundle limits, arguing that the fees act as a 'deterrent' to those who might want to download excessive amounts through their 3G dongles.
[July 29, 2009, 15:59]
O2 announces two new xda devices
Talkback where did u get this information about the o2 xda IIs and the IIi comming out.i couldnt find it anywhere.not even on the o2 XDA website.i email them and they said that they dont have any new models comin out.i have the xda and the xda II.and i...
[October 9, 2004, 18:53]
