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UK mobile firm operator O2 has revealed that it has obtained the exclusive rights to sell the white version of Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play – the first ever PlayStation Certified mobile device. The confirmation came via O2’s Twitter feed. Until now the existence of a white SKU was unknown to …
Read More »PlayStation Phone due April
Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play – otherwise known as the PlayStation-branded mobile phone – will launch in the UK this April. Phone service providers Orange, T-Mobile, O2 and Vodafone all say they will be stocking the Android-powered gaming phone, Pocket Lint reports. According to Orange and T-Mobile the device will hit …
Read More »O2 sells Kinect bundles
O2 has announced it is selling Microsoft’s Kinect as part of a special Christmas gaming package for its customers. Anyone eligble for an upgrade on their Pay Monthly tariff will be able to pick up 250GB Xbox 360 and Kinect with Kinect Adventures for 189.99 on a 25 24-month contract. …
Read More »O2 Ireland begins web censoring
The Irish arm of telcoms operator O2 has begun censoring websites in the region, with image sharing site Imgur seemingly the first portal identified for blockage. Talk has been rumbling of behind-the-scenes government negotiations regarding the introduction of an official state policy that would see websites accused of hosting malicious …
Read More »iPhone 4 goes on sale
The iPhone 4 arrived in the UK this morning, with customers queuing from the early hours to be in with a chance of laying their hands on one. Apple’s latest smartphone went on sale from 7am today, by which point BBC News reports that hundreds were waiting outside Apple’s flagship …
Read More »O2 Prioritises video games
21m O2 customers will be able to get PC games ahead of their release, MCV can reveal. The scheme is part of O2’s multi-million pound Priority campaign, which previously allowed music fans the chance to buy gig tickets before they officially went on sale. The communications giant has partnered with …
Read More »O2’s exclusive iPhone deal ends October 9th
Although there has been plentiful speculation about O2 losing its iPhone exclusivity over the last few weeks, MCV’s sister site Mobile Entertainment has seen documentation that states it will end officially on October 9th. Orange and T-Mobile have been linked heavily with iPhone over the summer, and both networks already …
Read More »iPhone 3GS beats sales records
The queues may have seemed smaller than this time last year, but mobile operator O2 has stated that the new Apple iPhone 3GS is way ahead of where its predecessor was at the same stage in its first day on sale. The iPhone 3GS has got off to an incredible …
Read More »iPhone 3GS arrives at retail
Staff at O2 and Carphone Warehouse stores across the UK this morning arrived at work to find queues on the street as eager punters battled to become amongst the first to get their hands on Apple’s shiny new iPhone 3GS. In other news, O2 has claimed that over half of …
Read More »iPhone 3.0 rollout brings net to its knees
Short of temporarily buying up all of the world’s net servers, Apple could never completely guarantee a smooth global rollout of the new iPhone 3.0 OS, but all things considered last night’s 6pm release went remarkably smoothly. The only major hitch in the process came courtesy of mobile operator O2 …
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