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Palm Pre – will it take a bite out of Apple?
Posted: 26 August 2009
With O2 having announced that it will be the exclusive supplier of the device in the UK, speculation is growing with regards an official release date for the eagerly-anticipated Palm Pre.
On July 7th this year, the network unveiled details of a deal it had struck with the manufacturer via its Telefonica parent group that would make it the only operator able to provide the smartphone to consumers in the UK, Spain, Ireland and Germany.
However, the company was only able to state at this time that the device would be launched across selected European territories "in time for the winter holidays" - leading to a number of websites and publications coming up with their own schedules as to wh ...
Network exclusives: Pushing out third party providers?
Posted: 30 July 2009
Competition in the smartphone market has now driven many mobile operators to offer network-exclusive handsets to try and tempt new customers away from their rivals. However, as these devices are increasingly becoming some of the most sought-after models on the market, does this mean that third-party suppliers are in danger of being pushed out?
One of the most recent examples of a highly anticipated handset being made available only to one carrier in the UK came earlier this month, when O2 announced it would add the Palm Pre to its line of products. Customers across Britain will see the device hit the company's high street and online stores later this month and the deal to become the sole provider of the ...
O2 customers take on iPhone upgrade charge
Posted: 22 June 2009
O2 has announced that the opening day of sales for the new Apple iPhone 3G was a major success, outperforming the achievements set out by its predecessor - but not everyone is happy with some of the network's recent actions.
With the carrier announcing that by lunchtime sales had outstripped those attained by the original device when it was launched in 2008, it seemed the firm had another major hit on its hands - but this followed some other numbers the group was probably less pleased to see on paper.
Customers of O2 were apparently outraged at suggestions they would have to buy themselves out of their contract in order to upgrade to the Apple iPhone 3G S and started a 'Twitition' to register th ...
