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Samsung Galaxy S for Vodafone UK Available for Pre-Order

Evan Selleck — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:36:27 +0000

The Samsung Galaxy S managed to make waves all over the Internet, even as other phones kept getting announced, and others even released. That goes a long way to show us that the Galaxy S has a lot of sustaining features, even if it hasn’t been officially released. People haven’t forgotten about it. And, now that Vodafone UK have gone ahead and pulled the curtain off their pre-order page for the handset, things are only going to get better for the newest superphone from Samsung.

We’ve already been over this a few (hundred) times, but we’ll go ahead and add a bit of a refresher. Specs wise, the Galaxy S features a 4-inch Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, a 1GHz Hummingbird processor under the hood, and it’s running Android 2.1. Just three features listed here (there’s plenty more, but these are the defining ones), and already we remember why we want this phone so badly.

According to Vodafone, the Galaxy S is going to be made available for free, starting on new, two-year contracts. You’ll have to pay £35 per month to get the hugely subsidized price, but we imagine you’re already used to that kind of thing. What makes it better? The wireless carrier is saying that the device will be made available on June 15th. Yes, that’s literally right around the corner. So, get your pre-order on, and when you get your device, be sure to let us know what you think of it!

[via Vodafone UK]

Vodafone UK Now Selling Google Nexus One

Kim Poh Liaw — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:14:53 +0000

You can now pre-order the Google Nexus One from Vodafone UK directly, the company will deliver the Android smartphone to you by 30-April if you order today. With a £35 monthly price plan, the Nexus One is free with 24 contracts. The Vodafone’s price plan is bundled with a1GB data plan, you will also get a 4GB microSD card in the box.

[via slashgear]

Nexus One Hardware Features

Display: 3.7″ AMOLED 480×800 WVGA display
Thinness: 11.5mm; Weight: 130g
Processor/Speed: Qualcomm Snapdragon™ 3G QSD8250 chipset, delivering speeds up to 1GHz
Camera: 5 megapixel auto focus with flash and geo tagging
Onboard memory: 512MB Flash, 512MB RAM
Expandable memory: 4GB removable SD Card (expandable to 32GB)
Noise Suppression: Dynamic noise suppression from Audience, Inc.
Ports: 3.5mm stereo headphone jack with four contacts for inline voice and remote control
Battery: Removable 1400 mAh
Personalized laser engraving: Up to 50 characters on the back of the phone
Trackball: Tri-colour notification LED, alerts when new emails, chats, text messages arrive

HTC Nexus One Shows Up on French Wireless Network’s Website

Evan Selleck — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:30:53 +0000

While the HTC Nexus One is currently announced for every single major wireless carrier in the United States (even if it’s only available on two of them), its position across the pond has been one of question. After all, the Nexus One isn’t necessarily as Desired over there, with there being direct competition from other HTC-branded, Android-based devices. But that’s not stopping Bouygues Telecom in France from officially listing the Nexus One on their website.

But, there’s still a big part missing from the official listing. And that would be a release date. There’s some belief that since the Nexus One is rumored to launch on Verizon Wireless in the United States and on Vodafone in the UK some time during the month of April, that Bouygues Telecom could officially launch it at the same time, but there’s nothing even remotely confirmed about any of that.

Of course, if you’re on Bouygues Telecom, you can always pick up other Android powered devices, like the HTC Legend and the Samsung Galaxy Spica. The Legend might be the second-best when compared to the Nexus One, but the Spica’s internals are definitely nothing to ignore. Of course, we understand whole heartedly why you’d want to wait for the Nexus One. There’s just something about it, and if you can’t have the Desire, you may as well still aim big.

[via unwired view]

Vodafone UK to Deliver HTC Desire Preorders from April 8th

Kim Poh Liaw — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:25:48 +0000

Not sure when will you see the HTC Desire in your country? Vodafone UK has just started to accept HTC Desire preorder on its website today. The HTC Desire will be available from April 8th, free with a monthly contracts from £30 (24 month contract). The £30 package comes with 600 minutes (900 minutes if you order online), unlimited texts and 500 MB of mobile internet. Check out SlashGear’s full review here if you are getting this Android smartphone! [via Android Community]

Pre-Order Opens At Vodafone UK For HTC Desire

More Android goodness due to arrive soon on the UK’s best network

Vodafone UK has now opened pre-order for the HTC Desire as the build up to its Android April continues.

Based on the new HTC Sense with Android 2.1, HTC Desire is the richest way to visually experience news, friends, photos, favourite places and whatever else that is important.

With one of the most advanced displays available on a phone, HTC Desire is designed with a large 3.7 inch WVGA AMOLED display to enhance and maximize content, whether it is pictures and videos, browsing the Web of checking on friends’ status updates.

HTC Desire is powered by a 1GHz Snapdragon processor making it one of the fastest handsets around and is Adobe Flash Lite 4 enabled and 10.1 ready. It also features a new optical touchpad for enhanced navigation experience.

The HTC Desire is one of a range of great new Android-based handsets that Vodafone UK customers will soon be able to choose from, with the HTC Legend, Sony Ericsson X10 and Google Nexus One also scheduled to launch soon.

The HTC Desire launches on 8 April and will be available for free on monthly contracts from £30 (24 month contract), with 600 minutes (900 minutes if you order online), unlimited texts and 500 MB of mobile internet.

HTC Legend and HTC Desire Coming Soon to Vodafone UK

Kim Poh Liaw — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:17:53 +0000

With the Google Nexus One coming to Vodafone UK soon, the company will also offer HTC Desire and HTC Legend Android smartphones in April. You can now sign up for email notification at the company website, pricing details for both devices are not available yet. More detail at Android Community

Palm to Announce Palm Pre Release Plan for UK Next Week

Kim Poh Liaw — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:21:11 +0000

300,000 units of Palm Pre, is what the analyst estimated on the sales result this week. Palm is said to have confirmed to deliver its Palm Pre to second service provider in UK and will announce the full detail next week. According to T3, the announcement will also include the date, price plan and selling price of the Palm Pre. The service provider could be either Vodafone or O2, both provides its mobile service with GSM network.

Earlier this week, Palm Pre GSM has been spotted in a Vietnam website, if you are considering a Palm Pre in the near future, check out this review on My Pre.

[via My Pre]

Vodafone UK Now Offers Twitter Updates via SMS

Kim Poh Liaw — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 08:22:13 +0000

Vodafone UK has signed an agreement with Twitter allowing customers to send updates to and receive SMS notifications from twitter. As of today, Vodafone customers will be able to receive text messages from people they choose to follow via SMS on Twitter and send text messages to a short code (86444) for their “tweets”, @replies, or to follow someone on the go.

The SMS updates posted on Twitter will be free of charge for the first few weeks from launch – then they will be part of customers’ bundles. After the free period regular charges will apply to customers without bundles but all text message updates sent from Twitter will remain free of charge.

“Mobile texting extends the power of Twitter’s real-time network in a simple but significant way,” says Kevin Thau Director of Mobile Business Development at Twitter. “Twitter is the messaging network you didn’t know you needed until you experience it over SMS.”

[via unwiredview]