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Orange Announces New Social Media Service

Wireless carrier Orange announced on Tuesday the launch of a new social media service, called People Projects. Users will benefit from a new Facebook application, aimed at offering them the possibility to access their social network, while also creating online groups that plan on supporting or participating at commu...

18 November 2009
06:50 GMT

Business Homescreen for Samsung Omnia Pro B7330 from Orange

Wireless carrier Orange recently announced  the launch of a business homescreen on the new Samsung Omnia Pro B7330. According to the company, the new interface is available for its medium and large business customers and is meant to offer them fast access to email, voicemail, calendar, contacts, and custom...

11 November 2009
12:01 GMT

Google's Mobile App Comes to Orange's Customers

Wireless carrier Orange announced on Wednesday that it signed a multi-year strategic agreement with Google, through which it becomes the first operator to deliver the Google Mobile App to its users. According to the two companies, the partnership is aimed at offering easy access to mobile search and geo-location serv...

29 October 2009
09:18 GMT

iPhone 3G and 3GS Come to More UK Carriers, Officially

Mobile phone users in the United Kingdom have now yet another reason to rejoice, as Apple's highly popular iPhone device will soon become available for purchase in the country via more carries. Exclusively sold by O2 UK, the iPhone is expected to reach Orange's airwaves in the near future, at least this is ...

28 September 2009
05:23 GMT

Orange Has Motorola DEXT for Free

Motorola’s latest device, and also the company's first handset powered by Google's Android operating system, the Motorola CLIQ, will become available in the UK via wireless carrier Orange as the Motorola DEXT starting with early October this year. The UK operator has announced today that it will launc...

16 September 2009
11:52 GMT

T-Mobile UK Again Up for Grabs

According to the latest news around the Web, Deutsche Telekom has started once again the talks for the selling of its T-Mobile UK subsidiary. The talks seem to be only in their early stages, yet some of the companies that are reportedly interested in purchasing the struggled carrier would be Vodafone, France Telecom,...

4 September 2009
10:50 GMT

LG's GD910 Watch Phone Priced at €899 on Contract

LG's GD910 has been unveiled to the world as the first 3G touch watch phone ever. Indeed, South Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics did a great job at packing all the capabilities of a 3G-enabled phone within a watch case, and now the device is available for purchase in France via Orange. The price of the w...

8 August 2009
04:17 GMT

More iPhone 3G on Orange and T-Mobile UK Rumors Emerge

Apple's iPhone 3G has recently been rumored to be heading towards UK, on Orange and T-Mobile's airwaves, as O2 has exclusivity on the new iPhone 3GS and is getting close to the end term of the exclusivity period for the older device. According to the latest news on the Internet, the availability of the iPho...

20 July 2009
06:07 GMT

iPhone 3G to Come to More UK Carriers

iPhone 3G, the older iteration of Apple's highly popular mobile device, is expected to become available in the UK via a wider range of wireless carriers, the latest news around the Web suggests. Currently, the smartphone is available in the country exclusively via O2, yet it seems that other carriers, including ...

14 July 2009
03:34 GMT

Orange Intros Mini SIM Cards

Wireless operator Orange announced recently the launch of mini SIM cards in Europe, becoming this way the first mobile phone operator on the continent to offer such products. According to the company, the launch of the new mini SIM cards is meant to offer it the possibility to reduce the amount of waste that is usual...

10 July 2009
12:31 GMT

Orange's Music Store Also DRM-Free

It seems that the trend towards transforming the music stores from mobile phone makers and carriers around the world into DRM-free portals is attracting even more companies on its side, with the latest one to adopt it being Orange. Copy locks appear to be on their way to becoming an endangered species, and Orange Mus...

10 July 2009
11:07 GMT

More Carriers Interested in T-Mobile UK

According to the latest news on the Web, Vodafone is not the only carrier that bids for T-Mobile UK. It seems that O2 is interested in a possible acquisition too, and Orange might also drop an eye on the wireless operator. Although nothing has been officially announced until now, in the near future we might hear that...

2 July 2009
10:33 GMT

iPhone 3GS Available for Pre-Order in Romania

It seems that the latest iteration of Apple's iPhone, namely iPhone 3GS, will soon become available for purchase in even more markets than before, including Romania, where we learn that the device is to be listed for purchase as soon as Friday, July 3. The new phone will be sold on the local market via wireless ...

2 July 2009
08:44 GMT

T-Mobile UK Intros HTC Hero as G1 Touch

Taiwan-based mobile phone maker HTC Corporation announced on Wednesday the release of its third mobile phone running under Google's Android operating system, the HTC Hero, and carriers followed shortly afterwards with their own announcements regarding the availability of the phone. One of them, T-Mobile UK, said...

25 June 2009
03:49 GMT

HTC Touch Pro 2 Available with Vodafone Business

The high-end Windows Mobile-powered mobile phone HTC Touch Pro2 is already available for purchase in the UK on Vodafone's Business website, after leaking out to some of the carrier's luckiest subscribers. While until a few days ago the HTC Touch Pro 2 (as Vodafone has it) could be seen on the website with t...

19 June 2009
09:33 GMT

BlackBerry Curve 8900 on Orange's Pay As You Go

Wireless carrier Orange announced recently that it planned to offer the BlackBerry Curve 8900 mobile phone on a Pay As You Go plan. The operator launched the Pay As You Go program for the BlackBerry Pearl 8120 at the beginning of the ongoing year, and it seems that it was successful enough to make it add a new RIM ha...

3 June 2009
04:07 GMT

Nokia 5800 CWM Available Unlocked in the UK

The high-end Nokia 5800 XpressMusic was announced only last week to be heading towards UK users on Orange's airwaves starting May 29, while also featuring support for the Finnish mobile phone maker's Comes With Music service, and now we learn that Nokia also intends to make the handset available for purchas...

20 May 2009
09:06 GMT

Nokia Comes With Music Launched in UK via Orange

The world's largest mobile phone maker Nokia has announced today that its Nokia Comes With Music service will be launched in the UK exclusively with the wireless carrier Orange on the company's flagship Nokia 5800 XpressMusic mobile phone. The service offers mobile phone users access to the Nokia Music Stor...

13 May 2009
05:11 GMT

Orange Launches Its Vegas Touchscreen Mobile Phone

Wireless mobile phone carrier Orange has announced today the release of Vegas, a touchscreen handset that comes to UK users as the smallest, lightest and cheapest such device available on the market. The new Orange Vegas comes in two color variants, black and, exclusive to Orange, pink, and features a price tag of &p...

24 April 2009
09:22 GMT

Wikipedia Goes Mobile on Orange

The Wikimedia Foundation and the wireless carrier Orange have announced a deal through which the online encyclopedia Wikipedia will be offered to mobile phone users as a standalone product, but also integrated into the operator's existing content services. According to the two, Wikipedia will come initially to O...

24 April 2009
02:58 GMT

Sony Ericsson's Android Comes on Orange in 2009

Sony Ericsson's chief executive Hideki Komiyama has recently stated that the company intends to take its time with the development of an Android-based mobile phone, yet it seems that it won't be that long before such a handset will come to the market, as recent reports state that the joint venture will rele...

22 April 2009
08:28 GMT

Orange Will Bring Nokia Messaging to European Countries

Orange and Nokia have announced today that the partnership between them has been extended with the offering of a new, simple-to-use email service to consumers, namely the Nokia Messaging by Orange, a co-branded solution that will come to a series of Orange Signature devices, aimed at providing mobile email to all mob...

16 April 2009
10:22 GMT

LG Viewty II Spotted as Viewty Smart

We've seen the LG Viewty II handset in the wild in a series of leaked photos a few times before, and we even spotted it at some trade shows, yet the Korean mobile phone maker hasn't said anything official about it until now. This time around, the device has been spotted on LG’s German blog, and it see...

15 April 2009
10:07 GMT

Orange UK Users to Pay Less for Data Downloads

It seems that mobile phone users in the UK will pay less for data downloads in case they are subscribers of the wireless operator Orange. The company is reported to have drastically reduced the cost for its basic mobile data package. While the carrier used to offer two tariffs, namely £5.00 for 10MB and £...

8 April 2009
11:41 GMT

Orange Reported to Plan an App Store

One of the latest adopters of the application store trend is Orange, which is now reported to intend on coming to the market with its own version of the software portal meant to bring joy to mobile phone users. The carrier's application marketplace will be called simply Orange Application Shop, and it is expecte...

3 April 2009
08:39 GMT

Orange to Soon Launch a New Handset, Orange Vegas

It seems that Orange is preparing to launch a new and affordable mobile phone, dubbed Orange Vegas. The handset is supposedly featuring a 2.4-inch TFT display with touchscreen capabilities, which will probably be able to provide users with a QVGA resolution, as well as connectivity support for dual-band GSM/GPRS, yet...

1 April 2009
07:03 GMT

Orange to Add Six Android Phones This Year

Google's Android operating system has seen a lot of fans among mobile phone makers lately, with more than 40 new handsets powered by the platform expected to come to the market this year, and with industry players like Sony Ericsson, Motorola, HTC or Samsung announcing their interest in the matter. What hasn�...

25 March 2009
06:45 GMT

Orange Adds Sony Ericsson W705 to Its Lineup

Orange has recently added to its offering the newly launched Sony Ericsson W705. The mobile phone operator is the second to offer the Walkman handset, after it has been added to O2's offering. At the same time, we also learn that the number of tariffs and packages available for the music device are being doubled...

2 March 2009
06:02 GMT

LG's Watch Phone to Cost $1,500 at Orange

At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last week, we were able to see Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics showcasing its LG-GD910, the first watch-shaped handset to become commercially available. This device has been announced before, but the manufacturer only managed to come up with the working product at th...

26 February 2009
03:24 GMT

Orange and Ericsson Deploy Solar-Powered Base Stations

Orange Guinea Conakry and Ericsson announced recently the deployment of over 100 base stations that are fully powered by solar energy, meant to provide connectivity in remote parts of rural Africa. The mobile phone carrier is trying to increase its coverage in both rural and urban areas through Ericsson's energy...

19 February 2009
03:48 GMT

Orange and Sony Ericsson Announce Extended Partnership

Mobile phone operator Orange announced today the extension of its partnership with Sony Ericsson for delivering more fun and easy mobile multimedia services. The company also announced the addition of new entertainment phones to the partnership, including high-quality Cyber-shot and Java gaming handsets meant to enha...

17 February 2009
05:26 GMT

Orange Offers BlackBerry Pearl 8120 for Its Pay As You Go Users

Orange announced recently that it planned on offering in the very near future the BlackBerry Pearl 8120 smartphone to its Pay As You Go (PAYG) customers. The handset, known to be able to deliver great email, organizer, messaging, web browsing and multimedia capabilities, is announced to feature a price tag of £...

30 January 2009
11:48 GMT

BlackBerry Bold Issues to Make Orange Suspend Shipments

According to the latest news on the web, the mobile phone operator Orange is on its way to remove the smartphone from its offering. The decision seems to be based on some technical problems the device has been having lately. It appears than many users have reported different issues with their handsets, ranging from u...

5 January 2009
12:15 GMT

Orange's Exclusivity to the iPhone Canceled

Orange has lost a battle in France, where its exclusivity to sell the iPhone has been revoked. The contract that tied Apple and Orange was arguable from the start, but now that issue has been solved by the Competition Council, which, after a closer review of the situation, decided to take measures against such a coll...

18 December 2008
10:21 GMT

Apple Ordered to End Exclusive iPhone Deal in France

News that Apple must now allow operators other than France Telecom's Orange SA to sell its popular iPhone has just hit the wires. The French competition regulator is acting amidst complaints from Orange rival Bouygues Telecom SA, the No. 3 mobile operator in France. Orange rival Bouygues Telecom SA reportedly f...

17 December 2008
09:35 GMT

BlackBerry Bold, Not Good Enough for Orange Yet

It seems that, after AT&T pushed back the release date of the BlackBerry Bold, from October 2 to “later this year” as it is said on its website, time has come for Orange as well to do that. On the official AT&T page, the phone is currently listed as “out of stock,” which could also be con...

10 October 2008
03:02 GMT

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Goes to Orange

Orange, the mobile phone operator and Internet provider, and France Telecom's baby since 2001, is going to offer to its customers the new and much awaited Nokia 5800 XpressMusic.All other major companies have managed to get their hands on exclusivity for the latest touchscreen phones as of late. For instance, if...

9 October 2008
07:35 GMT

Sony Ericsson W595s Coming from Orange

Orange, one of the world's largest mobile operators, now has its very own version of Sony Ericsson W595, called Sony Ericsson W595s. It's not the first time when the subsidiary of France Telecom seals an exclusivity deal with Sony Ericsson, the latest Orange-only handset (besides the W595s) being the G705u,...

7 October 2008
08:32 GMT

BlackBerry Bold Launched in Romania, via Orange

Romanian mobile users can, as of today, feel more important than the ones in the US, as RIM and Orange have just announced the availability of BlackBerry Bold 9000 in Romania. Thus, Orange proved to be faster than AT&T, which keeps on delaying the release of its Bold in North America (not that Romanian customers woul...

16 September 2008
11:23 GMT

Samsung i8510 Innov8 Out Now in the UK

Europe's very first mobile phone equipped with an 8 Megapixel camera, the Samsung i8510 Innov8 slider, is now available in the UK, exclusively offered by Carphone Warehouse. The handset is sold, for the moment, only together with a contract from Orange, UK's fourth largest mobile operator, but it will soon ...

2 September 2008
04:23 GMT

Update: Orange Poland Denies Fake iPhone 3G Queues

We did find it a little hard to believe that Orange Poland had hired John Does to form fake queues in front of Orange stores in an attempt to drum-up interest in the iPhone 3G. Hence this update coming from World of Apple, which reveals Orange has denied such allegations.Earlier last week, it had come to our attentio...

27 August 2008
12:35 GMT

Poland Pays for Fake iPhone 3G Queues

This you won't believe. Apple's iPhone 3G, as you've probably already heard, is launching in 21 new countries starting today. While some markets are packed full of iPhone fans just waiting to grab the handset, in other territories, such as Poland, people aren't that keen on buying the new device. ...

22 August 2008
15:47 GMT

BlackBerry Curve 8320 in Black Emerald from Orange

Orange UK is now offering a new version of BlackBerry Curve 8320, more exactly a Black Emerald one, which makes the 8320 look really good (not that the other available colors look bad). The new 8320 can be acquired from Orange even for free, in case you want a contract agreement for two years and a data plan of at le...

16 July 2008
03:52 GMT

Orange to Release the BIC Phone

Orange and BIC, the company best known for stationery products, lighters and razors, have partnered to bring a new affordable mobile phone, simply named the "BIC phone." Presented as a basic handset that's "100% ready to go," the BIC phone comes packed just like a razor and includes a SIM card, 60 free minutes ...

14 July 2008
11:14 GMT

Sony Ericsson Z770 Turned Orange

Sony Ericsson Z770 was recently spotted in a new color version that combines orange with a yellow pattern and a silver keypad. This looks pretty nice (especially for female users) and it is a nice addition to the already existing three color versions: Graphite Black, Exquisite Golden and Vogue Red. Released on the ...

16 June 2008
06:29 GMT

Ericsson and T-Mobile Netherlands Step over Orange

Ericsson announced today it has signed a new agreement with T-Mobile Netherlands according to which, the Swedish giant company will mange the Dutch carrier's network, consolidating its leading position on the Netherlands's telecoms market. The partnership is actually a continuation of already existing agre...

27 May 2008
11:46 GMT

Eye Makeup: Go Bright and Tropical

Rainy Mondays are not an ideal way to start your week and some of us might even find them depressing - however, for the beauty addicts among us, they are the perfect excuse to stay home after work and browse the Internet for fresh ideas to put into practice in warmer, sunnier days. As a result, we have a real treat f...

26 May 2008
02:39 GMT

Nokia and Orange Releasing Ten New Phones

Nokia and Orange, the French-based global mobile operator, announced that they have signed a new deal, according to which, Orange will release ten new Nokia phones in the second half of 2008, loaded with special content and services offered by the two companies. The handsets will come as part of Orange's Signatu...

22 May 2008
09:48 GMT

Apple's iPhone Officially Coming to Romania, via Orange

Orange, one of the largest mobile operators in the world, announced today the future availability of Apple's iPhone in Romania, as well as in many other countries across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The announcement comes after Vodafone, one of Orange's main competitors, also unveiled the upcoming re...

17 May 2008
01:21 GMT

The First 3G Levi's Mobile Phone

The very first Levi Strauss branded mobile phone to feature 3G connectivity (and the second ever Levi's handset) is now offered by Orange France, under the name of Levi's The Original 3G. Like the other existent Levi Strauss phone, simply named Levi's The Original, the new one doesn't pack adva...

21 April 2008
02:36 GMT


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