Orange Getting iPhone in UK

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O2s exclusive period in the UK has come to an end with the announcement that Orange will also be selling the iPhone 3G and 3GS in the UK. An exact date when the slick Apple devices will hit the carrier is unknown.

Apple and Orange only say the iPhone will hit the Orange network sometime this year. There is a pre-registration site for Orange users who are interested in the iPhone to sign up for more information. Read more

Posted on Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

T-Mobile UK and Orange UK Merger Is Official

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We reported about the T-Mobile UK and Orange UK Merger yesterday when word got out. Today Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom officially announced their plan to combine T-Mobile UK and Orange UK in a new 50:50 joint venture company.

The new joint venture will create the UK’s leading mobile operator and push O2 from the #1 spot. It will have a combined mobile customer base of around 28.4 million, representing approximately 37 percent of UK mobile subscribers, based on figures at the end December 2008. Read more

Posted on Tue, 8 Sep 2009 02:05:04 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Orange Creates a 3G Tent

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Yes, you heard right, a 3G tent. As in a portable camping domicile that comes with its own 3G WiFi connection. And that's not all this beauty can do. The 'solar concept tent', as it is currently known, is made out of photovoltaic fabric and boasts several adjustable top-mounted solar panels. On a sunny day, Orange's tent will be able to provide you with enough power to keep all of your gadgets up and running.

The tent contains a central wireless control hub LCD panel. The panel shows you how much energy is being generated and used, and also gives you control over the 3G WiFi. Charging your gizmos in the solar tent is easy. Just drop them into the charging pouch and magnetic induction will charge your stuff without any wires or plugs needed.

Posted on Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:45:00 CDT | by Robert Evans

MWC 2009: LG Touch Watch Phone coming from Orange

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Orange today announces at the MWC 2009 that it will be the first operator to offer the LG Touch Watch phone (LG-G910) in Europe.
LG has unveiled the GD910 3G Wrist Phone at the CES 2009.
The LG-GD910 is not just 3G it actually supports HSDPA with 7.2Mbps download speeds. On the watch face is a video camera to use the LG-GD910 for video conferencing or video capture. LG crammed the UI of the LG-GD910 wristphone on a 1.43 inch touchscreen. Read more

Posted on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Orange already hawking the new 3G iPhone to existing iPhone Customers?

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French site PC Impact reports that they received information from some users that they have been called by Orange with an offer to upgrade to the iPhone 2 aka 3G iPhone.

There would be two alleged 3G iPhone offers for French iPhone owners. If they trade-in their current iPhone they would have to pay only 50 Euro for the new 3G iPhone. If they buy the new 3G iPhone a discount would be given by Orange. Read more

Posted on Tue, 27 May 2008 01:10:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Orange to sell iPhone in Europe, Middle East and Africa

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Apple lands another carrier deal for their iPhone. Orange announcing a deal for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

France Telecom owned Orange will sell the iPhone in Austria, Belgium, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Jordan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland and its African markets later this year.
In case of Austria and Switzerland there are carrier overlaps, meaning Apple dropped the exclusivity deals in these countries. Read more

Posted on Fri, 16 May 2008 12:59:54 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Top Awards Go to COD4, Bioshock & The Orange Box

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The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences announced award recipients from its 11th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards last night. Call of Duty 4, Bioshock and the Orange Box each won five wards at the ceremony.

"The Interactive Achievement Awards is the forum for the industry's best game makers to evaluate the merits of more than 160 titles submitted for consideration and honor the best in technical innovation and gameplay experience," said Joseph Olin, president, AIAS. "This year's winners truly represent the best cross section of interactive entertainment, demonstrating the power of next-generation platforms that have come of age." Read more

Posted on Fri, 8 Feb 2008 07:17:49 CST | by Shane McGlaun

The Orange Box now Available for PS3

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EA announced today that The Orange Box is now available for the PS3. The Orange Box is a collection of video games including Half Life 2, Half Life 2: Episode One and three more all new games.

The other three titles include Half Life 2: Episode Two, Portal, and Team Fortress 2. All three of the games are rated M for mature. Read more

Posted on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:03:21 CST | by Shane McGlaun

French Orange will sell unlocked iPhone

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Orange and Apple have finalized the iPhone deal and the iPhone will be available on November 29th. Because of a French law that forbids locked mobile phones Orange will also be selling an unlocked iPhone.

There is no pricing information available yet for the unlocked iPhone.
The locked iPhone from Orange sells for 399 Euro. Read more

Posted on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 04:00:45 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

The Orange Box

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The Orange Box from Valve is the ultimate Holiday Video game package for all Half-Life fans.

The Orange Box actually contains 5 games:

Half-Life 2
Half-Life 2: Episode 1
Half-Life 2: Episode 2
Portal
Team Fortress 2

The Orange Box is available for PC, Xbox 360 and Sony PS3. Read more

Posted on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Europe iPhone Rumors: Orange to offer iPhone in France

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It has been quite for a while around the topic of which carriers in Europe will be offering the Apple iPhone. The reason may have been the summer vacation time, where most businesses in Europe are bascally doing nothing. Now there is a new rumor that Orange (France Telekom) is close to a deal with Apple to offer the iPhone in France.

The rumor has originate at macscoop and picked up by Le Figaro and Forbes. Read more

Posted on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 06:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Orange Turbine Recharges Cell Phone with Wind Power

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I have seen several different gadgets that are intended to charge up cell phones and MP3 players from simple batteries you connect to extend the life of your phone, to solar recharger's.

A company from England called Orange teamed up with the University of Texas, who ironically are also orange, to develop the first wind powered cell phone charger. The charger looks like the larger wind turbines that we have been hearing much of lately. Read more

Posted on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:18:56 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Apple offers Pink, Green, Blue and Orange iPod shuffle

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Just in time for the Valentine's Day mini shopping spike Apple offers new color variations of the clip-on iPod shuffle.

I am not sure what color will sell out first and will be selling for triple the price on eBay. Even if it is cliché, my bet is on pink.
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Posted on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:10:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Pantech U4000 3G Mobile Comes from Orange in France

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Korean Pantech landed a deal with Orange in France for the U4000 UMTS mobile phone.

The Pantech U-4000 features a 1.3MP camera, 1.9 inch 260k color screen, microSD slot, mp3 player, Bluetooth, WAP 2.0, and MP3 ring tones. Read more

Posted on Mon, 6 Nov 2006 08:48:14 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Orange Promotes Walkman Phones with Christina Aguilera

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Mobile phone carrier Orange plans to promote the Sony Ericsson Walkman phones with Christina Aguilera across Europe.

Orange will offer the Sony Ericsson Walkman W300i and the Sony Ericsson Walkman W810i with special content from Christina.

France Telecom's Orange deal with Sony BMG managed Aguilera includes a 9 month marketing campaign for the Christina's upcoming single, album and European tour.
Orange customers will get access to exclusive re-mixes, ringtones and videos. Read more

Posted on Sun, 5 Mar 2006 04:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

LaCie Carte-Orange 8GB USB Hard-Drive

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LaCie known for their external hard-drives enters the USB drive market with the LaCie Carte-Orange 8GB drive.

The credit-card sized Carte-Orange is only 6mm thick. It supports USB 2.0 and guess what, it is orange. The LaCie portable drive works driver free on Windows 2000/XP and Mac OS X. Read more

Posted on Tue, 20 Sep 2005 07:15:57 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Orange Sony Micro Vault USB Drive

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Posted on Tue, 12 Apr 2005 12:15:20 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New PC T-Cube as small as an Orange

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At the TRON 2004 Show Japanese Personal Media Company shows off the T-Cube a pocket-size PC running T-Engine.

T-Engine is somekind of OS standardization project for networked computers in Japan that started in 2002. Seems they want to build something that does not require to license Windows. Don't know why they not just adopt Linux.

The T-Cube runs the current T-Engine OS and uses a CPU from NEC VR5701. The desktop is written for the chinese Market supporting Multi- and Super-Chinese Character sets.

The T-Cube (tentative name) is supposed to ship in Q1 2004. Press-Release (Raw Translation)

See also the Java Wrist Watches that were presented at the TRON 2004 show in Tokyo.

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Posted on Sat, 13 Dec 2003 19:52:31 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr