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by Android Central
Feb 02, 2012
Welcome to the best UK and European Android Phones as of Feb. 2, 2012. Or you can call them our favorite Android phones. Or the top Android phones. Really, call them whatever you want. Here's wh...
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by Alex Dobie
Jan 25, 2012
Update: O2 says that as of 1400 GMT today it has fixed, the problem, and that "technical changes" as part of "routine maintenance" were to blame for the issue, which affected cus...
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by Chris Parsons
Nov 12, 2011
Samsung has been rolling out the Galaxy Note to quite a few places since its announcement but news now comes from the UK that O2 will be making it available soon. No pricing details can be taken fro...
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by Alex Dobie
Nov 10, 2011
Owners of SIM-free Sony Ericsson Xperia X10s have been enjoying Android 2.3 Gingerbread for the past few months, but so far the upgrade has been absent from some branded handsets, including those bo...
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by Alex Dobie
Oct 14, 2011
As part of its ongoing sale, O2 UK is now offering the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play on Pay As You Go for £149.99, just under a third of the price that the Play launched at back in May. That's...
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by Alex Dobie
Oct 12, 2011
British networks O2 and Three will both carry HTC's recently-announced Sensation XL, according to new entries on both carriers' "coming soon" pages. The Sensation XL, a 4.7-incher ...
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by Alex Dobie
Sep 20, 2011
British network O2 has announced that it'll be the only carrier in the UK to offer the new HTC Rhyme, which was unveiled in New York City today. According to a an official tweet from O2, the dev...
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by Chris Parsons
Sep 19, 2011
If you have an HTC Sensation on O2 in the UK, you've likely been wondering what the heck has been taking them so long to push out the Android 2.3.4 update. Truth is, we don't know. But, they...
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by Alex Dobie
Sep 06, 2011
O2 UK's "coming soon" page has been updated to feature Samsung's upcoming mid-range Android offering, the Galaxy W. The Galaxy W arrives as part of Sammy's new smartphone namimg strate...
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by Alex Dobie
Aug 11, 2011
British networks O2, Orange, Three and Vodafone are now listing the sleek white version of Samsung's Galaxy S II on their "coming soon" pages, with a September release planned across all fou...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 29, 2011
British network O2 is now offering HTC's new Facebook phones, the ChaCha and Salsa, on-contract and on Pay & Go. The ChaCha can be yours for £209.99 with a PAYG SIM, or for free on cont...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 15, 2011
O2 UK will be launching the HTC Sensation, ChaCha and Salsa on its network later this month, according to an update to the network's "coming soon" page. The Sensation is currently excl...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 08, 2011
Right now Vodafone is the only network in the UK that's able to hook you up with a shiny new HTC Sensation. But that's about to change, as the Carphone Warehouse has begun listing the devic...
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by Alex Dobie
May 31, 2011
Following almost two months of delays caused by software issues, the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play has finally launched on British network O2. The phone is available now in O2-exclusive white and the orig...
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by Alex Dobie
May 18, 2011
The new Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro has arrived on O2 UK's "coming soon" page, and is slated to be available for sale through the network sometime next month. The Gingerbread-powered...
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by Alex Dobie
May 09, 2011
HTC's Facebook-focused Salsa will be exclusive to the O2 network in the UK when it launches this June, according to reports from British online retailer Clove Technology. In a recent blog post, ...
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by Alex Dobie
May 04, 2011
British network O2 has posted another update on its efforts to get the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play released to its customers. Software bugs resulted in the O2-branded Xperia Play missing its lau...
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 13, 2011
The HTC Sensation may be launching first on Vodafone UK next month, but that's not stopping other British carriers from getting in on the action once the month-long exclusivity deal is up. ...
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 13, 2011
The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play missed its planned Apr. 1 launch date on O2 UK because of software issues found during testing, but now it seems these bugs have been successfully squished and...
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 08, 2011
HTC's new Gingerbread-powered Desire S is now available on all five major British networks. Three, Orange and T-Mobile are offering the phone for free on contracts of £35 per month. If yo...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 31, 2011
Bad news for any Brits hoping to get their hands on a shiny new Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc or Xperia Play this weekend. Reports on multiple sites suggest that "freight issues"...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 29, 2011
O2 UK has announced a host of changes to its smartphone tariffs, which will affect anyone taking out or renewing a contract with the carrier. The biggest news is that tethering is now included w...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 25, 2011
British network O2 has announced that it's delaying its launch of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play due to bugs discovered in the phone's software. In a post on O2's blog, testing head Stuart Hibberd...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 20, 2011
O2 UK has announced that it's enabled a 900MHz 3G network in London, Manchester, Leeds and Birmingham, after the carrier obtained permission to use the spectrum from communications regulator Ofc...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 26, 2011
Mobiles.co.uk and parent company The Carphone Warehouse are now shipping HTC's new Incredible S in the UK. SIM-free, the Incredible S can be yours for £499.95 (~$800), while on-c...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 09, 2010
Hey, you, the guy on O2, with the SE X10 and a Galaxy S, too. Some updates are headed your way. The above screen grab is a bit cryptic, but here's the deal: European carrier O2's Sony Erics...
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by Sean Brunett
Aug 30, 2010
The Dell Streak on the mobile network O2 in the UK reportedly will receive Android 2.1 (Eclair) on Wednesday, Sept. 1. This will bring new features to the device currently running Android 1...
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by Dallin Hampton
Jun 29, 2010
Everybody loves the option of choosing their own carrier. And the Dell Streak is now available for purchase factory unlocked. The half-tablet-computer-half-phone Dell Streak packs a 1GHz Snapdragon pr...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 11, 2010
O2 Germany says that the Motorola Milestone and the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 will soon be getting updated ROMs. Sorry, but the Milestone won't be getting Android 2.2/Froyo this time around...
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by Casey Chan
May 26, 2010
After what felt like years of speculation, the Dell Streak is officially official. As in Dell has announced it and it's coming to O2 in the U.K. in early June and the US later this summer (likely AT&a...
