The HTC 7 Pro is now available on Pay As You Go, and has been confirmed as being in stock. The HTC 7 Pro is the latest Windows Phone 7 handset to hit the UK, and the first to feature both a touchscreen and a full QWERTY keypad. It’s the perfect choice for business users, as its physical keys make it it ideal for typing out messages at speed. This is ... Read More

Orange U.K. announced the San Francisco, the first smartphone in its new series of Orange-branded affordable Android phones. The Orange San Francisco costs £99 ($153) and is available with Orange's pay-as-you-go plans. It runs Android 2.1 and has WiFi, Bluetooth, and 3G connectivity. It offers 150MB of internal storage and a 2GB microSD card and can support up to 32GB micrOSD cards. The device offers a touchscreen display, although its size ... Read More

Carphone Warehouse and Phones4U have withdrawn the Sony Ericsson Satio from sale due to "buggy" software. The stores have temporarily halted sales of the Satio until manufacturer Sony Ericsson offers fixes for issues that customers raised, which include random powering-down and slowness. (See our review for some user comments that have raised similar issues). Apparently, a firmware upgrade won't fix the issue, so the handsets must be recalled. Speaking to The Times, Richard ... Read More

Orange has claimed that it has broken sales records with its release of the Orange iPhone 3G and 3GS, selling 30,000 units in the first day of release. "As of 4pm today Orange had sold more than30,000 iPhones across the UK – smashing what we believe is the previously published first day sales records for a handset in the UK." However, it's unclear how this stacks up against rival networks, including O2's ... Read More

The LG GD510 Pop (seen as some sort of a Cookie successor) is now available in the UK on Pay As You Go, via Carphone Warehouse. Customers can get the GD510 Pop on PAYG for £99.95 (about €112 or $166) – it’s not yet featured on Carphone’s website in the PAYG section, but it will probably be soon. The new phone is also offered on contract, through T-Mobile, Vodafone, Orange and O2. ... Read More

After officially announcing that it would carry the iPhone (thus ending O2’s exclusivity), Orange UK has recently unveiled the exact release date of its iPhone: November 10. Orange will offer both the iPhone 3G and the iPhone 3GS, for various prices – from free to £225 ($369), depending on the length of the contract and the data plan you’re choosing. Customers will also be able to buy the iPhone on Pay As ... Read More

It may not be coming to Orange UK but the Romania Orange clients are sure to get the HTC HD2 in December according to Razvan Sturza, M2M Proposition manager Orange: “We expect to sell a few thousand units and in December we will launch HTC HD2. This model is in stock but does not have applications Windows Mobile 6.5 installed yet” And According to the marketing director of Microsoft Romania, Dan Bulucea, ... Read More

According to Mobifrance, Orange France is gpong to launch the HTC HD2 / Leo on November 12. No info on the price though but It’s probably safe to assume that it’s going to be similar to the HTC Touch HD a year ago. Other operators are also probably going to get at the same time. ... Read More

Orange Armenia may become the second biggest mobile company in Armenian market in terms of number of subscribers very soon, Orange Vice-President for Europe Olaf Swantee said in Paris in responding to ARKA Agency. Despite the fact that we are coming to the Armenian market as the third operator, we can become the second in terms of number of subscribers very quickly,” Swantee said. According to experts, mobile coverage is currently about ... Read More

Orange has announced that it will begin offering Motorola's first Android smartphone next month. The new handset, which will be called the DEXT in Europe, is based upon the Motorola CLIQ that was announced for T-Mobile USA last week. It will be available in early October free for customers with a two year contract and a 34.26 GBP per month plan. The Android powered QWERTY smartphone features a large touchscreen display ... Read More