O2 (508 articles)
O2 is a leading provider of mobile and broadband services to consumers and businesses in the UK. The company also is a front-runner in the provision of non-voice services, including text, media messaging, games, music and video, as well as data connections via GPRS, HSDPA, 3G and WLAN. O2 UK is part of the Telefónica O2 Europe group.
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Galaxy Nexus software bugs found
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O2 accused of leaking phone numbers online
UPDATED: Fixed? 6,100 reads
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ALL NEW: Pocket-lint Podcast #69
Gadget Geeks presenter Ian Morris reveals all... 3,600 reads
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O2 4G network comes to London
LTE trials start this month 3,000 reads
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O2 to turn London into free Wi-Fi zone
Mobile surfing in time for the Olympics 2,550 reads
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ALL NEW: Pocket-lint Podcast #69
Gadget Geeks presenter Ian Morris reveals all... 27 January 2012 8:30 GMT TweetThe Pocket-lint Podcast is back with a bang this week as we've given it a right royal overhaul and crafted, what we believe to be, the snappiest tech talk around. 30 minutes of the finest gadget gibber gabber.
Brand new industry interviews...
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O2 accused of leaking phone numbers online - we show how to plug the hole
UPDATED: Fixed? 25 January 2012 11:37 GMT TweetThe Internet is awash with claims that O2 is sharing customers' mobile phone numbers with websites. Twitter users are posting that, after checking with a site that examines data sent from their phone to webservers, that their phone number is clearly...
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O2 to turn London into Europe’s largest free Wi-Fi zone
Mobile surfing in time for the Olympics 6 January 2012 16:40 GMT TweetO2 has announced plans to turn parts of London into Europe’s largest free Wi-Fi zone ahead of the Summer Olympics.
Back in the 1990s, we all wanted to avoid hotspots ("What is a hotspot not?") but O2 knows that we're all now thirsty for...
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Galaxy Nexus software bugs found, Vodafone refuses to put on sale
No Flash either for time being 19 November 2011 9:30 GMT TweetSamsung Galaxy Nexus owners have flooded to the Internet to complain of software glitches affecting the new Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone that went on sale in the UK on 17 November.
The biggest complaint reported on the xda-developers forum...
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O2 4G network comes to London
LTE trials start this month 14 November 2011 9:47 GMT TweetO2 is to start trials of its 4G (LTE) network later this month (November). The initial wave will be in London, with 25 sites covering a combined area of 40 square kilometres, including Canary Wharf, Soho, Westminster, South Bank and Kings Cross.
Over...
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iPhone 4S prices start at £499, contract deals held off for time being
Have you got the cash? 5 October 2011 10:21 GMT TweetFollowing the launch of the iPhone 4S in the UK on Tuesday 4 October Apple has confirmed the iPhone 4S price structure in the UK when it is released on the 14 October.
The entry-level 16GB model will cost £499 and be available in black or white....
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Windows Phone 7 Mango roll out begins, O2 and Orange users get it straight away, Vodafone soon
New features available from today 27 September 2011 18:00 GMT TweetFollowing a barrage of new Windows Phone 7 launches from HTC, Samsung, and others, Microsoft has said that it has started the software update for Windows Phone 7 Mango.
The new update, which is promised to be with all current Windows Phone...
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O2 Twitter MMS launches in the UK, Vodafone and Orange too
Picture Tweeting 21 September 2011 18:31 GMT TweetO2 and Twitter will join forces to allow users to post photos, taken on their phone, to Twitter via MMS.
O2 customers can now upload and share photos with their Twitter followers simply by sending them via MMS to a shortcode.
"The launch...
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APP OF THE DAY: O2 Priority Moments review (iPhone and Android)
Special deals for O2 customers 14 July 2011 18:02 GMT TweetO2's take on location-based deals arrived today in the form of Priority Moments, an app specially for O2 customers that grants them access to some pretty juicy offers.
Everything form Yo Sushi! to Halfords has gotten involved in the deals...
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O2 Priority Moments high street deals service hits the shelf
Everything from cinema tickets to books 14 July 2011 11:28 GMT TweetO2 has launched itself and its customers right into the ever-popular voucher market with the arrival of O2 Priority Moments.
Born from the already successful gig tickets system, this entirely separate mobile service brings location-based,... -
Stop your phone from getting hacked
FEATURE Have you changed your PIN? 11 July 2011 17:05 GMT TweetThe phone hacking scandal at The News of the World made global headlines when it was revealed that the newspaper had been using private investigators to hack into the voicemails of not only celebrities, but also murder victims and the families of people...
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Glastonbury set for a storm....of mobile data
O2 predicts massive handset use at festival 23 June 2011 14:51 GMT TweetO2 has revealed some astonishing figures about just how much mobile usage will be going on at this week's Glastonbury festival - with over a Terabyte of mobile data forecast to be downloaded.
The 1088GB data download estimate is up 60 per cent...
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UK mobile networks team up for NFC ambitions
Orange, T-Mobile, O2 and Vodafone all in 16 June 2011 13:08 GMT TweetNFC for the masses (the British masses at least) just got a step closer as the big four UK networks all agreed to play nicely and form a joint venture to enable "the rapid development and delivery of new mobile marketing and payment services".
Vodafone,...
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O2 responds to London network outage
UPDATE: Now fixed 10 June 2011 11:31 GMT TweetPocket-lint got in contact with O2 following the network outage reported in various areas across the country this morning to try and shed more light on what was going on.
And the network has just got back to us with this statement from an...
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O2 network goes down in London
Twitter ablaze with angry O2 customers 10 June 2011 10:42 GMT TweetLooks like O2's network has gone down again, making it the second time this month that London has seen an outage from the provider.
Angry O2 customers are also tweeting that the network is a no go in areas outside the capital, with Peterfield,...
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