The iPhone is set to be cut to £169 as part of a limited offer, O2 confirmed today.O2 UK has announced that it will be shaving a cool £100 off the retail price of their iPhone 8GB stock. The offer is only valid from April 16 to June 1, and only applies to the 8GB iPhone variant. The iPhone 16GB will still cost £329.
The MWg Zinc II is the successor to the O2 Xda Zinc launched by MWg (founded by the team responsible for O2’s ground-breaking products in Asia).The MWg Zinc II is a sleek slider device with a full QWERTY keypad - featuring a slimmer profile than the original O2 Xda Zinc, more exciting features and an exclusive new design.
Featuring Windows Mobile 6 Professional, the Xda Atom 4 is powered by a Marvell PXA270 CPU at 520 MHz and supports quadband GSM/GPRS as well as triband UMTS/HSDPA up to 3.6 Mbps, WiFi b/g and Bluetooth 2.0. Furthermore the Xda Atom 4 features a 3 megapixel main camera, a SiRF Star III GPS receiver and an FM radio with RDS support.
The inbuilt 256 MB ROM and 64 MB RAM memory can be expanded with microSD memory cards and the 2.8″ touchscreen supports QVGA/VGA (?) resolution.
While availability isn’t announced yet, Expansys Hong Kong takes preorders already and gives a price of HK$ 4,775 / around 415 Euro.
XDA Atom Life, have a faster processor, a generous 1GB onboard memory and loads of connectivity features such as 3G and HSDPA (3.5G) completes the equation. But at a sticker price of S$1,428 (US$939.47), the Windows Mobile 5.0 handheld isn’t for everyone on the street.
The O2 Xda Atom life is one of the most feature packed smart phones to hit the market, listing High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA), a 2 megapixel camera, SRS WOW HD surround sound, as well as MP3 and FM radio functions as some of its main attractions.
O2 Germany today released the Xda Orbit 2, one of its most advanced smartphones yet. Better known as the HTC Polaris, the device boasts the same finger-oriented TouchFLO interface as the HTC Touch but includes both built-in GPS and Wi-Fi, allowing it to plot directions and connect to the Internet without using cellular service; it also brings tri-band HSDPA that connects to 3G networks both in O2’s European home and North America. Users on these high-speed networks can either upload photos taken from the 3-megapixel rear camera or participate in video calls with a front camera, O2 says.
In the German carrier’s shipping version, the Xda Orbit 2 comes with a 1GB microSD card preloaded with navigation software from GPS device maker TomTom as well as detailed maps of Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. Primary roads for Europe are also included for long-distance travel, the carrier notes.
O2 expects to carry the Orbit sequel in December for 99 Euros ($144) when paired with a two-year contract; other rates are currently unavailable. A North American version of the device is possible as the Touch Cruise but is unlikely to occur until 2008, when it has the potential to arrive for either AT&T or Rogers.
