Vodafone has released its latest in mobile broadband, and major cities in the U.K like London, Birmingham and Liverpool will be among the first to receive the benefits. 14.4Mbps is in theory the peak rate, but customers can expect to see speeds varying from 1Mbps to 4 Mbps with a practical maximum speed of 10.8Mbps. [...]

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Who says happy endings only exist in the movies? This week sees Vodafone return to Carphone Warehouse after a three year absence. The two companies parted ways almost three years ago in a rather dramatic manner and ever since Carphone Warehouse, the UK’s largest mobile retailer, hasn’t sold any contract or mobile broadband options on [...]

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Vodafone has long held a reputation for having Britain’s best mobile network and it’s looking to add to that reputation by becoming the first British network to offer femtocells to customers. Aimed at giving 3G coverage a boost inside buildings the femtocells will be provided free to contract customers. The actual device itself is around [...]

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Good news for those who simply must be able to use their mobiles on a plan … Orange and Vodafone have agreed to allow it. Previously only O2 and T-Mobile had allowed their networks to be used by customers on planes with Orange and Vodafone having been worried over ‘bill shock’. With costs as high [...]

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Vodafone UK has seen a depressing set of Q1 2009 results with profits falling 45% compared with Q1 2008, that amounts to £255 million down from £431 million. The bad news extends to customers with 450,000 having been lost in Q1; the Q4 2008 figure stood at 19.1 million. In terms of revenue Vodafone saw [...]

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The Blackberry Storm has proven to be a big hit for RIM, Verizon, Vodafone and anyone else involved in selling it, but despite its success there was always one glaring flaw … no WiFi. Well it looks like the Storm 2 will rectify that error. These spyshots that have leaked out show a handset that [...]

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Vodafone UK have launched a a new version of their homepage specially customised for the iPhone. On the ace of it it’s something of an odd move for the network since they don’t sell the iPhone themselves and have been in competition with the iPhone and it’s official network in the UK, O2, with devices [...]

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The N97 is go for a July release on Vodafone UK. There is no pricing mentioned although given past releases of high-end Nokia handsets it woldn’t be unreasonable to expect it to be free on a relatively high monthly contract at first.

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Vodafone UK are taking pre-orders for the HTC Magic, the world’s second Android powered handset. The blurb on the Vodafone order page says that pre-orders should be delivered by 5th May.
The handset is available for free if you sign up to at least a £30/per month 18 month contract, the £30/month presumably including an online [...]

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Currently, there is only one Android-powered device on the market - that being the HTC G1, which is exclusive to T-Mobile. Several other companies, such as LG, and Motorola, have announced intentions to release Android-powered handsets. It’s being that Samsung’s first Android-powered device is to be available sometime from July to September of this year.

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T-Mobile have said the Cupcake firmware update for their Android-powered G1 handset will be available next month. The new update will bring with it a host of new features. It’s said that the launch of the Cupcake firmware update will coincide with the launch of HTC’s Magic - which is exclusive to Vodafone.
The Magic should [...]

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Network operator Vodafone has announced the HTC Magic, which is the second mobile phone to run on Google’s open-source Android Operating System - the first of which being the G1, which is a T-Mobile exclusive. Unlike the G1, the Magic has no hardware QWERTY keyboard, so you’ll have to soley rely on the on-screen keyboard [...]

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Vodafone Group PLC plans to announce a partnership Monday with Western Union Co. to allow international money transfers via mobile phones, as the wireless carrier seeks to tap into the increasing flow of cross-border remittances. The WSJ reports.

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As promised, Vodafone has officially announced a November delivery order date for its BlackBerry Storm — November 14, to be specific. Pre-orders are being taken (as they are in the States), so if you want to be in the first batch of Brits to rock this thing, it might be a good idea to go [...]

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The Wall Street Journal is reporting that RIM is going to release a touch-enabled device. The touch-screen device, known as the Thunder, will be an exclusive to Verizon Wireless and Vodafone. According to sources familiar with RIM’s plans, it should be available in the third quarter of this year. The phone will be able to [...]

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