Posts Tagged ‘vodafone’
Windows Phone 7 Irish launch round-up »
Microsoft has officially unveiled its new phone OS - Windows Phone 7 - with three handsets (compared to 10 in the US) running the platform to be available in Ireland in time for Christmas. All three devices have a lot in common - not least because of Microsoft's strict rules about minimum specifications. For example all three run on a 1GHz ...Read On »
Competition: Win a Sony Ericsson Vivaz »
To help mark Teic.ie's first year in existence Sony Ericsson have kindly given the site a slick Vivaz phone to give away to one lucky reader. The touch-based handset boasts a 3.2in HD touchscreen, an 8mp camera, plenty of storage space, Twitter and Facebook integration, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth and much more. The device is currently ...Read On »
Eircom to launch mobile service this week »
Eircom will launch a new mobile phone service on Wednesday, technically putting the company in competition with itself. The new service will more than likely be called 'Eircom Mobile', a brand previously reserved for business users, and as a consumer offering will compete in the same space as company subsidiary Meteor. A press release from ...Read On »
iPhone 4 to launch in Ireland on 30th July »
The iPhone 4 should be on sale in Ireland on the Friday 30th July, if Apple CEO Steve Jobs is to be believed. Until now Irish customers - along with those in a number of other countries - have been given nothing more than a vague 'end of July' time-frame and this is the first time a precise date has been officially confirmed. At the time ...Read On »
iPhone 4 getting a firmware upgrade… now »
It's not officially available in Ireland yet but the iPhone 4 is already getting its first firmware upgrade. According to Engadget iPhone 4 users are being prompted to upgrade to iOS 4.0.1 right this second, just weeks after iOs 4 itself became available. The main reason for the new software is to fix the apparent software bug which ...Read On »
Three announce plans to announce iPad plans »
Three mobile has announced that it will announce dedicated iPad price plans in the coming weeks - though it has so far given no indication on what they will look like when they do. At present there is no exact release date for the iPad in Ireland with Apple saying nothing more than 'late July'. This is later than originally intended but the ...Read On »
Vodafone talking to IRMA about three-strikes »
Vodafone Ireland - the country's second-biggest ISP - is in talks with IRMA about adopting the three-strikes policy to tackle music piracy online, according to The Irish Times. Eircom recently introduced a 'graduated response' to suspected file-sharers following an out-of-court agreement with IRMA (the Irish Recorded Music Association for ...Read On »
Irish Apple Store offering sim-free iPhone »
The Apple Store update that brought the new unibody Mac Mini has also given Irish users an interesting option - a sim-free 8GB iPhone 3GS. The device costs €499 direct from Apple - €20 cheaper than the pre-pay version from O2 and Vodafone (though their versions are 16GB rather than 8GB). The iPhone 4 is also now listed on the Irish ...Read On »
Vodafone promise booze & a free iPad to lure a »
Vodafone Ireland are trying to obtain the apparently elusive 'swarm' badge on Foursquare and have promised free drinks and the chance of a free iPad to those who help out. The company is inviting people to the Dakota bar in Dublin at 6pm this evening for the attempt, which requires 50 people to be checked-in to the same location at the same ...Read On »
Three to offer iPhone this summer says report »
Three mobile will start selling the iPhone in Ireland this Summer, according to a report in The Sunday Business Post. The phone, which was originally only available on the O2 network, has recently gone on sale from Vodafone and is rumoured to soon have a third carrier. The report carried in yesterday's edition of the newspaper says talks ...Read On »
