Tag archive: Orange

Evernote is on a tear. Over the past year or so, the go-to mobile productivity app has transcended beyond organizational tool by showing off its aspirations at platform status. For such a young company (beta launched in 2008) these are pretty large strides. So how has it been able to cover so much ground, so fast? Equal opportunity A decent part of Evernote’s success can be attributed to its attention to both the Android and iOS mobile operating… Read More

Likely designed for people that haven't upgraded to a smartphone just yet, Twitter launched support for photo posting through sending a simple text message. While updating a Twitter account through text messages has long been a feature of the service, users haven't been able to transmit mobile pictures without the help of a Twitter application. Since Twitter launched text messaging support for users, approximately four billion SMS… Read More

We know Apple is going to be releasing some manner of phone in the relatively near future, but what that device will be called is still up in the air. There’s the more obvious iPhone 5, but names like the iPhone 4S, mini-iPhone, iCloud iPhone, and iPhone nano have also made the rounds, which has led to more speculation over what exactly is going to be released: Are we going to see a fully-featured, next-gen iPhone handset or some simplified,… Read More

The chief executive of wireless giant France Telecom, Stephane Richard, has revealed in a new interview a number of details about Apple's next iPhone, including its smaller, thinner design. Richard also confirms an earlier report that France Telecom, whose Orange brand carries the iPhone in 15 countries, and Apple are working together to develop a smaller SIM card to accommodate the next-gen iPhone's miniscule size. “We are… Read More

Many a broadband customer has been excited to pay extra money and upgrade their service to new high-bandwidth technologies that promise they'll be able to download movies and music in just seconds. However, a nearly equal number of broadband customers have also been dismayed when, once everything is hooked up, they rarely seem to get anywhere near the amount of bandwidth their ISPs claim to be selling them. Now the UK's… Read More

Windows Phone 7 may be a hit after all. The Register is reporting that new devices running Phone 7 are already sold out on Orange, a UK carrier. In response to the demand, Orange has begun allowing pre-orders for the handsets, going so far as to offer £20 HMV (an entertainment retail chain) vouchers to satiate customers while they wait. HTC and Samsung handsets are also selling out as fast as they are shipping. Low initial shipments can be… Read More

When Apple rolled out the iPhone internationally, it mostly made exclusive deals with single mobile carriers for individual markets, mirroring its deal with AT&T in the United States. However, as the market has matured, Apple is showing signs of ending those exclusive arrangements: today Orange UK announced it will start selling the iPhone 3G and 3GS in the United Kingdom later this year, ending 02′s exclusive deal on the iPhone… Read More

It looks like Amazon’s popular Kindle reader is well on its way to spawning a range of imitators. Ectaco announced its jetBook last month, and now another clone has cropped up [PDF] from French cell service provider Orange. The Read&Go will mimic the Kindle’s e-ink design, but with only a limited selection of content while in beta testing. The Read&Go will initially carry news from five French papers: Le Monde, Le Parisien, Les Echos,… Read More

It wasn’t trumpeted in the press, but in France you can buy an unlocked iPhone. In Germany recently, the courts overturned an injunction that had made mobile operator T-Mobile sell unlocked handsets.   But Orange, which has the exclusive license with Apple for France, has been quietly and legally selling the unlocked iPhones. According to the company, about 20% of its customers have opted for the unlocked version.   With a two-year contract,… Read More