Orange announces the Santa Clara, the first Intel powered Android phone in Europe
Orange has just announced the first Intel powered Android phone for Europe, the Santa Clara. Celebrating ten years of offering their own branded phones, the Santa Clara will be exclusive to Orange and available to customers in the UK and France.
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Orange UK details pricing and release info for the Motorola Atrix
Having already announced it was coming, Orange UK has announce pricing and availability information for the dual-core Motorola Atrix. The handset will be available in early May, only a few weeks away. And pricing will be free with with a two year contract ...
Motorola Atrix coming to Orange UK this summer
Motorola and Orange announced this week they’re bringing the Motorola Atrix to the UK. The dual-core smartphone is expected to be available some time this summer.
“We are finding that consumers are increasingly using smartphones as their primary ...
Xperia Play delayed in UK by Vodafone and Three
Last week it was O2 that announced they found bugs in the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play and they would be delaying the scheduled launch of April 1st. Sony Ericsson was quick to chime in and say that all the other carriers were still on track for launch. Today ...
Four big carriers signed up for the Xperia Play in the UK
Pocket-Lint was able to confirm that Vodafone will be carrying the Xperia Play, although they don’t have details as to when it might launch. Later, they reported that Orange and T-Mobile UK have also signed up to get the device.
Meanwhile O2 confirmed ...
Orange says 2.1 should begin rolling out to European HTC Hero users next week
What would seem like a case of vaporware on the scale of something like Duke Nukem Forever, the Android 2.1 Eclair update for the GSM version of the HTC Hero has suffered endless delays, empty promises and rumors. Orange just issued a statement saying ...
Motorola DEXT officially announced to Europe by Orange UK
Yesterday Orange UK announced the Motorola DEXT (known in the US as the CLIQ). It will be the second Android smartphone from the European carrier, coming in behind the HTC Hero.
Francois Mahieu, Director of Devices, said “We’re really pleased to be ...
HTC Hero firmware update 2.73.405.5 live on HTC UK site
HTC has a new ROM upgrade for your Hero. Version 2.73.405.5 is up now at the HTC UK site, for owners of Orange, T-mobile, and other UK Hero users. To upgrade, head over to the HTC support page for full instructions on installing the new firmware.
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HTC Hero now available from T-Mobile UK, Orange UK (and a pink Hero appears)
The HTC Hero (aka T-Mobile G2 Touch) is now available from T-Mobile UK as well as Orange UK for the low, low price of FREE with select voice/data plans.
Here’s the T-Mobile offering:
And from Orange:
Another little interesting tidbit is this pink ...
HTC Hero appears on Orange UK website
Although not yet available for preorder yet, the HTC Hero has appeared on the Orange UK website. Sporting the sexy graphite, which I think looks better than the white. According to their earlier statement, it should be available within a week or two, ...

