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Vodafone UK advising iPhone 4S owners against iOS 6.1 update

by Randy Nelson (Feb 9th, 2013)

If you're a Vodafone customer in the UK and own an iPhone 4S, you've probably received an SMS message from the carrier cautioning you against updating your device to iOS 6.1. If you somehow missed the alert, consider this your heads up. Vodafone issued the SMS, which advises customers to ...

Vodaphone Germany iPhone 5 unboxing video

by Dave Caolo (Sep 19th, 2012)

While you wait for your iPhone 5 to arrive, watch this unboxing video posted by an excited user in Germany. The user is reportedly a Vodafone carrier rep. In the video below, you can see him open the box, inspect the various contents and power the iPhone 5 on. Pretty exciting, no? He ...

iPhone 5 contract prices for UK phone networks published

by Kelly Hodgkins (Sep 14th, 2012)

The US isn't the only country whose residents are up early pre-ordering the iPhone 5 today. Other countries like the UK are also kicking off sales of the next generation iPhone. In the UK, customers have a variety of carriers, several different price points and even multiple retail stores from ...

Everything Everywhere, Explained: the UK gets LTE

by Richard Gaywood (Sep 11th, 2012)

Following the recent regulatory approval, UK telecoms operator Everything Everywhere today announced its new LTE service under the new EE brand name. The network is currently running in engineer testing mode in four cities (Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff and London). With few users to congest the ...

Apple wins ad standards conflict over Siri in the UK

by Steven Sande (Mar 2nd, 2012)

When the iPhone 4S and Siri first arrived in the UK last October, carrier Vodafone created a website ad that promoted the features of Apple's intelligent assistant. The ad touted (among other things) that Siri "can even use information from your iPhone -- such as your location, contacts and contact ...

Opinion: Delayed New Zealand iPhone 4S launch shows the perils of drawing Apple's ire

by Chris Rawson (Oct 5th, 2011)

Although it missed out on getting the original iPhone, New Zealand was the first country on Earth to sell the iPhone 3G. Unfortunately that wasn't the only way NZ distinguished itself during the iPhone 3G launch; thanks to local telco Vodafone NZ, the country also featured some of the highest ...

Vodafone Germany lists "iPhone 4S" at 16GB, 32GB, 64GB

by Kelly Hodgkins (Oct 3rd, 2011)

Tomorrow is Apple's big press event and, as expected, rumors about the upcoming iPhone models are beginning to escalate. In the past several days, the iPhone 4S has been spotted at Cincinnati Bell's website and Apple's inventory system and the iPhone 5 has surfaced at Radio Shack. Today, we can ...

Vodafone already advertising iPhone 5, maybe

by Michael Grothaus (Sep 26th, 2011)

Vodafone Australia has put up a teaser page advertising the upcoming iPhone 5. Or, we assume they are talking about the iPhone 5 because the page says, "Register now for this year's biggest smartphone release." It's hard to believe that Vodafone would consider anything but the next iPhone as ...

The iPhone user's Down Under travel guide

by Chris Rawson (Feb 3rd, 2011)

If you own an iPhone and you're traveling to Australia or New Zealand, you might be wondering how your handset will work Down Under. The good news: as long as you have a GSM-model iPhone (i.e., not the Verizon iPhone), and as long as it's unlocked, your iPhone will work just fine down here. But ...

My excellent, fun-time, rage-inducing iPhone 4 adventure

by Chris Rawson (Aug 9th, 2010)

As I write this, I have been an iPhone 4 owner for ten days. I've replaced one iPhone 4 so far, and I'm about to send the replacement back, too. You know why? Because both of the iPhone 4 units I've owned have had the same design flaw. No, not that one. No, not that one, either. A few days after ...

iPhone 4 launch takes place in New Zealand, but confusion reigns down under

by Chris Rawson (Jul 29th, 2010)

Imagine if Apple's handset prices in the US weren't announced at WWDC, and the subsidy pricing was up to AT&T. Imagine if AT&T told potential iPhone customers that the iPhone 4 would launch on July 30, and pricing info would be released well in advance of that. Now imagine the weeks ...

Three will carry iPhone 4 in the UK, O2 cuts off unlimited data

by Dave Caolo (Jun 10th, 2010)

While American iPhone users are limited to a single carrier, the UK offers plenty of choice to customers. Three has announced that they will carry iPhone 4, with pre-orders beginning on June 15th. O2, Orange, T-Mobile and Vodafone were all confirmed on the 7th. Even poor math students will notice ...

iPhone 4's multiband antenna makes it a true 'world phone'

by Chris Rawson (Jun 7th, 2010)

This morning, I read liveblogs about the WWDC keynote with growing irritation. I'd been hoping for a 64 GB capacity bump for iPhone 4, even though I knew in the back of my mind that engineering practicalities made it unlikely. The news that FaceTime will not only be WiFi only, but will also work ...

Vodafone Australia will offer unlimited data plan for iPads

by Dave Caolo (May 26th, 2010)

There's good news for iPad customers in Australia. Vodafone announced today that they will offer an unlimited data plan for the iPad 3G. Here's the deal: For AUS$49.95 (approximately US$41 as of this writing) per month, users can enjoy unlimited data. Not bad! The rest of their plans have been ...

How to cook (and cut) with the iPad

by Mike Schramm (May 10th, 2010)

Honestly, we kind of just wanted to post the video above (in which Jake Gyllenhaal uses Apple's magical and revolutionary device as a cooking board, and then decides to make it the main dish), but it turns out that you can use a kitchen utensil on the iPad to some success. Another British man got a ...