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Vodafone UK to start iPhone sales Jan. 14, 2010

by Ken Ray (Dec 21st, 2009)

Vodafone announced in September that it would start iPhone sales in the UK in early 2010. Two weeks into the new year is pretty early. The BBC says Vodafone will start its UK iPhone sales January 14, 2010. Vodafone UK CEO Guy Laurence says his company has been prepping its network for the ...

British carrier O2 to unlock out-of-contract iPhones

by Dave Caolo (Nov 9th, 2009)

In an interview with Times Online, Matthew Key, head of O2, shared his company's plans to allow users of out-of-contract iPhones to switch to other providers: "Once the iPhone becomes available on other UK networks, we will allow O2 customers to unlock their iPhones, although of course they will ...

Why I'm not buying an iPhone 3GS in New Zealand (spoiler: it's not Apple's fault)

by Chris Rawson (Jul 16th, 2009)

When Apple announced the 3GS with all its whiz-bang new features, honestly the only thing I cared about was the increase in capacity. Everything else was just a bonus. I had my bank account all primed and ready to buy the thing as soon as it came out down here in New Zealand, but I was also keeping ...

Inside iPhone 3.0: Tethering

by Chris Rawson (Jun 17th, 2009)

While I trashed Vodafone NZ's pricing in a previous post, in at least one way it's far ahead of U.S. telco giant AT&T: internet tethering using the iPhone is already possible over Vodafone's network without resorting to lengthy, kludgy, and unsupported hacks. Who knows how long tethering will ...

Worldwide Mac: Using the iPhone in New Zealand

by Chris Rawson (Jun 14th, 2009)

In a previous post, I discussed some of the shortcomings of New Zealand's broadband infrastructure. A lot of you gave some great responses, which led me to realize that although it's certainly not world-class, NZ's broadband isn't quite as bad overall as I thought - it's just my ISP isn't the ...

3G iPhone users experience carrier error with 2.0.1 update

by Dave Caolo (Aug 5th, 2008)

iPhone and iPod touch software 2.0.1 became available yesterday, and today several iPhone 3G owners are reporting problems. Specifically, users who paid to have their 3G iPhones unlocked by Vodafone* are unable to re-connect to the service following the update, and instead receive a "0xE8000001" ...

New Zealand iPhone details

by Dave Caolo (Jul 7th, 2008)

At the most recent World Wide Developer's Conference, Steve Jobs listed the countries that will see iPhone availability once the 3G model is released. As we approach the big day, more retailers are announcing their plans. This week, Vodafone announced details of the New Zealand launch. Specifically, ...

Rumor: Australian iPhones will be unlocked

by Dave Caolo (May 7th, 2008)

A little birdie flew into TUAW Headquarters (read: Scott's Philadelphia apartment) this morning. In fact, he flew all the way from Australia to tell us that Vodafone will not be the exclusive carrier in Australia. "What's that, little bird?" we asked. He said that Aussie carriers will have their own ...

Italy will have two iPhone carriers

by Dave Caolo (May 6th, 2008)

Earlier today we learned that Vodafone has been tagged to carry the iPhone in ten countries, including Italy. Shortly after that announcement Italian communications company Telecom Italia announced that they, too, will carry the iPhone. Neither company provided any more detail than that, so exactly ...

UK iPhone reportedly functioning with Vodafone

by Erica Sadun (Jul 19th, 2007)

Yesterday, TUAW posted about using iASign to activate iPhones on non-iPhone AT&T plans. Today, TUAW reader AJ reports that he's used iASign to activate his iPhone with Vodafone. He writes that at first he bought an AT&T prepaid card on ebay and used iASign to get it working. After doing a ...

iPhone reveals carrier logos

by Erica Sadun (Jul 16th, 2007)

For those of you readers who have been curious, here is the canonical list of carrier logos installed directly on the iPhone. I know we've bandied about a bunch of carrier names here at TUAW. And, yes, it's easy enough for Apple to change its mind as negotiations go on and just do a software update ...

T-Mobile? Or Vodafone?

by Erica Sadun (May 11th, 2007)

Who will win Europe's iPhone distribution deal? I've been hearing Vodafone for a long time now but today TechDigest posts that T-Mobile may have the edge. Those usual suspects, the 'unnamed sources", are back. And this time those know-it-alls are saying that T-Mobile, which is owned by Deutsche ...

Still no iPhone provider in Europe

by Dave Caolo (Mar 27th, 2007)

While Steve was quick to announce Cingular (or is it AT&T now? Who knows...) as the American carrier for the forthcoming iPhone, they're yet to line up a carrier in Europe. Market Watch is reporting today that Apple is actively courting providers, and may select Vodafone as their sole European ...

Google Maps mobile phone integration sooner than you think

by Erica Sadun (Feb 13th, 2007)

One of the things that had us sitting at the edge of our seats during the iPhone introduction was Google Maps integration. Now Mad4 Mobile Phones reports that the Vodafone may scoop Apple on the phone front. According to the article, their mobile version of Google Maps (available as a Java download) ...