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TiPb Presents: iPhone Live! #69 -- Two Billion Served!

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Oct 1, 2009 a 9:51 pm

Join Chad and Rene for 2 billion apps, Tweetie 2 and TomTom pricing, the latest on the iTablet and Light Peak, AT&T MMS redux, Orange and Vodafone UK, plus your questions! Listen in!

O2 UK: We Still Have iPhone... and Palm Pre!

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Sep 29, 2009 a 10:54 am

Pop-quiz: You're O2 and you just lost iPhone exclusivity in the UK, and now have to compete with both Orange and Vodafone for users' iPounds. What do you do? Why, tell them you still have the iPhone... and are getting the Palm Pre?!

We’re proud that we’ve been able to offer an exclusive iPhone deal to our 20 million customers for the last two years. We always knew that iPhone exclusivity was for a limited period of time, but our relationship with Apple continues and will be an ongoing success. We have over 1 million iPhone customers and they remain very important to us.

Vodafone UK, Ireland Also to Start Offering iPhone in Early 2010

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Sep 29, 2009 a 6:46 am

Vodafone has just announced that they will begin selling Apple's iPhone 3G and 3GS in the UK and Ireland in Early 2010.

This comes on the heels of a similar announcement by Orange UK, and means iPhone users across the pond will soon have 3 carriers battling it out for their love and data affection. And hopefully prices will reflect that.

So, UK readers, with O2, Orange, and Vodafone all on the table, who're you going to go with?

Orange UK to Offer the iPhone

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Sep 28, 2009 a 7:35 am

Orange UK is set to start offering the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS according to ITProPortal. Previously exclusive to O2 in the UK, that deal is said to end on Oct. 9, clearing the way for some competition in the UK market. (At least beyond T-Mobile smuggling in a few units from Germany...)

T-Mobile UK Offering Unlocked iPhones to Retain High-Value Customers?

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Aug 4, 2009 a 8:12 am

The Register, (via Engadget Mobile) is reporting that T-Mobile UK is slipping unlocked iPhones to high-value customers in an attempt to keep them from switching to the exclusive UK iPhone carrier, O2.

Update: O2 to Start Selling iPhone 3G S at 9:02am? Preparing for Sell Out?

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Jun 18, 2009 a 8:20 am

Very brand-conscious start time aside, looks like UK customers on O2 now know what time the queue ends and the buying begins...

UPDATE: Sounds like the second poster, below, might be there just in case a store sells out and wants to inform customers. Thanks to everyone in the comments for logic-ing this out!

Due to high demand we have run out of the iPhone 3G S

The good news is there are more coming soon

Ask a member of staff for details

Posterized version after the break!

O2 Releases iPhone 3G S Pricing for UK, Yeah

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Jun 9, 2009 a 9:39 pm

With AT&T US and Rogers Canada having already weighed in, TUAW now brings word on what the chaps across the pond can expect for the iPhone 3G S, and it's, well... a lot of numbers, innit?

Check out their full post for all the details on Monthly and Pay & Go Plans, but highlights include:

iPhone 3G in the UK: Vodafone Getting in on the Action?

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, May 7, 2009 a 12:55 pm

A couple days ago we mentioned that Orange UK might be in the running to become the second (after O2) carrier to get the iPhone in the United Kingdom. Today comes word that Vodafone (think of it as Verizon with a fancy accent and GSM goodness) may also be splitting the Isles wide open. According to Mobile Tech Addicts:

Now we have discovered a Vodafone portal designed for the iPhone. It is basically a portal that gives you access to news but the question is why would Vodafone go to these lengths if they weren’t about to get the iPhone.

Updated: iPhone 3G Coming to Orange UK?

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, May 5, 2009 a 3:19 pm

Updated: To address some of the comments, we edited out the URL field to protect the source, but it was not the public facing web address mentioned below. It was local intranet address. Of course, anything is fake-able, so we'll just have to wait and see if -- ever -- Apple and Orange UK make an announcement... or not.