Archive for the ‘Vodafone’ Category

Samsung SGH-F700 Coming To Europe In November

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

Samsung recently announced that the Samsung SGH-F700, a 3G mobile handset serviced by Vodafone, will be released in Europe in November, 2007. The Samsung SGH-F700 features a full QWERTY keyboard and is internet ready. It delivers 3.6 Mbps data speeds under Vodafone’s 3G broadband (HSDPA) network allowing users to experience fast ...

Vodafone F700 To Be An iPhone Rival

Monday, September 10th, 2007

Vodafone is announcing new phones for Europe for the holiday season, and one of the handsets is a high end touch screen phone that should rival the iPhone. The British mobile phone operator has an exclusive agreement to offer the F700 smartphone from Samsung Electronics, said Jens Schulte-Bokum, head ...

Vodafone Offers Ultra Low Cost Mobile Phones For Markets In India And Africa

Monday, May 21st, 2007

Vodafone recently announced plans to release two ultra low cost mobile phones sold under the Vodafone brand name. They are the result of a partnership with Chinese manufacturer ZTE Corporation. These cell phones will be offered as a low cost alternative to mobile phones from Motorola and Nokia. They are ...

Vodaphone Makes Agreement With Google To Develop Maps

Monday, February 12th, 2007

One of the great things about cell phones and converging devices is the ability to do so many things with one handheld device. Today Vodaphone announced that they had made an agreement with Google to develop maps for use on cell phones. "Vodafone sees Google Maps as a new milestone ...

Greek government mobile phone wire-tapping scandal

Thursday, June 29th, 2006

Wire-tapping at the highest levels of the Greek government? My Big Fat Greek Wire Tapping Scandal is what this one is, and apparently Vodaphone Greece provided the taps, unwittingly for sure. It's not clear on actually placed the bugging software, but they directly intercepted mobile phone calls made ...