O2 chief dampens iPhone hype

Always look on the bright side of life… Peter Erskine, CEO of UK operator O2 said it’s “early days” for the iPhone in the UK - and shot down some of the larger sales numbers being touted for the device. Continued

Will they hook you? Taiwanese manufacturer E-Ten has expanded its Glofiish smartphone range with the launch of the 3.5G M800 - part of its plan to double its share of the Windows Mobile market to 20 per cent by the end of 2008. Continued

Can we charge more than that? Oh, yes we can Vodafone customers disappointed at not being able to pay 899 for an iPhone can rest assured that O2 is not alone in overcharging customers for flashy hardware - as this screen grab from its web site shows: Continued

Review Gets you from A to B without going via L, O, S or T Nokia has decided satellite navigation is where it s at. The Finnish phone giant released its first GPS-enabled mobiles this year, and is promising a whole heap more for 2008. And its multi-billion dollar purchase of map supplier Navteq leaves no doubt how seriously Nokia is taking sat nav. Continued

Also suitable for voice calls, apparently Nokia has rolled out the rumoured extension to the N series line-up, a candybar alternative to the N95 sliderphone, dubbed the N82. Continued