If you’re interested in a solid, but mid-range Windows Phone 7.5 smartphone, then you may want to consider the Nokia Lumia 710 dropping in February across two carriers in the United Kingdom.  Three Network and Orange are launching the Lumia 710, and while it isn’t as high-end as the Lumia 800 or 900 models, it more »

The HP Pre 3 is still being rumored as arriving in the UK sometime before the end of August and while we still have nothing solid as to if that is going to happen, it looks like Orange UK is beginning to inch closer to availability. The carrier has recently listed the HP Pre 3 more »

One of the best Android smartphones of recent memory is finally crossing the pond early next month. The Motorola Atrix will arrive on Orange UK in early May. The Tegra 2-powered smartphone will be available free with a £35 ($57) a month of more contract. To entice Android fans to adopt the smartphone early, for more »

If T-Mobile is trying to drive themselves out of business they are doing a pretty good job. First there was the great Sidekick Nightmare, which caused most U.S. users of the device to lose their data and the company to temporarily halt sales, and then a few weeks ago T-Mobile customers had to contend with more »

Over in the U.K., Apple iPhone exclusivity is over. Welcome to the new world order. O2 and Apple were like peas and carrots, but now Orange will also be able to sell the iPhone later in the year. No specific release date was announced. Imagine a place where you can have the phone you want more »

I wouldn’t mind trying out one of these babies. It looks sweet. LG’s official German blog confirmed today** the first official info on the Viewty II, which also apparently now goes by the Viewty Smart.

So what do we have? The GC900 (the official model number) is less than a half inch thick, and weighs in at only 3.17 ounces. The screen is decent sized at a 3 inch WVGA for your viewing pleasure, with a touchscreen display. The phone uses LG’s 3D S-Class User Interface, and will offer what the manufacturer informs us to be “personalization options that will be taken to a new level here.” Guess we will have to wait and see just what that means.

The 8 megapixel camera (Schneider-Kreuznach) with a (purported) Xenon flash (although it looks a tad small to be a Xenon) is obviously the big draw for this phone. It also features an on-screen slider key which allows switching back and forth between still images and video (720 x 480 pixel resolution). You’ve also got geotagging GPS for fun with all those photos.

The Viewty II (or Viewty Smart–take your pick) has 32 GB of storage, DivX playback, Quad-band GSM, HSPA, and Wi-Fi. And by the way, some of the pictures floating around out there have the Orange logo on them, so it looks like they are probably a carrier.

So, while it is a little weird that the company popped some information on their blog page and then pulled it the same day…apparently it was a bit of a “oops, that wasn’t supposed to be announced yet” sort of thing, since now they are saying that more info will be coming soon.

No word on availability or pricing yet, but keep it here for more details as they come in.

** The blog apparently confirmed, then pulled the confirmation a few hours later.

Hit the break for more photos of this sweet thang.

Orange had to suspend their sale of the Blackberry Bold, listing their reason as “software issues” in an internal memo to employees. It seems that AT&T wasn’t the only company having issues with this one. At least they chose to hold off and try to sort things out instead of rushing a release date.

In the meantime, RIM is attempting fix the situation. This came as a result of issues starting in the UK, where the Bold was pulled off the shelves. As a result, shipments in the US have been repeatedly delayed and it now looks like we know why.

Orange in the UK has followed the recent announcements from T-Mobile in Germany and Movistar in Chili and has become the latest to announce an availability date for the BlackBerry Bold, customers will have to wait just a few more days, with the Bold expected to be in stores on August 16. Although we are more »

Everyone loves a music festival: the mud, the cold, the inevitable rain, the ludicrously priced drinks and of course the music. However going to live in a field for a weekend does mean you have to survive without mains for a couple of days, so portable gadget recharges are becoming increasingly popular. This leads nicely more »

Levi’s is quietly spreading its mobile phone presence out in Europe and they don’t seem to be nearing a stop any time soon, since Orange France has been granted the exclusive privilege to market its tri-band GSM, 3G network connected handset. No other details about the deal have been provided, except to say that there more »