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O2 Cocoon: Hands-on with the alarm clock phone

Crave Crave has to admit that it wasn't overwhelmed by the idea of a phone that emphasises its alarm clock abilities, but having spent some time with the O2 Cocoon, we have to say it's surprisingly innovative.

Tags: o2, alarm, songs, stereo

3 August 2007, 15:16

O2 Xda Argon: Behold the Xda IIi's heir

Crave Yesterday O2, the network that loves bubbles, announced it was adding a new handset to its business phone portfolio called the Xda Argon. The Argon is the long-awaited successor to the O2 Xda IIi and offers a similar feature set.

Tags: o2, iii, handset, xda

3 May 2007, 10:58

O2 Jet: Duracell Bunny eat your heart out

Crave Crave often gets asked why the battery life on mobile phones is so bad. The answer is that while technical developments around things like cameras, Bluetooth and colour screens has advanced very quickly, the humble battery hasn't made as much...

Tags: o2, life, battery, battery life

23 October 2006, 10:47

O2 XDA Mini S touches down

Crave The 02 XDA Mini S landed on our laps this morning and instead of causing us to double up in pain like most hefty smart phones would, it touched down fairly gently -- narrowly missing our tenderest parts.

Tags: o2, mini, microsoft word, port

30 November 2005, 10:59

O2 XDA Orbit 2: Hands-on with the nifty navigator

Crave The XDA Orbit 2 is O2's version of the HTC Cruise and from the little time we've spent with it, we think it's out of this world (Haha! Ha. No? Combining aspects from the HTC Touch and HTC P3300 -- aka the original XDA Orbit -- the Orbit 2 offers...

Tags: o2, apps, htc, orbit

6 March 2008, 11:44

O2 Xda Graphite: This phone means business

Crave Yesterday O2 added a new phone to its business handsets portfolio called the O2 Xda Graphite (pictured). It's an O2-branded product, made by Asus, that runs on Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone edition. According to the O2 Web site, this is O2's first...

Tags: o2, wi fi, shop, fi

9 March 2007, 10:52

O2's XDA Mini S venture

Crave PDA phones can be very handy -- they let you to make calls, edit documents, access emails, and in some cases can even help you find your way home thanks to integrated GPS navigation. Their only real drawback is their size -- particularly those with...

Tags: o2, mini, keyboard, qwerty

21 November 2005, 14:00

Photos: Exclusive Cowon O2 hands-on

Crave It's arrived at CNET UK: the brand new, highly-anticipated Cowon O2. This flash-based PMP follows on from the Cowon Q5W and A3 of 2007, bringing with it support for almost every video and audio format on the planet, including MKV video and FLAC audio.

16 October 2008, 9:35

Crave Essentials: Travel tech we love

Crave In order to give you all the latest and greatest tech news, Crave has to travel far and wide. Thirty years ago, travelling around the world and getting pictures and text back to the mother ship would have been a daunting task.

Tags: love, crave, listen, travel

22 February 2007, 11:27

O2 gives more minutes and texts on iPhone tariffs

Crave Today O2 announced it's introducing a new pricing structure across the network, which will see six new, apparently simpler, tariffs and free voicemail made available to all existing and new customers from 1 February.

Tags: unlimited, customers, iphone, contract

29 January 2008, 9:24

Tariff wars: O2 iPhone vs the rest

Crave Update (5.11.07): O2 has scrapped its fair usage policy for the iPhone. Unlimited' now means unlimited, so you can browse the Web over EDGE (2.75G) as much as you like. So you want to buy an iPhone in November, but you're confused about what it's...

19 September 2007, 10:00

O2 Wallet: Oyster card, Barclaycard and phone in one

Crave Forget carrying around a separate mobile phone, credit card and Oyster card -- according to O2, in the future we'll only need one device. At a press conference this morning, O2 announced the start of a trial that will see 500 people test out a...

28 November 2007, 14:35

O2 BlackBerry 7130g: Hands-on with the 7100x successor

Crave We've been lucky enough to get our hands on the O2 BlackBerry 7130g, launched yesterday, which is the successor to the O2 BlackBerry 7100x. As you can see, it looks more like a mobile phone than any other BlackBerry device to date and measures a...

Tags: rim, mobile phone, blackberry, keypad

2 June 2006, 11:01

O2 sold out of iPhones: Sign of 3G iPhone's arrival?

Crave Shazam -- and the iPhone is gone. Or at least it has from O2's Web site. Go have a look if you don't believe us, behold the special page that declares "8GB & 16GB iPhone no longer available". So what does it all mean?

Tags: apple, iphone, deal, stock

8 May 2008, 10:05

O2 3G iPhone: Apple cracks down on unlocking

Crave According to our sources at O2, Brits who want to buy a 3G iPhone are going to have to sign up to a contract before they can get their hands on one, wherever they buy it. This is seriously bad news for people eager to unlock their new iPhone, as...

Tags: apple, cash, iphone, party

10 June 2008, 11:29