T-Mobile first to release BlackBerry Curve 8900
Beats The Carphone Warehouse by a week

The Blackberry Curve 8900 / Javelin lands a week early

T-Mobile has sprung something of a mobile surprise by announcing that it will be bringing the RIM BlackBerry Curve 8900, AKA the Javelin, a week early.

THEY say rubbing Buddha’s tummy brings good luck – and it certainly has for the winner of ASDA’s latest beer competition.
Lucky Beer, which comes in a unique Buddha-shaped bottle, beat off a range of other lagers to win the contest.
Now the Australian-brewed beer will be available at ASDA from January, the first time it will [...]

O2 today exclusively unveils the Xda Zest, adding another stylish Xda to its expanding range of O2 branded handsets. On sale ahead of the Christmas period, the O2 Xda Zest is the first O2 Xda to be made available on Pay & Go, as well as on Pay Monthly.
The new O2 Xda Zest will encourage [...]

HTC launches world’s first WiMAX phone
Russian network Scartel getting in on the act too

The HTC MAX 4G – you’ve got to love capital letters

Taiwanese manufacturer HTC, maker of the Android G1 handset, has unveiled the world’s first 4G mobile handset, the HTC MAX 4G, capable of speeds of up to 70 megabytes per second.
The handset [...]

As of 13 May, Telefónica had completed 35.7% of its share buyback programme thanks to the company’s increasing cash generation enabling it to step up the programme

Organic growth in revenue (+7%), OIBDA (+8.2%) and OI (+17.2%) underscores the improvement in Telefónica’s efficiency and profitability ratios, underpinned by the Company’s high level of diversification and integrated [...]

This week O2 marks the one year anniversary of the opening of The O2.  In its first year, The O2 has exceeded all expectations:

More than 12,000,000 voice calls have been made from the venue
Around 300 texts per minute have been sent from the venue during major events
On peak days, the O2 shop at The [...]

First in G1 queue might not actually buy it
“It’s an OK handset, but not as slick as the iPhone”