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Orange will be the first operator to offer the BlackBerry Bold in the UK. Subscribers will be able to get the handset starting August 16th for free with an 18-month contract with a £45 monthly plan.

T-Mobile with its September release is crowling way behind...

This is a picture of the Sony Ericsson W595s, a slider phone for Orange that has been cancelled today right before its official launch. The reasons are so far unclear, but the loss itself isn't serious.

After Vodafone and Singtel, Orange is the next operator to announce the upcoming availability of the iPhone to its customers in the following countries: Austria, Belgium, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Jordan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland and Orange’s African markets.

The release is scheduled for later this year.

Thus, the iPhone will soon be available almost everywhere.

Orange France will be the exclusive carrier of the new Levi Strauss 3G slider handset, scheduled for the release in April 2008.

It will be available for EUR279 (US$444) without contract, or just EUR 9 (US $14) with a service agreement.

• Bands: GSM 900/1800/1900MHz, UMTS 2100MHz
• Data: GPRS/EDGE/WCDMA
• Size: 125mm x 46mm x 17mm (4.

Orange subscribers now can get the new low-end Alcatel OT-E227 Clamshell Phone on a pre-pay basis for only USD$19.61, if you load it with credits worth USD$19.63, of course.

The phone looks fashionable and offers a choice of three colors including metallic rose, glossy black and fuchsia with flower pattern.

Orange France has just announced they have sold 70,000 iPhones in the first month of sales.

Well, this isn't bad, but considering that in the first five days the company has sold about 40,000 handsets, the outcome indicates that sales-rates dropped by more than 70%. Don't know what to think...

Anyway, in a couple Apple plans to make an official report on iPhone sales.

T-Mobile has added the HTC Touch to its smartphone line-up and renamed it to Touch Plus.

Until now HTC Touch was available exclusively from Orange.

The T-Mobile's Touch Plus should become available this month.

According to France Telecom, their Orange division in France has managed to sell around 30,000 iPhones since the last week’s launch.

Of course, this number looks pale in comparison with 270,000 handsets sold in the first two days of the US release, but it's a good start.

Finally, Apple iPhone is now available in France from Orange.

This is the second country (after Germany ) to offer unlocked SIM-free iPhone, in compliance with the law. You can get the unlocked version for about $965.32 in France, or for $1485.91 in Germany. Pretty expensive don't you think? Anyway, the handset is also available for $593 after a contract with Orange.

Orange began recalling their Sony Ericsson W910i handsets after they received a large number of complains about the phone's serious performance problems, including spontaneous turn-offs and frequent lack of connection.

Now the company claims that all problems have been fixed, and new devices will operate normally.