Orange Wednesdays comes to your iPhone

It’s Orange Wednesdays tomorrow, and thanks to the new Orange Wednesdays iPhone app it’s now even easier to get your 2 for 1 voucher, find the nearest cinema and check out what’s playing. Just search for ‘Orange’ on your iPhone or download it from the Orange apps page.

You can then browse through the latest releases – like Harry Brown, the new Michael Caine thriller opening tomorrow – and watch trailers on your iPhone at the touch of a button. Display local cinemas on a map and see which ones are signed up to Orange Wednesdays, then invite a friend directy with an email showing the film, time and venue. You can even read reviews and join the critics by voting ‘hit’ or ‘miss’ after you’ve watched the movie, or browse upcoming titles for next week. Best of all, you can request your 2 for 1 voucher directly from the app, making your cinema experience seamless. So go on, treat a mate tomorrow. If only to show off what your Orange iPhone can do.

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LG Watchphone - Knight Rider inspired?

The Orange LG Watchphone went on sale a few months back and has been selling like hotcakes.

Now, if you think the concept of a watchphone sounds a little odd, you’re probably too young to remember David Hasselhoff in Knight Rider – he was always talking to his car using his watch. They just don’t make ‘em like they used to.

Anyway, the concept obviously appealed to a fair few people, as the Orange LG Watchphone sold like hotcakes after going on sale in a Bond Street shop. Buyers travelled from all over Europe to get their mitts on it. Ben from Surrey told us, ‘I’m here to buy the Watchphone for my brother. He’s been waiting two years to get one.’ Bless.

It’s been called a ‘miracle of miniaturisation’ and ‘the ultimate boys’ toy’. Just a shame there isn’t one left for the Hoff…

What's the craziest gadget you have seen? Let us know in the comments section....

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video report: Orange Multimedia store open for business

As we promised yesterday, here's our video report from the grand opening of Orange's Multimedia Store in Milton Keynes. Outside the weather was grey, but inside, this ground-breaking store proved to be one hell of a mood-lifter.

We chatted to excited shop staff, the very first customer and took part in creating the world's largest virtual Mexican wave, using the store's HUGE interactive screen.

If you like technology, you're gonna love this...

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Orange's Multimedia Store opens to wow the customers

We've been leaving a trail of teaser photos since August, but now we can reveal that Orange's first ever Multimedia Store is open for business.

As you read, we're there talking to the first customers and finding out what they think of this one-of-a-kind store. Keep your eyes peeled for our video tomorrow.

We first visited a long time ago, well before the transformation was complete. It was a veritable bomb site as the old store was stripped back to the bare bones.

But it's come a long way since. Last week, it was really starting to take shape and the team worked like Trojans to make it happen.

Designed to encourage people to interact and have fun with technology using their mobile phones, the Multimedia Store is stuffed full of toys and gadgets to play with.

As you enter, you immediately come across a large cinema area. Pull up a pew here to watch product demos and videos of Orange events, like the recent Orange RockCorps gig.

To your left is a floor-to-ceiling interactive screen; one of the biggest in the UK. Take part in creating the world's largest virtual Mexican wave by asking a member of staff to record you doing your wave. Shortly afterwards you'll see yourself up on the screen, along with all the other wavers. Here's some testing going on.

Further into the store are a selection of spanky handsets hanging down from different pods, just ripe for you to get testing. They're helpfully divided into categories, so social media mavens, film fans, music addicts and those on the move and in need of sat nav, can all find recommendations right for their needs.

There's also a games pod, where you can use a mobile phone to play computer games on a large TV screen, and a whole counter of phones, laptops and accessories to browse.

We think it's a great success, but the proof will be in the pudding when we talk to people visiting the store today. And we can't wait to show you their reactions :)

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mobile history lesson: part three

It looks like it's done 10 rounds with Tyson, but this Nokia relic is still in use by one of our colleagues at Feed Towers.

It was my first camera phone and I loved it... loved it until a loose bottle top water-logged it inside my handbag. That was a bleak day.

The last guessing challenge was won by P Castle-MacDonald. So once again, we want the make and year it was released. Extra points for telling us how many pixels the camera had.

It's a mobile history geek-out ;-)

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Introducing the Motorola DEXT

Well looky here!

After an exciting launch event last night at a glamorous London location, Motorola is back with a bang, with the Motorola DEXT.

Only available from Orange, the DEXT is Motorola's first Android-powered handset, which is exciting enough. But they have also created an intriguing new technology called 'MOTOBLUR'.

It takes all your conversation threads, friend updates, stories, links, photos and more from your social network profiles, and delivers it neatly to your homescreen in one continuous news feed. This news feed is called 'Happenings' and it's very cool being able to see everything in one place, wherever you are.

I was lucky enough to get a play with a DEXT yesterday and have to say, it's pretty slick. We've been told there will be more Android wonders coming from Motorola in the near future, but in the meantime check out the video to see more.

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make, model, year

Look what the cat dragged in last week. Another much loved, but battle-scarred old handset.

Uberadept won the last mobile phone guess last time, so let's see if anyone can beat him to it. Year and make please people.

And extra points to anyone who remembers what was different when you took the battery off... and go!

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guess the mobile phone

What have we got here then? Found in the Orange office, one distinctly old skool Nokia phone. (You know we love a retro mobile.)

Our question to you is: what model is it and what year did it arrive on the market?

Guess up those comments and we'll give you a mention if you get it right.

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