HTC & Orange Vegas - the cheapest full touchscreen handset to date

Orange UK have just announced the cheapest full touchscreen handset, dubbed as the Orange Vegas, which is already available for purchase at the carrier points of sale across UK or online.

The price of only 48.50 GBP for pay-as-you-go customers is a hit below the belt for handsets like the highly popular LG KP501 Cookie, which costs at least twice as much.

Well, to be honest, Vegas ain't that cute as the Cookie but its price is low enough to make you say "Deal!". The Orange Vegas reminds of the HTC Touch Viva but it doesn't nearly have the same brains or goodies under the hood.

Orange Vegas in pink and black

Orange Vegas comes in pink or black and offers a 2.4" TFT touchscreen and UI that is designed exclusively for Orange. Along comes the 1.3 megapixel snapper capable of taking images and videos and the music player followed by the microSD card slot ready to host cards with up to 4 GB of memory. Also aboard is a built-in FM radio and Bluetooth.

Another nice touch is the free access to services like Bebo, Facebook and MySpace.

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Streaming Orange TV app is now rolling to the Apple iPhone

Orange offers the new "TV from Orange" application for download from the Apple Apps Store, provide to iPhone owners with live streaming of more than 60 TV channels live in what they claim as "high-def mobile quality". The application "TV from Orange" is ready to stream on EDGE, 3G and Wi-Fi networks from Orange.

The streaming TV service from Orange has started on 7 April along with a new range of 5 monthly plans called "Origami Star for the iPhone", starting at 42 euro.

Unlimited access (up to 1GB/month) to a bundle of 20 TV channels will be included free of charge in the new range of plans. The other plans offer unlimited internet access, unlimited email, plus unlimited SMS and calls with some restrictions. They will also include unlimited Wi-Fi in mainland France across the 30,000 Orange Wi-Fi access hotspots.

Customers who prefer to keep their current data plan can also take advantage of the TV from Orange app. All they have to do is to subscribe to the TV option at the expense of 6 or 9 euro monthly for the TV max or watch TV on their iPhones on a pay-as-you-go basis billed either by volume (1 cents/10KB) or per session (50 cents/20 minutes).

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