Telefonica gets behind MeeGo, says ’smartphones, netbooks, tablets, and internet connected TVs’ are possibilities

Virtually all of the MeeGo buzz since Intel and Nokia’s tie-up back in February has been focused on high-end smartphones, tablets, and netbooks, but Telefonica reminds us that there’s another potential target for the platform, too — connected TVs. The Spanish wireless, fixed internet, and cable operator has thrown its weight behind MeeGo this week (which is a pretty big deal considering that the company has global reach across 25 countries and about a quarter billion subscribers), hinting that “services could potentially include content and applications that can be accessed from devices such as smartphones, netbooks, tablets, and internet connected TVs for Telefonica’s wireline and wireless operations.” We’ve yet to see any set-top box announcements in the MeeGo space, but with Google trying to light fires under the connected TV market , we imagine some competitors are bound to emerge — and it’s probably a good sign that they’ve got the backing of a cable company

Dell Streak official: exclusive to O2 UK in early June

Let’s all feign surprise now, as Dell has just gone official with its worst kept, though perhaps sexiest , secret ever. The former Mini 5 has been christened the Streak and is launching at the beginning of next month

Dell CEO: Streak coming next month to Telefonica O2, ‘later this summer’ to AT&T

You know you can’t stop talking about (or showing off ) the Dell Streak / Mini 5 ? Company CEO Michael Dell , that’s who

O2’s UK network hung up, just like the Parliament — were you affected? (Updated with O2’s response)

So word has it that O2’s network’s been a bit dodgy in some parts of the UK this evening. Did Gordon Brown’s resignation cause such an outage?

Sagem Orga’s SIMFi merges WiFi with SIM cards at long last, turns any phone into a hotspot

Thought WiFi spectrum was congested now? You ain’t seen nothin’ yet, because SIM card provider Sagem Orga has hooked up with Telefonica to develop a marvel of modern technology called “SIMFi” that combines — you guessed it — WiFi with a run-of-the-mill SIM card like you’d slip in your cell. In practical terms, this means that you’re able to turn virtually any phone (or “classic handsets,” as the company calls them) into a WiFi hotspot accessible by authenticated laptops, MIDs, and miscellaneous wireless gadgets in the immediate vicinity.

Palm Pre coming to Spain on Telefonica on October 14

The European operators are really liking mid-October for their Pre launches, and that trend continues now that Spain’s Telefonica has unveiled an October 14 availability date for Spain’s very first webOS device.

Motorola CLIQ runs Android, headed to T-Mobile

Motorola just announced its first Android handset, the CLIQ, which is headed to T-Mobile by the fourth quarter, or in time for the holidays. As you’d expect, it runs the new MOTOBLUR Android skin , and Moto’s calling it “the first phone with social skills” to highlight the social networking integration.

Palm Pre official on O2 and Movistar in Europe, launch "in time for holidays"

It’s official, Palm just kicked out a press release saying that the UK, Ireland, and Germany will have access to the Palm Pre exclusively on O2 while Spain’s Pre will be offered exclusively on Movistar — so it’s all Telefonica , all the time. Unfortunately, launch timing was only narrowed down to “in time for the holidays” which is just another way of repeating Palm’s European-launch mantra of before the end of the year . Palm also doesn’t provide any prices and chose not to list the radio frequencies for the HSDPA/UMTS with EDGE/GSM version of the Pre

GSM Palm Pre makes exclusive first appearance on Movistar

There it is, the first official press shot (see that HSDPA icon?) of the GSM version of the Palm Pre. The “more information” link isn’t working at the moment but it’s clear that Movistar has exclusive rights to the Pre in Spain

Palm Pre in cahoots with Dutch provider Hi?

The GSM version of Palm’s Pre looks all set for a UK announcement next week on O2 . Now we get this, a Pre spotted on the support site for Dutch carrier Hi in The Netherlands. Fine, but what you may not know is that O2 and Hi (part of KPN) are also deeply intertwined with Telefonica — O2 being owned by Telefonica and KPN being an “integrated carrier” with a long history of Telefonica courtship rumors

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