So again, on the same day that Orange goes live with the iPhone, O2 (NYSE: TEF) suddenly (in my eyes anyway) has decided that you can now unlock your iPhone.…

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O2 Germany had suddenly stopped its sales of the stylish Toshiba TG01 smartphone. The unofficial news was that there had been an unexplained virus doing its rounds, because of which this whole mess occurred.

Anyhow, things seem fine now, as the Windows Mobile/Snapdragon running smartphone is back for sale on the carrier, at least online. We still do not know if retail shops have restocked themselves yet. We’ll let you posted on how things progress on this front.

Toshiba TG01 Virus

The latest news from Samsung is that its massively impressive i7500 Galaxy is coming to O2 UK soon. The smartphone has already been lapped up by O2 in Germany and now it’s also entered Britain. The carrier has now officially confirmed that it will be promoting the Android-powered device.

The Samsung i7500 Galaxy will enter the UK market in August. O2 Germany is offering the smae at about $98 on contract, so though there is no pricing availability on the English one yet, we assume it would be around that same price range. You never know – they might even offer it free with some plan – imagination costs nothing after all, see?

Samsung Galaxy O2

Source: EngadgetMobile

Here is the most recent update on iPhone 3G S availability in the UK as of today. Check out the official report from O2 on the smartphone availability today. The demand for the iPhone 3G S far exceeds the supply, so there is limited stock as of now. So all those of you who are interested in getting your hands on the device would do well to check this list first.

There is limited availability of the 3G S 16GB Black and White and the 32GB Black. The white version of the latter is not available right now. The 32GB Black model has limited availability online as well, while the White variant and the 16GB phones are out of stock.

It is expected that the iPhone 3G S will be available through all the above sources in the next week, but those interested are advised to check o2.co.uk/iphone for the most recent updates. The next delivery is expected to happen on Wednesday, the 8th of July.

iPhone 3G S O2

Source: IntoMobile