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Orange launches today the HTC Dream™

Paris, March 12, 2009
  • Orange is offering the HTC Dream™, the first Android™-based handset launched in France with preinstalled applications such as Google Search™, Google Maps™, Gmail™ and YouTube™.
  • The HTC Dream™ is being sold from 99 euros with the Origami “plus version” packages, with a 12-month commitment.

one of the first Android-based mobiles now available at Orange
The HTC Dream™ is the first Android™-based handset launched in France.
Android™ is a free open-source operating system for smartphones, PDAs and mobiles developed under the guidance of the Open Handset Alliance (OHA), in which GoogleTM and HTC are founding members.
The HTC DreamTM offers a rich and intuitive internet browsing experience, close to that of a PC, and includes a series of applications developed by GoogleTM, such as Google Search™, Google Maps™, YouTube™ and Gmail™. The Google Search™ bar can also be accessed directly from the home screen, enabling quick and easy access to information.
The HTC DreamTM also offers optimum and comfortable e-mail access (POP3/IMAP4 e-mail, webmail, SMS, MMS) thanks to its AZERTY keyboard.
The HTC DreamTM represents an innovation for Orange on the French market since, in addition to its touch screen, it has a full slide-out integrated keyboard, differentiating it from other mobile handsets.
Thanks to Android Market™, the open content distribution platform for Android™, customers are able to download applications, and personalize and enhance their mobile's capabilities.

The HTC Dream™ is designed for young fans of trendsetting technologies and all technology fans in general looking for an optimized customer experience on their mobile. It will appeal to all users of the internet and Google™ services.



Orange is offering Origami “version plus” packages to fully benefit from the HTC Dream™’s performances

The HTC Dream is available with the Origami “version plus” packages, enabling effective control over billing thanks to unlimited access to e-mail and the internet with these offers.
Origami “version plus” represents a new range of Origami packages specifically developed for new handsets such as the HTC Dream™, which are opening up mobile internet to more and more people by providing access to a range of connected services in just one click.
Orange has enhanced its offers with unlimited access to e-mail and the Internet, and 50h of wifi in the Origami “version plus” packages in order to satisfy the intensive uses made possible by these handsets.



Offers subject to conditions and available in mainland France, 12-month minimum commitment.

In order to maintain optimum quality of service, Orange may limit access to a reasonable level of use of 500 MB/month for Origami Zen Plus and 1GB/month for Origami Star Plus and First Plus, until the billing date.

*Unlimited voice calls: 3h max/call in Metropolitan France, excluding special numbers, services or numbers undergoing carrier transfer. Direct calls between individuals for personal and direct non-profit use, for a maximum of 150 correspondents/month in the unlimited section for Origami Star Plus. For Origami star plus 1h and 2h, twice as much time to mobile and landline carriers from 8 pm to 8 am and all weekend (excluding special and service numbers).
 
*Unlimited SMS and MMS: in Metropolitan France, excluding premium rate SMS. To all carriers in Metropolitan France and landlines from 8 pm to 8 am and all weekend for unlimited SMS with Origami star plus.
 
*Unlimited internet: unlimited access to the internet, Orange World and Gallery. Unlimited access to videos, news sections, cinema and sport (excluding live matches) on Orange World. Modern-use, fee-based content and services billed outside of the package. Voice over IP, Peer to Peer, newsgroups forbidden.
 
*Unlimited e-mail: in Metropolitan France, receiving and sending e-mail and attachments 24-7 from the mobile e-mail client, which can be accessed from e-mail accounts using IMAP4, POP3 or SMTP protocols (excluding fee-based services).

*Unlimited TV for Origami star plus: unlimited access on the Orange World portal to over 20 TV channels and all the videos offered (list of TV channels liable to change).

(1) 50h of access to Wifi hotspots: connection/month to Orange Wifi Access hotspots in Metropolitan France (list on orange-wifi.com) counted per second as of the first second from a compatible handset (above this, rates apply).
(2)  Calls to the 27 European Union countries, Switzerland, Norway and Iceland (landlines) and the United States and Canada (landlines and mobiles) from Metropolitan France. Calls outside of the package will be billed at the rates in force.


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