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If your one of those T-mobile customers that loves Windows Mobile, but needs a Hotspot@Home device, you probably haven’t been too happy with T-mobile since Hotspot@Home was released. Well luckily for you, TmoNews has some good news! You know that Shadow II we told you about a while back? Well it is confirmed, by multiple sources, that the T-mobile Shadow II will be a UMA device, and support the  upcoming T-mobile@Home service. With a V-tech cordless phone, duel-sim T-mobile@Home router, and the new Shadow II, what more could one ask for?! 3G. Anyways, we don’t have a date for you yet, but the picture you see above was taken off of an auction on Ebay, of the supposed Shadow II. It can’t be too far off.

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Update 6/8/08: Just an FYI, but we should be coming back real soon. No, really… we mean it this time

Avid T-mobile fans, TmoNews has some unfortunate news. Well, unfortunate for you, we’re pretty excited actually. Thats right, we’re going on vacation! This means, we’re sorry to say, that we will not be able to bring you T-mobile News on the blog everyday. However there is a bit of an upside here. TmoNews Forums will be up and running strong, and you should definitely head over there to check out T-mobile news, discussions, and more. Click below to head on over to our oh-so-awesome forums!

First TmoNews brought you the only T-mobile blog on the net. We’ve been getting tons of comments on our big articles. But comments aren’t enough, they don’t really allow for convenient discussion and also limit you to the topic of the post. Wow, we wish someone would fix this…

May we present you with our solution: TmoNews T-mobile Forums

Thats right you avid T-mobile users, the one and only full T-mobile forum on the net. We are, of course, always working to improve the forum, so keep an eye open for updates!

Update: It’s not much, but the forums can now also be accessed at http://forums.tmonews.com

Here at TmoNews we’re all about bringing you T-mobile news in an orderly, organized fashion. Thats why we have started the weekly recaps. Every Friday we will outline the excitment from the last week, with an informative post full of links, in case you want to read some article you missed. Well here we go!

5/01 - T-mobile’s 3G FINALLY goes live in NYC!

Last Weekend:

5/02 - TmoNews snags some information on the new Sidekick Gekko. It will include a 2 MP camera and video capture. This article was picked up by BGR, Hiptop3, and more. Read

5/02 - News on the Blackberry KickStart surface. As this new flip Blackberry sweeps the web from BGR to Engadget, TmoNews has to join the action with a quick post on this device. We are cautious about this one, as we have heard nothing regarding this, but BGR rarely manages to let us down. TmoNews - Read. BGR - Read

5/03 - Wow, lots of posts today! Starting with new of T-mobile’s upcoming (May 14th) Family 4 pack promotion; that is, unlimited mobile to mobile, night, weekend, MyFaves, and Hotspot@Home calling (Read). Not enough? Well for your convenience, we outlined what T-mobile phones, current and upcoming, will work with all four aspects of the Family 4 plan (Read). In slow news, we ended with a post including another comparison, this time of T-mobile’s rates versus Verizon and Sprint’s (Read).

5/03 - TmoNews is the first to announce that T-mobile will be using HSDPA, and not only UMTS, in comparison to other large blogs which seem to have through the opposite, that T-mobile’s 3G will be voice only. (Read)

5/04 - T-mobile thinking of buying Sprint? We post what we know here

Monday:

5/05 - T-mobile makes 3G official (Publicly). TmoNews: Read. T-mobile - Press Release

5/05 - TmoNews reports that T-mobile has a $50 promotional credit going on. Get $50 for referring your friends! Read

Tuesday:

5/06 - TmoNews is the first to out the Nokia 7376. Not much is known besides the presence of 3G. Read

Wednesday:

5/07 - TmoNews reports a new, very limited online promotion. No activation fees if the user is routed through an ad that will be up on MSN.com’s homepage shortly. Read

Thrusday:

5/08 - T-mobile reports Q1 (1st Quarter) numbers for 2008. Breaking 30 million customers, T-mobile is chugging along smoothly. Read

Friday:

Nothing Yet, but stay tuned! Sorry, slow news day!

Looks like one of our favorite T-mobile gimmicks is coming back for a 2 day only special. Waived activation fees!! Here is the catch, the promotion will ONLY be offered via an advertisement on the MSN.com home page. From that point it will take you down a special purchase path which will waive the activation fee upon successful ordering.

Here are the bullet points for this mothers day two day special:

• Advertised on the MSN home page only.
• This offer will be honored via the Web and Telesales channels only.
• Offer not available in T-Mobile Retail stores.
• Price matching is not approved for Web and Telesales offers.
• This offer is only for customers who activate a new line of service through T-Mobile.com.
  • Each new line of service will receive a waived activation fee.
• FlexPay monthly contract customers are not eligible.

I guess I can’t complain, a waived activation fee is a waived activation fee, but come on, through msn.com only? I really want to know who still uses msn.com as a home page? Let us know in the comments, when is the last time you visited that site?

Thrown in with this is a change in the Nokia 6263 pricing, looks like it will drop free with a new 2 year activation. As of right now, the promotional pricing includes a mail in rebate, but no more for Mothers Day weekend this bad boy 3G phone (in NYC) is all free. This way when 3G launches in your city, your Mothers will let you know!

Well so this week we have announced 3G (officially) but the last newest 3G carrier on the block has a little enticing offer up their sleeves. Starting tomorrow through June 30 T-mobile is offering a $50 referral fee. Show some love to the people you care about, or at the least the people you want to go mobile 2 mobile with. Either way is fine by us. Your next bill should have a little insert in it or customers should start receiving mailers after May 19th. I know I know this is REALLY exciting stuff.

Here is what you need to do:

Existing customers should advise their referral to provide the following information at the time of activation to ensure they receive the $50 referral credit:

• Refering customer’s name
• Refering customer’s mobile number

So show some T-mobile love, refer your friends, neighbors, girlfriends, husbands, that girl down the block who always walks her dog in skimpy outfits. One of these days I really need to learn her name.

T-mobile has cleared up all the garbage surrounding their 3G nyc launch last week. Nothing really earth shattering here, hsdpa devices on the way and officially clarify that data DOES work. Interestingly enough as you read through this, T-mobile doesn’t give any hints as to how many cities or how broad the rollout will be by years end. All that we get is

“By year’s end, T-Mobile expects its high-speed data network will be available in those cities where a majority of its subscribers currently use data services.”

Head on over to engadget for the full article here.

Price questions have been asked and tmonews.com has answered. I’ll let the price comparison do the walking and the talking this time around.

I suppose it would be helpful if we mentioned what phones are currently available and able to take advantage of the FULL Family 4-pack add-on features mentioned earlier? Of course, any myfaves phone will do for 3 of the 4, but if you want the unlimited minutes at home using the router, you’ll need one of their special UMA-enabled phones for each family member that wants those minutes. Currently available phones are:

• Nokia 6086
• Samsung t409
• Samsung Katalyst
• Blackberry Curve
• Blackberry Pearl 2

Looking for new phones? T-Mobile has a few upcoming handsets that also will work with the family 4-pack, or anywhere else H@H can be used. Yes, three new H@H phones for your enjoyment:

• Blackberry 8820 (launching this Monday, May 5th!!) Whoops, so it’s already out.
• Nokia 6301
• Motorola Z6W

Three new H@H phones coming soon alongside an amazing Family Plan add-on? This has WIN written ALL over it.

Oh my faves, my faves how I love thee. Hey T-mobile fans, the commercials are running and we as always have the inside scoop. Starting May 14, you will be able to use your families myfaves as your own. Yup thats right, you have 4 members in your family thats 20 unlimited numbers for you. Guess what, now I can call all of my sisters friends all I want. Er I mean, call my sister whenever I want.

Here is the scoop on T-Mobile’s new Family 4-Pack Promotion:

(Click for full details)