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Well this is one that you may have to take with a grain of salt, but lets hope for the best! Between June 16th, and August 1st, T-mobile has 16 phones slated for release, or should we say 16 device launches. The document from which we snatched this data is indeed internal T-mobile, however usually it is more of a good guess of what will happen, rather than an set-in-stone depiction of upcoming launches. That said, 16 launches, a color refresh, and Curve and Sidekick software updates are all things to get excited about! Off the top of our head, here are a few of the upcoming devices we know of:

• 1. Nokia 5310
• 2. Nokia 5610
• 3. Shadow II
• 4. Nokia 2760
• 5. Nokia 1208
• 6. Nokia 6301
• 7. Shadow III (Damn, did we say that?!)
• 8. Samsung T339
• 9. Samsung T229
• 10. Blackberry Bold
• 11. Blackberry KickStart
• 12. Motorola W450
• 13. Motorola Rokr E8

That leaves three unknown releases, given that all the listed devices will in fact launch in the next two months, which we highly doubt.

Now if only we could tell you about that awesome addition to MyT-mobile.com…but of course we can’t because we don’t want T-mobile to lose their edge in this competitive wireless industry. Update: Looks like this is coming sooner then we thought, look for an article in the next week!

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Nothing too groundbreaking here folks, but just thought we’d let you in on some confirmations on upcoming phones, and their release dates. Here we go:

• Nokia 2760 - June 16th
• Samsung T339 - June 23rd
• Nokia 6301 - June 23rd
• Samsung T229 - June

Check out the TMoNews Forum for more info and pictures of these phones. Also, members of the forum have access to a calendar which displays information and release dates of upcoming phones. Keep an eye open for release dates on the Nokia 5310 and 5610. Have a great day TmoNewsers!

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.

It looks as if Nokia is T-mobile’s new Samsung. For those that don’t follow T-mobile quite as closely as we do, this just means that it looks like T-mobile has pushed their Samsung phones as much as they could, and then some, and now it is time to move on to Nokias. It seems that T-mobile is trying to clear out some lower end Nokia phones before the 5310, 5610, and 6301 all drop the third week of may. But hey, if you live in New York, LA, or Miami, you might want to grab a 3G-enabled 3555. Like it says, these prices should be available at about 12:00 PM tomorrow, April 23rd, and will be discontinued on May 13th.

Have you been looking for some confirmation on when those Nokias are going to drop? Well here it is. The Nokia 5310 and 5610 will be launched on May 21st, no doubt about it. The Hotspot@Home friendly 6301 seems to be getting released on the 19th. Also, for those interested in the new colors for the W490, it looks like you will see Heather Grape and Bubble Gum launched on Monday May 5th. We’re still in for a color-refresh on the 12th, maybe just a black with red accents W490, or for you Pearl 2 8120 hopefuls, it could be some new 8120 colors. Oh, so you want to know more huh? Well I guess we can do that. Starting June 1st we should see a big new advertising campaign titled “Coverage Is Personal.” This campaign ends on June 25th, but as to not let you down, that so happens to be the day T-mobile is nationally launching T-mobile TalkForever II, with the new router and Vtech cordless phone. One final note, the Motorola Z6w is no longer listed as an upcoming phone. We are working to confirm this, but those Z6w hopefuls may have to snatch one off of ebay.

Here at TNews, we have been tipped a couple times now, that by the time back-to-school roles around the big T is going to have released ten (Count it, yes…1,2,3,4…10!) NEW Hotspot@Home phones. Sounds like they are really going to try to push the release of TalkForever II, their second phase of H@H. Lets count the phones we already know about:

1. Blackberry Pearl 2 (8120)

2. Motorola Z6W

3. Samsung T339

4. Nokia 6301

5. T-mobile Shadow II

Well we’re half way there! If this goal of 10 new phones holds up, that means we have 5 UMA handsets in the next 5 months that we don’t even know about yet. Oh…and and you might be wondering about the Shadow II we posted huh? We don’t have pictures (yet), but we can tell you it will be faster, slimmer, the corners will be more curved, and, of course, it will support T-mobile Hotspot@Home.

We saw here that T-mobile added a sticker to their accessories stating their compatibility with Nokia models 6133, 6103, 6136, 5300, 2760, 6263, 6301, 3555, 1208, 5610, and the 5310. The bolded ones are the handsets that haven’t been released to T-mobile yet. The good news is that we can expect all five of these out in the next three months. The MyFave-less (See: Without MyFaves) 2760 and 1208 will be prepaid T-mobile handsets released on April 30th, at Wal-Mart stores on May 5th, and Target stores on May 19th. For those with standards so high that a VGA camera wont suffice, the other three Nokias should be out on May 12th, 19th, or the 21st. Hallelujah It’s raining Nokias!

Note: We have conflicting info on whether the 2760 will be prepaid or not. Lets leave it at TBD for now.