Here’s an interesting rumor for today…and I emphasize rumor with a capital R-U-M-O-R. According to Fusible, T-Mobile is working on a new smartphone called “Prism,” if recent domain registrations are to be believed. The new device part of this is truly speculation however, as T-Mobile counsel registered the domain names through MarkMonitor, an internet brand protection company on November 21st, 2011.
T-Mobile originally filed for the Prism trademark back in 2009 and has since had three extensions granted. Originally, when the name Prism first surfaced it was suggested as a possible name for what eventually because the T-Mobile myTouch 3G.
The goods and services 2009 filing lists the Prism as a “wireless handheld telecommunications devices, namely, wireless telecommunications devices that combine wireless voice and data telecommunications functions, digital imaging functions, computing functions, permit the two-way wireless transmission of e-mail and text, permit wireless access to a global computer network, gaming and multimedia functionality.”
I’d definitely file this away in the back of the mind as it seems likely to be more rumor than fact…at least for now.
The list of new domain registrations include:
- t-mobileprism.com
- t-mobileprism.net
- t-mobileprism.biz
- t-mobileprism.org
- t-mobileprism.us
- tmobileprism.biz
- tmobileprism.org
- tmobileprism.us
The WHOIS info:
Registrant:
IP Counsel
T-Mobile USA, Inc.
12920 SE 38th Street
Bellevue WA 98006
US
Domain Name: tmobileprism.com
Registrar Name: Markmonitor.com
Registrar Whois: whois.markmonitor.com
Administrative Contact:
IP Counsel
T-Mobile USA, Inc.
12920 SE 38th Street
Bellevue WA 98006
US
Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
IP Counsel
T-Mobile USA, Inc.
12920 SE 38th Street
Bellevue WA 98006
US
Created on…………..: 2011-11-21.
Expires on…………..: 2013-11-21.
Record last updated on..: 2011-11-21.
So what do we think: rumor, something old or something new?