Following the announcement of Android OS 2.3 (aka Gingerbread) and the Google Nexus S, many T-Mobile subscribers have been wondering when or if they will receive Gingerbread 2.3 update on their Android phones. An HTC spokesperson today announced that HTC will … [read full article]
With the original Nexus One, Magenta offered Premium Handset Protection (PHP Insurance), so you would think that they would do the same for the new Nexus S, right? WRONG. T-Mobile has stated that the Nexus S is not eligible for … [read full article]
With the 4G Wars heating up after today’s announcement of Verizon’s new LTE network bringing impressive speeds to the table, T-Mobile shares its reaction to the announcement. T-Mobile welcomes Verizon to the “4G world”, claiming that T-Mobile subscribers have been enjoying “America’s Largest 4G Network” for a while now and love it. Magenta also states that it is still on track to … [read full article]
Reports are coming in that T-Mobile HD7 owners are experiencing similar reception issues to the iPhone 4 when holding their handsets in the “death grip” position. As represented in the YouTube video above, simply gripping the HTC HD7 in the hand firmly, drops the reception from four bars to one bar. While it isn’t nearly as bad as the iPhone 4, it does raise some … [read full article]
Earlier last week at its Press Conference in New York, Acer stated that T-Mobile and AT&T are now evaluating Acer’s Liquid Metal for a possible release in the United States. Acer’s Smartphone Unit President Aymar de Lencquesaing says that since the Acer Liquid Metal is a GSM phone and there are only two GSM carriers in the U.S., it is up to them to decide whether they want … [read full article]
Ever since T-Mobile officially announced its HSPA+ network as “America’s largest 4G network”, there has been much argument among the carriers over what exactly “4G” is, and thus the “4G wars” began. Receiving criticism from both Sprint and AT&T, Magenta continues to stand by its 4G claims and rightfully so. [read full article]
We last saw a glimpse of the Android-powered Nexus S at the Web 2.0 Summit in the hands of the one and only, Google CEO Eric Schmidt. The latest images come from EXIF data from a Google employee’s Picasa photostream tagged as the GT-i9020 (aka Nexus S). The images reveal the … [read full article]
Today, T-Mobile announced that it is teaming up with the other two major U.S carriers, AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless to bring Isis, a mobile payment system to customers. Isis will use near-field communication (NFC) based technology to allow smartphone owners to use their handsets as a form of payment, thus replacing the need to carry around [read full article]
As many of you may already know, the U.S version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab was stripped of its calling abilities. The geniuses over at XDA weren’t going to have their European brothers have the ability to make calls and not them, so they managed to hack the Galaxy Tab and enable the phone … [read full article]
The Nexus S leaks continue, with another leaked image from Best Buy internal systems. This particular snapshot shows some specs of the Nexus S and confirms T-Mobile as the designated service provider for the handset. According to the image, the Nexus S, sadly, won’t be 4G capable as the technology details reveal the handset is only able to handle HSUPA 5.76 (uplink)/7.2 (Downlink). … [read full article]
