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T-mobile is scaring us…

T-mobile, what happened? You went from releasing phones like the W490 (three times, with new colors each time), and having the internet crawling with complaints about your phone selection, to having some awesome 3G and UMA phones being added to your lineup. You were just waiting to role out 3G before you unleashed your phone arsenal on us wern’t you? Here are two words you don’t hear often in … [read full article]

Do you like e-mail? Take a peek…

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Well here is a great phone gadget if you like E-mail, and nothing else. Peek, a startup company trying to gain traction in the wireless industry, has made a slick e-mail only device for users that haven’t discovered Blackberrys yet. The Peek will run off of T-mobile’s network, and charge $19.99 a month for unlimited e-mail. Notice the lack of any start or end call buttons? … [read full article]

Feature of the week: SkyDeck

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At TmoNews we strive our best to bring our readers the best and newest features available around the web. That is why last time we featured YouMail, and today we are featuring SkyDeck. SkyDeck is a unique service, that provides something that mobile phone companies should have provided years ago. In one sentence, SkyDeck takes your … [read full article]

3 more markets going live with 3G

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Just a quick update on the endless road that is T-mobile’s 3G role out. Lets start out with a little something for those who are in Baltimore. Surprise! You have 3G. Yep that is right, Baltimore is flipping the 3G switch tomorrow. Who is next you ask? Houston is getting 3G on August 19th, aka tomorrow. Finally, Minneapolis is flipping the long-awaited 3G switch as expected on August 20th.  Sounds like this is coming directly from T-mobile, … [read full article]

Sony Ericsson TM506 Specs

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As the guys in pink finally enter the era of 3G, the Sony Ericsson TM506 will definitely stand out from the bunch. Its glossy black finish is contrasted by just the right amount of accents. The surface on the back of the phone made with the “ever so popular” soft-touch material. Here at TmoNews, we know how people get when anyone even tries to mention both “T-Mobile” and “Sony Ericsson” in the same sentence so here is … [read full article]

Android Info Galore!

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Patient TmoNews readers, may we present to you, the HTC Kila, errr we mean HTC Dream, or the G1, aka the first android handset ever! When we posted this rumor a couple days ago, we had our fingers crossed. Now with visual confirmations, this is all set in stone, give or take approval of the handset by the FCC. Keep in mind that the iPhone was approved 1 day … [read full article]

Sony Ericsson TM506 hitting T-mobile on Sep. 3rd

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A picture is worth a 1000 words. Unless it completely fails to mention HSDPA or aGPS. The Sony Ericsson TM506 will have 1700/2100 MHz UMTS & HSDPA, yet following T-mobile’s current policy of not telling customers about the best features on their phones, T-mobile fails to mention any 3G features on this new Orange and Black beauty (it will come in Green and Black too). … [read full article]