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T-Mobile holding another earnings call drinking game, this time for its own live stream

After hosting drinking games for Verizon and AT&T’s earnings calls last month, T-Mobile says that it’ll be holding the “Last Call” edition tomorrow. T-Mobile will have an earnings call drinking game when it live streams its Q4 2015 results tomorrow, February 17, at 8:30 am ET (the actual results will be released at 6:00 am ET). Every time that anyone mentions “listening to customers,” John … [read full article]

T-Mobile’s Super Bowl ads take two of the top five spots in YouTube AdBlitz voting

T-Mobile had two ads during this year’s Super Bowl, and after they aired, they both seemed to be pretty well-received. Now they’ve won a couple of awards, too. YouTube’s AdBlitz program has been running for years now, giving viewers the ability to vote for their favorite Super Bowl ads. This year’s voting recently wrapped up, and T-Mobile’s “Drop the Balls” and [read full article]

T-Mobile offering $48 device discount to students and teachers

Several companies offer education discounts to give students and teachers savings on new devices or services, and that includes T-Mobile. T-Mobile is giving out coupon codes good for $48 off of a new smartphone or tablet. To qualify, you’ll need to verify that you actually are a student or teacher by submitting your name, email address, school name and ZIP, and possibly some “additional documentation” as well. Once T-Mo has confirmed … [read full article]

Android 6.0 update for T-Mobile’s HTC One M9 earns technical approval, rollout to start Feb. 16

HTC One M9 owners, get ready for a Marshmallow treat. HTC’s Mo Versi just announced that the Android 6.0 update for the T-Mobile version of the One M9 has received technical approval. The over the air update is scheduled to start on Tuesday, February 16. Happy Friday! Good news for T-Mobile HTC One (M9) owners! We’ve received technical approval on Marshmallow, with the OTA to start on 2/16. — Mo Versi (@moversi) February 12, 2016 Neither … [read full article]

T-Mobile adds LTE coverage to central Florida for State Fair

Here’s some good news for you folks in central Florida. A source has sent in the image you see above, which shows that some new LTE coverage has been added to a tower outside of Tampa. The temporary LTE service is meant to provide added coverage for the Florida State Fair, which is taking place in Tampa. Once the fair comes to an end, though, the site will be permanently outfitted with 700MHz … [read full article]

LG K7 and ZTE Falcon mobile hotspot both launching today

In addition to launching the Alcatel OneTouch Fierce XL with Windows 10, T-Mobile started selling two other new devices today. First is the LG K7, an Android 5.1 smartphone with a 5-inch 854×480 display and quad-core Snapdragon 210 processor. Also included are 5-megapixel front and rear cameras, 8GB of storage that you can expand upon with a microSD card, 1.5GB of RAM, and … [read full article]

Walmart Family Mobile adds 10GB plan, now has its own version of Binge On, too

Big news for T-Mobile MVNO Walmart Family Mobile, as it’s added a new top-end rate plan for heavier data users. Walmart Family Mobile is offering a $49.88 plan that includes unlimited talk, text, and data with 10GB of 4G LTE data. To compare, there’s a $29.88 plan that offers 1GB of high-speed data as well as a $39.88 plan with 5GB of LTE data. The new 10GB plan also includes … [read full article]