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SoftBank Eyeing T-Mobile As Plan B Option If Sprint Buyout Falls Through?

It’s about time another T-Mobile buyout rumor surfaced because we’ve clearly gone way to long without one of those. This time Reuters is reporting that SoftBank, the Japanese carrier is eyeing a possible deal with T-Mobile if their Sprint buyout falls through. SoftBank and Deutsche Telekom had been in talks last year about a potential deal and have had periodic discussions since then according to Reuters sources. The Sprint deal which was once thought to be … [read full article]

LTE Sightings Ramp Up Nationwide As T-Mobile Looks To Meet Its Summer Goal

T-Mobile’s LTE sightings have ramped up again this week with a host of reports coming out of Dayton and Akron, Ohio; San Diego, Anaheim, Fresno and across San Bernadino county in California. Last but least are a few sightings popping up intermittently out of the Boston area. San Diego is the clear winner here as the lions share of emails I’ve received since Monday show off plenty of network activity across the area with a number … [read full article]

[Update: Debunked] T-Mobile Gives Users Full Use of Network As Competitors Throttle iOS Users

  Update: Turns out these allegations have been debunked, folks. The guys over at AnandTech have dug deeper into the source code in question and have disproven the claims that Apple throttles data throughput on iOS devices. Check out their in-depth analysis of the claims here. Just goes to show that you can’t trust everything you read, even if it comes from those nice fellas over at TmoNews. A new report by Joseph Brown over at iTweakiOS, the … [read full article]

HTC One Retail Rollout Goes Nationwide Today As BlackBerry Q10 Launches

A quick public service announcement this morning as the HTC One is now available at every single T-Mobile retail store nationwide. After initially rolling out at less than 300 stores across the US, the One inventory is now stable enough to support a nationwide rollout. If you’ve been eager to find the device and have been unable to do so at any of your local T-Mobile company-owned retailers, the time is … [read full article]

T-Mobile Has A Plan To Boost Its LTE Network: “Moar Antennas For Everyone”

A major tip of the cap goes out to Kevin Fitchard over at GigaOM for nailing down this story on T-Mobile’s plan to “supercharge” its LTE network. As Fitchard points out right from the start, T-Mobile’s place as the last national carrier to launch a LTE network provides it with some extra benefits including using the most up-to-date radios on the market. T-Mobile’s keeping silent on most of the details, but Fitchard and GigaOM uncovered some of … [read full article]

Sony Xperia Z Support Documents Begin Appearing On T-Mobile’s Website

A hat tip goes out to the guys at G4Games for first noticing the appearance of a whole bunch of Sony Xperia Z support documents on T-Mobile’s website. This isn’t the first time we’ve seen support documents appear as part of a puzzle piece for unannounced T-Mobile devices. Unfortunately, the documents are still private and require a login to view but it provides yet another piece of evidence that the device … [read full article]

Google Releases New Android Distribution Chart As Jelly Bean Gains On Gingerbread

A new month means a new Android distribution chart and that’s exactly what we have for you this morning. Some more good news for Jelly Bean as it continues to scratch at the Gingerbread man as it moves from 28.4% of all Android devices to 33%. For its part, Gingerbread remains the Android software leader at 36.5% but our expectation now has that lead finally changing hands perhaps as soon as next month. That’s a 4.6% … [read full article]

Leaked Screenshots Show Two T-Mobile Based Devices Heading To MetroPCS, Bring Your Own Phone Begins June 12th

We knew this day would come and thanks to a trio of screenshots leaked to the boys at PhoneArena, we know an actual date. Beginning June 12th, MetroPCS customers will have the opportunity to use compatible unlocked GSM phones which include iPhones, Android, Windows Phone and certain feature phones. There’s no telling just how many devices out of the Android lineup Metro customers will be able to choose from, but it’s clear T-Mobile and MetroPCS … [read full article]

Software Update Rolling Out For Samsung Galaxy Note II, “Improves Security And Includes Smart Switch”

The HTC One isn’t the only T-Mobile device kicking off the week with a software update as the Samsung Galaxy Note II has its own OTA rollout beginning this morning. As is the standard with Samsung the update is available both as a OTA update which starts today and ends June 17th or through a manual download using Samsung’s Kies software. The update itself pushes … [read full article]

T-Mobile Adds HTC One Software Update To Support Documents

While the OTA software update itself started to roll out yesterday morning, T-Mobile just updated their support documents for software version 1.27.531.8. Originally suspected to help with some of the capacitive button issues HTC One owners had, the official document pertains only to “visual voicemail performance.” That’s not to say that other bug fixes didn’t sneak in but according to all things official, only visual voicemail was affected by this update. Hopefully, the … [read full article]

T-Mobile And…Xzibit Talk About The No-Contract Experience

Please forgive me for this…but you’ve just been pimped by T-Mobile. Now that I got that out-of-the-way, T-Mobile is adding another round of “celebrities” to their marketing staple with this 50 second spot. Xzibit, famous for his rapping but more famous for his host gig on MTV’s Pimp My Car talks about how he made the switch from AT&T to T-Mobile. Really, just watch this video. Actor, Rapper and Producer Xzibit doesn’t have contracts in his … [read full article]