Galaxy Nexus owners of the HSPA+ variety are in for a treat, a Jelly Bean treat that is as a Google+ announcement from the Nexus page indicates the update will begin arriving today. Galaxy Nexus owners will receive a prompt to update OTA over the next couple days, or if you just can’t wait you can push it through manually by going into Settings … [read full article]
T-Mobile’s newest advertisement shows off the Galaxy S III, a rooftop, a rock-band and Carly. Do you really need to know anything else before clicking the “play” button? T-Mobile introduces the revolutionary Samsung Galaxy S III. Built for sharing, this advanced smartphone helps you capture the fun and important events in your life with stunning photos and videos, helping you to quickly and easily share with your friends and … [read full article]
Here’s an interesting Bloomberg report indicating that T-Mobile USA could use parent company Deutsche Telekom’s existing sales agreement with Apple to sell the iPhone in 2013. That’s the word on the analyst street says Sanford C. Bernstein’s Craig Moffett. Moffett says Apple and Deutsche Telekom are “increasingly likely” to reach an agreement for Deutsche Telekom’s US brand to sell the iPhone sometime next year. T-Mobile is already struggling to keep contract customers, often blaming the iPhone as the … [read full article]
T-Mobile is announcing their newest round of back-to-school promotions with, beginning July 11th with a variety of options for new and existing customers to help with back-to-school planning including: Buy-One-Get-One (BOGO) Samsung Galaxy 4G promotion: offers customers who purchase any Samsung Galaxy 4G device a second select Samsung Galaxy 4G smartphone for free. Add a line for $5: When signing up for a new two-year contract on T-Mobile’s Family Classic Unlimited Plan, customers can save … [read full article]
Looks like T-Mobile is beginning to kick their network refarm into another gear as a new piece of intel hits our inbox suggesting T-Mobile will begin a “3G Device Upgrade Pilot” for select cities in the US. Beginning July 9th and running through July 30th, select residents of Los Angeles, Boston, New York City, DC, and Miami will take part in a pilot to cut the number of 2G devices on T-Mobile’s 1900MHz network. Each of … [read full article]
Chalk up yet another piece of evidence for the Galaxy Note on T-Mobile as their support website lists some (still private) links for a Galaxy Note overview and support documents for the phablet. Unfortunately, these links require a login and without the proper credentials, we’re left to trying the links every few hours to find out exactly when they are available. At this point, I … [read full article]
Want to take a look at the Android 4.1 source code? Good news, now you can as Google releases the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) for everyone to look at it, check, dissect, and enjoy. Word came from Android Open Source Project guru Jean-Baptiste Queru, that the company has released binaries for the Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 7, with the code for the Nexus S and Motorola Xoom to follow. The release is being label as Android-4.1.1_r1 … [read full article]
It’s not always a perfect indicator of a device arriving soon, but the arrival of Samsung Galaxy Note accessories into T-Mobile owned retail stores is a good sign. Accessories can often arrive weeks before a phone launches, although on the same hand they can arrive a day or two before launch. Is it possible that Galaxy Note accessories are arriving in time for the once anticipated July 11th … [read full article]
Samsung’s showing off some more Galaxy S III specific features with a trio of new ads, highlighting all the sharing options available on their new flagship device. Instead of focusing on how the device is better than an iPhone, this time the ads focus on All Share Group Shot, All Share Play and Share Shot — all device specific features solving problems for Galaxy S III owners. Intuitive, stylish and … [read full article]
Enter the T-Mobile Aspect, a ZTE-manufacturered device just discovered passing through the hallowed halls of the FCC under the name ZTE F555. As the device appears to only have AWS/1900 on board for 3G/4G access, we’re pretty sure we’re looking at a feature phone, not a smartphone. For the most part, since the end of 2011, T-Mobile’s smartphones have featured at least 850/AWS/1900 on board and as this ZTE device doesn’t seem to go in that direction, … [read full article]
We’ve been eyeballing the “Samsung Apex Q” for August 15th for some time and now we’re able to connect some dots with T-Mobile’s next QWERTY device to hit store shelves. We’re now ready to call T-Mobile’s upcoming SGH-T699 handset, which we’ve already discovered hanging “in the wild” and receiving Wi-Fi certification as the Galaxy S Blaze Q. Yeah, we rolled our eyes at the … [read full article]
Wonderful news this afternoon as the Galaxy Nexus is once again available from the Google Play store after the lifting of the injunction imposed against the device earlier in the week. Still, even with its triumphant return to the store, buyers will have to wait between two and three weeks to get it. The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit court suspended the ban on the handset yesterday after [read full article]
