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T-Mobile CEO Says No Thank You To Verizon’s Spectrum

T-Mobile CEO Philip Humm told reporters during this mornings earnings call that the company isn’t interested in the wireless airwaves Verizon hopes to unload as it seeks to gain approval for their SpectrumCo purchase. Verizon said last month it would sell spectrum in the 700MHz band if US regulators approved its $3.9 billion proposed purchase of spectrum from SpectrumCo. Humm raised concerns about the spectrum interfering with TV stations that occupy nearby spectrum bands, “For … [read full article]

My 30 Day Android Challenge…Day 10

I’ve chalked up a full ten days on my Android 30 day experiment and with 1/3 of the challenge behind me, I’m happy to say I’m truly enjoying myself. That’s not to say all is right in the Android world, there are little nagging things that frustrate me that aren’t necessarily better on any other OS, but overall I’m really enjoying this month. The first thing that has me really in love with Android is the … [read full article]

T-Mobile Eyeing Enterprise Market As Huge Opportunity For Growth

In the hopes of finding new areas of growth, T-Mobile is adding 1,000 more Business-to-Business (B2B) sales people to grow their presence in the enterprise market, an area T-Mobile now holds around 5% of the $60 billion dollar B2B market. Matt Millen, Vice President of Small and Medium Business Sales for T-Mobile said in an interview at CTIA Wireless 2012 that the company is launching an aggressive strategy to grab a bigger share of the B2B pie. … [read full article]

T-Mobile USA Reports First Quarter 2012 Financial Results

T-Mobile USA issued their Q1 2012 earnings report today along with parent company Deutsche Telekom and surprisingly declared a new increase of 187,000 customers. That number is fairly notable as last quarter saw T-Mobile report a net loss of 526,000 customers and a losses of 99,000 customers in the third quarter of 2011. T-Mobile attributes the growth to increases in prepaid users that helped offset the loss of more than 510,000 contract customers. T-Mobile’s total … [read full article]

Future T-Mobile Model SGH-T999 Spotted In Galaxy S III Walkthrough Hands-On Video

We’ve watched the SGH-T999 model number ever since we uncovered it back in January and now we’re more excited about it than ever. Upon first discovery, we thought it could be the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, than we moved on to the Galaxy S Blaze 4G. Finally, we settled on what we’ve just noticed via a hands-on video walkthrough courtesy of the guys at Android Police, the Galaxy S III. It’s hard to call anything concrete … [read full article]

T-Mobile Considering Video Channel That Doesn’t Require Data Plan?

T-Mobile Senior Vice President, Brad Duea sat down in an interview this morning and hinted at a new effort by T-Mobile to expand video content for your smartphone. The data plan under consideration by T-Mobile (Verizon hinted at the same style plan as well) would allow for a new video channel that would be available on T-Mobile smartphones carrying T-Mobile ads and device tips alongside entertainment programming. The cost of the data plan would be paid for … [read full article]

T-Mobile Posts ‘Fast Songs’ TV Commercial For HTC One S

Finally, a T-Mobile/Carly advertisement for the HTC One S: Get your music 4G fast with the new HTC One S, exclusively from T-Mobile. Combine the 4G speed of T-Mobile with the built-in beats audio technology of the new HTC One S 4G smartphone and what do you get? Stream your favorite songs from your music library straight from the cloud on Google Play. No wires. No syncing. Just 4G fast. YouTube

Deutsche Telekom Looking To Purchase MetroPCS, Combine With T-Mobile USA?

Here we go again as a new Bloomberg report indicates Deutsche Telekom is in discussions to merge T-Mobile USA with MetroPCS communications. Deutsche Telekom is currently considering a stock-swap transaction that would give T-Mobile’s parent company control over a joint entity, which would be publicly listed, said two officials on condition of anonymity. Deutsche Telekom continues to look at other options for T-Mobile USA, including an outright sale and IPO. After the failed AT&T deal, Deutsche Telekom … [read full article]

T-Mobile’s New Mobile Broadband No Annual Contract Plans Detailed

It was only two days ago that T-Mobile’s new Mobile Broadband no-annual contract plans were leaked thanks to a page on Walmart’s website. Today, we’re managing to get a little better of an idea on these upcoming plans launching on May 21st thanks to some leaked training docs. Let’s break it down: $15 option, 300MB of data good for one week $25 option, 1.5GB of data good for 30 days $35 option, 3.5GB of data good … [read full article]

HTC Launches The One Series Camera Challenge, Can You Spot The Difference?

Can you spot the difference between a professional digital camera image and one taken by a smartphone? Can you do it even with images as powerful as the ones taken by HTC’s One series of smartphone cameras? HTC wants to put your knowledge of photography to the test with a series of 10 photos, identifying which one of two images was with a smartphone. While I haven’t used the HTC One X extensively, I’m obviously putting … [read full article]

Flipboard For Android Unofficially Here, Download It Anyway

I know I don’t usually cover Android apps, but Flipboard is one of my favorite apps on iOS and one of the few apps that I longed to see on Android. That it happens during my Android 30 day challenge is just awesome, that or someone really loves me. The app made its own limited debut last week at Samsung’s Galaxy S III unveiling in London and was billed as exclusive to the Galaxy S … [read full article]

The Six Stages Of Growth For The HTC One S

So how does a HTC One S get born? The micro-arc oxidation process begins with an aluminum shelled fried in 1.21 gigawatts of electricity which morphs the metal into a near-ceramic state giving the One S its unique look and feel. While the current T-Mobile version of the HTC One S does not use the MAO process, that’s not necessarily a bad thing considering previous complaints of chipping circling the web. In any event, HTC’s … [read full article]