If Sprint was hoping to steer the conversation back in their direction with this, the latest entrance in the “4G” argument, they should have tried harder. This video, which offers up a mini-tutorial on how Sprint 4G works as well as some digs at the competition, effectively does neither very well. All I learned from this video is that Sprint apparently has a … [read full article]
Walmart is certainly stepping up their pre-Black Friday offerings in the wireless game with a $100 Walmart gift card now through November 25th. The best part is that it qualifies for BOTH new customers as well as qualifying upgrades! So what phones qualify you ask? Adding a new line to a family plan will qualify and, of course, works online and in store. If … [read full article]
It looks like the T-Mobile partnership with Target is finally paying off, at least if you are looking to grab a new line and a T-Mobile G2 for the low price of $49. Running through November 24th, you can grab a T-Mobile G2 … [read full article]
Wherefore art thou Dell Venue Pro? Well, according to the folks at Dell who released a statement around 5:30 this afternoon, they are “currently ramping up production”. They say it’s because they want to introduce the Dell Venue Pro on a “bigger scale.” Earlier intel had … [read full article]
T-Mobile has been saying that its 4G HSPA+ network will boost speeds across the board regardless of whether or not the phone is capable of the full speed. So Wireless testing firm Root Metrics decided to put that to the test and found that the speed boost indeed was noticeable across the … [read full article]
T-Mobile is looking for some help celebrating the nation’s largest 4G network by giving stuff away. Nothing says “help us celebrate” better than free stuff! In this case, the “stuff” is a Grand Prize of Dell Inspiron Mini 10 4G with three free months of service! The First … [read full article]
Well, what do we have here? It’s another entry into the “4G” war by big red Verizon herself. The above image, via Twitter, shows that Verizon is ready to tackle the 4G issue and formally enter the 4G war. This time the ad hits AT&T where … [read full article]
As some of you may know, I, along with David and Kickstar, picked up our very own Windows Phone 7 devices last week. We became, essentially, the early adopters of this platform, just like many of you were early adopters of Android with the G1. With little else to go on than a few short and opinionated reviews, we jumped on, hoping for something new and exciting. Personally, I picked … [read full article]
On Sunday there was a simple but surprisingly odd revelation that T-Mobile no longer offered the Even More Plus plans through T-Mobile.com. In the past few days we’ve managed to pick up on quite a few theories, both public and private, about what brought about this change. Well, T-Mobile has released official word regarding this and, … [read full article]
You might notice a new look around TmoNews this morning and, of course, you aren’t dreaming. We did a little work on the site last night. We’ve cleaned up a little and, hopefully, you like what you see. It is very very much a work in progress as I still hope to change, adopt and experiment with new features in the coming weeks and months. Most important though is the addition … [read full article]
So many of us discount Blackberry these days thinking they have fallen so far behind in the smartphone game they might never be able to catch up. The Blackberry 9780, launching today is a lot more evolutionary than revolutionary but perhaps the old adages “if it isn’t broke don’t fix it” applies well. The Blackberry 9700, predecessor to the 9700 was … [read full article]
Today, T-Mobile announced that it is teaming up with the other two major U.S carriers, AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless to bring Isis, a mobile payment system to customers. Isis will use near-field communication (NFC) based technology to allow smartphone owners to use their handsets as a form of payment, thus replacing the need to carry around [read full article]
