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T-Mobile Buy One Get One Extended Through September 7th

T-Mobile’s Buy One Get One promotion feels like its been going on forever, and for good reason as its been extended yet again through September 7th. This smartphone offering has surely attracted more than a few of you and we welcome the continued offering from T-Mobile. Just remember, not every device, like the Samsung Vibrant qualifies as the “free” or “second” device, just the first phone. Something to keep in mind if you haven’t … [read full article]

Is The Samsung Vibrant Night Mode A Worthwhile Replacement To Flash?

The Samsung Vibrant has undoubtedly been one of the most discussed phones in the history of TmoNews. One of the most prevalent discussion topics was the lack of flash as so many of you described this as an egregious error on Samsung’s part and a huge mistake in general for a device of this magnitude. Since the time the Vibrant has come out however, “night time mode” has been put through its paces and been shown … [read full article]

(Updated) Windows Phone 7 Technical Previews Hits The Internets

Updated: Slashgear has posted a 20 minute walkthrough video and we’ve embedded it below for your viewing pleasure! I’m not sure its completely safe to say that Windows Phone 7 has been all but ignored in the recent days, weeks and months since its preview early this year, however its certainly fallen off our radar. Windows Phone has been long needed an overhaul and now more than ever it needs to bring it’s A game … [read full article]

Motorola Charm Definitely Delayed Till August, Coming In Two Colors

The Motorola Charm may not have the T-Mobile Android masses as excited as the Samsung Vibrant, but it might welcome a new audience to the Android world. It was only a week ago that our first report surfaced regarding a possible delay in the Charm launch and given the above screen shot, the Charm has been delayed till August 25th. Our earlier report suggested that battery issues were to blame and that Motorola was … [read full article]

Google Receives Last Batch Of Nexus One Handsets

If you’ve been planning on getting a Google Nexus One, you might want pull the trigger soon. Google today announced that it has received its last shipment of Nexus One handsets and that once it sells through this last shipment, it will close the Nexus One web store. Although it will halt Nexus One sales, Google says that Customer Support will still be available for current Nexus One owners. Just curious, but does anyone even want … [read full article]

(Updated: Likely a non-issue) Samsung Vibrant Experiencing Reception Issues Similar To iPhone 4?

Update: After speaking with a  number of Vibrant owners, none of whom can replicate this issue we’re chalking this up either to gripping the handset so tightly its smothering or simply a fluke. Enjoy your phone and don’t worry about the iPhone 4 drama. After today’s official launch of the Samsung Vibrant, we’ve been receiving a good amount of complaints from Vibrant owners regarding reception degradation. Vibrant owners seem to be experiencing issues similar to … [read full article]

Samsung Behold 2 Update Pulled, Behold 2 Users Cry In Dismay

Oh here we go again, trouble in the Samsung Behold 2 world. After ALL that went down regarding updates or a lack of receiving them, Samsung “lying” or not, T-Mobile and Samsung made somewhat good on their promise to deliver an upgrade. Of course, that upgrade has now been pulled due to troubles some users were experiencing. Stating that some users were reporting “signal quality concerns,” the update, which began rolling out June 21st … [read full article]

HTC To Ship 8.5 Million Phones Through The End of 2010?

If the Commercial Times, a Chinese news outlet has this right, HTC plans to ship somewhere in the neighborhood of 8.5 million phones through years end. Part of their plan to take over the world hit this number is to launch six more devices before 2011 rolls around. We are of course somewhat positive that at least two of these devices are Android-based and showing up on T-Mobile, the HTC Vanguard and the HTC Emerald. … [read full article]

Samsung Vibrant Early Adopters, First Day Thoughts?

The Samsung Vibrant has officially launched and for the Android and T-Mobile faithful it just might be the best Android phone Magenta has. While its been less than 24 hours we have little doubt most of you have spent the better part of your day putting the phone through its paces so we want to know your first day err first hours thoughts. Do you love it? Do you hate it? Or are you somewhere in … [read full article]

Samsung Vibrant Live On T-Mobile.com

Update: For those of you picking up the Vibrant today, we want to see pictures of your new baby, make it a funny shot and perhaps it’ll get posted to the blog!!! Send pictures to david@tmonews.com The wait is over! Arguably one of the most powerful and fastest Android handsets to date, the T-Mobile Samsung Vibrant is now available for sale on T-Mobile.com. Boasting a stunning 4 inch Super AMOLED display powered by a 1GHz Hummingbird … [read full article]

Getting Social with T-Mobile

T-Mobile has made it very clear that their strategy is to promote friends and families.  What better way is there to stay connected with these friends and families than by using those crazy social networks that the kids seem to love these days.  Oh, right…I guess we could make some phone calls, but who wants to do that (it’s the 21st century people, I mean really).  Anyways, T-Mobile is getting into the social network game by introducing … [read full article]

Samsung Vibrant Meta-Review Extravaganza

So we’re less than 18 hours from the launch of  perhaps the most discussed phone in the history of TmoNews and yet there are those of you still on the fence. In that case, we’re going to do one of our familiar (if you’ve been here before) meta-reviews to help you determine if this is the right phone for you Since T-Mobile keeps “losing” our address with demo phones, we’re going to share the thoughts of some … [read full article]