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Verizon Now The Dominant Android Player, T-Mobile In Second Place?

I suppose in hindsight I really shouldn’t have been as surprised as I was over the results of a recent study regarding Android usage. I would have thought that T-Mobile, as the originating Android carrier would have remained the dominant player in the game, but the handset is really the buying decision now, not the carrier. With that in mind, according to a recent study by Chitika Research, Verizon is now the dominant player in the Android … [read full article]

Is HSPA+ Coming To Your City? Find Out Now!

Now that Magenta has started rolling out its super fast HSPA+ with plans to cover over 100 major metropolitan cities (over 185 million people) by the end of 2010 and 75 million customers to be covered by the end of June, the question most of you want answered is, will your city get HSPA+? Well, the good folks over at T-Mobile have constructed a new map displaying current cities with HSPA+ coverage … [read full article]

Motorola Updates Android Update, Cliq and Cliq XT Listed

Update: In my absentmindedness, Alex was kind enough to help me remember this has been posted before, and again here. Turns out, nothing has changed but for now we’ll leave the post up as a reminder for Cliq and Cliq XT owners. It’s not unusual for us to get vague answers regarding future Android updates and certainly with the Samsung Behold 2 situation fresh in our minds, they are fair questions. Motorola has again … [read full article]

T-Mobile Father’s Day Television Ad Drops In

By now, T-Mobile customers and TmoNews readers are well aware that this Saturday T-Mobile is giving away every phone free.  T-Mobile is most definitely getting more aggressive with this one-day-only offer as it looks to grab as many new customers as it can.  With early store hours and heavy sales expectations, T-Mobile has begun marketing this event and I expect to see this ad quite often in the next 48 hours.  So check out the ad … [read full article]

T-Mobile Launches Beta Program For Tuning Up Android Devices

Update: As most of you have already discovered, the beta is closed for today but will re-open tomorrow morning! Well, I’ve got to hand it to T-Mobile.  Applications like this should be included every time a phone is sold.  Announcing… the Android Device Tune-up Beta program.  Since their words are better at explaining this than mine, I’ll just throw in how T-Mobile describes it: T-Mobile is continually looking for ways to bring new innovation to our … [read full article]

The Shack Launches All Phones Free Sale This Saturday

It looks like future T-Mobile customers will have plenty of choices this Saturday to pick up free phones.  Along with the T-Mobile Father’s Day Super Sale, Radio The Shack is throwing its own holiday sale with an all phones free event. With no mail in rebates, no activation fees and the ability to sign up for Single or Family plans without rebates, any rebates whatsoever, it’s a mighty attractive offer for anyone who wants to pick … [read full article]

Nokia E73 Mode Now Available

Welcome the newest member of Magenta’s smartphone lineup, the Nokia E73 Mode!  This 3G-enabled smartphone offers WiFi, a 5 megapixel camera, a 3.5mm headphone jack, GPS, a full WebKit-based web browser, and support for Mail for Exchange and more.  The E73 Mode is available beginning today for $69.99 with a 2 year agreement or $299.99 retail.  If you haven’t already, make sure to check out some of the first reviews of the E73 (which, for the … [read full article]

T-Mobile Expanding HSPA+ Markets Today!

Today, T-Mobile is announcing the expansion of its HSPA+ network, bringing the total number of cities covered to 25 and total customers covered to 75 million by the end of June.  Covered are T-Mobile customers in  Los Angeles, Dallas, Atlanta, Houston, Seattle, Tampa, Orlando, Pittsburgh, Charlotte, Greensboro, and Winston-Salem, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, New Orleans and Charleston.  In addition, HSPA+ has been expanded to Bentonville, Ark..  Anderson, S.C.  and Fayetteville, N.C. are now good to go for HSPA+ … [read full article]

Leaked T-Mobile Calender Contains Four Upcoming Devices?

Thanks to my friends over at Phonedog who received a juicy training calendar that contains secrets regarding upcoming products and services.  We can take guesses at some of the information, but for some we are just going to have to inquire a little further.  For instance, both July 21st and July 28th are scheduled for handset launches.  Considering we have been calling for a July 21st launch date for the Samsung Galaxy S, this certainly … [read full article]

Samsung Galaxy S Passes Through FCC

Well, what do we have here?  Courtesy of the FCC, word comes that the Samsung Galaxy S is on its way to the good ole US of A.  The quirky thing is that the FCC report (and maybe I am just reading this wrong as I don’t pretend to have any idea what these reports say) shows AWS 1900.  However, its ONLY AWS 1900 which means, in any case, a second band is missing no matter … [read full article]

T-Mobile Formally Announces Father’s Day Sale

T-Mobile has officially confirmed their Father’s Day Free Phone extravaganza, with a one-time sale this Saturday.  Surprised? By now we already know most of what we need to know so we’ll just let you read on for details. We’ll update with any details as they become available! T-Mobile Celebrates Dads with Unprecedented, One-Day-Only Every Phone Free Event on Sat., June 19 T-Mobile Declares “No More Ties for Dad” for Father’s Day; … [read full article]