Comments on: Wherefore Art Thou UMA?

By: z

Sun, 18 Apr 2010 17:40:26 +0000

Check out an app for android from a company called Kineto wireless. Its called Smart WiFi. I think its going to be a lot like UMA.

By: anonymouis-x

anonymouis-x — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:45:16 +0000

Is the BB 9700 the only US phone that is GSM UMA?

Are there any GSM Android UMA phones & with what carriers?
Thank You

By: Joe F

Joe F — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 20:57:53 +0000

There’s two issues here.

1) the unlimited calling over the Internet for $9.99. It’s grandfather’ed.
I.E> if you got it then you can keep it. If not then not available.

2) making calls over the Internet and phones available. It’s all Blackberry now.
and it continues to work.

There are UMA phones available outside T-Mob. Overstock has the 6086.

Can anyone confirm the International change? Are they really looking a IPs now?
.. joe

By: JJG

JJG — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:31:50 +0000

T-mobile wake up!!!! Don’t kill UMA and give us some new phones that use it. I have been a customer since 03. I am carrying 5 lines on my plan and will dump them all the second you kill my unlimited UMA calling feature. I get no coverage in my home or many of the places I roam. I travel extensively and find open WiFi networks all over the world.

UMA is the holy grail of cell phone features and I tell every person I know about it. I cant believe that your marketing departments were to stupid to properly advertise the benefits of this feature to the world.

You could have easily gained huge market share. You still can. It is not too late but you need to act fast. Once Skype and SIP clients can seamlessly move their data path from wifi to 3g and back your opportunity will be lost and you will be forever destined to be a fourth rate cellular company.

Wake up T-Mobile, your clock is ticking.

JJG

By: DL

DL — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:47:19 +0000

I just read that the upcoming Moto Cliq XT will have WiFi. Maybe UMA will work on this new phone? I hope so.

By: movers

movers — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:43:53 +0000

It is not a different chip set and if your phone has wifi built in that’s all it takes on your end aside for an app. the carrier i.e. tmobile needs equipment in there network but they already have it (as BB and other phones run the service over tmobile). My guess is either they are moving away from uma to something new or google (father of android os does not want it on it’s phones because they are working on something similar through google voice). Not sure why it’s not on andriod but the app has been developed just waiting for carrier to deploy (as the company that developed the app only works with carriers not end users).

By: Ja3Mik3

Ja3Mik3 — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 01:08:07 +0000

I am a t-mobile employee

Blackberry flip, 8120, 8520,8900, 9700 – uma enabled

Htc – Shadow 2009 – Uma enabled

Samsung T339 – Uma enabled

Nokia 7510, 6301, Uma Enabled

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:13:33 +0000

with UMA, minutes were ALWAYS removed from your total. IF you have an unlimited plan then it would be unlimited over UMA but if you have minutes: IT JUST SUBTRACTS minutes. T-mo is shooting themselves in the foot here. MANY Tmo users don’t get decent coverage in their homes and will have to go to another provider when they upgrade their phones that are not UMA compatible because T-mobile towers are sparser then everyone elses!

By: Hotnicks

Hotnicks — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:23:59 +0000

what about those folks currently with unlimited hotspot calling?

By: TMOCSR666

TMOCSR666 — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:02:19 +0000

TMO will be discontinuing support for UMA calling…which means no more “free” minutes for voice over internet calling…all calls will be deducted from your bucket…my senior slipped that little tidbit tonight….