Articles by David Beren

Best Buy’s Deal Of The Day Is The HTC Sensation 4G

Screen Shot 2012-02-05 at 11.43.36 AM Happy Super Bowl Sunday everyone and let's give a big thank you to Best Buy for offering up a T-Mobile Sensation 4G as their Sunday deal of the day. The Sensation 4G is free with a new, two-year contract and just $99.99 for qualifying upgrades on a two-year contract. The deal ends in 13 hours, 47 minutes and 11…10….9 seconds so take advantage now! Best... Read more »

Rumor Alert: T-Mobile’s Next “All Hands Day” Sale Taking Place February 11th?

6816886137_3941026bf0_o Caution: All intel is unconfirmed and is therefore considered a rumor! We knew it wouldn't take long before we got word of another "All Hands Sale" for T-Mobile and if our most recent ninja tip is true, February 11th is the day. Here's the good news if our ninja tipsters are hearing this info correctly, this offer is good for both Classic and Value plan... Read more »

T-Mobile CEO Sends Out Personal Note, Thanks You For Being A Customer

Screen Shot 2012-02-03 at 1.05.55 PM In what can only be attributed to yesterdays disappointing showing by T-Mobile in the JD Power award category for best wireless customer care, Chief Executive Philip Humm has sent (all T-Mobile) customers a "personal note." I think it's clear that this statement is a direct response to the customer response popping up online in the last 24 hours regarding... Read more »

T-Mobile Celebrates 500,000 Fans On Facebook, Offers 30% Off Any One Accessory

418254_10150567107353895_108726828894_8669434_1010302610_n T-Mobile is celebrating their recent milestone of 500,000 fans on Facebook with a special coupon offer for 30% off any one accessory at your local T-Mobile store. "We've reached a huge milestone because of you. To celebrate, enjoy 30% off any accessory in our stores. Here's to another half million!" The offer expires on June 30th so you've got plenty of time to... Read more »

T-Mobile Releases Statement Regarding JD Power Showing

avatarOMG.jpg-o550x400.tmp_-1 T-Mobile is on the offensive today, hoping to get word out about their own disappointment on today's fourth place JD Power wireless customer care awards. While we've already got two internal statements covered inside our earlier post, this is the official media statement being circled around courtesy of T-Mobile's PR team. I appreciate T-Mobile's recognition of... Read more »

Concerned About Your Data Usage While Roaming, Try Onavo

Screen Shot 2012-02-02 at 12.46.00 PM It's rare that we preview and throw our weight behind an app on TmoNews, as a carrier-specific blog I haven't attempted to cover a lot of outside of T-Mobile's purview. Sometimes an app comes along that's worth bringing your attention to and given the recently leaked upcoming changes for T-Mobile's domestic roaming policy, we bring you Onavo. Onavo is a... Read more »

HTC Says Some Of Its Handsets Leak Wi-Fi Passwords

htc-sensation-4g-tmobile-usa HTC is acknowledging this morning a software flaw found on some of their Android phones that openly offers secure credential across any Wi-Fi network they are connected with. A report from TheNextWeb shows that there is little in the way of stopping someone from grabbing this information and using it for mischievous purposes. The flaw affects a number of HTC... Read more »

Newest JD Power Report Shows T-Mobile Dropping To Fourth Place For Customer Service

Screen Shot 2012-01-29 at 8.52.49 AM This is one report I'm truly disappointed to write as I feel the mighty have fallen. T-Mobile, once an all-star in the customer service field with enough JD Power awards to fill an entire trophy room, has fallen to fourth place in the most recent JD Power Wireless Customer Care report announced this morning. Don't get me wrong, I had early signs this was happening... Read more »

Samsung SGH-T769 Passes Through The FCC, User Agent String Appears

Screen Shot 2012-02-02 at 9.22.23 AM Chalk up another forthcoming T-Mobile device we can't name in the form of the Samsung SGH-T769. It was back on January 25th that we identified the SGH-T999 user agent string and while we believe it's the Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G, we can't say anything with 100% certainty. Given that Samsung has all but maxed out its T9x9 model numbers, we're not sure if the T769... Read more »

T-Mobile Drops The Price On The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, Galaxy Tab 7.0

Screen Shot 2012-02-01 at 9.40.08 PM If you're looking to pick one of T-Mobile's two Samsung Galaxy Tab tablets you'll be happy to know as of February 1st, T-Mobile has introduced two new rebates for both the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0. T-Mobile increased the mail-in rebate amount from 50 to $100 while the no contract and upfront 2 year costs stay the same. However, both... Read more »