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T-Mobile’s Newest Carly In Leather Commercial Takes A Direct Shot At AT&T

T-Mobile just dropped their second commercial on YouTube and this time they are taking a direct shot at the iPhone 4S on AT&T. More importantly, it’s Carly, a Motorcycle and a definite attack on AT&T’s iPhone network. How much faster is T-Mobile’s 4G network compared to the iPhone 4S on AT&T’s network? Don’t blink or you may miss it. Now see how much faster our 4G speeds are for real at [read full article]

T-Mobile Announces LTE Infrastructure Vendors, HSPA+ 42 Network Expansion

T-Mobile inches a little closer to their LTE rollout in 2013 as they announce multi-year agreements with Ericsson and Nokia Siemens. Supporting T-Mobile’s planned $4 billion dollar 4G LTE “network evolution plan,” both companies will work with T-Mobile to help modernize T-Mobile’s network and aid in the deployment of LTE service in 2013. As part of the agreement, Ericsson and Nokia Siemens will install LTE-ready equipment on 37,000 cell sites across T-Mobile’s existing … [read full article]

Walmart Introducing Exclusive T-Mobile Prepaid Mobile Broadband Plans?

Well, well, well, what have we here. According to a tip-off thanks to an eagle-eyed Walmart shopper, T-Mobile appears set to introduce some exclusive prepaid plans for T-Mobile’s Mobile Broadband network on May 21st. We’re running a little thin on info, but given the appearance of these plans on Walmart’s own website, it’s hard to argue there isn’t something new going on here. Walmart and T-Mobile appear set to add 3 plans: … [read full article]

T-Mobile Moving New Postpaid Customers To Billing In Advance

Effective May 20th, T-Mobile is making some sweeping changes to their current billing methods for new postpaid customers. Customers are now billed in arrears, meaning you pay for usage after you’ve actually used it. Now, effective May 20th, new customers signing up on the T-Mobile network will be billed in advance for reoccurring charges. This change will only affect new customers to T-Mobile — there doesn’t seem to be any indication existing customers … [read full article]

Samsung Galaxy S III/3 Announcement Tomorrow, Watch As It Goes Down

Samsung’s Galaxy S III/3 announcement is less than 24 hours away and they are sending out reminders in hopes of capturing the worlds attention tomorrow. We’ll cover any and all T-Mobile related news as it happens, but you can watch live via www.thenextgalaxy.com or via Samsung’s Mobile Facebook page. It all goes down tomorrow at 2pm EDT. So what do we expect? Well, you’ll have to read this to find out. … [read full article]

I’m Leaving The iPhone Behind And Going Android Only For 30 Days, Can I Be Converted?

This is, by all accounts one of the bigger things I’ve ever done since the founding of TmoNews. So let’s just jump right in, for 30 days, I’m giving up my iPhone completely and going all Android. I’m calling it the “David’s going 30 days with the HTC One S since I know most of you would love to see me drop all signs of iOS in my household Android challenge.” Well, that wouldn’t be … [read full article]

The T-Mobile “4G Tweet Race” Starts On May 3rd

T-Mobile’s newest promotional contest is for all your Twitter fiends out there as T-Mobile wants you to enter the “4G Tweet Race,” and a chance to win a HTC One S. So how do you win? The premise Ladies and gentlemen, start your hashtags. Enter T-Mobile’s 4G Tweet Race and put your social network to the test. You could win amazing prizes. How to play Registration is simple. Just connect your Twitter … [read full article]

Samsung’s Galaxy S III Announcement Is Two Days Away, What Can We Expect?

Note: This is a dual-post I threw up on DroidDog.com as well. I’ve tailored this post for the T-Mobile fan in all of us. You’ll see me throwing myself more and more into the Android community, you’ll find out why tonight! That’s a tease for a story going up later. Hint, hint.  If you’ve watched the news for the past few months, with a specific eye on the past few weeks you’ve seen … [read full article]

TmoNews Reviews The HTC One S

There is little question that HTC has been criticized for releasing too many phones that all seemed to be too much like each other. HTC was putting out the newest and best phone once a month, every month, for as long as we can remember. Arguably, these “superphones” helped launch Android into the stratosphere but, as a company, HTC was doing itself more harm than good. As HTC recognized a change in direction … [read full article]