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T-Mobile To Offer Additional Unlocked iPhone Support Beginning January 30th

Screen Shot 2012-01-27 at 9.19.02 AM Starting on January 30th, T-Mobile will "begin offering additional support to customers using an Apple iPhone on our network." T-Mobile's added iPhone support will include "common procedures, information about feature and specifications and other basic device questions." T-Mobile is implementing these changes to support the 1 million plus users on the Magenta... Read more »

Five Recommendations For T-Mobile USA In 2012

3b686_5NumberFiveInCircle I came across an article yesterday afternoon from Matthew Miller, a ZDNet Contributor and T-Mobile customer whom I also had the pleasure of meeting this week at CES. Miller's post highlights five simple recommendations for T-Mobile in 2012 to help solidify their user base and re-establish themselves as a player in the US wireless market. T-Mobile highlighted at... Read more »

(Updated With Clarified Statements From T-Mobile CTO Neville Ray) A Look At T-Mobile’s CES 2012 Booth, The Availability Of The iPhone, And A Look At Carly With Mr TmoNews Himself

IMG_0214 Clarification from T-Mobile Regarding iPhone: Comments made by T-Mobile’s CTO, Neville Ray, regarding the evolution of chipsets to include additional bands were misconstrued. Mr. Ray was speaking generally to chipset advancements available to all phone manufacturers. T-Mobile has no knowledge of Apple’s product roadmap and our position on the iPhone has not... Read more »

T-Mobile’s Chief Executive On The Record With The New York Times

t-mobile-usa-completes-president-and-ceo-transition-philipp-humm-has-the-wheel_1 T-Mobile's Chief Executive Officer is on the hot-seat for the folks at the New York Times answering some hard hitting questions about AT&T, T-Mobile USA and the future. T-Mobile CEO Philip Humm insists that T-Mobile will keep the value plans that exchange a lower monthly fee for selling you an unsubsidized device. While many of you have yet to see the benefit... Read more »

Unlocked iPhone Spotted Running On T-Mobile’s 3G Network? It’s True…Sort Of

t-mobile-iphone No, I'm not crazy and yes, this story is about an iPhone running on T-Mobile's 3G network. Yes we're talking 3G here because only the iPhone 4S really supports what T-Mobile quantifies as 4G anyway. A small, unknown factoid about how T-Mobile is handling some of its spectrum refarming is that in certain parts of the country, they are using the 1900MHz band (known... Read more »

Samsung Takes On Apple “Magic” In New Commercial Spot

Screen Shot 2011-11-22 at 10.14.00 PM Samsung pokes fun at Apple's grip on it's consumer base by showing Apple fans as…wait for it Android fans…your favorite word…sheep. Of course the term "sheep" could be thrown right back at any fanboy group (that includes you Android faithful) but…Samsung strikes a chord and chalks up a total win with this commercial. This is well worth 60 seconds of your... Read more »

T-Mobile Offers Promotion On New myTouch by LG Smartphones For Existing Customers

Screen Shot 2011-11-11 at 1.22.19 PMwtmk T-Mobile's newest promotion is a kinda, sorta response to the iPhone but more importantly, it's available for their existing customers. Too often T-Mobile's promotions are only available to new customers so we're happy (actually we're thrilled) to see something that takes care of the T-Mobile faithful. The myTouch by LG models won't satisfy the urges of the Galaxy... Read more »

T-Mobile Releases Yet Another Statement Promoting Their Android Lineup

Screen Shot 2011-10-20 at 10.12.35 PM T-Mobile's newest corporate blog post comes just weeks after a similar looking statement from T-Mobile CMO Cole Brodman with both posts emphasizing the power of T-Mobile's Android lineup. This time around the focus is once again on the lack of the iPhone 4S on T-Mobile, except this time T-Mobile directly states that part of the reason is Apple's decision not to... Read more »

T-Mobile’s Bobsled Revamps And Extends Free Calling Across The Web, Android And iOS

BobsledLogo_JumpOn It has been some time since we've heard anything from T-Mobile's Bobsled service, previously announced as a VoiP service used through Facebook. Well throw that out the window as Bobsled is making a splash in a big way "…allowing users to place free VoiP calls to mobile and landline numbers from virtually anywhere on the web." The service is free and accessible... Read more »

What Will Happen Now That T-Mobile Doesn’t Have The iPhone?

ATT-Apple-T-Mobile-e1300652416922 It’s October 4th and we all know what that means, iPhone Day!  Well, I’m sure you have heard already but T-Mobile will NOT be receiving an iPhone this year.  Big win for the Android faithful, but what does this mean for the carrier on a whole?... Read more »