Tag Archives: Isis

T-Mobile’s Twitter Account Explains Why Carrier Won’t Support Google Wallet

Over the last year or so there has been plenty of frustration directed at the carriers, some of whom are clearly stonewalling support for Google’s Wallet app. While T-Mobile has long stonewalled support for Google’s Wallet service, they’ve never really come out and said it’s directly because of their support for Project ISIS…until now. All it took was a simple tweet from a customer to the main @tmobile … [read full article]

Samsung Galaxy S 4 Software Update Improves Visual Voicemail, ISIS App

Samsung Galaxy S 4 owners should keep an eye out for a small maintenance update this morning bringing two minor updates to the recently launched flagship smartphone. According to T-Mobile’s support page, the update “improves the Visual Voicemail app and includes ISIS app improvements.” You remember Project ISIS, don’t you…that mobile payment system we’re STILL waiting to launch nationwide? You can go about receiving the update in one of two … [read full article]

ISIS Mobile Wallet Launches Today In Salt Lake City, Utah And Austin, Texas

Right on schedule this morning is the announcement  of the ISIS Mobile Wallet system via T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon Wireless in Salt Lake City, Utah and Austin, Texas. “With Isis, you won’t have to carry around that physical credit card — and you can transfer a lot more personal necessities from your wallet onto your phone, thanks to secure NFC services.” The ISIS payment system will offer T-Mobile customers “a secure … [read full article]

ISIS Team Confirms October 22nd Launch In Salt Lake City, Austin

In a confirmation of our story earlier this week indicating the ISIS Mobile Wallet program would begin on October 22nd, comes confirmation via The Verge from the head of marketing for ISIS. “Isis will be launching in Austin and Salt Lake City on Oct. 22. By year end, as many as 20 Isis Ready handsets are expected to be in market. We look forward to sharing more details on Oct. 22.” … [read full article]

ISIS Mobile Wallet Android App Shows Up In Google Play Store

With yesterdays confirmation that T-Mobile was prepping to launch their ISIS Mobile Wallet trial in Salt Lake City, Utah and Austin, Texas on October 22nd, comes the release of the ISIS Mobile Wallet app for Android. The app itself requires that you have an ISIS ready SIM card which can be picked up at retail stores in the two test pilot locations beginning sometime next week. Reminder: This app will not … [read full article]

T-Mobile ISIS Mobile Wallet Pilot Launching October 22nd

The time is finally here as T-Mobile and the ISIS team prepares to officially launch their pilot Mobile Wallet application on October 22nd. Thanks to this blurry-cam image, we can see that the ISIS Mobile Wallet application will finally makes its way to the Play Store on October 22nd. As of now, the pilot trial will begin in Salt Lake City, Utah and Austin, Texas. In order to use the ISIS Mobile … [read full article]

T-Mobile Readies SIM Card Release For ISIS Mobile Wallet System

With the announcement yesterday that the mobile payment program ISIS has been pushed back into October, T-Mobile is still continuing to make preparations for the platform launch in both Austin, Texas and Salt Lake City, Utah. ISIS head of marketing, Jaymee Johnson declined to comment about why the project had been delayed for the second time this year. Johnson did however state that the project had made continued progress. “We are wrapping … [read full article]

ISIS Mobile Payment System To Debut In September, Three T-Mobile Devices Included

With T-Mobile announcing a software update for the Galaxy S II that includes “ISIS” details, the internet is abuzz with what exactly T-Mobile was updating. Thankfully, Bloomberg seems to have the answer with a report that ISIS’ CEO says to expect a September launch in two test markets. In fact, the two test markets, Austin, Texas and Salt Lake City, Utah are the very same markets we discovered as T-Mobile’s own … [read full article]

Samsung Galaxy S II Update Includes Bug Fixes, ISIS Support

Samsung Galaxy S II owners rejoice as a brand new maintenance update includes bug fixes that will hopefully work out a number of issues you’ve had since the Ice Cream Sandwich update. Unfortunately, T-Mobile’s support website doesn’t detail exactly what “bug fixes” entails, but we can only hope they fix a number of the issues encountered after the anticipated Ice Cream Sandwich update. The real highlight of this update is the ISIS/NFC … [read full article]

T-Mobile Joins With Other National Carriers To Form Mobile Payments Committee

The use of mobile payments in the “real world” still seems a long way off, but a newly formed group calling itself the Mobile Payments Committee hopes to make some real progress in the field. The group includes all four major US carriers — AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon, along with Google, ISIS, PayPal, Verifone and Intuit. Electronic Transactions Association CEO Jason Oxman announced the formation of the group saying: “There are a … [read full article]