Archive | 2010

Poll: Is The Lack of Voice On The Galaxy Tab A Deal Breaker For You?

So earlier this morning we did a quick, completely unscientific poll on our Twitter (are you following us? No, why not??) asking if you, the readers thought the lack of voice capability on the Galaxy Tab was a deal breaker? I won’t say the response was overwhelming one way or the other, but certainly more than half of you responded that it would affect your buying decision. So I pose the question to you, our … [read full article]

Walmart Family Mobile In The Wild

With Walmart introducing their own post-paid service, it offers yet another low cost solution to families who don’t need the full spectrum of carrier offerings. Piggybacking on the T-Mobile network, Walmart will offer unlimited talk and text for $45 dollars per month with each additional line costing just $25. Data will come in 100MB increments with one free 100MB, which will be shared by all lines on the account and easily refilled through an online account … [read full article]

SMS Providers Already Threatening To Cancel Services To T-Mobile Customers

Yesterdays reporting regarding T-Mobile and their plans to increase the cost of third party text providers has already prompted at least one company to threaten to bar message alerts from T-Mobile. Cha Cha, a leading provider of answering any question you can ask it via text has publicly stated they would “drop T-Mobile from our service.” Accusing T-Mobile of “triple dipping,” Cha Cha, which counts T-Mobile as 12% of their service or close to 125,000,000 messages … [read full article]

Samsung Confirms Galaxy Tab Headed To T-Mobile

With yesterday’s handset confirmations, comes even more good news! Samsung today announced in New York City that their Samsung Galaxy Tab will be headed to all four major U.S carriers, including T-Mobile USA. The Galaxy Tab will be Magenta’s very first tablet. Sporting a 7-inch 1204 x 600 WSVGA resolution display, a 1.3 megapixel front facing camera and 3 megapixel rear camera, a 1GHz HummingBird processor, along with the latest Android 2.2 (Froyo), the Galaxy Tab will … [read full article]

myTouch HD Accessories Galore

Yesterday was a big day, with an inventory sheet pointing towards a few new, highly anticipated, devices.  I don’t know about you, but that alone got me excited.  We also promised you something more today, and well, SURPRISE!  I’m sure you saw this coming, or were at least questioning it from yesterday’s leak, but we now have an accessory sheet for the MyTouch HD.  As with other myTouch Phones, there will be tons of … [read full article]

Did T-Mobile Confirm The Existence Of An Android Tablet?

This report doesn’t come from one of our usual suspects in the tech blog word but the good folks over at Appolicious had a conversation with a T-Mobile rep. The most worthy note here, if this report is to be believed is that T-Mobile have an Android tablet available before the Christmas holiday. What’s more interesting is that this report coincides with our inventory sheet leak yesterday showing off the LG Optimus T which some … [read full article]

Motorola Charm Free At Radio Shack Through Saturday

While the Motorola Charm may not have the “Charm” as some other upcoming Android devices, it’s a perfect fit for the entry Android and Smartphone user. Thanks to Radio Shack scooping up this little Qwerty is as easy as free, with a qualifying 2-year agreement of course. No word on if that means upgrades, new lines or both but if you’re looking for a quick and inexpensive add a line device with a data plan, … [read full article]

T-Mobile To Charge Third Parties More For SMS Sent Over Network?

I may consider myself something of a phone connoisseur but an industry analyst I am not so I don’t pretend to understand all of the charges that exist in the wireless industry. That’s why I don’t understand the need for a charge such as the one T-Mobile is considering implementing for businesses that send text messages over the T-Mobile network. Beginning on October 1, T-Mobile will reportedly charge one-quarter of one cent to businesses for every message … [read full article]

It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

Update: Remember, the dates listed are NOT the dates the phones will be received or sold, this is just an accessory list and the dates are when accessories for these devices will likely be shipping or received by stores! Well what do we have here, the golden ticket? No. So what is it? Well one of our super ninjas just made Christmas happen in September with some information regarding upcoming and future T-Mobile handsets. By now you’ve … [read full article]

Will UMA Ever Come To Android? Ever?

Almost exactly a month to the day  I wrote a short editorial about why I think UMA still matters, especially on Android. I don’t think I read one dissenter in the comments who stated that UMA on Android wouldn’t be a welcomed addition. Then yesterday came a report from GigaOM namesake Om Malik who spoke to an unnamed T-Mobile representative and was told that T-Mobile would “continue to support UMA on the current and forthcoming … [read full article]