If you were waiting to buy a Galaxy Note 5 or Galaxy S6 edge+ so that you could get T-Mobile’s JUMP! On Demand offer, today’s your day. The Galaxy Note 5 and S6 edge+ are hitting T-Mobile store shelves today, August 21, and that means that you can take advantage of the JUMP! On Demand … [read full article]
Last year, T-Mobile launched its Test Drive that allowed anyone to try out the Magenta network with an iPhone 5s for 7 days. Now Samsung has launched a similar test drive promotion of its own. Samsung’s Ultimate Test Drive promotion is now live, letting iPhone owners try out a Galaxy Note 5, Galaxy S6 edge+, or Galaxy S6 edge for 30 days. When you sign up for … [read full article]
T-Mobile and Beatport have teamed up several times in the past, including getting Beatport to be a part of Music Freedom and giving away 250,000 downloads of a Zedd single. Now the two companies have come together a third time for an exclusive offer for Magenta Army members. Electronic music streaming service Beatport is now offering a special hub in its app and website called T-Mobile Backstage that … [read full article]
T-Mobile is currently offering the Samsung Galaxy S6 for $579.99, which is $100 off its regular asking price for the 32GB model. If you’d like to save even more cash, though, turn to eBay. The Samsung Galaxy S6 is now being sold by eBay user “breed” for $469.99. This is the 32GB model and it comes new and unlocked. Buyers get their choice of four … [read full article]
Ever heard of Tile? The company makes small Bluetooth tags that you can use to help locate your lost phone or keys, and today it introduced the new version of its product, the second generation Tile. The updated Tile includes several new goodies, such as the ability to double-tap the “e” button on the Tile to ring your lost phone, so long as it’s within the 100-foot Bluetooth range. You can also … [read full article]
If you’re interested in BlackBerry’s oft-rumored Android slider phone, you’ll be happy to learn that a new image may give us a clear look at the place where your thumbs may call home later this year. A newly-leaked image of the BlackBerry Slider shows the device’s screen slid up, which exposes the device’s physical keyboard for all to see. The QWERTY looks a bit flat, but that’s to be expected with a … [read full article]
RootMetrics today released its First Half 2015 US Mobile Network Performance Review, which ranks the US carriers based on performance across the country. During its testing, RootMetrics says that it drove 237,506 miles across the US to collect around 6.1 million test samples. RootMetrics’ overall performance winner for the first half of 2015 was Verizon, scoring a 94.5 out of 100. AT&T scored 91.8, Sprint got 87.5, and … [read full article]
Years after T-Mobile was the first US carrier to kill the contract, the other major US carriers are finally following suit. First it was Verizon, and now Sprint has said that it, too, plans to stop offering two-year contracts. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure has said that his carrier plans to stop offering contracts by the end of … [read full article]
When T-Mobile announced its pricing for the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 edge+ last week, it failed to reveal much in the way of pre-order details. Today John Legere took to Twitter to clear things up. Legere says that tomorrow, August 18, T-Mobile will begin taking orders for both the Note 5 and S6 edge+ at 6:00 am PT/9:00 am ET. You’ll be able to order online … [read full article]
It’s official: Android M is Marshmallow! Google announced on the Android Developers Blog that Android M’s official name will be “Marshmallow,” continuing the company’s tradition of naming major Android OS updates after desserts. Google also revealed that Marshmallow is Android 6.0, which is up from the last version of Lollipop, Android 5.1. You can see the official Marshmallow statue on Google’s campus [read full article]
