With the New Year come and gone, Samsung Vibrant owners are still left with questions as to when they can expect to receive Android 2.2 Froyo. Samsung has taken to Twitter this afternoon to let all Galaxy S owners know they are still working on it and hope to make it as smooth as possible. I wouldn’t doubt any current Vibrant owner who takes these words with a grain of salt as they have seemingly … [read full article]
So what we’ve got here based on what we believe is the most up to date information is two conflicting dates for the launch of the Motorola Cliq 2 aka Begonia. The above document stating that the device will launch January 5th and the other, the document below offering up the 19th as the release date. When the stock images of the Cliq 2 leaked Tuesday night, it was our belief that the 19th was … [read full article]
Word coming in from BGR is that Best Buy is currently experiencing troubles activating new T-Mobile lines. According to BGR, Best Buy’s new line activation system for T-Mobile has been down for almost a week. Because of this, if you want to purchase a Nexus S (or other T-Mobile handsets), you will be forced to pay the full retail price (that is, if you really really want it that badly). We’re unsure whether this is a nationwide issue or limited … [read full article]
By now T-Mobile is used to winning customer service excellence awards but each and every one must give them another shot of pride. This time Laptop Magazine, one of my favorite sites has rated T-Mobile as having the best customer service among the big four carriers. T-Mobile doesn’t come off perfect, but this wholly unscientific test shows that by and large T-Mobile reps were more informed and faster at getting the reporter answers to his … [read full article]
T-Mobile has released another commercial in its myTouch4G/4G-network campaign, this time knocking video calling over wifi. This commercial highlights the limitations imposed by wifi only video chat when one of the users steps outside the wifi zone, or in the case of this commercial, outside the cones. The “glitchy” effect given to the “iPhone4” showcases the need to stay within the wifi range in order to have a call that that doesn’t end up looking … [read full article]
Merrychristmasahanukkahkwanzaa from all of us at TmoNews!! We’re taking the day off and relaxing with family and friends. Of course if you are me, Starbucks is a calling today! We hope you received from very cool stuff this morning and hopefully some of that included something from Magenta! Thank you for you reading TmoNews throughout 2010. It has been a pleasure and a privilege to keep this site running the last 2.5 years and I look forward … [read full article]
A few hours ago a Sprint corporate communications manager decided to stir the pot by declaring Sprint the only “true” 4G carrier by using a little math. You can see her version of mathematics above and while she definitely used you know, numbers she obviously skipped the day they handed out the ability to fact check. Claiming that the ITU and their decision to declare “evolved” 3G services like HSPA+ and Sprint’s very own Wimax … [read full article]
With CES just days away the wireless industry is all abuzz with 4G this and 4G that. While most of the attention is on what Verizon might show off, T-Mobile is prepped and ready to outline their own 4G path to HSPA+ 42Mpbs. Senior Director Engineering Mark McDiarmid speaking to the Wall Street Journal stated that T-Mobile will “unveil its plans for the faster network in Vegas and added that the technology will be integrated into … [read full article]
For Motorola Cliq XT owners the wait to Android 2.1 glory has been filled with a whole lot of waiting. As it turns out, you’ll be waiting a little bit longer according to the new Motorola Android update release schedule calling for “additional testing”. The ominous “more details when available” could easily be construed as “we simply have no idea when this will be ready to launch”. Cliq XT owners can take a little … [read full article]
One of the joys of owning a Nexus device these days, either the Nexus S or the original Nexus One, is the knowledge that you’ll be among the first for Android updates. Nexus One owners who have been looking at Nexus S users with jealousy over their Gingerbread device won’t have to wait much longer according to the above Tweet from the @googlenexus official account. So “hang tight”, relax and enjoy the holidays and … [read full article]
