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Want A Chance To Own The HD7 Early, Have $950?

I can’t say how much I agree with the boys from WPCentral who came across this shady Craigslist ad offering you first chance at the HTC HD7 for the low low price of $950. There is so much wrong with this ad that it begged to be posted simply because it’s the weekend and its so wrong, its funny. The ad from Craigslist originates from Chicago yet the top left image shows New York City from … [read full article]

T-Mobile Getting Scrappy, myTouch Calling Out iPhone 4

This is the T-Mobile I want to see, the scrappy little guy picking a fight with the big guy simply because he can! Is that the best way of putting it? Of course not but the above image shows T-Mobile is definitely going on an offensive to showcase the strength of their devices versus that of the competition. Just days after a GigaOM article caught my eye discussing how T-Mobile wants to be the “target” of … [read full article]

The Huawei Ideos Will Launch As The T-Mobile Comet

Updated with a better pic! Back in the middle of September when we dropped the accessory list that hinted toward future upcoming handsets a few stuck out because we had never before heard their codenames. Well the “Comet” has officially been solved and will release as the Huawei Ideos to T-Mobile on November 3rd. Packing in a 3 megapixel camera, Swype keyboard and GPS (holy cow!) the Ideos looks to cater to the smartphone beginner … [read full article]

T-Mobile Formally Introduces New Pre-paid Calling And Data Plans

T-Mobile customers have some brand new prepaid calling and data plans to choose from starting October 18th with a whole new spectrum of options. T-Mobile isn’t going to let Walmart steal all the prepaid glory and these options look pretty good if you’re looking for basic offerings. Hit the press release below for the rest of the details; just don’t expect any surprises from what we’ve seen thanks to leaked info: Increasingly, customers are demanding … [read full article]

T-Mobile Clarifies Wi-Fi Calling And Tethering Reports On G2

T-Mobile has issued a brief statement to clarify reports that began yesterday with XDA Developers forum releasing an unconfirmed report of a software update that initialized the Wi-Fi calling feature on the G2. “Wi-Fi Calling and tethering Wi-Fi sharing are not currently supported on the T-Mobile G2. T-Mobile knows these features are important to consumers and we’re working to deliver them to G2 users in the future. We have nothing further to announce at this time.” … [read full article]

New “myTouch” To Be Known As myTouch 4G?

So I’ve been working on getting the exact name of the “new” myTouch ever since the official announcement came out calling it the “new” myTouch. We can happily, or unhappily confirm that the device appears to be named the “myTouch 4G” if our sources are accurate. We’re not calling this one 100% as until we have something in writing that says so but from what we’ve heard from those individuals who have used the phone, … [read full article]

T-Mobile Gearing Up For Pre-paid Changes

Incoming collateral is usually a pretty good indicator that a big change is about to take place and lucky for us, we already knew T-Mobile was planning some major changes in their prepaid offerings. What we didn’t know was that T-Mobile would be changing around their lowest priced refill options replacing the $25 dollar refill card with a $30 dollar option instead. Expect to see this change take place, Wednesday October 20th!

First Look At The HTC HD7 [Video]

Had enough of the HTC HD7 yet? What’s that you say, you want more? Well here you go, here’s the first HTC HD7 promo video! The video briefly showcases the HD7’s multimedia experience on a huge 4.3-inch touchscreen. Check out the video above! Don’t forget to leave your thoughts in the comments! P.S. Expect some hands-on videos from David later tonight! YouTube

(Updated: Only Announced For T-Mobile UK) HTC 7 Mozart Officially Announced, Launching November 7th

Update: Hey guys, David here and I’m sitting in a room with the HTC folks and they say thus far, the Mozart has only been announced for T-Mobile overseas. They didn’t say the Mozart wasn’t coming to T-Mobile when I pressed the question but there is no announcement for this device at this time. Only the HD7 and Dell Venue Pro are definite’s for Magenta. Remember the HTC Mozart of which we first heard about … [read full article]

Dell Venue Pro Headed To T-Mobile, Releasing Just In Time For The Holidays

Good news folks! T-Mobile will not only be picking up the HTC HD7 this holiday season, but two other Windows Phone 7 handsets as well. The Dell Venue Pro (aka Lighting) being one of the three. The Dell Venue sports a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, WVGA 4.1-inch AMOLED display, five megapixel autofocus camera, 1GB of flash with 512MB RAM plus 8GB of storage, GPS, accelerometer, compass, FM radio,  full Flash support including video playback, … [read full article]