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Flash Coming to Android First Half Of 2010

Not much of new news here since we already knew Flash for Android handsets was coming in early 2010. If you didn’t already know, enabling Flash on a mobile handset would make it possible to play streaming video inside the browser. Online video streaming websites (YouTube and Hulu) rely on Flash player. This is something that has been absent in many handsets, but that should change come early … [read full article]

Nokia 5230 T-Mobile Bound?

With the inclusion of AWS (T-Mobile 3G) on the N900, it was clear to see that Nokia and T-Mobile were starting to warm up to one another.  In fact, it is starting to look like we may be graced by another T-Mobile 3G ready Nokia soon. What makes us think this, you might ask?  Well, the good ol’ FCC filings show an indication for support of our AWS bands.  While it has been a while since T-Mobile has … [read full article]

T-mobile Releases Tap

Not a whole lot of fanfare surrounding the release of the T-Mobile Tap, but as a “smart” dumbphone it fits nicely between the traditional phone and the Android lead T-Mobile smartphone lineup. Coming in at $79.99 it’s a perfect little stocking stuffer this holiday season. Touchscreen, 3G and a 2.0 megapixel camera — what more could you ask for in a phone that won’t break the bank? If you want to take a … [read full article]

Walmat Offering $100 Gift Card With Blackberry Purchases?

This comes courtesy of the boys at Gizmodo who report Walmart as giving away a $100 gift card with the purchase of a shiny new Blackberry purchase. Taking place during the week of November 14th, that’s now for the  Gregorian calendar challenged. Giz reports you can take advantage of this in store and online and while I refuse to enter the Walmart located nearest my house, a little poking around Walmart’s wireless website didn’t find this offer. … [read full article]

T-mobile Talks 7.2Mbps Speeds For Christmas

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Well somehow this skipped our radar yesterday but apparently T-Mobile laid out “aggressive” plans to deploy 7.2 Mbps HSPA through all 3G spectrum by year’s end.  Even more noteworthy is T-Mobile’s continued discussion regarding an HSPA+ rollout in 2010 that would be a “fairly broad scale” rollout. T-Mobile continued to emphasize 3G coverage will expand to 200 million pops before the end of … [read full article]