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T-Mobile Talks HSPA+ With GigaOM

The folks over at GigaOM are lucky enough to to sit down with the T-Mobile powers that be and discuss current happenings and the HSPA+ network. First things first, that HSPA+ upgrade we’re all eagerly awaiting, will be hitting the East and West coasts before making its way inland. The obvious questions of who is first and when were met with non-answers but eluded to “major cities from Washington, D.C. to Boston” along with “major … [read full article]

Motorola Cliq Getting Android 2.1 Love In March?

Motorola Cliq owners rejoice! According to the guys over at BGR, T-Mobile Motorola Cliq owners are scheduled to recieve Android 2.1 “sometime in March”. Motorola has heard your cries, and it looks like they’ve finally decided to give CLIQ owners what they want. Motorola loves you guys so much that they’ve decided to skip Android 2.0 and go straight to Android 2.1. How nice of them? Now hurry up and give us the update! Sound … [read full article]

MyTouch 1.2 Pics, TmoNews Edition

Thanks to one of our oh so trusty tipsters, we now have exclusive pics of the upcoming myTouch 1.2 aka “myTouch with a 3.5mm jack”, although it looks exactly the same as the original myTouch 3G, with the exception of the 3.5mm jack.  The device (like we told you) will be launching tomorrow Wednesday, February 10th. As stated before, the myTouch 1.2 will include a 3.5mm headphone jack, Swype right out of the box, … [read full article]

T-Mobile HTC HD2 To Come With Multitouch?

Those fine folks over at HTC and Magenta must really love us, as it looks like the HD2 will include a feature previously absent from other capacitive touch screen handsets in the U.S. According to the specs on HTC’s website, right out of the box, T-Mobile’s HTC HD2 will include a “capacitive touch screen with pinch to zoom”, in other words, multi-touch. As you may already know, most capacitive touch screen handsets in the U.S would get stripped … [read full article]

Google Customer Service Number Now Live

After taking quite a beating in the blogosphere after the initial launch of the Nexus One, Google has officially launched phone support. That’s right; 888-48-NEXUS (63987) will get you customer service from Google, open daily from 7AM to 10PM EST. That’s right, from Google. Read those words, stop, close your mouth and let the wow factor hit you. Google finally recognized that live phone support is what it will take to help service the mighty … [read full article]

Nokia Nuron Shows Itself (Again)

While it’s only been a few days since we first got wind of the Nokia “Nuron”, aka Nokia 5230, the name hasn’t gotten any better. Dropping March 17th as we first predicted, the Nuron will come in with some 3G goodness, a 3.2” touchscreen and the Ovi Application Store. Interestingly enough this phone is being billed to both “Connected Socializers ages 20-40. “ Ok. Sure. While it’s certainly not going to have the … [read full article]

T-Mobile Confirms Swype On MyTouch+/1.2, Whatever The Next MyTouch IS

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Apparently, Swype is all the rage these days and while I have yet to discover its usefulness for my own purposes, future MyTouch 1.2 buyers will be among the first Android owners to use it. The above shot comes to us through one of our ninjas who received via email this confirmation of its inclusion, among other non-essential and non-juicy information. If Swype is not your cup of tea, no worries, it’s not mine … [read full article]

Samsung Behold 2 Special!

Look, I do not think it is any real surprise that the Samsung Behold 2 was not exactly the wild seller. I cannot recall ever actually seeing anyone using it, at least not publicly.  When shown against other T-Mobile Android options, the only real differentiator is the AMOLED screen. To some buyers that is not reason enough to purchase one, no matter how times the price drops. That being said, nothing says “buy me” like … [read full article]

MyTouch 3G For $99.99 Starting February 10th

Looks like T-Mobile is preparing for the MyTouch 1.2 launch, which means it is time to get rid of the original MyTouch stock. Starting Wednesday February 10th, T-Mobile will be offering the original MyTouch 3G “1.0” for $99.99, a $50 savings! New customers and eligible existing customers alike will be able to snag a MyTouch 3G for $99.99 with a 2 year agreement. If you have been thinking about getting into the Android game, and do not … [read full article]

Snapdragon Showdown

Let’s be honest, the most coveted phone processor out there (right now) is the Snapdragon processor.  It is advancing smartphones past their cell phone cousins and putting them closer to netbooks.  Currently, you can get your hands on this beautiful piece of silicon if you get yourself a Nexus One.  If you are in to waiting, then you know the HTC HD2 also features this very same processor and it will soon grace us … [read full article]