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T-Mobile’s LTE Network Sightings Begin In Minneapolis, NYC And Detroit

You can file all of this as “unofficial” as is the namesake of TmoNews as an “unofficial” blog for T-Mobile, but LTE sightings are coming en masse out of New York City, Detroit and Minneapolis. While I’m in the camp that all three markets are both in the “fine tuning” and “testing” phase, Minneapolis has been scheduled for a May launch, so there’s reason to suspect things can be happening a little early. As it stands … [read full article]

HTC Says One Production Capacity To Double As Samsung Announces New Galaxy S 4 Milestone

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Some good news coming out of HTC this morning as the company’s North American president, Jack Tong, says that production capacity for the HTC One will double this month. In fact, production will not only double this month by continue increasing in June to meet the “strong demand” for the HTC One. “Our capacity is expected to rise significantly starting from mid-May. We are optimistic about our high-end sales during April and June,” … [read full article]

Loophole Allows Deutsche Telekom To Sell T-Mobile USA Shares Before Lock-In Period Ends

Deutsche Telekom Chief Financial Officer Timotheus Hoettges spoke early this morning and said that the majority shareholder of T-Mobile USA can sell the company to a buyer before the 18-month share lock-up period is over. Hoettges spoke to shareholders at the annual Deutsche Telekom meeting in Cologne, Germany earlier this morning. His comment was in response to a question from an investor who named Vodafone as a hypothetical buyer for T-Mobile USA. In its attempt to “sweeten … [read full article]

T-Mobile’s Twitter Account Explains Why Carrier Won’t Support Google Wallet

Over the last year or so there has been plenty of frustration directed at the carriers, some of whom are clearly stonewalling support for Google’s Wallet app. While T-Mobile has long stonewalled support for Google’s Wallet service, they’ve never really come out and said it’s directly because of their support for Project ISIS…until now. All it took was a simple tweet from a customer to the main @tmobile Twitter account asking why … [read full article]

Galaxy S4 with Stock Android: Is This The Next Great Tech Superphone?

We had caught wind of a possible Nexus-like Galaxy S4 previously, but we were naturally a little skeptical because good old Sammy wants to capitalize on its products and craft the signature Samsung experience with its own customized skins and software implementations. I personally wished upon a star for it to be true, but had trouble believing it. Until, of course, Google made this dream device a reality yesterday at Google I/O. The Galaxy S4 with … [read full article]

Windows Phone Overtakes BlackBerry Marketshare As Samsung Dominates Android Profits Once Again

Oh how the mighty have fallen as another piece of bad news surfaces for the BlackBerry crowd as new figures suggest the once giant smartphone OS has dropped to fourth in global shipments. There’s no question that Android at 75% and iOS at 17.3% of the total global smartphone market in the first quarter 2013 have the clear lead. Still, Microsoft saw an increase of 133.3-percent over the last 12 months to hit 3.2-percent globally. Everyone who [read full article]

Nokia Shows Off Just How Good The Lumia 925 Camera Is Against The Competition

Sure, there’s no question this Nokia-run test is a controlled environment using ideal settings to make the Lumia 925 look as good as possible. Still, for Windows Phone 8 fans it’s a chance to see how the Lumia 925 stands up against some tough competition. Nokia explains the comparison shots were taken using the “same low-lit scenes using the automatic settings for … [read full article]

Samsung Talks Galaxy S 4 Memory, Might Free Up Space Through “Further Software Optimization”

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Samsung is reversing their position of sorts as it pertains to the available memory on the 16GB Galaxy S 4 telling CNET UK: “As one of the most advanced smartphones on the market, the Samsung Galaxy S4 uses part of its internal memory to bring our customers its innovative and unique features. We appreciate this issue being raised and we will improve our communications. Also, we are reviewing the possibility to secure more memory space … [read full article]

T-Mobile Talks More About Plans To Expand MetroPCS Into 15 New Markets, Handsets And Refarmed Markets

As T-Mobile discussed plans to begin integrating the MetroPCS network in Las Vegas in the coming days, they also expanded on their plans to push MetroPCS into 15 more markets. It was back on May 1st that T-Mobile CEO John Legere hinted at expanding MetroPCS into more markets. His comments coincided with comments new T-Mobile CFO Braxton … [read full article]

T-Mobile CFO Says iPhone Price Drop Planned All Along, Las Vegas Market First To Join MetroPCS Spectrum

Speaking at the J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media and Telecom conference earlier this morning, T-Mobile’s CFO Braxton Carter touched on the company’s new iPhone 5 pricing. In fact, according to Carter this was T-Mobile’s plan all along. “When we look at the overall landscape, there’s no need to continue with the initial promotional pricing we had with the iPhone…it was a planned promotion for a very limited of time to create momentum.” What disappoints me is … [read full article]

Public Service Reminder: Watch Google’s I/O Three-Hour Keynote Live

Google I/O is just under two hours away and as is standard Google, there’s a live-stream for your viewing pleasure. Will they announce a Galaxy S 4 “Google Edition?” How about a Nexus 4 with T-Mobile-ready LTE bands? How about a unified chat service? Watch it all go down live…just prepare yourself for a lengthy three-hour keynote. In other words, no bathroom breaks allowed. … [read full article]