Paulson & Co., MetroPCS’ largest shareholder and the loudest voice of opposition against the T-Mobile deal has changed their tune after the revised terms issued by Deutsche Telekom late yesterday afternoon. “While Paulson needs to review the revised proxy statement before making a final decision, Paulson intends to vote for the merger as restructured,” the firm, founded by … [read full article]
As T-Mobile employees wind down their training for the iPhone 5 launch hour nears, we’re ready to see T-Mobile unveil it’s reportedly “massive” iPhone advertising campaign. Expect to see the words “screaming fast” play a major part as the ads begin Thursday night. We’re even going way, way out on a limb as there’s a rumor swirling around that T-Mobile made a … [read full article]
Update: A new MetroPCS press release just hit the wires announcing the company has decided to push back the date of the shareholder vote to April 24th. The decision to postpone the Special Meeting was mutually agreed upon by Deutsche Telekom and MetroPCS to allow MetroPCS stockholders additional time to, subject to approval by the MetroPCS board of directors, consider a proposal from Deutsche Telekom to revise the business combination agreement, dated October 3, 2012, among … [read full article]
On the heels of this mornings report that Deutsche Telekom was watching the real-time voting results from MetroPCS shareholders comes a new report via the Wall Street Journal. The Journal is reporting that “people familiar with the after” have told the publication Deutsche Telekom is reviewing a sweeter bid for MetroPCS. The improved terms of a new deal could be announced as early as … [read full article]
I’m terribly apologetic that I didn’t get this up for everyone yesterday, but for those of you who haven’t already received the updated Play Store, why wait? You can get it now, this very minute by just downloading the APK available at the link below. Install it right away with no root required, just make sure installing from unknown sources is checked “on” in … [read full article]
Samsung’s marketing machine is starting to kick the Galaxy S 4 TV campaign into gear with a set of four commercials ready to make their way across the globe. Android Central managed to get their hands on a copy of a 62 second commercial landing in the UK on April 26th. The ad itself is basically a demo of all the highlighted and noteworthy features, which is exactly what Samsung should be showing. The other 3 … [read full article]
The MetroPCS merger vote is less than 48 hours away, but that doesn’t mean Deutsche Telekom isn’t monitoring real-time proxy documents as they come in ahead of the scheduled vote. MetroPCS shareholders unable to attend the meeting are sending in their proxy documents ahead of the April 12th deadline providing the T-Mobile USA parent company a chance to count the ballots as they come in. Given the opportunity to monitor real-time votes, DT will have early … [read full article]
There’s little question that the Samsung Galaxy S 4 is packing a lot of new features and functionalities under the hood. Samsung detailed a few of them on stage at their March 14th launch event, but is now expanding on the launch event with a new infographic highlighting the nine sensors tucked away inside the phone. Posted to Samsung’s official Tomorrow page, the graphic highlights the “wide array of innovative technologies” that differentiate the Galaxy S … [read full article]
Updated: After seeing a bunch of questions regarding the credit applying toward a full outright purchase of the iPhone 5, I pinged T-Mobile’s PR and they confirmed the credit applies to full retail purchases. T-Mobile announced late last night it will supplement its upfront iPhone 5 pricing with a special trade-in offer. The offer, which lasts through Father’s Day on June 16th, will allow well-qualified customers to bring in their iPhone 4S or iPhone 4 devices … [read full article]
T-Mobile execs took a moment to speak to CNET and discuss the initial reaction to their new Simple Choice/UNcarrier company. Andrew Sherrard, senior vice president of marketing and David Carey, executive vice president for corporate services stated that traffic in stores is up. “I have every reason to believe this momentum will continue and carry forward,” he said but Carey did admit its too early to gauge any real indicators right now. T-Mobile declined to list the … [read full article]
T-Mobile’s announced availability of the Lumia 521 all the way back in February at Mobile World Congress and Nokia’s keynote event. Which makes todays short press release the second official announcement for the Lumia 521 — coming in May to Walmart, Microsoft Retail Stores and T-Mobile retail channels. T-Mobile is playing coy with pricing and exactly availability saying they “will be shared at a later date.” Oh, how I hate that wording. The Lumia 521 brings … [read full article]
Say hello to a “fresh new look” for Android’s Play Store as it was just unveiled by Google. The rumored redesign starts rolling out now for both Android phones and tablets. The new design has been engineered to focus more on bigger images that will jump right out at you. Google has grouped similarly themed content together so you can better find that magazine or app to read or try. Scrolling down a little more … [read full article]
