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T-Mobile, MetroPCS Combination Receives Final Regulatory Approval

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The T-Mobile, MetroPCS merger combination reverse-takeover has cleared its finally regulatory hurdle and now lands in the hands of MetroPCS shareholders. The last piece of regulatory blessing came from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States indicating there are no unresolved security concerns. On March 20, 2013, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States advised Deutsche Telekom and MetroPCS that it has determined that there are no unresolved national security concerns with … [read full article]

Google Play Version 4.0 Detailed And Previewed In New Video

Oh how we love an early look at new and exciting things which is why we’re loving this preview look of version 4.0 of Google’s Play store. The good folks at Droid-Life managed to get their hands on an APK and revealed a new Holo-style look for the Play Store. It’s clearly a preview version as many pages are blank, and a good part of the layout looks very similar to what we’re seeing today. There’s no … [read full article]

Google’s Newly Announced Note Taking Service “Keep” Is Live, Again

After a teaser appearance last week, Google Keep, Mountain View’s future/present note-taking app is now live. “With Keep you can quickly jot ideas down when you think of them and even include checklists and photos to keep track of what’s important to you. Your notes are safely stored in Google Drive and synced to all your devices so you can always have them at hand.” Google Keep is now available on Google Play for devices running Android … [read full article]

T-Mobile Twitter Account Confirms March 26th Launch Of BlackBerry Z10

  T-Mobile’s @tmobilehelp Twitter account spilled the good earlier today “announcing” that the first LTE BlackBerry, the Z10 will be available next Tuesday, March 26th. All this time we thought it would be the following day, March 27th as first discovered on a roadmap early in February. We’re perfectly happy with the device releasing one day earlier which makes perfect sense as it coincides with [read full article]

T-Mobile, MetroPCS Announce Future Board Of Directors For Combined Company

With a short press release last night, T-Mobile USA, Deutsche Telekom and MetroPCS announced the future Board of Directors for the combined company. Deutsche Telekom AG (XETRA: DTE; “Deutsche Telekom”), T-Mobile USA, Inc. (“T-Mobile”) and MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (NYSE: PCS; “MetroPCS”) today announced the members of the board of directors of the combined company upon completion of the proposed combination of MetroPCS and T-Mobile. This impressive and diverse group of individuals has a wide variety of … [read full article]

T-Mobile Adds LTE Selection To “Shop By” Options On Website

I can’t really say when an option for “LTE” was added to T-Mobile’s “Shop by” section on their website, but it’s there now. For the moment, just the Galaxy Note II and the “Coming Soon” BlackBerry Z10 show up, but ultimately we’ll see the HTC One and Galaxy S 4 grace this page. There’s really nothing else to emphasize about this option, except that it was only a matter of time that it … [read full article]

HTC One Takes To The Streets Right Next To Samsung’s Times Square Takeover

HTC’s clearly not wasting any opportunity to undermine Samsung, especially during their Times Square takeover with some guerrilla marketing tactics. While I stood in line and watched hired persons sporting HTC One gear pass out bottled water and hot chocolate, HTC had the One floating around Times Square just a few feet from Samsung’s Galaxy S 4 setup. Is this trolling or guerrilla marketing genius? You decide. YouTube

HTC One Release Date Delays Caused By Component Shortages?

Reports of delays surrounding the HTC One have been around for a week or so and now, according to the Wall Street Journal we’re finding out why. According to the WSJ report, component shortages have forced the manufacturer to push back the timetable for its flagship release. Except, that’s not the whole story. According to one unnamed HTC exec, these shortages are in part caused by suppliers no longer looking at HTC as a “tier-one” customer … [read full article]

New One-Size-Fits-All Value Plan Brochures Begin Arriving In T-Mobile Retail Stores

T-Mobile is one step closer toward UNcarrier life with the receipt of new Value Plan brochures arriving in company-owned retail stores across the nation. As we first posted in early March, T-Mobile’s move to a Value Plan only corporate environment begins on March 24th and to that end, the move to a one-size-fits-all rate plan makes complete sense. Gone are the contracts and overages, hello to one easy to follow and understand pricing. Thankfully, T-Mobile’s … [read full article]

Rumor: Samsung Galaxy S III, Note II Will Receive Android 5.0

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Grab your cups full of grains of salt as a new SamMobile rumor says Android 5.0 will come to the Galaxy S III and Note II. First things first, we need to know that Android 5.0 exists and while we believe it does in the form of Key Lime Pie, it’s hard to swallow any unverified rumors at this point. That said, the SamMobile source says Android 4.2.2 will also come to the Galaxy S … [read full article]

Microsoft Says Support For Windows Phone 8 Will Last Until July 2014

While Lumia 710 owners learned the hard way final decisions on future software updates for devices rests with the carriers, Microsoft is announcing their life-cycle for Windows Phone 8. Microsoft has generally avoided placing specific timelines for supporting devices, but has now confirmed that Windows Phone 8 will be supported through July 8th, 2014, and Windows Phone 7.8 supported through September 9th of next year. Those dates line up with Microsoft’s brief mention that they planned on 18 month … [read full article]