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Support Heart Health Month With T-Mobile, Buy A “Red Accessory”

We’re all about good causes and with February set as American Heart Month, T-Mobile is doing its part to help give back. The purchase of any of the red accessories pictured above will lead to a $1 donation for each accessory purchased. T-Mobile will give up to a maximum of $50,000 before the offer express on February 28th. Along with the red accessory promotion, T-Mobile is offering 20% off all accessories through March 21st using promo code: FEBACC20. “Buy … [read full article]

T-Mobile Hopes To Be First Carrier To Launch The BlackBerry Z10 In The US

With our own set of intel pointing to a late March launch for the BlackBerry Z10, T-Mobile is going on the record with Bloomberg and stating they are “aiming to be the first American carrier ‘out of the gate’” with the device. “The device is more stable than we anticipated,” said Frank Sickinger, head of business sales at T-Mobile USA, a unit of Deutsche Telekom AG. “If we are able to speed up the launch … [read full article]

T-Mobile Adds “Nokia Flame 4G” To April Roadmap, Arrives April 24th

A brand new T-Mobile roadmap just hit our inbox and it appears the next Windows Phone 8 device has been uncovered for T-Mobile. Unfortunately, if the “Flame” codename is the same “Flame” codename discovered last September, there’s not a lot to get excited about. According to last years reports, the “Flame” is described as a low-end offering, with a 4″ display, 512MB RAM, 1GHz dual-core processor, 5 megapixel camera and 4GB internal storage. Fortunately, Flame … [read full article]

T-Mobile Revamps Helicopter Commercial To Take Shot At AT&T Voice Quality

T-Mobile’s revamped a commercial originally debuting this past December with an opportunity to take a shot at AT&T’s voice quality at the end. The commercial itself is unchanged as we watch Carly fly around the country with lots of pink lighting going up in the background. It’s the tail end of the commercial that caught our attention as the new tagline hits at AT&T. What do you think? Is AT&T voice quality second place to T-Mobile? … [read full article]

Reserve A $50 Best Buy Gift Card With Purchase Of New Phone Before December 31st

Best Buy has been known to run a fabulous deal on T-Mobile smartphones now and then, which is why you should take advantage of this new promotion. Through February 9th, signing up via Best Buy’s website will award you a $50 Best Buy gift card with the purchase and activation of a new mobile phone on a two-year agreement. Unfortunately, Best Buy retail locations don’t sell T-Mobile so the company will allow you to purchase online … [read full article]

Newest Android Distribution Shows Continued Rise In Jelly Bean, Drop In Gingerbread

As expected at the beginning of every month, the Android Developers Dashboard has released the newest distribution chart showing each version of Android running as of Monday, February 4th, 2013. These numbers are determined based on the number of Android devices that access Google Play within a 14 day period ending on the data collection date, which is in this case yesterday, February 4th. There is some good news as Android 4.0 and above continues to … [read full article]

T-Mobile Confirms Windows Phone 7.8 Update NOT Coming To Lumia 710

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With a quick three sentence statement, T-Mobile confirms the worst fears of Lumia 710 owners as they officially state aWindows Phone 7.8 update will not happen. Originally discovered through an email response from Nokia sent to a Lumia 710 owner inquiring about the update directly from the manufacturer, T-Mobile had yet to confirm the news through their own support forums. With the below statement, T-Mobile indirectly ends the lifespan of the Lumia 710 and … [read full article]

BlackBerry 10 Will Support Android 4.1 Apps Sometime In The Future

The jury may be out on the initial success of BlackBerry’s new 10 platform for at least another few months, but a new piece of news this morning might entice at least a few Android fans. A major feature in the current BlackBerry 10 platform is the ability to support and run Android apps. Unfortunately, as it stands today the very best Android apps BB10 can run stop at Gingerbread, a software version that is two years … [read full article]

Original Samsung Galaxy Note Receiving Android 4.0.4 Update

Original Galaxy Note owners should keep an eye out this morning for a maintenance update heading their way via a OTA message. Beginning yesterday February 4th, the OG Galaxy Note will receive an update to Android 4.0.4 with baseband version T879UVMA1. The update will go out via Samsung’s Kies software and as an Over The Air update. The new software will provide “security enhancements and an improved user experience.” T-Mobile says the update will drop for all … [read full article]

Upcoming Samsung Sale Features Value Plan Special Savings, Runs Through March 23rd

With word whispering down that T-Mobile’s rumored Valentine’s Day sale may have been canceled in favor of a more “important” sale in March, comes word that a new Samsung special offer will take place. Beginning Wednesday, February 6th and running through March 23rd, T-Mobile will offer special savings on the Galaxy Blaze, Galaxy Relay, Galaxy S II and Galaxy S … [read full article]

Upcoming Launch Date Calendar Includes LTE Hotspot, BlackBerry Z10 And Galaxy S III LTE

Oh how I love nothing more than starting off our week with some upcoming release dates, especially when I see the letters “LTE” appear on the page. The newest T-Mobile handset roadmap dated as of today includes a new T-Mobile Sonic 2.0 Mobile Hotspot with LTE capability, the Samsung T599 Galaxy Exhibit, Galaxy S III LTE and BlackBerry Z10 release dates. All things considered, it looks like March 27th will be a big day … [read full article]

Walmart To Start Selling Nexus 4 16GB Model In Near Future? Sources Say Yes

While we’re on the subject this month with Nexus 4 sightings and availability, a new report has arrived via my inbox indicating the next third-party retailer to sell the much desired device will be —-Walmart. Our report indicates inventory will arrive sometime in the very near future, though no specific timeframe or pricing info was mentioned. Given Walmart’s penchant for lower than corporate T-Mobile store pricing, we expect at least some savings. All of this is good news of … [read full article]