Beginning October 3rd, the Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G will receive an update to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. While our attention may be focused on upcoming Jelly Bean updates, let us not forget that Ice Cream Sandwich is still a major upgrade from Android 2.3 Gingerbread that has graced the Galaxy S Blaze 4G since it’s release. Along with the usual … [read full article]
If you’re looking for a deal on the Galaxy S Relay 4G, turn your eye to Best Buy with a price tag of $99.99, is one of the better prices I’ve seen for this brand-new QWERTY device. I’m currently in the process of finalizing my review, and while I would emphasize not to expect a whole lot from the five megapixel shooter tucked inside of the Relay 4G, the phone has almost zero lag and puts … [read full article]
HTC is helping us get very familiar with the Windows Phone 8X thanks to a teaser/first look video that went up a few days ago on their YouTube page. The teaser itself doesn’t offer us anything new, like a release date or price, but it does focus on color choice, Beats Audio technology, Skype and XBox Music (Zune’s new music name). Of course, we’re not really expecting any release dates until Microsoft makes the actual date … [read full article]
Samsung’s not wasting anytime kicking up more promotional talk for the Galaxy Note II with a new Korean video showing off a feature we haven’t seen a lot of: multi-window. This is a seriously cool addition to the Note II and while it reminds me of the Note 10.1 in some way, the ability to use this looks not only fun, but completely functional as well. This could be a big reason for some to grab … [read full article]
Some new T-Mobile training videos popped up on Vimeo today, presumably indicating how the company is instructing sales staff to sell a particular operating system as well as the service itself. The videos cover rate plans, overcoming customer hesitations as well as closing deals for Android, Windows Phone and even Blackberry sales. The videos aren’t going to win any awards for production, but they are simple, straight forward and should be very easy for an employee to … [read full article]
Talk about some big news on a Friday night as we get word that the Samsung Galaxy Note II for T-Mobile passes through the FCC. Of course that in and of itself isn’t the big news, the BIG news is the report itself which lists the following available frequencies for wireless: 850/1900 GSM/GPRS/EDGE, 850/1700/1900 WCDMA/HSPA, Band 4 (5, 10, 15, 20 MHz), 17 LTE (5, 10 MHz). Yup, that’s both 700 MHz for LTE roaming and … [read full article]
A new report puts T-Mobile right back into the mix for potential suitors for MetroPCS as an “unnamed source” says MetroPCS is having “off and on” conversations with possible merger partners. None of the parties would comment, which include T-Mobile, Dish Network, and Sprint Nextel according to DealReporter. The source says that any potential deal would include both stock and cash, though they urged caution as the conversations have not yet hit any sort of “official” … [read full article]
T-Mobile USA has agreed to sell the rights to operate 7,200 of its wireless towers to Crown Castle International Corp in a deal worth $2.4 billion. In the deal announced this morning, Crown Castle also gains the option to pay another $2.4 billion to buy the towers from T-Mobile USA outright at the end of a 28 year term for each tower for another $2.4 billion. The towers will support enough space to accommodate at least … [read full article]
There isn’t much to go on here and while the image itself isn’t particularly relevant to T-Mobile, we’re still interested in HTC One X+ news because the chance remains super smartphone could still wind up on Magenta store shelves. What’s more, it’s a chance to put yesterdays image side-by-side with this new image of the One X+ to see how they compare. Th image itself comes courtesy of GSMArena and a leaked brochure from English carrier O2, … [read full article]
Samsung just sent out a “Save the Date” for October 24th, teasing the “Next Big Thing” with an S Pen front and center. Without any additional details, we’re left to guess what this could be, but we really can’t imagine it being anything other than the Galaxy Note II. Our money is on a US focused Galaxy Note II special event launch and hopefully we’ll get some concrete dates and pricing details this evening as … [read full article]
T-Mobile Chief Operating Officer, Jim Alling gave a keynote to the Competitive Carriers Association earlier this week and said that T-Mobile had lost its way while trying to survive in an AT&T deal world. Alling, who sat in as interim CEO after Philip Humm left the company, said that the company had a shift in priorities trying to make the AT&T deal work and that … [read full article]
Update: T-Mobile has added the details to their support forums and we’ve added the improvements and fixes below. We’re just getting word that HTC One S owners are seeing a new OTA update arrive bringing Android 4.0.4 and Sense 4.1. There’s been no sign of a new update on T-Mobile’s support site, so we’re unsure if there are any specific bug or security fixeshere. Here’s what we are seeing: Android 4.0.3 ——> Android 4.0.4 … [read full article]
