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Will T-Mobile Carry A Black Galaxy S III, Or Are My Eyes Just Playing Tricks?

Ok, so it’s ENTIRELY possible this is nothing at all and it’s just our eyes playing tricks on us, but that looks suspiciously like a black Galaxy S III. Now, under normal circumstances I’d shrug it off and say “nah, just the lighting,” but on the heels of Samsung’s official Facebook account leaking the existence of a Black Galaxy S III, things get a little more interesting. What tops this off is that T-Mobile re-uploaded … [read full article]

T-Mobile Joins With Other National Carriers To Form Mobile Payments Committee

The use of mobile payments in the “real world” still seems a long way off, but a newly formed group calling itself the Mobile Payments Committee hopes to make some real progress in the field. The group includes all four major US carriers — AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon, along with Google, ISIS, PayPal, Verifone and Intuit. Electronic Transactions Association CEO Jason Oxman announced the formation of the group saying: “There are a lot of different pathways … [read full article]

Apple, Samsung Trial Yields Sales Figures For All US Phones Sold

Ah yes, another day in the Apple vs Samsung trial that yields some interesting sales figures and stats. This time, we’re getting a look at both companies sales figures beginning from when Samsung’s original Galaxy series lineup first went on sale. Most important to us of course is how T-Mobile handsets have performed and thankfully, we can tell exactly that. For the Samsung Vibrant, it sold close to 973,000 units in 2010 and 48,000 units in … [read full article]

Deal Alert: Secret Wirefly Friends Pricing For The Galaxy Note: $179.99

Feeling burned by Walmart’s sudden reversal on their seemingly to-good-to-be-true pricing for the Galaxy Note this week? That’s ok, because Wirefly is stepping in with their very own “secret” pricing on their “hidden” WireflyFriends.com website with a price $179.99. That’s right, the pricing is good for both new and qualifying upgrade customers, though don’t ask about the off contract price, that Walmart “special no contract price” was one-in-a-million. So, if you missed the Walmart deal … [read full article]

T-Mobile’s JD Power Downward Slide Continues With New Wireless Purchase Experience Study

Oh how the mighty have fallen as the bad news day for T-Mobile continues after their quarterly earnings show yet another quarter of customer losses, a new JD Power study once again places T-Mobile in dead last. This semi-annual study “evaluates the wireless purchase experience of customers using any one of three contact channels: phone calls with sales representatives; visits to a retail wireless store; and on the Web. Overall customer satisfaction with both full-service … [read full article]

Watch Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Rock The T-Mobile G1

This is so awesome I’m not even sure I should write about this or just let you watch the video. We all know using Jelly Bean on the T-Mobile G1 as a daily driver is impractical and we were already impressed when developers were able to squeeze Ice Cream Sandwich onto the original Android device, the T-Mobile G1. Now mind = blown as developers have ported Android 4.1 Jelly Bean to the oldest consumer Android … [read full article]

Samsung Galaxy S Blaze Q Press Shot Hints At Release Date

Hi there Galaxy S Blaze Q press shot and thanks for bringing us an image with a date of August 15th, which just so happens to be the date we’ve called for the release of said device. It tends to become a pattern with both HTC and Samsung hinting at release or announcement dates with their press images, and this case appears no different. We’re still looking at this device with the hopes that it … [read full article]

T-Mobile USA Releases Second Quarter 2012 Quarterly Numbers

Well, it’s more like Deutsche Telekom releases their quarterly numbers and let’s us know how T-Mobile USA is doing and as anticipated, it’s still not all sunshine and rainbows. The good news is that net income is up 3.5 percent over the first quarter, despite a 2.4 percent decrease from the second quarter of 2011. In other words, T-Mobile USA remains profitable, so that’s important. However, the income growth over the first quarter comes amid news that … [read full article]

HTC One X+ Is Codenamed The HTC Endeavor C2 Says Stuff Magazine

HTC’s flagship One X is already rumored to receive a spec bump in the form of the HTC One X+, coming soon to a T-Mobile theatre near you. Now, the folks from Stuff Magazine are calling it by its supposed internal HTC codename: Endeavor C2. The One X+/Endeavor C2 is said to ship with a 1.7GHz quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 3 CPU processor, improved battery and more. Stuff also claims that current One X accessories will be … [read full article]

T-Mobile Engineer Currently Doing Reddit AMA

I’m not going to give too much away, but a current T-Mobile RF engineer is now doing a Reddit AMA (ask me anything). He’s already been at it for a while and my original intent was to post the questions and the answers after he was finished, this is making the rounds on the blogosphere so I want everyone to join in on the fun! Not a Reddit user? Just click the link anyway. I’ll update the … [read full article]

Updated X2: Deal Alert: Walmart Selling T-Mobile Galaxy Note For $349.99, No Contract

Update: Sounds like the deal may have been short-lived as many of you are complaining of canceled orders. Perhaps the pricing was a mistake and the influx of orders alerted someone to the problem.  Walmart says the price was incorrectly stated and has canceled all existing orders. Boo.  No, your eyes aren’t deceiving you, Walmart is in fact selling the T-Mobile Galaxy Note for $349.99, no contract. They are also selling it for free with a … [read full article]