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Nokia’s First Windows Phone Entry In The United States Is Now Available On T-Mobile

Let’s give Nokia a big warm welcome as they make their hopefully triumphant return to the United States with their very first Windows Phone 7.5 device in the Nokia Lumia 710, now available from T-Mobile.com and T-Mobile stores nationwide. Arriving in both black and white for $49.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a two year contract, we think the pricing for the Lumia is fair, despite the few reservations I had about the phone … [read full article]

T-Mobile Launches New Bobsled Messaging Application, Highlights T-Mobile TV Growth

T-Mobile is about to reinvigorate their Bobsled platform in a big way as they introduce Bobsled Messaging, a service “which provides consumers with effortless communication for free across devices, countries, social networks and mobile carriers…Bobsled Messaging is a free, all-in-one, cloud-based messaging application that allows users to send and receive free individual and group messages with friends and family from any AndroidTM-powered smartphone or tablet, and any web connected, browser-enabled device.” That’s not all as the Bobsled … [read full article]

T-Mobile Announces The Galaxy S Blaze 4G, Expands HSPA+ Network To 12 More Cities

T-Mobile is announcing at CES the addition of its next 4G smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G, their third HSPA+ 42Mbps capable smartphone. The Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G will feature a Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 processor running a 1.5GHz dual-core CPU, Super AMOLED display. The Galaxy S Blaze 4G is expected to be available sometime later this year, like most every phone announced at CES. Additional details will follow closer to availability, but in the meantime … [read full article]

T-Mobile’s Chief Executive On The Record With The New York Times

T-Mobile’s Chief Executive Officer is on the hot-seat for the folks at the New York Times answering some hard hitting questions about AT&T, T-Mobile USA and the future. T-Mobile CEO Philip Humm insists that T-Mobile will keep the value plans that exchange a lower monthly fee for selling you an unsubsidized device. While many of you have yet to see the benefit of this type of rate plan, given what Verizon is incurring Verizon’s … [read full article]

T-Mobile Highlights T-Mobile TV In New Advertisement

T-Mobile TV is now a staple piece of software included with almost every new smartphone launch and T-Mobile wants to remind you exactly what it can do. Want to watch live sports on T-Mobile TV? Done. “With America’s largest 4G network, fast smartphones and affordable plans, whatever you love will always be there — including live sports on T-Mobile TV.” YouTube

Blackberry Torch 9810 Confirmed For End-Of-Life Status

Consider this just a quick follow-up to yesterday’s early morning post confirming the end-of-life status for the Blackberry Torch 9810. As we said yesterday, we’re not terribly sad or surprised to see it go and more importantly, we’re not sure more than 5 of you will even notice. Still, pulling a phone off the shelf after just eight weeks has to tell Blackberry something about their current state of affairs. Farewell Blackberry Torch 9810, we … [read full article]

HTC’s Turkish Facebook Page Posts Details For Ice Cream Sandwich Rollout

It was just two months ago that HTC began to outline its initial plans to deliver Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to some of its key devices. Those devices were the HTC Sensation (4G), HTC Sensation XL and HTC Sensation XE, HTC Rezound, HTC EVO 3D, HTC EVO Design 4G and HTC Amaze 4G. So there we have two high-profile T-Mobile devices on the list as first-run HTC devices to receive Ice Cream Sandwich. … [read full article]

Financial Times Report Indicates Deutsche Telekom Is Talking To Banks Looking To Boost T-Mobile USA

Here’s a new turn of events as a Financial Times report indicates Deutsche Telekom is reportedly talking with bankers hoping to keep their USA branch competitive in the United States. Besides selling T-Mobile USA towers, which could raise between $1 to $2 billion, T-Mobile could also raise additional funds by issuing bonds. Deutsche Telekom is expected to offer more detail on its strategy when it reports its quarterly results in February. According to the Financial Times source, … [read full article]

T-Mobile Blackberry 9810 Already End-Of-Life?

This is one of those unconfirmed but not at all surprising stories centering around the Blackberry 9810 on T-Mobile and the apparent end of its shelf-life. As its missing from the T-Mobile website, we can’t confirm that it is in fact gone, but a T-Mobile customer care chat transcript hints it was given the END OF LIFE due date of January 3rd. In all honesty, I’m not surprised, disappointed or even remotely concerned that this is … [read full article]

TmoNews Prepares For The Consumer Electronics Show

I know, I said on Twitter yesterday I wasn’t doing an obligatory “follow us at CES post,” but I was just kidding. I’m once again headed back to Las Vegas for the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show where new products are unveiled, from TVs to cars, to tablets, to phones and everything in-between. If you can think it and it’s related to tech, there is a good chance we’ll see something about it this week in … [read full article]

T-Mobile’s “2012 Is The Year T-Mobile Fixes Churn” Plan

T-Mobile Philip Humm was clear in his Welcome 2012 Statement to T-Mobile employees that fixing churn was a top priority. “I want to stress that it is critical we fix Churn in 2012. For every customer who renews their contract with T-Mobile, we lose one. That is a dead end, not a growth path. We have established a plan for 2012 that will improve the customer experience and enrich how we interact with our customers.” So … [read full article]