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Justice Department Questioning If AT&T, T-Mobile Deal Still Active?

The Justice Department, in a Tuesday telephone conference call questioned whether AT&T’s application to buy T-Mobile was still active. This comes from Richard Levie, a special master overseeing the Department of Justice case against the AT&T, T-mobile deal. “DOJ interprets these comments to mean that the current litigation may, in fact, not present a live case or controversy,” Levie wrote in an order. Levie did say that he believes the Department of Justice can move forward … [read full article]

Best Buy Three Day Sale Offers The Galaxy S II For $149.99, Good New And Existing Customers

If you’re looking for a good deal on the Galaxy S II, look no further than Best Buy Mobile with their three-day sale offering the GSII for just $149.99, no rebate. This low price is good for new and existing customers with a two-year contract and there is guaranteed Christmas delivery. Something tells me you’ll have the phone in your hands long before Christmas but, the deal only lasts for three days so hit the Best … [read full article]

Nokia 710 Lumia User Guide Shows Off T-Mobile Branding Thanks To FCC Filing

We’re still not 100% sure what T-Mobile and Nokia have in-store for next weeks press event, but, there is at least one phone can we are likely to see…the Nokia 710 Lumia. A quick peek through the user guide on the FCC website for the Lumia 710 (which passed sometime ago with T-Mobile ready AWS bands) shows T-Mobile branding clear as can be. We’ve grabbed three shots of the manual all showing off T-Mobile … [read full article]

T-Mobile Starting SMS Campaign Hoping To Move Even More Plus Customers Onto Value Plans

According to this leaked image we’ve obtained, T-Mobile has already started an SMS campaign directed at Even More Plus customers hoping to entice them with a current Value Plan offering. T-Mobile hopes Even More Plus customers see the benefits of the Value Plan offerings including: Deeply discounted rates and the option for unlimited talk, text and data Stay connected with friends and daily by making wireless internet more affordable Value Plan with EIP21 represents the … [read full article]

AT&T Promises To Continue Working On T-Mobile Deal, Has Money To Quickly Close Deal

AT&T’s Chief Financial Officer, John Stephens vowed to continue pursuing the T-Mobile deal during comments at the UBS media conference in New York City. “We continue to move forward with our efforts to complete the T-Mobile transaction…and we will continue to pursue the sale.” AT&T says they have $10 billion in cash accumulated for the deal, $20 billion bridge facility and $8 billion in backup. “So we clearly have an ability to close the deal very … [read full article]

T-Mobile Confirms White Galaxy S II Launch For December 14th

T-Mobile promised to deliver on their White Galaxy S II variant “before the holidays” and they’re delivering on December 14th. Just announced via the @tmobile account on Twitter is the December 14th release date. Pricing for the Galaxy S II model in white will be the same as the current Galaxy S II on T-Mobile. It’s white, it’s the Galaxy S II and it’s festive. Awesome. Here’s a brief video showing off the white … [read full article]

T-Mobile Hosting Party With Nokia On December 14th, Windows Phone Incoming?

T-Mobile just dropped an invitation into our inbox for an event on December 14th that’s co-hosted with Nokia. We’re already wagering that T-Mobile will be the first to carry one of Nokia’s Windows Phone handsets. More to the point, we’re betting T-Mobile and Nokia will unveil the Nokia Sword (working codename), which is really the Lumia 710. For the moment, it’s all just speculation but we’re glad to see T-Mobile score what we assume is at … [read full article]

(Updated) T-Mobile’s #FindTheElf Contest Going Down In New York Today, National Contest Coming Soon

Update: T-Mobile just sent out a Tweet in response to a follower question and stated that a national contest is coming soon. No word on if it will be the same type of contest, but something for everyone would be welcome! T-Mobile’s #FindTheElf Twitter promotion announced last week is going down in New York City today and you can win $1,000 and a Galaxy S II smartphone. That’s a 1, followed by three zeroes … [read full article]

Consumer Reports Survey Lists AT&T As Least Satisfying Wireless Company, T-Mobile Brings Up The Middle

Looking for a reason to continue hoping the AT&T deal doesn’t go through with T-Mobile? Try a Consumer Reports survey that places AT&T dead last in both postpaid and prepaid categories for customer satisfaction. While Consumer Report surveys aren’t always weighed with the utmost of accuracy, the result of the 22 metropolitan areas breakdown didn’t result in any cities giving AT&T the top position for wireless satisfaction. T-Mobile on the other hand took the top spot in … [read full article]

MetroPCS CFO Doesn’t See An AT&T, T-Mobile Deal Happening Anymore

MetroPCS Communications Chief Financial Officer J. Braxton Carter expressed his belief today that AT&T’s attempt to buy T-Mobile is now very likely to fail. Carter spoke at the UBS AG event In New York and his words were notable as AT&T was once thought to be in talks with MetroPCS to buy some of T-Mobile’s divested spectrum. Carter further stated that attempts to save the deal is “almost kind of moot at this point given the … [read full article]

“T-Mobile’s Home For The Holiday Surprise”

T-Mobile just dropped off a special video in my inbox with an almost four-minute video from their “Home for the Holiday Surprise” that took place last week at Chicagoland WoodField Mall. To be honest, this is the kind of fun, viral marketing I’d like to see more of from T-Mobile, especially considering their overseas brethren have perfected the art of the flash mob. I’ve included two more behind the scenes videos from the event … [read full article]

HTC HD7, HTC Radar 4G Software Updates Incoming On December 7th

HTC HD7 and HTC Radar 4G owners take note of a new software update beginning tomorrow. This update but includes some important fixes to help improve device performance and resolve an error that may occur when customers attempt to activate visual voicemail. The update will be available through the Zune application on your Windows Computer beginning tomorrow. HD7 features and improvements: Resolves errors with visual voicemail Adds Wi-Fi sharing to the device Allows connecting to … [read full article]