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Win A (Hopefully Not-Locked To Verizon) Galaxy Nexus From Google

We’ve got our fingers crossed this contest offers up a Galaxy Nexus smartphone that is unlocked for all networks  as Google is offering you a chance to win one of 10. With 10 chances in 10 days all you have to do is play a little trivia, answer a question and score your chance to win. The Galaxy Nexus Challenge (the “Contest”) is a skill contest where participants must submit via Twitter solutions to puzzles, photo challenges … [read full article]

Google Hosting Event Next Week, T-Mobile Included

Well, well, well…what have we here? Google has sent out invites for an event next Wednesday, November 16th at 2pm pacific (5PM eastern) and if you look really close at the picture, T-Mobile’s included. Given the invitation and the references shown, our initial guess is that this has something to do with Google Music. However, we all know what really want this to about…Nexus, Nexus…NEXUS. So what will Google announce with T-Mobile? Right now, throw your … [read full article]

T-Mobile Offers Promotion On New myTouch by LG Smartphones For Existing Customers

T-Mobile’s newest promotion is a kinda, sorta response to the iPhone but more importantly, it’s available for their existing customers. Too often T-Mobile’s promotions are only available to new customers so we’re happy (actually we’re thrilled) to see something that takes care of the T-Mobile faithful. The myTouch by LG models won’t satisfy the urges of the Galaxy S II crowd but they are still very good mid-range Android devices and are 4G ready. According … [read full article]

T-Mobile Springboard Tablets Begin To Arrive In T-Mobile Stores Ahead Of Launch

By now I feel like we know the T-Mobile Springboard inside and out, having seen some hands-on video, read a meta-review and a few dozen pictures of it in action. We do love posting images of the retail shipping box in all of its glory however, so we’re back with another “look” at the T-Mobile Springboard. We aren’t learning much here, actually we aren’t learning anything other than taking another look at the Springboard … [read full article]

T-Mobile USA Reports Third Quarter 2011 Financial Results

T-Mobile USA reported their third quarter 2011 financial results this morning with an additional 126,000 customers jumping on board thanks to T-Mobile’s Value Plans and Monthly4G prepaid growth. The third quarter growth was compared to a net customer loss in the second quarter of 2011 with a reduction in 50,000 customers. T-Mobile’s total customer base is now 33.7 million customers compared to 33.6 at the end of last quarter and 33.8 million compared to the third … [read full article]

Some T-Mobile Galaxy S II Models Suffering From Poor Screen Calibration?

The T-Mobile version of the Galaxy S II has already solidified itself as one of the best smartphones ever to grace the Magenta network and our review of it was glowing. Unfortunately, there seems to be, at least for some users on XDA Developer Forums a bit of an issue with the Super AMOLED Plus display. The XDA thread takes an in-depth look at the panels on both the T-Mobile and Sprint variants and ends … [read full article]

T-Mobile myTouch, myTouch Q Unboxing Videos

T-Mobile has a completely covered mid-range Android phone line and now with the addition of the myTouch and myTouch Q, that lineup is bolstered by the addition of two models from T-Mobile’s flagship line. These phones won’t match the HTC Amaze 4G or Galaxy S II spec for spec, however they are perfect for the first-time smartphone buyer who just doesn’t need to have the very best smartphone in their pocket. The myTouch sports … [read full article]

‘Enhanced’ Yelp App Now Pre-Loaded On New myTouch By LG And Samsung Exhibit II 4G Smartphones

This one almost passed us by — as of November 2nd a special version of the Yelp App for Android specific for T-Mobile customers is now pre-loaded onto the Samsung Exhibit II 4G, T-Mobile myTouch and T-Mobile myTouch Q smartphones. Existing T-Mobile customers with Android smartphones are able to download the specialized free app straight from the Android Market. T-Mobile customers will have “new advanced filters” to make searching for business easier and faster. Additionally, a new … [read full article]

Adobe Ends Flash For Mobile, Turns Attention To HTML5

Major non-T-Mobile related news happening today as Adobe decides to end development on Flash Mobile Player browser plug-ins for mobile devices. “Our future work with Flash on mobile devices will be focused on enabling Flash developers to package native apps with Adobe AIR for all the major app stores,” said Adobe. “We will no longer continue to develop Flash Player in the browser to work with new mobile device configurations following the upcoming release of Flash Player … [read full article]

United States Attorney General Says They Are Ready To Meet AT&T In Court To Block T-Mobile Deal

The Department of Justice antitrust division is ready to meet AT&T head-on in court to stop it’s proposed takeover of T-Mobile USA according to United States Attorney General Eric Holder. Sitting before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, AG Holder (who has recused himself from the matter) said: “The Justice Department does not file matters in court, does not file suits challenging proposed mergers unless we are prepared to follow them all the way through…There … [read full article]

Revisiting The Communication Workers Of America Claim Of 100,000 New Jobs From T-Mobile, AT&T Deal

Earlier today we ran a story regarding the Communication Workers of America union claim that the AT&T, T-Mobile “merger” would create 100,000 jobs. Now we’re compelled to revisit that story thanks to Karl Bode from DSLReports who pretty much turned the words of the CWA upside down and inside out. Most of us recognize that the CWA has an ulterior motive as they see the potential for thousands and thousands of new members and so … [read full article]

CWA Union Says 100,000 New Jobs Will Be Created By AT&T, T-Mobile Deal

According to a Communication Workers of American Union analysis, the merger between AT&T and T-Mobile will create more than 100,000 jobs in the United States. The CWA analysis was able to conclude that 96,000 additional jobs would be created along with the 5,000 outsourced customer service jobs AT&T has promised to bring back stateside. The CWA went a step further by scolding opponents of the deal and stating that their concerns over any possible lost … [read full article]