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(Updated: Sprint And AT&T Respond) Seven States Join Department Of Justice Effort To Block AT&T/T-Mobile Takeover

Update 1: AT&T responds: It is not unusual for state attorneys general to participate in DOJ merger review proceedings or court filings. At the same time, we appreciate that 11 state attorneys general and hundreds of other local, state and federal officials are publicly supportive of our merger. We will continue to seek an expedited hearing on the DOJ’s complaint. On a parallel path, we have been and remain interested in a solution that addresses the … [read full article]

Congressional Members Ask President Obama To Settle AT&T/T-Mobile DOJ Lawsuit

Fifteen House of Representative Democrat members led by Rep. Heath Shuler from North Carolina have written a letter to President Obama urging him to settle the Department of Justice lawsuit filed against the AT&T/T-Mobile takeover. “By settling the proposed merger of AT&T and T-Mobile USA, we can put thousands of Americans back to work and promote economic development across the country,” Shuler said. I urge the president to strongly consider the vast benefits this merger … [read full article]

myTouch By LG Devices Uncovered Through T-Mobile YouTube Videos

Sometimes smartphone leaks aren’t reliant on ninjas, sources or someone digging through Flickr to find a test image from an unannounced device. Sometimes it’s just about being in the right place at the right time and that’s what happened to last night to the folks from Androidguys who noticed a couple of YouTube videos were uploaded to the T-Mobile YouTube account for the upcoming myTouch by LG. That’s right, there is not one but two myTouch devices … [read full article]

(Updated With New Image) T-Mobile Moving Around Billing Due Dates To Line Up With Other Carriers?

I’ve seen a huge number of emails/Tweets come way my way in the last 48 hours regarding a sudden change in billing dates for your T-Mobile bill. T-Mobile has made some changes to their billing process in order to better align up with the competition and according to our feedback, failed to notify some customers about the change. Previously T-Mobile billed 28 days out and with the new process, bills are now due 24 days from the … [read full article]

Future Galaxy S II Owners, What Is More Important Inside Your Device?

With a Samsung Galaxy support Twitter account providing us with the first true hint as to what is inside the future T-Mobile variant of the Galaxy S II, we want to know what is more important to our readers. Your comments on yesterday’s post showed split beliefs on what you would rather see inside the T-Mobile GSII, processor speeds, data speeds or a combination of the two. So how about a poll to help determine … [read full article]

Samsung Twitter Account Accidentally Spills Galaxy S II Processor Info?

It appears as though Samsung’s very own @GalaxySsupport Twitter account has let loose the processor that we will eventually find inside the T-Mobile bound Galaxy S II. PhoneDog reader @MedeirosMusic pinged the Samsung Galaxy S Twitter account about the processor only to be told it was a dual-core option. Well that answer didn’t suffice as Julian further pressed the Samsung account for an actual processor and got an answer: a 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm APQ8060 processor … [read full article]

Samsung Galaxy S II Load Screen Previewed For T-Mobile

While we’re still eagerly waiting some true “in the wild” shots of the T-Mobile branded Galaxy S II being handled we’ve just received a picture of the load screen in our inbox. While we’re pressing our ninjas to help determine what the actual processor is hidden inside the T-Mobile version, we did manage to get our hands on the single image you see above. We’re told that the units floating around T-Mobile are still … [read full article]

T-Mobile Launches HTC Flyer For Business-2-Business Customers Only

T-Mobile B2B customers looking to score a new tablet now have the opportunity to pick up the HTC Flyer which launched yesterday as a business-2-business exclusive. We’ve had plenty of clues and hints that the Flyer would eventually arrive on the Magenta network since this past February and now its official, at least for business customers. The major exception is of course no indication (as of today at least) that this will be available … [read full article]

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 With AWS Bands Passes Through FCC

We’ve been calling for the Galaxy Tab 10.1 to land on T-Mobile and with the passing of the tablet through the halls of the FCC complete with AWS bands an arrival is looking better and better. The device is only identified as the Samsung SGH-T859 but it packs 1700MHz AWS for T-Mobile and has the very same dimensions as the Galaxy Tab 10.1 Wi-Fi only version which passed the FCC back in May. Of course … [read full article]

Samsung Exynos Still A No Go For T-Mobile Bound Galaxy S II?

The question as to which processor Samsung and T-Mobile have chosen for the Galaxy S II has been picking at the back of our minds for quite some time now. The decision not to showcase the device at the recent Samsung event lent further credence to the rumor that Samsung and T-Mobile had opted for a processor other than the Exynos. Well now a Samsung marketing manager has helped further the rumor that the T-Mobile … [read full article]