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Merger Documents Blocked From Access

There are new developments in the ongoing drama that is this AT&T/T-Mobile merger.  As of today, the FCC has limited the access of certain confidential information contained in the proposed merger documents.  It was decided that some of the information, if it were to be accessed by competing companies, would compromise AT&T’s, T-Mobile’s, or some combination of the two’s competitive advantage.  The FCC added this along with their ruling: “We adopt [these] procedures to provide more … [read full article]

T-Mobile Says G2X Does Not Have Quadband HSPA+, Disappoints

  In a response to an Engadget inquiry regarding the frequency bands on the T-Mobile G2X, T-Mobile has released a statement clarifying the included frequencies. The T-Mobile G2x fact sheet, attached [PDF link], contains accurate information. The T-Mobile website is incorrect and we’re working to correct it. The G2x supports 850/900/1800/1900 MHz for 2G/GPRS only, and supports 3G/4G UMTS/HSPA+ bands I and IV. The G2x does not support AT&T’s 3G bands. This banding is hardware … [read full article]

Seattle Area T-Mobile Fans, Have An iPhone? Win $1000

Hey Seattle fans, want to win a $1000 this weekend? T-Mobile is challenging all Seattle area iPhone users to a speed test against the Galaxy S 4G with $1000 prize. T-Mobile is so supremely confident in their HSPA+ network when tested against the AT&T (ironic right?) 3G network. The challenge will run from Friday April 29th to Sunday May 1st. iPhone 4 owners will have to beat the Galaxy S 4G two out of three … [read full article]

(Updated) Deal Alert: HTC HD7 Free On T-Mobile.com For New Or Add A Line Customers Through 4/28

Update: An earlier edition of this story reported that the HD7 was available to upgrade customers. That was incorrect and we apologize for the mistake. New or add a line customers only. Anyone looking to pick up the HTC HD7 Windows Phone 7 device best act now with T-Mobile.com giving the phone away for free to new and add a line customers through tomorrow April 28th. The HD7 comes with 4.3″ of Windows Phone 7 … [read full article]

Internal Shots Confirm Rollout Of 2GB Data Plan Tomorrow

In an effort to confirm our story from early yesterday morning regarding T-Mobile launching a new 2GB data offering we’ve received some ninja screen shots. There aren’t any new details here but perhaps seeing something in writing or in pictures makes it all the more believable. As a quick recap, T-Mobile will launch a new 2GB data plan for $39.99 ($31.99 with existing voice plan) and will remove the overage plan on the $29.99 200MB plan … [read full article]

HTC DoubleShot Coming In Three Colors, HTC Flyer Arriving Early July?

Coming off of yesterdays HTC DoubleShot report is a tipster stepping in and telling us the device will come in not one, not two but three colors and is likely a myTouch Slide 4G successor. Given the name doubleshot and the likelihood with which T-Mobile gives the myTouch line coffee based codenames we’re inclined to believe this is a very real possibility. Of course this is a strict rumor for now until … [read full article]

Radio Shack Profits Affected By Low T-Mobile Sales

Reuters early morning report on the quarterly earnings of Radio Shack highlighted the weakness in the earnings based partially on T-Mobile sales. “RadioShack gave up a lot of compensation from AT&T and Sprint to carry T-Mobile, and this partnership doesn’t appear to be panning out the way management expected,” RBC Capital Markets analyst Scot Ciccarelli said last week. Sales at Radio Shack retail stores fell by 0.6% in the first quarter with the company pointing the finger … [read full article]

T-Mobile Unveiling New $39.99 2GB Plan This Thursday?

We’ve just been tipped that T-Mobile is set to roll out another plan option to their Mobile Broadband price lineup with the addition of a 2GB data plan for $39.99. The price will drop to around $32 when in combination with an existing voice plan. Along with that, the current $29.99 plan drops the overage penalty in favor of throttling for anything over the 200 MB allotted amount. Both changes take effect this Thursday, April 28th.

T-Mobile Temporarily Suspends Bobsled Service?

In a somewhat shocking and yet quiet announcement T-Mobile said through the Bobsled Facebook page they have “temporarily suspended” the Bobsled service. Hinting toward a possible conflict with Facebook over design questions and an assurance that Bobsled is “clearly differentiated” as something that is not an official Facebook property. Bobsled users, are there any out of you there? While this was quite the leap for T-Mobile into the Facebook realm, other than a single press … [read full article]

(Updated) HTC DoubleShot Confirmed As Qwerty Slider?

Update: Nick from HTCSource just made an interesting observation whereas the original myTouch Slide has a 600MHz processor and the “Double”Shot is alleged to have a 1.2 GHz processor. That would be “double.” Coincidence? For those of you who like to follow device releases by codename, the DoubleShot may be next great QWERTY slider for T-Mobile. When we first broke the news of the DoubleShot codename we were admittedly in the dark as … [read full article]

Blackberry “Monza” Coming End Of June To T-Mobile?

We’ve been hearing few a solid two months rumors that an all touchscreen Blackberry was headed in the T-Mobile direction. Most recently BGR reported one of their sources had recently seen a T-Mobile branded edition floating around. With Blackberry World coming up in the first week of May we suspect a T-Mobile announcement may be in the works. Given that, we’ve received a little tidbit of information from our own ninjas pegging the release date … [read full article]

Carly Has A Spanish Twin!

Just when you thought you couldn’t get enough of Carly, we present Carly, the Spanish edition. No word on who the beauty is representing T-Mobile to the Spanish speaking community but we’re not complaining. Thanks to one of our awesome readers (thanks @AbdiQuintana!) who was able to grab a quick recording of the commercial. Warning, you’ll need to turn the volume up to hear! YouTube aaa