While we’re still in the dark regarding the price and release date of the upcoming T-Mobile G2X, the phone itself is already an open box. Pun intended of course as we just received a quick snapshot of the upcoming retail packaging for the G2X. While we’re still running with an April 20th rumored release date, the notion that retail packaging is already in the wild lends credence to a launch any time in the near … [read full article]
just when myTouch Slide 3G owners were beginning to think they would never be able to enjoy the fruits of Android 2.2 Froyo comes a surprise. A surprise in the form of a manual update for the Slide 3G. No OTA update here but no matter as an update to Android 2.2 is an update to Android 2.2 no matter the delivery method. You’ll need to have at least 25mb of user data available as … [read full article]
FCC Commissioner Michael Copps confirmed to C-SPAN during an interview that he isn’t happy about the proposed acquisition of T-Mobile by AT&T. Copps is concerned about the “amount of power and influence the merged company would hold, given that two companies would virtually control the wireless landscape.” In Copps own opinion, the deal will prove more difficult to approve than the Comcast-NBC Universal which he voted against but was ultimately approved. Copps called the deal an … [read full article]
Someone at Best Buy made an “oopsy daisy” by using the wrong picture for their latest mobile magazine with the T-Mobile myTouch 4G on the cover. Except it’s not the myTouch 4G, it’s the original myTouch and oh how different those two devices are. I suppose in any event anyone coming into a Best Buy store looking for that device would be pleasantly surprised to see its replacement. P.S. Not an April Fools joke, not … [read full article]
It looks like April 20th is shaping up to be a big big day for T-Mobile fans as Radio Shack has just outed the Sidekick 4G for launch on April 20th. Perhaps this was accidental as T-Mobile has yet to give any official word. Since we love launch dates and we trust that Radio Shack isn’t yanking our chain we’ll take it and run with it anyway. As it stands, this would be the third device … [read full article]
Let’s put aside rumors of AT&T having to divest parts of the T-Mobile network in order to receive FCC and DOJ approval as we look at what the two conjoined networks could look like. Fierce Mobile acquired some images courtesy of American Roamer, an “independent source of wireless carrier network coverage and spectrum information” has gone and done just that. In this block of pretty pictures of the US wireless market, you’ll see both the … [read full article]
We’re still waiting for T-Mobile to give the official nod to the upcoming HTC Pyramid, until then we’ll continue to make do with the leaked shots. This time we’re seeing more of the Pyramid in the wild courtesy of XDA-Developers.com. As it stands, the specs acquired by the individual (s) over at XDA differ from our own. The XDA post states the Pyramid will come with a 960 x 540 qHD screen whereas our own … [read full article]
Not to be forgotten in the midst of AT&T news is the rollout of brand new handsets including the Sidekick 4G. With the hopes of building a little more excitement for the re-launch of the Sidekick brand T-Mobile has posted three more videos to their YouTube channel showing off Messaging, Movies and Music and Google services. I’d have to say one of the most exciting aspects of the Sidekick 4G is the group text feature … [read full article]
I’ve been invited by David to post my thoughts on the acquisition of T-Mobile USA by AT&T from the perspective of a T-Mobile customer. I have slightly modified this article from the original I posted on Mobile Central to include a bit more information. As a T-Mobile customer, I’m against the acquisition by AT&T. T-Mobile … [read full article]
Speaking to the Council on Foreign Relations Randall Stephenson, CEO of AT&T reiterated that the proposed AT&T/T-Mobile deal would not create a “duopoly” as most customers have five or more mobile choices and that costs would decline further as mobile broadband traffic grows. Someone needs to tell me where Randall Stephenson gets his fairy magic. His belief is that the overnight addition of T-Mobile to the AT&T portfolio is going to “immediately improve mobile phone reliability … [read full article]
Not to be outdone by the HTC HD7, the Dell Venue Pro is set to receive the the NoDo update starting today with a separate firmware update “coming later.” While the NoDo update has a set list of fixes, the separate firmware update will hopefully focus on a long list of issues that have hampered the handset since its release. This comes down from the Chief Blogger for Dell, Lionel Menchaca who tweeted the … [read full article]
While we had pretty good to suspect that HTC HD7 owners would start seeing the much anticipated NoDo update begin arriving today, T-Mobile has gone and confirmed it via Twitter. With a set of instructions that details a two-part update every HD7 owner should take of this update as it brings about a laundry list of improvements to the Windows Phone 7 platform. Remember the update will take between 20 – 50 minutes to … [read full article]
