Well, look what we have here. It’s the very first image of the Motorola Basil/Charm in the wild! Sent via pony express, our source was able to get a small hands-on last week with the device and came away with one interesting worthy note, the inclusion of a similar touchpad-like feature on the back of the … [read full article]
I really would love to feign surprise here but let’s just be honest and say this was almost expected. According to Morgan Keegan analyst Yair Reiner, only around 20,000 Garminfones have made it into the hands of customers. Offering little more than a full-on navigation platform, the device itself runs an outdated Android version, at 1.6, combined with its custom tailored menu which definitely makes it a niche … [read full article]
After a short absence I’m back dearest TmoNews readers and ready to deliver the goods. Lets first start off with the above image, rumored to have been taken last week at a T-Mobile managers meeting held in Seattle. Now let me just say that we don’t know the context under which it was taken but our belief is that T-Mobile is planning on milking [read full article]
First off, Happy Fourth of July! Now, let’s get this started. Everything after this point should be placed in the RUMOR folder. You might remember talks of a new HTC Android phone with a full QWERTY keyboard when we were all going crazy over Project Emerald. We said then that the rumored device was called the HTC Vision. … [read full article]
As Independence Day looms, you may be realizing that the summer is almost over. Some may be dreading it, others won’t care, but we can all agree on one thing, back to school promotions are great. What does T-Mobile have to offer for those school going folk? Well, a nice free messaging phone for those text-savvy (see what I did there?) back to schoolers. More to the … [read full article]
Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg (yes, him), took some time out of his busy Apple dominated schedule to review the less interesting parts of wireless networks. That less interesting part being the actual network. In his test, he compared the new 3G iPhone 4 with the MyTouch Slide and the [read full article]
T-Mobile is reportedly set to unveil a new 3000-minute rate plan for $99.99 in just a few days. We first got wind of this thanks to a leaked T-Mobile training calendar that landed in the lap of the folks over at Phonedog. Our sources have dropped in some extra details that this will indeed launch July 7th with … [read full article]
Update: While we’ve been guessing this for a while now, mocoNews is also reporting a rumor that T-Mobile will resurrect the Sidekick as an Android device. As the Sidekick line remains an iconic part of the … [read full article]
One of our trusty ninjas dropped a nice little pricing sheet in our mailbox today for two upcoming handsets. Let’s start off with the Motorola Charm/Basil. This candybar style handset will sport a full portrait QWERTY keyboard, a new and improved version of MotoBLUR and Android 2.1 to top it off. The … [read full article]
Let me just start by saying that I’ve been a little out of the loop these past few days, so if I haven’t responded to your email, tweet or smoke signal, my apologies. So many of you have written in regarding the delayed announcement by Motorola regarding the Cliq update, and for very good reason. You … [read full article]
Don’t say we didn’t tell you! Today, Motorola officially announced, via their support forums, that Android 2.1 for the CLIQ has been delayed. Motorola states that the reason they’re unable to deliver the Android 2.1 update for the planned Q2 date is because of a decision to take more time on the … [read full article]
Just as we anticipated earlier this month, T-Mobile’s first LG device, the LG Sentio, is available today, June 30. The Sentio offers a 3-inch touch screen with a virtual QWERTY keyboard, along with 3G connectivity and a 3 megapixel camera. The LG Sentio will run you $69.99 with a 2 year contract (after rebate) and $179.99 sans contract. [read full article]
