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(Updated With Link)Dell Venue Pro Coming December 14th? Christmas Miracle!

Update: You can try this link to the above Dell Page and attempt to place an order, a few people wrote in with some success but their delivery dates are unknown! Is this true? Is this possible? The eagle eyed folks at Pocketnow managed a screen grab off the Dell order page showing the Dell Venue Pro available for $149.99 on contract and $499.99 off contract available on December 14th. The question we have … [read full article]

T-Mobile To Unveil New International Calling Plans

T-Mobile is set to become the first national carrier to introduce an international calling and text package just in time for the holiday season! Starting December 8th and available to most postpaid plans $49.99 or higher T-Mobile will allow calling to 56 countries most popular long distance calling destinations. For just $10 you can call any international landline in these 56 countries and text to any mobile number worldwide. Just to be safe and reiterate, this package … [read full article]

T-Mobile HD7 Next Victim Of “Antennagate”?

Reports are coming in that T-Mobile HD7 owners are experiencing similar reception issues to the iPhone 4 when holding their handsets in the “death grip” position. As represented in the YouTube video above, simply gripping the HTC HD7 in the hand firmly, drops the reception from four bars to one bar. While it isn’t nearly as bad as the iPhone 4, it does raise some eyebrows. The issue doesn’t seem to affect HD7 owners in good coverage … [read full article]

Samsung Nexus S Hits FCC Again With New Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and GPS Antennas

Nothing terribly exciting in this round of the Nexus S news cycle but Engadget discovered a new Samsung Nexus S filing to the FCC. Running under the Samsung GT-i9020T model, the filing lends a little more credence to the release date being sooner rather than later. The real question is, were these additions the cause of the rumored delay or is there something else we don’t know? Engadget

T-Mobile.com Offering G2 Free On Cyber Monday With New Service

T-Mobile.com is looking to get in on the Cyber Monday fun by offering up the T-Mobile G2 free for new customers.  While this is a great deal for new customers, I would have hoped that the carriers, T-Mobile included would be offering up something a little more along the lines of, a smorgasbord of sales. Offering just one or two devices is hardly exciting, although nobody will complain about saving $199.99. Still, I would have liked … [read full article]

Best Buy Offering Up Cyber Monday Deals For G2 And HD7’s

Unfortunately the news as of late has been (to put it mildly) a little lacking with regards to upcoming handsets, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get your hands on current models for cheap! Best Buy is running its own version of Cyber Sunday/Monday with deals on the T-Mobile G2 and the HTC HD7 for new customers. Offering the G2 up for the low price of $0.00 it’s an incredibly tempting offer for anyone who … [read full article]

T-Mobile And AT&T Considering Acer’s Liquid Metal Android Handset

Earlier last week at its Press Conference in New York, Acer stated that T-Mobile and AT&T  are now evaluating Acer’s Liquid Metal for a  possible release in the United States. Acer’s Smartphone Unit President Aymar de Lencquesaing says that since the Acer Liquid Metal is a GSM phone and there are only two GSM carriers in the U.S., it is up to them to decide whether they want to add the handset to their lineup. The Liquid Metal features an … [read full article]

T-Mobile BOGO Going On Right Now For Black Friday!

Well, I hope everyone had an excellent Thanksgiving Day with lots of turkey, stuffing and dessert!  This is your Black Friday reminder that T-Mobile has a BOGO going on starting today and running through January 18th!  If you’ve been eyeing that HD7 or that myTouch4G, this would be a great time to try and convince a family member to do an upgrade along with you! Reminder: The promotion is available on all T-Mobile family plans, including … [read full article]

Happy Thanksgiving From TmoNews

This is without a doubt my most favorite time of the year, even though I no longer get to enjoy anything resembling a winter wonderland.  It’s 82 degrees right now and I’m heading to the pool soon.  Before that, however, I want to give thanks to all of our readers.  It is because of you that the site has become such a success.  I have such a wonderful time running it and it’s become an opportunity I’ll … [read full article]

What A Holiday Treat, Some Nexus S Goodness

Well it’s so very early in the morning but thanks to the very good folks at XDA Developers we’ve got some more pics and info on the Nexus S.  Thanks to an anonymous source, XDA Developers has received some early holiday goodness from Mr. Blurrycam. Of course that means the usual hard to completely make out but still totally awesome pics clearly showing the device running on the T-Mobile network. Of course this early morning goodness … [read full article]

T-Mobile’s Definition Of 4G

Ever since T-Mobile officially announced its HSPA+ network as “America’s largest 4G network”, there has been much argument among the carriers over what exactly “4G” is, and thus the “4G wars” began. Receiving criticism from both Sprint and AT&T, Magenta continues to stand by its 4G claims and rightfully so. According to the ITU, not a single carrier in the U.S. currently meets the global standard for an accepted 4G network (yes, that includes Verizon … [read full article]

Friendly 4G Launch Reminder!

Well, we knew this was going to happen.  T-Mobile officially announced the launch of 8 additional 4G cities early this morning.  In case you didn’t catch the late afternoon story last night, Detroit, Mich.; Grand Junction, Colo.; Harlingen, Texas; Lafayette and South Bend, Ind.; Montgomery, Ala.; Roanoke-Lynchburg, Va. and Youngstown, Ohio all launched this morning! T-Mobile now has a full 80 cities running the 4G HSPA+ supercalifragilisticexpialidocious network. Check out the full press release … [read full article]