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Microsoft KIN Coming To T-Mobile?

On April 12, Microsoft announced two new mobile handsets, the KIN ONE and the KIN TWO. These devices were targeted at the younger social networking crowd. At the time of the unveiling, Verizon Wireless was the exclusive carrier, but it looks like the exclusivity might be short-lived. According to the findings of a well-known Windows Mobile ROM hacker, the KIN OS system provisioning files consist of carrier files for T-Mobile USA, AT&T, and a whole bunch of … [read full article]

Hands On With T-Mobile Sense UI

Those folks over at XDA always manage to come through with porting ROM’s over to phones that they simply should not be running on.  This time they successfully managed to port the upcoming MyTouch Slide ROM and move it over to both the G1 AND MyTouch 3G.  Taylor over at Androidandme is praising this move and seems more than impressed with the transition over to the older Android devices.  Of … [read full article]

Blackberry 6 Briefly Shown Off

Are you looking to see the next iteration of the Blackberry platform?  The Blackberry Symposium, WES 2010 currently taking place in Orlando, Florida, saw the keynote this morning from the co-CEO of RIM.  It was a fast-moving video and did not really show off all the changes we assume are coming in the forthcoming Blackberry 6 platform.  With new devices on the horizon, Blackberry is surely hoping to retain its position … [read full article]

T-Mobile Trouble In California?

Word coming out of the TmoNews twitter as well a steady flow of emails indicates a T-Mobile outage in either the LA area, Northern California area or both.  Early reports indicate troubles with making phone calls.  We have yet to confirm this report, however at least one individual on twitter says T-Mobile customer service did confirm a problem in the Northern Los Angeles market.  If you’re in Cali, are  you having trouble … [read full article]

Drop Sprint, Get Paid

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Starting April 23rd through April 26th, Sprint customers who port in their Wireless number to T-Mobile at a Costco/Wireless Advocates or Car Toys location may be eligible for a $35 bill credit.  This port-in credit is in addition to the activation fee waiver Costco members receive as part of their membership benefit.  This offer is available only to Sprint customers who port-in their numbers to T-Mobile.  Remember, the offer is only valid in Wireless Advocates (Costco) and … [read full article]

Friday Afternoon Random Thoughts

It’s really no surprise to anyone in the tech blogging world that there is a divide as to which OS platform is better.  In this sense, the word “fanboy” takes on a whole new meaning.  I’ve watched the comments on this blog, and many others like it, go from bad to worse when it comes to Android/iPhone/Windows Phone/WebOS and which is better. The fact is they are all good and all bad and I can only wish … [read full article]

This Is Just Cool!

There is little that needs to be said about this other than it’s the best of both fanboy camps.  iPhone packaging, Android software, what could possibly be better?  Watch and hope that this becomes the new jailbreak! Mobilecrunch