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T-Mobile Currently Testing OS 6 For The 9700?

While we’ve already seen a glimpse of OS 6, that big question most of you want answered is when BlackBerry Bold 9700 owners will get some OS 6 love. According to GimzoFusion’s tipster, T-Mobile is currently “actively testing” BlackBerry OS 6 for the Bold 9700. While RIM has already confirmed that the Bold 9700 will indeed get OS 6, there hasn’t been much word as to when exactly carriers will begin rolling out the OS … [read full article]

T-Mobile And EA Announce New Partnership

Today, T-Mobile and Electronic Arts (EA) announced a new partnership which will enable T-Mobile subscribers to download free premium content in EA mobile games. With the partnership announcement included the launch of a new gaming portal at http://t-mobile.ea.com. What does this mean for mobile gamers? You can now download a free car upgrade in Need for Speed World, or even a new skate photo challenge in Skate 3, or download a new music pack for the Sims 3 game on … [read full article]

Samsung Galaxy Tab In Two Minutes Of Promotional Glory

For some of you the Samsung Galaxy Tab is going to be a no go based on the lack of voice cabilities but for many of you the Galaxy Tab is a perfect complement to your Android collection. It’s small, it’s nimble and apparently its perfect for the back pocket of a pair of jeans. We’re still unsure just when T-Mobile is going to be dropping this bad boy, but expectations are for the holiday shopping … [read full article]

T-Mobile Won’t Tax Twitter Or Facebook, Stop Panic’ing

The last 24 hours has seen two reports regarding an increase in T-Mobile’s pricing to third party text partners and their response to the move. Well T-Mobile has reached out to me and pointed me in the direction of a follow up article by Om on GigaOM and their own statement to help clarify the matter and whom it actually effects. Let’s get the most important aspect of this out of the way, this DOES … [read full article]

Poll: Is The Lack of Voice On The Galaxy Tab A Deal Breaker For You?

So earlier this morning we did a quick, completely unscientific poll on our Twitter (are you following us? No, why not??) asking if you, the readers thought the lack of voice capability on the Galaxy Tab was a deal breaker? I won’t say the response was overwhelming one way or the other, but certainly more than half of you responded that it would affect your buying decision. So I pose the question to you, our … [read full article]

Walmart Family Mobile In The Wild

With Walmart introducing their own post-paid service, it offers yet another low cost solution to families who don’t need the full spectrum of carrier offerings. Piggybacking on the T-Mobile network, Walmart will offer unlimited talk and text for $45 dollars per month with each additional line costing just $25. Data will come in 100MB increments with one free 100MB, which will be shared by all lines on the account and easily refilled through an online account … [read full article]

SMS Providers Already Threatening To Cancel Services To T-Mobile Customers

Yesterdays reporting regarding T-Mobile and their plans to increase the cost of third party text providers has already prompted at least one company to threaten to bar message alerts from T-Mobile. Cha Cha, a leading provider of answering any question you can ask it via text has publicly stated they would “drop T-Mobile from our service.” Accusing T-Mobile of “triple dipping,” Cha Cha, which counts T-Mobile as 12% of their service or close to 125,000,000 messages … [read full article]

Samsung Confirms Galaxy Tab Headed To T-Mobile

With yesterday’s handset confirmations, comes even more good news! Samsung today announced in New York City that their Samsung Galaxy Tab will be headed to all four major U.S carriers, including T-Mobile USA. The Galaxy Tab will be Magenta’s very first tablet. Sporting a 7-inch 1204 x 600 WSVGA resolution display, a 1.3 megapixel front facing camera and 3 megapixel rear camera, a 1GHz HummingBird processor, along with the latest Android 2.2 (Froyo), the Galaxy Tab will … [read full article]

myTouch HD Accessories Galore

Yesterday was a big day, with an inventory sheet pointing towards a few new, highly anticipated, devices.  I don’t know about you, but that alone got me excited.  We also promised you something more today, and well, SURPRISE!  I’m sure you saw this coming, or were at least questioning it from yesterday’s leak, but we now have an accessory sheet for the MyTouch HD.  As with other myTouch Phones, there will be tons of … [read full article]

Did T-Mobile Confirm The Existence Of An Android Tablet?

This report doesn’t come from one of our usual suspects in the tech blog word but the good folks over at Appolicious had a conversation with a T-Mobile rep. The most worthy note here, if this report is to be believed is that T-Mobile have an Android tablet available before the Christmas holiday. What’s more interesting is that this report coincides with our inventory sheet leak yesterday showing off the LG Optimus T which some … [read full article]

Motorola Charm Free At Radio Shack Through Saturday

While the Motorola Charm may not have the “Charm” as some other upcoming Android devices, it’s a perfect fit for the entry Android and Smartphone user. Thanks to Radio Shack scooping up this little Qwerty is as easy as free, with a qualifying 2-year agreement of course. No word on if that means upgrades, new lines or both but if you’re looking for a quick and inexpensive add a line device with a data plan, … [read full article]

T-Mobile To Charge Third Parties More For SMS Sent Over Network?

I may consider myself something of a phone connoisseur but an industry analyst I am not so I don’t pretend to understand all of the charges that exist in the wireless industry. That’s why I don’t understand the need for a charge such as the one T-Mobile is considering implementing for businesses that send text messages over the T-Mobile network. Beginning on October 1, T-Mobile will reportedly charge one-quarter of one cent to businesses for every message … [read full article]