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T-Mobile Posts Best Sales Day Ever!

Well folks, the results are finally in and it looks like this Father’s Day Sale promotion was a tremendous success for Magenta. We aren’t the only ones hearing this either. According to one of our tipsters, T-Mobile set a new sales record yesterday. T-Mobile’s Retail Channel added more than 110,000 total customers, of which almost 99,000 were postpaid customers. The Western region was the big winner with more customers added than any other Region (28,000). … [read full article]

The Father’s Day Sale Is Over, But How Did It Go?

While its likely we won’t know for a few days how the T-Mobile One Day Fathers Day sale went numbers wise, judging by responses on Twitter and call center hold times, people were at the very least, inquiring. If Twitter responses are any indications, reps in T-Mobile owned retail stores should have themselves a fine little sales month. We’re hoping T-Mobile will release some sales numbers in the near future but we’ll be looking for … [read full article]

Amazon Gets In On T-Mobile Father’s Day Fun

Not content with buying your free phones at T-Mobile retail stores, Customer Loyalty or Radio Shack? Have we got good news for you, as Amazon is taking its turn at a special T-Mobile offer with all phones for $0.01. Coupled with the low low price on one penny is no activation fee, which of course gets credited to your account within 3 billing cycles. The usual standard Amazon stuff applies here so be careful … [read full article]

Are You Taking Advantage Of Today’s Father’s Day Sale?

Update: If anyone has pictures today taken from their stores, send them to david@tmonews.com and I’ll get them posted!! So the day is finally here, the big one day only Fathers Day Sale Extravaganza! All phones are free for new customers or existing customers adding a line and we want to know if you are taking advantage of this offer. T-Mobile stores are stocked, staffed and ready to roll but you are taking advantage of … [read full article]

Customer Loyalty Also Has Free Phones For Qualified Family Line Upgrades?

Tread softly with this one, as its still early and I have no idea whatsoever what I am writing. This is an unconfirmed report and your mileage may vary in success. We are receiving word customers who are FULLY ELIGIBLE on their phone lines, as in 22 months since your last upgrade can contact T-Mobile Customer Loyalty and qualify for free devices WHILE SUPPLIES LAST. Just to reiterate and clarify, it MUST be 22 months since your … [read full article]

Introducing The TmoNews Scratch And Win Game!!

Attention attention, its time for a big big announcement. TmoNews fans are among the most loyal fans I have ever seen follow a tech blog. That loyalty and faith has helped us grow and receive the respect of our peers. So we believe its time to give back, starting right now. We are proud to announce the TmoNews Scratch and Win game. From this moment forward, I decree that you shall have a chance to win prizes! … [read full article]

All Phones Free, After Rebate Of Course

Unless you’ve been living underneath a rock for the past few weeks (or don’t read TmoNews daily, in which case you should start, like now), you probably know about the HUGE sale Magenta is having this Saturday to celebrate Father’s Day. But here’s something you might not have knew: all phones are free….after rebate. Of course this offer is still awesome, but if you’re like me you probably don’t like dealing with rebates and the like. … [read full article]

Verizon Now The Dominant Android Player, T-Mobile In Second Place?

I suppose in hindsight I really shouldn’t have been as surprised as I was over the results of a recent study regarding Android usage. I would have thought that T-Mobile, as the originating Android carrier would have remained the dominant player in the game, but the handset is really the buying decision now, not the carrier. With that in mind, according to a recent study by Chitika Research, Verizon is now the dominant player in the Android … [read full article]

Is HSPA+ Coming To Your City? Find Out Now!

Now that Magenta has started rolling out its super fast HSPA+ with plans to cover over 100 major metropolitan cities (over 185 million people) by the end of 2010 and 75 million customers to be covered by the end of June, the question most of you want answered is, will your city get HSPA+? Well, the good folks over at T-Mobile have constructed a new map displaying current cities with HSPA+ coverage … [read full article]

Motorola Updates Android Update, Cliq and Cliq XT Listed

Update: In my absentmindedness, Alex was kind enough to help me remember this has been posted before, and again here. Turns out, nothing has changed but for now we’ll leave the post up as a reminder for Cliq and Cliq XT owners. It’s not unusual for us to get vague answers regarding future Android updates and certainly with the Samsung Behold 2 situation fresh in our minds, they are fair questions. Motorola has again … [read full article]