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Outrageous: T-Mobile USA will not upgrade the Nokia Astound (rebranded C7) to Symbian Belle
Back in September 2010 Nokia announced a Symbian^3 smartphone called the C7. It can best be thought of as a Nokia N8, but without the fancy high end camera, and in a body that’s much more fashionable. Half a year later (April 2011) it hit American shores courtesy of T-Mobile for just $80 with a two year contract; they rebranded it as the Nokia Astound (see video below). When Nokia started pushing out Symbian Anna, an update to Symbian^3, many people rightly assumed that the Astound would also get the … Read more
Stefan Constantinescu
T-Mobile Valentine’s Day sale includes free phones, tablets
If you’re looking for a new smartphone or tablet on T-Mobile, you should probably go into your local store this Saturday (Feb. 11) because T-Mobile is having a Valentine’s Day sale which includes free 4G devices with a new contract. All of the smartphones or tablets will be “free” with a mail-in rebate and a new, two-year contract on a qualifying Classic plan. T-Mobile is pretty much making every one of its desirable smartphones and tablets available during this sale, as you can pick up a Galaxy S II, Lumia … Read more
Marin Perez
UK: Unlocked Samsung Galaxy S Advance available for pre-ordering; Three, T-Mobile and O2 to offer it, too
The newly announced Galaxy S Advance is heading to the UK, with phone retailer MobileFun and Clove already taking pre-orders for the unlocked device. Those of you who want the mid-to-high end smartphone will have to pour out some 350 GBP (around $550) to be amongst the first ones to get it. We’re hearing the first units will be shipped at some point later this month, with Clove listing February 27th as the first shipping date. If you, however, want to get the Galaxy S Advance along with a carrier … Read more
Dusan Belic
T-Mobile UK launches “The Full Monty” unlimited everything plans, prices start at £36 per month
T-Mobile UK has done the unthinkable. In today’s world of constrained networks and operators looking to buy up as much spectrum as they can, these nutters just announced the return of unlimited everything plans. They’re called “The Full Monty,” which conjures up some disturbing flashback from the film of the same title, but they really do give you everything you could possibly want … at least sometimes. Let’s start with the basic plan, which goes for just £36 per month. That gives you unlimited talking, texting, and data, but “only” … Read more
Stefan Constantinescu
Operation T-Mobile/AT&T spectrum transfer: Engaged
AT&T and T-Mobile have filed a request with the FCC to begin the $1 billion spectrum transfer AT&T promised to hand over to T-Mobile if the merger failed. Well, it’s time to pay up with AWS goods and the first step has officially been taken. With the merger failed and behind them now, T-Mobile needs this spectrum desperately. The only major US carrier that lacks and LTE network, (Sprint’s network should be lit up in select markets by mid-year) Magenta needs to keep up with the Jones’ as best as … Read more
Blake Stimac
T-Mobile UK to start selling the LG Prada 3.0 in February
We’ve already talked about the LG Prada 3.0‘s quest to the UK. The sexy device has already been announced by few phone retailers, which will offer it either unlocked or with a carrier contract. Now we have the first mobile operator joining the game – T-Mobile. Unfortunately the local branch of Deutsche Telekom hasn’t revealed the exact launch date (it just says “February”) and price at its “Coming Soon” page, only the phone’s highlights – including “Stunning Prada style,” bright 4.3-inch touchscreen and Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). In addition, we’ll add … Read more
Dusan Belic
Walmart and T-Mobile debut unlimited data plan for families
Wal-Mart and T-Mobile have had their unlimited talk and text plan for families in place for a while, but today they are expanding it to include unlimited access to the Internet, too. This makes T-Mobile one of the first carriers to have a shared data option for families, albeit you’ll have to shop at Wal-Mart to get it. Wal-Mart brands the plan as FamilyMobile and it includes unlimited talk, text, and web for a very reasonable price. The first line is only $45 and each additional line is an extra … Read more
George Tinari
UK: T-Mobile Vivacity now available for just 89.99 GPB on PAYG
Remember the T-Mobile Vivacity, the carrier-branded mid-level Android smartphone we talked about in November 2011? It was launched with the 99.99 GPB price tag and now the Deutsche Telekom-owned operator decided to slash its price by 10%. In other words, interested users can grab the ZTE-made Vivacity for just 89.99 on pay-as-you-go tariffs. No contract signing required, though you’ll have to buy a 10 GBP top-up with the device, which you’ll need anyway. Specs wise, T-Mobile’s baby comes with a 3.5-inch WVGA touchscreen, 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity, 5-megapixel rear-facing camera, … Read more
Dusan Belic
T-Mobile’s Chief Technology Officer on the iPhone 5: “The next chipset will support AWS”
If you ignore the tiny regional players, it’s pretty much accepted that America has four wireless operators: AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon. Three of them now sell Apple’s iPhone, yet T-Mobile doesn’t, why is that? It all comes down to which frequencies T-Mobile decided to use for 3G, namely the “AWS” spectrum. AWS stands for Advanced Wireless Services and it uses the 1700 MHz band for uploading data and the 2100 MHz band for downloading data. Right now there are only a handful of operators using AWS, the largest being … Read more
Stefan Constantinescu
T-Mobile intros Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G, Bobsled Messaging, and expands 4G networks
Today T-Mobile announced a new 4G phone, the Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G. While all the juicy details have yet to be revealed, the handset should land on shelves sometime later this year. T-Mobile also announced the expansion of its 21 and 42 HSPA+ networks. The Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G will rock a Super AMOLED display of an unknown size (likely 4-4.5 inches), HSPA+ 42 support, and a 1.5Ghz dual-core Snapdragon S3 processor. That’s about all we know about the handset as of now but more details will be … Read more
Blake Stimac
Deutsche Telekom really wants to get rid of T-Mobile USA, may sell all their cell towers
Deutsche Telekom, the metaphorical mother and father of T-Mobile USA, assumed that AT&T’s attempt to purchase their bastard redheaded child would go through without any issues. Turns out that the American government thought about consumers for a change and came to the conclusion that fewer operators would stifle innovation. This puts Deutsche Telekom in a tricky situation. For them, there was no “Plan B”, they wanted AT&T’s $35 billion to invest in their European networks. According to the Financial Times, Deutsche Telekom pours roughly $3 billion per year into T-Mobile … Read more