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Two men have been arrested on suspicion of trying to enter US military bases in Oahu, Hawaii. No the two are neither terrorists nor Wikileaks volunteers (as far as we know), but T-Mobile USA contractors who were just trying to fine-tune the carrier’s HSPA network. Their foolishness comes from the fact they wanted to enter…
German divisions of T-Mobile and Vodafone unveiled their LTE plans and prices — actually German division of T-Mobile is their main/home office. First comes the Big Red carrier which plans to offer a Samsung dongle with tiered monthly plans costing between 42.50 and 72.50 EUR. The top rate provides users with up to 30GB of…
Held in high esteem due to its BlackBerry-like portrait QWERTY keyboard, the Dell Venue Pro has had a rather inglorious launch when it went on sale with Microsoft on November 8th. The handset hit the wild in early November and was quickly plagued with reports of poor WiFi connectivity, units shipping with engineering sample batteries,…
AT&T and T-Mobile are currently evaluating picking up the Acer Liquid Metal Android handset, according to representatives from Acer. The company said the Acer Liquid Metal is currently being evaluated by these carriers and it could provide a solid Android experience if it is finally picked up. Wherever it lands, the Acer Liquid Metal won’t…
Perhaps the Antennagate issue that plagued the iPhone 4 wasn’t exclusive after all – just like Apple said. The HTC HD7 – one of the latest in a series of new Windows Phone 7 handsets – appears to suffer from a little user interference, too. The T-Mobile handset is depicted in a video where it…
Just because Black Friday is over doesn’t mean the deals are. Best Buy Mobile is now offering up the T-Mobile G2 for free on a new two-year contract. That’s right folks, if you’re craving one of the best QWERTY keyboard-toting Android phones available today, it can be yours for free, as long as you’re willing…
The subsidized iPad is poised to take the UK by storm in the upcoming months with Orange, Three, T-Mobile, and possibly Vodafone expected to carry the tablet device. The only remaining holdout is O2 UK, which is reportedly not in talks with Apple to carry the popular tablet device on a contract basis. While several…
The ITU recently decided that two wireless technologies would be worthy of the 4G title: WiMax 2 and LTE-Advanced. Despite the decision, however, Sprint has continued to call its WiMax network “4G,” and surprisingly around that time T-Mobile decided to launch a massive campaign calling its HSPA+ network “America’s Largest 4G Network.” This week, at…
Motorola’s life-proof phone, the Defy, is set to get the Android 2.2 Froyo update sometime in Q2 of 2011. We’ve seen Moto delay updates more than once before, but at least they are giving themselves an ample amount of time to get Froyo out the door. The Motorola Defy is made for those who are…
Following up on an expansion to Chicago, Colorado Springs, Ft. Wayne, Louisville, and Raleigh-Durham, T-Mobile has opened up their HSPA+ network in Detroit, Grand Junction, Harlingen, Lafayette, Montgomery, Roanoke-Lynchburg, and Youngstown. On paper, HSPA+ can reach up to 21 Mbps, but the standard is 3-6 with peaks of 9 or so. That’s as fast as…