According to a screenshot from their internal network, T-Mobile will be rolling out an Android 1.6 update to Samsung Behold II owners over the air between June 21 and June 25. The new features, as noted in the forums, are: Access to Google Maps Navigation Google Voice Search capability Quick search box for Android Swype…
T-Mobile Launches Trio of Samsung Messaging Phones
Three news phones are coming out of T-Mobile today, one and all made by Samsung and geared for heavy SMS and e-mail users. The Gravity 3 and Gravity T both have landscape slide-out QWERTY keyboards, while the Smiley’s keyboard is portrait-oriented. They’re also preloaded with an app called T-Mobile Social Buzz, which keeps an eye…
T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S could be the ‘Vibrant’
We know that Samsung will announce a cool Galaxy S phone for T-Mobile at the end of the month but now we’re hearing that the handset will be called the Vibrant. According to Cell Phone Signal, the Vibrant will be powered by Android 2.1 and it should rock that big, gorgeous 4-inch Super AMOLED screen…
The mobile roundup – The ‘Did you preorder an iPhone 4?’ edition
The biggest story of the week the iPhone 4 preorder fiasco, as many would-be iPhone owners found it difficult to give AT&T and Apple money. But Apple wasn’t the only one grabbing the headlines, as we received more information about the next generation of Droid smartphones from Motorola, we reviewed the myTouch 3G Slide for…
T-Mobile Android app adds task killer
T-Mobile wants your Android device like the myTouch 3G Slide to run smoother and it has added a task-killing functionality to its My Account application. The “Tune-up” feature will try and kill unused services in the background for Android devices with the 2.1 version of the software and below. In theory, this could make the…
Motorola Droid, Verizon dominate Android market
While Android is picking up steam with multiple handsets and carriers, data from Chitika suggests the Motorola Droid and Verizon Wireless still hold the biggest market shares. This shouldn’t be that surprising, as Motorola’s handset was the beneficiary of the $100 million advertising campaign that led to more than a million units being sold. The…
T-Mobile Expands HSPA+ Network to Cover 25 Metropolitan Areas
T-Mobile is growing its HSPA+ with “4G-like speeds” shortly after announcing its Northeastern U.S. growth last month. The carrier is announcing that its super fast 3G data network will cover 25 major metropolitan areas and 75 million Americans by the end of this month. Since T-Mobile hasn’t jumped on the official 4G bandwagon (if you…
Radio Shack Joins in the T-Mobile Fun, Offers Free Phones June 19
Are you getting pumped for the Father’s Day sale that T-Mobile has lined up this Saturday? Radio Shack isn’t letting the carrier have all the fun as it, too, is joining in on the sale. On June 19, both T-Mobile and Radio Shack will be offering the entire T-Mobile phone lineup for free with qualifying…
T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide rooted
Get ready to root friends, as the myTouch 3G Slide is now ready to be tinkered with thanks to the hacker eugene373. The process is a little complex so pay attention, as you first have to download this Slide Root file. Put this into the SDK directory, open the command prompt to the SDK/Tool Directoy…
T-Mobile One-Day Sale Extravaganza, June 19!
Alright, perhaps you already knew that there was a good chance that T-Mobile would be marking all its phones down to zero just before Father’s Day. Except what you and I weren’t too sure of was whether it’s actually happening. T-Mobile has just confirmed our wildest dreams and says that all phones will be free…