A quickie here for any T-Mobile customers rockin’ an Android device. If you use the T-Mo My Account app, you’ll be pleased to know it has been updated with some new features: App is now separated into two main areas: ‘My Account’ and ‘Help’ Customers can now setup paperless billing and make payments using previously…
Sprint pushing WiMax to more markets
Sprint is moving along with its WiMax deployment and said the 4G service would be in major cities like Boston, New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. by the end of the year. The third-largest carrier is expected to blanket 120 million people by the end of 2010 and this should give it a sizable…
T-Mobile stops bleeding subscribers, kind of
T-Mobile USA gained 371,000 subscribers for the fourth quarter but the majority of these were the less-lucrative prepaid customers. The company is still squarely in fourth place with 33.8 million customers, while Verizon and AT&T remain the big dogs with 91.2 million and 85.1 million subscribers, respectively. Sprint’s customers have been leaving in droves over…
Hi, I’m Marin and I’ll be your editor
I thought it would be prudent to do a proper introduction as I’m the new guy and you’ll be seeing my mug around here a lot. I’m a tech reporter who’s written about mobiles for InformationWeek, CNET, Androinica, Know Your Cell and various other sites. I’ve spent a ton of time thinking about smartphones and…
FCC seeks more wireless spectrum for mobile broadband data networks
The FCC is looking to free up to 500 megahertz of spectrum for wireless broadband over the next ten years and it will try to buy the airwaves from broadcasters. The move would help avert what FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski calls a “spectrum crisis” that could leave data-hungry mobile devices like the iPhone, Droid, and 3G-enabled…
AT&T tops 3G speed test
It looks like AT&T’s network upgrades are paying off, as the carrier’s 3G network bested Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon in PCWorld’s 13-city mobile data test. The report said AT&T’s download speeds were 67 percent faster on average than its competitors, with an average download speed of 1410 kbps and 773 kbps upload. This is a…
Google, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon defend ETFs to FCC
Google and the four major U.S. carriers (AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile) told the FCC that early-termination fees are necessary to recoup costs of handset subsidies, and that customers are well aware of these fees. The news comes in response to an FCC inquiry in January that was triggered by Verizon raising its ETF for “advanced…
T-Mobile rolls out 1.3.18 update for Motorola CLIQ
If you’re a T-Mobile subscriber with a Motorola CLIQ in your pocket, you’re probably chomping at the bit for some Android 2.1 (Eclair) love from Motorola. The bad news is that you’ll have to keep waiting it out until Moto gets the Android OS 2.1 update out to Droid users first, but there’s some good…
T-Mobile UK announces the Huawei Pulse Mini Android phone
Last year, T-Mobile UK and Huawei announced the world’s first pay as you go Android phone, the Pulse. Now it seems that wasn’t enough, and they have recently announced the Pulse Mini, another pay-as-you-go Android phone. Since this is a ‘mini’ version, instead of beefing up their phone, Huawei is pulling a Sony Ericsson, sizing,…
BlackBerry Storm2 (9250) arrives at T-Mobile UK
Anyone want to get an official BlackBerry Storm2 (aka 9250) on T-Mobile in the UK? Well now you can, because it’s gone live and is for sale! The device is pretty chock-full of features – check out the official garb: T-Mobile’s first full touchscreen BlackBerry has it all, for business and pleasure. From 10 email accounts…