T-Mobile’s fleet of Sidekicks were left stranded in a data desert when Microsoft’s Danger servers crashed this weekend. Most of the data was feared lost. Luckily, some Sidekick users have had at least a portion of their Sidekick data restored. At this point, the Sidekick carrier is giving all Sidekick customers a month of free…
T-Mobile USA parent says lack of 3G services lost them customers
T-Mobile USA isn’t exactly known for their pervasive 3G wireless network in The States, and the wireless carrier’s parent company is owning up to that fact. Deutsche Telekom AG Chief Financial Officer Timotheus Hoettges told reporters today that T-Mobile USA has been hurt by its lack of 3G services. Instead, the No. 4 US wireless…
T-Mobile: Sidekick data partially restored, $100 gift cards on the way
T-Mobile isn’t taking its Sidekick outage lightly. The Sidekick carrier has been hard at work trying to get Sidekick service back in full working order, and it seems they were successful in restoring at least some Sidekick users’ data. After being told by T-Mobile and Microsoft’s Danger division that Sidekick data was likely lost forever,…
T-Mobile Brings 3G to Fresno, California
It’s been a little while since I reported on any T-Mobile 3G network expansion news… But I’ve got a little tidbit for you today. There’s been quite a bit of, shall we say, ‘stuff‘, going on over at T-Mobile, so our attention has quite deservedly swayed from stuff like this as of late. At any…
T-Mobile bans angry Sidekick customer from forums?
Sidekicks aren’t just for teenage Valley Girls with a SoCal-lisp or pseudo-celebrities desperate for endorsement cash. Nope, Sidekicks are also used by business professionals – like Richard Anderson, for example. This guy claims to have “lost 300+ contacts, 30+ tasks, 20+ notes and countless reminders on his Calendar” when Microsoft’s Sidekick servers decided to crash…
T-Mobile Sidekick user data lost in Microsoft server crash
T-Mobile Sidekick users are a loyal bunch. Many have likely even taken on a new 2-year contract with Deutsch Telekom-owned T-Mobile USA just so that they could to put a Microsoft/Danger Sidekick in their pockets. Unfortunately for them, Microsoft’s Sidekick servers have recently taken a nose-dive, taking user data (contacts, photos, calendar, etc.) down with…
Watch Out for Falling Prices on Android Phones at Walmart
Walmart has gone ahead with a price drop on a couple of Android-powered goodies. The original G1 is now available for $48.88, while the myTouch 3G rings in at $98.88. Of course, both of these deals require you sign up for a 2-year deal with T-Mo, but chances are you were going to do that…
T-Mobile Gearing Up for BlackBerry Bold 9700 Launch Parties
If you’ve read the rumors about the BlackBerry Bold 9700 launch date… It’s looking more and more like they’re spot-on. The last I heard, RIM was set to announce the BlackBerry Bold 9700 on October 21st… Which would make an early November in-store and online availability for the device seem reasonable. T-Mobile has begun sending…
BlackBerry Bold and Curve 8520 Show up in White
A nice little treat from RIM last night at CTIA was these two devices, the BlackBerry Bold 9000 and Curve 8520, in a brand new white paint job. We had heard rumours about the white Bold hitting up AT&T, but the new 8520, which will be joining its black and blue brothers on T-Mobile, was…
Quick Rumor: BlackBerry Bold 9700 Coming to AT&T and T-Mobile October 21st?
Engadget Mobile has just reported on ‘good authority’ that the BlackBerry 9700, aka the ‘Bold II‘, aka the ‘Onyx‘, is coming down the pipe for us on October 21st on AT&T and T-Mobile. Awesome. I know many a BlackBerry user addicted to their Bold 9000, and this latest updated version complete with touchpad and all…