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The geeks are descending onto Moscone West this morning, and some of them have iPhones unlocked to run on T-Mobile’s network. As you may recall, T-Mobile announced that they’ve installed a microCell tower inside the Moscone West building for Apple’s WWDC conference this week, which has T-Mobile’s HSPA+ network running on the iPhone-compatible 1900 MHz…
The millions of iPhone users who have unlocked iPhones on the T-Mobile network may soon be in for a treat, according to a report from 9 to 5 Mac. As you probably are aware by now, Apple is gearing up for WWDC 2012, set to kick off in San Francisco’s Moscone Center next week. A…
One month ago, on May 3rd, Samsung announced their 2012 Android flagship device, the Galaxy S III. Three weeks later it hit store shelves in Europe, and now it’s time for it to cross the pond and land in the United States. The South Korean handset vendor just issued a press release saying that their…
Mobile payment experts of BOKU announced a carrier-billing deal with T-Mobile USA to allow users to easily pay for digital goods (mobile content and apps) sold through the T-Mobile Mall. As a result, T-Mobile’s app and game developers can accept in-app payments from T-Mobile’s 34 million subscribers with transactions being billed directly to a subscriber’s…
Virgin Mobile is releasing a 4G hotspot and USB dongle that will work with the carrier’s $35 unlimited data plans. Toss in the fact that as with anything on Virgin Mobile, there’s no contracts involved, this is definitely a deal worth checking out. In early May, Virgin Mobile announced that it would start selling the HTC…
With the international version of the Samsung Galaxy S III available today, all eyes are turning to the US variants, which have been rumored to land sometime in late June. The guys over at TMONews just received some release dates for a handful of upcoming handsets and the Galaxy S III was in that select…
If a) you don’t need the HTC One X and would rather get something more affordable like One S, and b) want T-Mobile as a carrier – here’s a good news for you. Wirefly has a special offer for HTC’s powerful smartphone, offering it for $149.99 with a two-year contract, which is $50 less than…
According to Bloomberg, Deutsche Telekom AG Chief Executive Officer Rene Obermann was speaking to a crowd of shareholders at an annual meeting in Cologne, Germany today and told them the telecom giant is not interested in a complete sale of T-Mobile USA. DT may be a bit gun-shy about a sale after its acquisition by…
We filled you in on the details a few days ago about the Amaze 4G’s upcoming Ice Cream Sandwich update, and it’s now officially available through T-Mobile. The update brings the Amaze 4G up to date with the latest version of Android, but still retains version 3.6 of HTC Sense. We can’t say that we’re…
While carriers have made it publicly known that they’re unhappy with how much they’re subsidizing the iPhone, don’t expect this practice to change anytime soon. According to All Things D, carriers are concerned that raising the prices consumers pay for iPhones will drive them away to alternative carriers that choose to leave the subsidy as…