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Nothing drives app downloads like deals with handset makers and mobile operators. It’s not like Shazam isn’t already famous enough, it’s just that they want even more users. And they managed to get one more big partner on board – T-Mobile USA, which is featuring the popular music/video discover app in the Music Hub section…
Earlier today, AT&T announced that it will start selling the HTC One X on May 6th and now T-Mobile has confirmed it will sell the One S starting April 25. The handset will be available online and in select stores nationwide. With its slim profile, the One S is the thinnest smartphone T-Mobile offers. It…
In last year’s investigation into data speeds in the wireless industry, PCMag found that Verizon Wireless came out on top with its speedy LTE network. Over the past year, AT&T has started building out an LTE network, T-Mobile has enhanced their HSPA+ 42 mbps coverage, and Sprint has…umm…committed to building an LTE network starting mid-2012. But…
Nokia’s Lumia 900, which AT&T launched on Easter Monday (April 9th), may or may not be selling well depending on who you ask. There’s an easy way to get it into the hands of more customers though, and that’s by simply by letting more operators have a go at offering the device to their customers.…
T-Mobile is in some hot water with the United States government, as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today proposed that T-Mobile USA forfeit the amount of $819,000. This fine is due to the company “willfully and repeatedly” failing to comply with rules mandating each carrier offer a certain number of hearing-aid compatible handsets. Apparently, T-Mobile…
It looks like T-Mobile is reworking its ad campaign with Carly Foulkes, the T-Mobile Girl. Gone are the magenta and white dresses and bubbly personality, as a new picture posted on Twitter shows Team Magenta’s Foulkes in a new, darker light. T-Mobile recently sent out a tweet with the picture you see above, saying “It’s…
T-Mobile is sending out invitations to a press event on the night of April 18th. The headline for that shindig will the HTC One S, a 4.3-inch phone with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Details about the launch date and pricing are not available, but a recent rumor pegs the 25th as the date the One S…
HTC’s quad core beast, the One X, gets all the attention, but it’s the One S that we think deserves more praise. It’s thinner, it uses Qualcomm’s Snapdragon S4, it’s smaller, it has a body that’s made out of something that’s been through a plasma bath, but … and this is a huge but, the…
T-Mobile and Leap Wireless, which owns the Cricket brand, confirmed on Monday that the two carriers are swapping spectrum to better improve their 3G and 4G coverage. T-Mobile will use this spectrum to improves its HSPA+ network and prepare for its future LTE network, while Leap will use it to extends its coverage and prepare for LTE.…
The nation’s four largest wireless carriers are working with the US Government to build and support a database of lost and stolen phones. The carriers have agreed to deny both voice and data service for phones added to the database will be denied . Carriers will setup their own databases and eventually roll them into a centralized…