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When I moved to San Francisco from the east coast four years ago, one of the first things I did was switch to T-Mobile. The smartphone market wasn’t as booming as it is today but I had noticed that the handsets offered overseas were just better than the offerings than the US. There were a…
I’m not sure why it took so long for T-Mobile UK to finally launch the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update for the original Samsung Galaxy S. I know carriers like to test firmware updates thoroughly, but I don’t think that’s the excuse. Especially when we know that AT&T’s version of the device (Samsung Captivate) and Sprint’s…
For those of us old enough to remember the days before mobile phones, the era of landline domination had a couple of advantages compared to the incredible computers we carry around in our pockets today. First and foremost is voice quality, you simply can’t get the same type of fidelity on a mobile phone than…
Last month we wrote about a device launched in Turkey called the Huawei Sonic, a smartphone that we thought was special because it was cheap (less than 200 Euros) and featured near field communication (NFC) support. Would it come over to American shores we began asking ourselves … turns out the answer is yes. Thanks…
[Update: We have chosen a winner for the T-Mobile G2x. Congratulations to commenter SweepTheLeg for winning the T-Mobile G2x! This contest is now officially closed, but stay tuned to IntoMobile for our next Summer of Tegra giveaway happening later today!] Our Summer of Tegra giveaway kicked off last week with the Motorola Droid X2. A…
T-Mobile Hungary is in the process of rolling out a 21 Mbps HSPA+ network. They say that by the end of August over 200 locations will have access to it. That bit of news doesn’t really matter to most of you, what does matter is that they’ve decided to go with a well established business…
[Update: We have chosen a winner for the Motorola Droid X2. Congratulations to commenter Tortuguitabonita for winning the Droid X2! This contest is now officially closed, but stay tuned to IntoMobile for our next giveaway happening later today!] As we teased earlier this week, our Summer of Tegra Giveaway is officially kicking off today. We’ve got…
Although many Motorola Defy owners in the UK already got their Android 2.2 Froyo updates, those who bought the device from the local branch of T-Mobile didn’t. I’m not sure why that’s the case, but whatever the reason behind this move is – it’s good to know things are turning around and that soon enough…
A new report from the Federal Communications Commission isn’t tipping its hand on how it will come down on the potentially huge AT&T, T-Mobile deal. The governmental agency said, “a merger can potentially form a stronger provider that restrains competitors from engaging in anticompetitive behavior, or may increase the likelihood that the merged firm may…
The folks at Verizon may be throwing out a lot of high fives today, as the company’s 4G LTE network has topped PC Mag’ nationwide speedtest for mobile data. Not only did it produce the fastest download speeds on an average basis, PC Mag said: But you shouldn’t believe the hype: All “4G” is not…