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Hacking your Android smartphone started out as something people did in their basements because they thought it was cool and geeky. Now the scene includes damn near everyone and they do it because they want the latest version of Android on their handset and they also want to free themselves from the ridiculous, often terrible,…
Earlier this year the mobile industry stood in disbelief as they read the news of AT&T’s planned $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile. If approved, it would mean that America would have just 1 operator using GSM technology, and their only real competitor would be Verizon Wireless, who offers remarkable quality of service, but is also…
We already knew that the T-Mobile G2X was blazing fast thanks to its NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core processor but it looks like the guys over at XDA have managed to give the handset a speed boost. Using a custom kernel, G2X users can now overclock their processors to an eye-bleeding 1.5GHz. While there are similar…
The MyTouch 4G Slide (HTC Doubleshot) has finally been pictured after a hefty amount of speculation and anticipation. From the two poorly shot photos, the MyTouch 4G Slide is exactly what we’ve been expecting: an updated MyTouch Slide 3G. For what it was, we liked the MyTouch Slide but it was too underpowered for our…
T-Mobile announced two new affordable Android smartphones – Samsung Exhibit 4G and Samsung Gravity SMART, both of which should be available later in the month (June 8th?) for less than $100. The first of the two, which we’ve originally spotted in early May, is an all-touchscreen device that promises to bring Gingerbread to the masses.…
Now that we know when the HTC Sensation 4G will land on T-Mobile’s shelves, some may be excited to know that the official sign-up page for the hot handset has gone live on Magenta’s site. If you want to stay up to date with T-Mobile’s new flagship phone, you should sign up now. The Sensation…
I’m not one to get nostalgic, but the shutting down of Danger servers, the service that powered the Sidekick for many years, has me feeling a little sullen and sorrowful. If you own an older Sidekick, like the LX or 2008 or 2009 models, you might have noticed this morning that your phone was effectively…
Those of you who are looking forward to the HTC Sensation from T-Mobile may want to keep your eyes on Twitter tonight, as Magenta has just sent a very suggestive tweet out. Whether or not this will be a pricing and availability announcement or a full-fledged pre-order remains to be seen, but it may not…
When the T-Mobile G2X was released, the carrier claimed that the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update would become available shortly. Well, since its release the only Gingerbread the handset had seen is the leaked version of the official ROM and custom ROMs from developers. Luckily, T-Mobile recently announced on Twitter that the update will be available…
Leap Wireless, one of America’s smaller operators with roughly 5.8 million subscribers, or just a tad more than the number of people living in Finland, has thrown their two cents about AT&T’s acquisition of T-Mobile out into the open. Doug Hutcheson, President and CEO of Leap and Cricket, says in a press release: “We oppose…