Straight Talk and Net10 To Offer SIM Only Service Option
Straight Talk has confirmed on its Facebook page that it will offer a SIM-only option for the first time along with its sister brand in Net10 within the next few days. The dedicated page for the offering is now live and features options for regular full-size SIMs as well as the increasingly popular microSIMs used [...]
ETF Out: T-Mobile Preparing Harsh Data Roaming Limits
T-Mobile is preparing a harsh wave of new data roaming limitations, which will curtail data usage on roaming networks. The carrier has, for years, touted transparent roaming terms; customers were educated to treat domestic data and voice roaming as same-as-home network functionality, albeit with the restrictions that came with other GSM networks. Namely, other networks [...]
T-Mobile Discourages iPhone, Takes Heat, Then Supports iPhone
It’s been a busy week for T-Mobile. After refusing to comment to PhoneNews.com on T-Mobile testing 1900 MHz UMTS service in select markets, a direct effort to support unlocked iPhones, the carrier has made more depressing internal moves. It appears that the carrier has aborted plans to offer 3G on 1900 MHz, as the carrier [...]
CES 2012: T-Mobile Announcements
T-Mobile at CES is a company newly transformed after the fallout and eventual termination of the unpopular AT&T purchase and merger. Starting with a new Android smartphone, the carrier has announced a new high-end smartphone in the Samsung Blaze which features HSPA+ 42 Mbps support, Snapdragon S3 dual-core processor at 1.5 GHz, and a Super AMOLED [...]
Wirefly Leaks Lumia 710 Pre-orders for T-Mobile, CES Announcements Loom
Wirefly today took the apparently-accidental step of offering up pre-orders for the Lumia 710, Nokia’s first American Windows Phone. The phone will launch on T-Mobile. CES is shaping up to be Nokia’s re-debut with their line of Windows Phones all set to be announced at CES. As many as three Lumia variants may be seen at [...]
Key US Windows Phone Launches Confirmed Ahead of CES
Noted Windows pundit Paul Thurrott has confirmed a few key details related to US Windows Phone launches planned for the coming year which center on AT&T and Verizon Wireless. Three LTE-based Windows Phone handsets–the Nokia ACE, HTC Radiant, and Samsung Mendel–will ship on AT&T Wireless before the middle of 2012. The ACE is due March [...]
T-Mobile Says No Comment over iPhone 3G / HSPA+ Signals Hitting Devices
We were all set to close out the lights on PhoneNews.com to celebrate Christmas, but we got one piece of information that we had to push out to readers. Many in the mobile media had been covering that T-Mobile customers had suddenly noticed UMTS/HSPA receptivity on the unlocked iPhone models. This appears to be coming [...]
Breaking: AT&T Drops T-Mobile Purchase Bid
Multiple sources have confirmed within the last few minutes that AT&T has abandoned its $37 billion purchase of T-Mobile USA.
T-Mobile Announces Nokia Lumia 710 As Exclusive
T-Mobile is the first to announce a Nokia Lumia phone state-side, delivering Nokia’s first US phone in the wake of its shift to Windows Phone development. The Lumia 710 will be exclusive to T-Mobile, retooled to work with their UMTS network bands.
Deal: Samsung Exhibit II 4G – $195 Shipped Without Contract
Amazon is selling the Exhibit Ii 4G by Samsung for $195 shipped, without contract. The Exhibit II 4G is an offshoot of the first-generation Galaxy S lineage, designed for T-Mobile prepaid. It is the second T-Mobile Prepaid smartphone that supports HSPA+ “4G”. At $195, the phone is about $100 off of its standard, suggested retail [...]
