Deal: Samsung Nexus S 4G Unlocked, T-Mobile 3G Version – $289.99 Shipped Today Only
eBay is offering the Samsung Nexus S as a daily deal. As with other eBay-partnered daily deals, the item will likely go back up in price after today. The version up for sale is the T-Mobile 3G variant, which is always factory unlocked. While it can be used on AT&T or its MVNOs, it will [...]
MWC: HTC Announces One Series and Universal Branding Initiative
At its own press event ahead of Mobile World Congress, HTC has announced its initiative to both offer the apex of its expertise in device design and an effort to actively reduce the number of handsets it releases while simultaneously reducing confusion by adopting a standard naming convention across regions. This is meant to [...]
T-Mobile Details “Challenger Strategy”: UMTS Only Transition and LTE in 2013
In an unusually detailed press release this morning, T-Mobile has announced its key strategy for moving forward in the wake of the rejection of the T-Mobile/AT&T merger by regulators earlier this year. T-Mobile USA currently faces an uncertain future as parent company Deustche Telekom accelerates its own 4G LTE transition in Europe at the expense [...]
New Intellectual Ventures Suit Filed Against AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint
Noted patent holding firm Intellectual Ventures has filed a new suit targeting AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint in regards to 14 unspecified patents that the firm claims are being infringed upon by the three named carriers. The patent holding firm is seeking unspecified damages for the infringements and their counsel has issued the following statement regarding [...]
T-Mobile Refusing to Update Nokia Astound to Belle Due to Costs
Thanks for your patience @bittersw8regene. Unfortunately the Nokia Astound on T-Mobile will not be updated to Nokia Belle. — Nokia US (@NokiaUS) February 8, 2012 Owners of the T-Mobile version of the Nokia C7-00 Symbian smartphone are set to experience what owners of the Dell Streak 7 4G version did, as the carrier is actively [...]
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 [...]
