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Hot Deal: Wirefly offering T-Mobile HTC One S for $125 only this weekend

by Edgar Cervantes on May 26th, 2012 No Comments

Unless you want to wait around for a month or two until the Galaxy S3 and the Galaxy Note come to T-Mobile, this deal might be a no-brainer. The HTC One S is arguably the best device on Magenta right now, and one has to pocket out $199.99 to purchase it under a 2-year contract. [...]

AT&T Samsung Galaxy S3 strolls through FCC, T-Mobile version ready for June 20th release?

by Edgar Cervantes on May 26th, 2012 No Comments

The global version of the Samsung Galaxy S3 will be released in just a few days (May 29th), but US residents will have to wait a bit more. As Chris Chavez recently mentioned: In the US, the carriers have all the power. And our experience with the Samsung Galaxy S2 was not all that smooth, [...]

Deutsche Telekom still open to T-Mobile USA mergers

by Quentyn Kennemer on May 25th, 2012 No Comments

While Deutsche Telekom and AT&T failed to get governments to agree on a merger that would see the latter buying up the former’s T-Mobile USA, they’re not ready to take offers off the table. DT’s René Obermann says they’re not excluding any options for T-Mobile, including merger. The deal with AT&T didn’t work because they [...]

Samsung’s Galaxy S3 TouchWiz Ported To Galaxy Note, Galaxy S2 and… (Gasp) Galaxy Nexus

by Chris Chavez on May 24th, 2012 No Comments

If you currently have in your possession a Samsung Galaxy Note or Samsung Galaxy S2 that just so happens to be rooted, I would like to inform you that you can now add the all-new-and-improved TouchWiz UI from the Samsung Galaxy S3 onto those devices. The launcher reportedly runs great and is an excellent option [...]

T-Mobile preparing maintenance upgrade for the Samsung Galaxy S II

by Quentyn Kennemer on May 21st, 2012 No Comments

It appears T-Mobile is getting ready to push a maintenance upgrade out to owners of the Samsung Galaxy S II. Ice Cream Sandwich it is not, but there’s not much to complain about when a device is receiving attention for bug fixes and minor enhancements. And who knows? Perhaps this could be a preparatory update. [...]

Ice Cream Sandwich now available for T-Mobile’s HTC Amaze 4G

by Kevin Krause on May 21st, 2012 No Comments

Attention HTC Amaze 4G owners, T-Mobile has an update ready for you. And, yes, it’s Android 4.0. The upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich can be pulled from the HTC Software Updates dialog under Settings and brings about all the enhancements you might expect from a move to the latest Android OS> The new software is [...]

Is the import ban on One X and Evo 4G LTE spreading to other HTC devices?

by Raveesh Bhalla on May 19th, 2012 No Comments

If the import ban on the HTC One X and the Evo 4G LTE wasn’t already a bitter pill to swallow for HTC, it looks like they’re in a bit more trouble than earlier anticipated. TmoNews were tipped off earlier today that customers who were looking to purchase a new Amaze 4G were being told [...]

T-Mobile’s Samsung Galaxy S III rears its LTE-less head at FCC, could it have Exynos inside?

by Raveesh Bhalla on May 19th, 2012 No Comments

Well, the good news is that creating various carrier variants isn’t slowing down the Samsung Galaxy S III’s launch in the US by too much. However, the bad news for those looking to use the phone on T-Mobile’s network is that you might have to do without LTE. While it’s a bit understandable considering T-Mo [...]

Samsung Galaxy S3 For T-Mobile and AT&T Make An Appearance At Bluetooth SIG

by Chris Chavez on May 18th, 2012 No Comments

We’re expecting the Samsung Galaxy S3 to arrive on the big 4 carriers here in the US, but unfortunately, nothing’s been announced yet. Well, here’s some good news for AT&T and T-Mobile customers. Both versions of the GS3 have just made their way through the Bluetooth SIG, revealing not much other than their BT capabilities, [...]

New no-contract plans for T-Mobile’s 4G tablets, hotspots, and USB modems revealed.

by Quentyn Kennemer on May 17th, 2012 No Comments

Those who opt out of using T-Mobile tablets, hotspots, and USB modems on-contract will be happy to know that T-Mobile has introduced some great new data packages. For $15 you can get a one week pass with 300MB of bandwidth. Another $10 will get you 1.5GB for a month, $35 will get you 3.5GB for [...]

Quick fix restores 4G data after T-Mobile HTC Sensation Ice Cream Sandwich update

by Kevin Krause on May 17th, 2012 No Comments

T-Mobile subscribers with the HTC Sensation 4G were ecstatic to learn that the carrier had begun pushing the handset’s upgrade to Android 4.0, but the process hasn’t been smooth for all. Not only does the update come with a change to T-Mobile’s mobile hotspot policy (you have to pay to play, now), but some users [...]

HTC Addresses Multitasking Concerns For One X and S – Calls It “Sense” Optimized

by Chris Chavez on May 17th, 2012 No Comments

Before the release of the HTC One X, S and V, HTC was making the rounds, touting Sense 4.0 as the lightest, leanest version of their Android skin ever. We were inclined to believe them after seeing how zippy and kicky fast Sense was, not only real world usability tests, but in benchmarks as well. [...]

Deal Alert: T-Mobile Offering Buy-One-Get-One Free Deal on 4G Smartphones – Starts This Weekend

by Chris Chavez on May 16th, 2012 No Comments

Starting on Friday, T-Mobile will be throwing another one of their “Magenta Deal Days” BOGO promotions. New or existing T-Mobile customers with an available upgrade can take advantage of T-Mobile’s buy-one-get-one deal on some of the hottest 4G phones T-Mo has available. Simply buy two phones — yup, you’re going to have to fork out [...]

Android 4.0 arrives May 21 for Amaze 4G at T-Mobile, Sensation 4G gets ICS today

by Kevin Krause on May 16th, 2012 No Comments

T-Mobile has updated their support pages with an exact date to expect Ice Cream Sandwich for the HTC Amaze 4G. Previously the update was pegged as coming sometime in the next couple of weeks. Now users can look forward to Android 4.0 (but only Sense 3.6) on May 21st. In related news, the upgrade to [...]

T-Mobile Gets Ready For Second Round of Layoffs – 900 Employees To Lose Their Jobs

by Chris Chavez on May 16th, 2012 No Comments

T-Mobile is getting ready for a second round of job cuts in which the number 4 carrier in the US plans to layoff 900 more of their employees across the US. The layoffs follow 10 consecutive quarters of customer contract losses and will should help T-Mo hold apply that $4 billion they recently acquired from [...]

New T-Mobile devices added to Samsung’s Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade list

by Quentyn Kennemer on May 15th, 2012 No Comments

Samsung’s finally added the initial list of devices that will receive the upgrade to Android 4.0 on T-Mobile. The Samsung Galaxy S II was an obvious shoe-in, and the Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G makes a surprise appearance on this list. We’ve also got a couple of tablets in the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus [...]

Cyanogenmod 9 nightlies come to HTC Sensation and Sensation 4G on T-Mobile

by Quentyn Kennemer on May 15th, 2012 No Comments

Sensation users of all sorts on T-Mobile will be happy to know that they’ll now be able to get in on all the CM9 nightly fun. The project, which has been in development since the moment Google pushed Android 4.0 source code to the AOSP, have been hard at work on nightlies for the Galaxy [...]

Test shots from Galaxy S3 for top four carriers surface

by Quentyn Kennemer on May 14th, 2012 No Comments

It looks like Samsung might be on track for a June launch with at least one of their carrier partners here in the United States. Devices are already in the hands of testers and, as you’d imagine, those eager souls have begun uploading photos from the device’s camera to the internet. PocketNow procured the shots [...]

Samsung T699 with 720p display for T-Mobile shows up in user agent profile

by Quentyn Kennemer on May 14th, 2012 No Comments

T-Mobile may soon be set to introduce a monster of a phone. One Samsung T699 has popped up in a user agent profile. While these don’t tend to give us much information, we can usually count on them to drop one or two nuggets. This particular phone will apparently come equipped with a 720p display, [...]

T-Mobile pushing Ice Cream Sandwich update for Sensation 4G on May 16, Amaze 4G to follow

by Kevin Krause on May 14th, 2012 No Comments

T-Mobile has just updated their support page with the changelog for the Ice Cream Sandwich update for the HTC Sensation 4G. The new software version, which is numbered 3.32.531.14710RD, will bring the phone to Android 4.0.3 and Sense 3.6 beginning May 16th. The update will be available to all users running the most current Gingerbread [...]