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AT&T announced its intent to buy T-Mobile for $39 billion from Deutsche Telekom, a deal that would marry the world's second and fourth largest wireless carriers. It would also reduce the wireless playing field to just three, with...
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The Big 4 Wireless Carriers in the U.S. have suddenly become the Big 3, but not in the way many were expecting. It has been said that No. 3 Sprint was discussing a possible deal with T-Mobile USA's parent, but instead, AT&T has announced it has acquired the No. 4 largest wireless carrier in the U.S. for $39 billion. The deal makes sense...
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After being teased for most of 2010, we're finally at a point where worthwhile tablets are starting to appear, with several imminent releases on the horizon. One of those is LG's G-Slate, which according to Internet chatter, will come out on April 20th. That's about a month later than was...
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Why T-Mobile isn't on top of a mountain shouting at the top of its lungs, we don't know, but the company should be. What for? Well, T-Mobile just launched its new 10GB Web Access + Unlimited T-Mobile HotSpot plan, which in and of itself doesn't sound like anything special. But here's the...
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T-Mobile and Samsung announced the T-Mobile Sidekick 4G by Samsung. This new Android-powered smartphone combines many of the features Sidekick users have come to love (including a hardware keyboard) with the faster speeds available on T-Mobile's HSPA+ 4G network. The new T-Mobile Sidekick 4G...
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Google's Nexus S smartphone has a lot of attractive features, but the one that attracts the most attention is the fact that this smartphone is the first to ship with the latest version of the Android smartphone operating system—version 2.3. Otherwise known as Gingerbread, this OS is said to be the fastest version of Android yet. In addition...
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Google's Nexus S smartphone has a lot of attractive features, but the one that attracts the most attention is the fact that this smartphone is the first to ship with the latest version of the Android smartphone operating system—version 2.3. Otherwise known as Gingerbread, this OS is said...
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T-Mobile USA customers have been waiting for months on end for a "4G" (with "4G" meaning HSPA+ here) version of the Galaxy S, and now they have it. This week, Samsung's Galaxy S 4G has gone on sale at T-Mobile, making it one of what feels...
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T-Mobile may be the smallest of the Big 4 U.S. carriers, but it is known for having big promotions. This weekend is no different: virtually any phone on T-Mobile's network can be had gratis, as long as you sign up for a two-year contract. Just to be clear, weekend means Friday and Saturday, 2/11/2011 and 2/12/2011. The promotion includes even...
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T-Mobile and LG unveiled the Android 3.0 (Honeycomb)-powered tablet, known as the T-Mobile G-Slate with Google by LG. This new tablet features a high-definition 8.9-inch, 3D-capable multi-touch display; a rear-facing stereoscopic video recorder with 1080p for HD video capture and a 5-megapixel...
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Samsung and T-Mobile announced that the Galaxy S 4G from T-Mobile will be available in February. In combination with T-Mobile's 4G network, the Galaxy S 4G will be capable of theoretical peak download speeds of up to 21 Mbps. The Galaxy S 4G will feature a 4-inch Super AMOLED touch screen...
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And the Streak gets larger. Dell's original Streak was just 5" in size, which was quite small for a "tablet." But then again, it was one of only a few tablets that could double as a smartphone. Most 7" tablets have their cellular...
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It looks as though T-Mobile is tapping into Samsung to build its new Sidekick 4G smartphone, which is keeping the newest Sidekick true to form in style. If leaked photos are to be believed, you can expect the Sidekick 4G to sport Google's Android OS and and probably a front-facing camera, the latest fad in smartphone design. TmoNews got its...
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Corporations want to maximize their profits, both for themselves and their shareholders. Thus, this shouldn't come as a surprise. A tipster has come forward and said that Samsung is holding back the Android 2.2 (Froyo) update from the T-Mobile Vibrant (Samsung Galaxy S variant) because they...
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T-Mobile has announced a tablet, the LG G-Slate. The device will carry Android 3.0 (Honeycomb), HSPA+, but size, price, and timing weren't mentioned. Because of the vagueness around the tablet, more interesting to some are the videos of the G-Slate, which give us more views of Honeycomb, the...
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We'll be seeing a ton of new products next week at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, one of which will likely include the Motorola Cliq 2. But who wants to wait? A handful of images of this new phone have been leaked to the Web courtesy of Cell Phone Signal, the same site that...
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Another carrier billing option has come to Android. Until Wednesday, among U.S. carriers, only T-Mobile allowed carrier billing for the Android Market, but that is no longer the case. Google announced on their Android developer blog that AT&T carrier billing is rolling out the the Android...
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Recently, we told you about Sprint's plan to expand its tablet offerings, including plans to introduce a tablet with WiMAX service sometime next year. Not content to let Sprint steal all the thunder, T-Mobile wants its customers to know it has plans to release a 4G tablet sometime next year as...
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So many cell phone users complain about AT&T service that you might assume the beleaguered iPhone carrier is the worst in the nation. You'd be right, at least according to Consumer Reports. More than half of the AT&T respondents to Consumer Reports' survey were iPhone users. Because of...
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T-Mobile USA is really blowing things out here lately. They just proclaimed to be America's largest 4G carrier, and they're also pushing the new myTouch 4G phone as a major competitor to the iPhone and a host of other handsets on less...
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Well, this should be interesting. T-Mobile USA has had their hand slapped before for calling their HSPA+ service "4G," with Sprint and Clearwire claiming to actually offer true 4G service (WiMAX). In reality, T-Mobile's HSPA+ service is based on 3G protocols, but it's tweaked for higher speeds...
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Well, at least you now know about all of your options. Mostly. Samsung's Galaxy Tab was announced for all four major U.S. carriers months back, but Samsung left it up to the operators themselves to determine a launch day and price. We have already heard from Verizon Wireless, Sprint and...
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