Archive for the ‘T-Mobile’ category

T-Mobile Increasing Premium Data Package Rates On April 4th

March 26th, 2012
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Tmonews has obtained an internal memo from T-Mobile highlighting changes to their unlimited-premium 5GB and ultra 10gb premium value plans. According to the leaked document both of those packages will increase by $5.00. These two great plans from T-Mobile will still include the Mobile Life album and T-Mobile's mobile hotspot features at no additional cost.  Verizon ...

Father Heart Broken; T-Mobile Can’t Retrieve Dead Daughter’s Voice Mail Messages

March 24th, 2012
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14 year old Rhema Butler passed away in June 2011 after a two year battle with cancer. Before she passed away though, she had left her father Faron Butler voice mail messages on his T-Mobile phone. Mr. Butler would listen back to those messages when he was missing his daughter or having a bad day. ...

T-Mobile Closing 7 Call Centers, Impacting 3,300 Employees

March 23rd, 2012
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T-Mobile, who before the failed AT&T merger always sat on top of JD Power & Associates customer service lists, is closing 7 call centers. These closures will ultimately affect 3,300 customer service employees company wide. Call center employees were a crucial part to T-Mobile's success with JD Power & Associates. T-Mobile is closing call centers in: ...

Bobsled Brings Their VoIP Services To Android Tablets

March 18th, 2012
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Bobsled is a joint venture between T-Mobile and software company Virox. It's a VoIP and messaging platform built on top of Facebook as a backbone. It was released last spring at a press event in New York City and has made an appearance at every T-Mobile party since then. Bobsled has announced the availability of an ...

So Long T-Mobile Samsung Sidekick 4G

March 15th, 2012
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Late last week David at Tmonews received a tip that T-Mobile's Samsung Sidekick 4G was hitting end of life. Today that story was followed up by theverge.com. T-Mobile responded to theverge with a statement that said while they are discontinuing this particular Sidekick model, the Sidekick program will continue. While the T-Mobile Sidekick 4G is being ...

NPD: One Third Of Smartphones sold in Q&A Had The 4Gs!

March 13th, 2012
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Research company NPD published research on Tuesday in regards to the latest smartphone sales. According to the latest research, smartphones with 4G connectivity rose to 35% of smartphones sold in Q4 of 2011. This is a huge increase from the 6% in ths same quarter of 2010 when Sprint was the only carrier with 4G. Until the ...

VIDEO: Walk Through Of The New HTC One S Headed To T-Mobile

March 13th, 2012
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At South By Southwest we got the chance to get a hands on walkthrough of the new HTC One S that's headed to T-Mobile this spring.  We are getting closer to the launch as the full, T-Mobile branded build of the device was in plain sight at the GDGT event in Austin Monday night. The HTC ...

Samsung Galaxy Blaze Available From T-Mobile On March 21st

March 12th, 2012
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Last weekend we reported that the Samsung Galaxy Blaze 4G would be available from T-Mobile soon. T-Mobile had posted a "coming soon" page last Friday. As Tmonews.com editor in chief David B suggested, once a phone goes "coming soon" on T-Mobile it's usually about two weeks and the phone hits shelves. T-Mobile and Samsung announced Monday ...

SXSW: Hands On With ISIS Mobile Wallet

March 11th, 2012
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Mobile Wallet is going to become big in the next few years. The ability to store your important financial information on your smartphone and use it by simply tapping your phone is both convenient and in some ways more secure. Many privacy and security pundits are worried about the safety of confidential financial information being ...

T-Mobile Adding Any Mobile Any Time Starting April 4

March 10th, 2012
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T-Mobile will join the ranks of Sprint, and at one time AT&T, by offering any mobile anytime starting on April 4th.  They aren't asking an arm and a leg either for this new feature. Unlimited mobile to mobile doesn't require any change to your contract, just $10/month. Tmonews obtained the screen shot above and as we ...

T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Blaze Now Coming Soon

March 8th, 2012
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T-Mobile and Samsung announced the new Samsung Galaxy Blaze at a press party at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January.  Last month both companies announced the pricing at $149.99 on a new 2 year agreement.  They also announced availability as some time in March. Right on cue, T-Mobile has posted the new Galaxy Blaze ...

Pair Of Huawei Android Devices Headed To T-Mobile To Be Branded “My Touch”

March 2nd, 2012
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It looks like T-Mobile is preparing to re-up the "My Touch" franchise again. This time with partner Huawei. Huawei made a huge splash at Mobile World Congress this week in Barcelona Spain. They introduced a handful of handsets and their flagship model the Huawei Ascend D Quad.  The D Quad is powered by their own K3V2 ...