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T-Mobile has a new hot phone scheduled for this summer. HTC's Dash 3G is coming this July and besides the obvious HSDPA 3G connectivity and the full QWERTY keyboard it will come with features like WiFi, GPS, Microsoft Outlook sync and Windows Mobile 6.1 running the show. T-Mobile didn't announce a certain date but July 15 is a popular rumored date. And we don't have prices either but we should expect this handset to be fairly affordable considering what's available from the competition at this time.

Travis Warren, director, product marketing said:

As millions of families prepare to hit the road this summer, T-Mobile is offering our first 3G-enabled Windows Mobile smartphone to help customers stay connected, organized and traveling in the right direction. We're excited to offer the power and style of the T-Mobile Dash 3G with high-speed Internet access thanks to T-Mobile's rapidly expanding 3G network.

What other 3G phones have you prepared for us T-Mobile?

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A day after the G1 has been released to the masses and it looks like it's usable without any T-Mobile activation. Simply insert a T-Mobile SIM and go through the phone setup process. You might end up with a partially usable phone. There's full network access reported without voice call support. This is still a partially confirmed rumor, so we'll present more details when we get them. Stay close by with the G1 in your hand!

We're ready to see the G1 arrive in its full splendor. T-Mobile has already pre-sold 1.5 million units already and they're going to sell even more in the upcoming weeks. The G1 is ready to hit the T-Mobile stores on Wednesday at 8AM. But wait, what's that I hear? There's a store in San Francisco which has already started selling the G1. Go to 3rd and Market starting at 6PM PDT. The phones are going to be sold on a first-come-first-served basis. So either you get there hoping you'll end up with one tonight or go there to start a line for tomorrow morning.

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Good news for all those people residing in the UK for the most part of their day who want a G1 phone from T-Mobile. Their Dream is arriving in the UK in about two weeks, on October 30.
Combi or Flext plans will be available to go with the G1.

The Combi plan will get you some 800 voice minutes, unlimited text messages and unlimited internet browsing via 3G HSPA. FlexT will get you 1,250 minutes of talktime or up to 2500 SMS messages per month. Or mix the two together. Unlimited but defined web browsing is also available. No need to tell you what the G1 can do, right?

After announcing the HTC Dream aka the G1, T-Mobile is ready to launch one more HTC device. HTC Shadow 2 is the logical successor of the Shadow.

Shadow 2 will be the first handset to come with Windows Mobile 6.1 with UMA capabilities and T-Mobile is set to launch it on October 15. As long as you're going to sign a new contract you'll get it for $149.99 after some mail-in rebate. Hopefully we'll get more specs by then. In the mean time I'll let you dream about this baby.

T-Mobile is expanding their 3G network. Next stop is Phoenix where the 3G network infrastructure and spectrum cost $127 million.

The network offers HSDPA with speeds running at up to 7.2Mbps. But T-Mobile doesn't offer any HSDPA handsets yet. Which means that if you happen to be a T-Mobile in Phoenix and you have a HSDPA unlocked device from some other carrier, you might enjoy an almost virgin network. T-Mobile will get you some HSDPA devices in the near future, as soon as they get used to the idea that they actually have a 3G network.

We've recently seen how much color matters when the new iPod nano generation was unveiled this Tuesday. Products are more appealing to customers if offered in more than one boring color.

T-Mobile is going to release the BlackBerry 8120 in 3 new colors starting with October 15th. The colors have cool name of course. First we have Frost which is light blue, Indigo which is blue or purple and Black Emerald which si dark green or black, depending on how good your eyes are. So does the color change make the 8120 more appealing to you? Ready to choose one?

T-Mobile isn't only getting ready for their biggest mobile device launch of 2008, and yes I am talking about the G1, but they seem to be ready for some other handsets as well. The yellow Motorola MOTOACTV W450 seems to be ready for launch in early September.

The W450 has Bluetooth support, a media player, a 1.3 megapixel camera and a microSD slot. We're not surprised at all to find only these features. There's nothing special but if you want a cheap Motorola phone just pick one randomly out T-Mobile will sell you the W450 for $30-50.

T-Mobile has announced the availability of the Nokia XpressMusic 5610 on their network. The latest in the XpressMusic line from the Finnish manufacturer isn't exactly new, given that it has been available in other markets since October, but this should be the first time it's officially appearing on the American scene. This 5310 upgrade has all the features that the XpressMusic 5310 was liked for and adds a bit more to the same slider form factor, albeit shedding a bit of weight in the process. Keeping in mind that music is its forte, the XpressMusic 5610 carries over everything from the 5310 including dedicated music controls and adds an innovative "music slider" located below the 2.2-inch TFT display for quick access to music player and radio. The camera has also been bettered to a 3.2-megapixel lens from 2-mpx lamer on the 5310 along with dual-LED flash and 20MB internal memory with further expansion via microSD slot (1GB card included in the package). The battery can last for up to an impressive 22 hours of music playback, 6 hours of talktime, and 320 hours in standby mode. The only thing missing is 3G, with speeds topping out at EDGE, but that shouldn't stop any music lover if they are really inclined to get one of these. Available on T-Mobile now for $99 on a two-year contract in colors of black with red lining and white with silver.

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Since T-Mobile is going 3G in about 27 markets or so besides their already launched New York 3G network, it's no surprise they will start to bring in more 3G capable phones in the near future.

One such phone is Sony Ericsson's TM506 which is 3G ready. It will be available around September 3rd for a price to decided later on. The TM506 is a mid range phone with no special characteristics other than the 3G support. Here are some of TM506's features:

• 2.0 megapixel camera


• Tri-band 850/1800/1900 GSM/GPRS/EDGE


• Dual-band UMTS/HSDPA 1700/2100


• Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP connectivity


• microSD memory card slot


• Video recording capability


• Instant Messaging support.

Just as promised, T-Mobile has launched the vividly colored BlackBerry Curve Sunset on its network today. The promo (pictured above) shows it to look a little more alluring than the spy shot we had brought you earlier, but we'll let you be the judge of that. The innards are still the same as any other Curve 8320 already available, so have no doubt that this will sport the same features like WiFi and HotSpot@Home among other RIM standard features. Available starting today at $149.99 with a two-year agreement from T-Mobile.

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T-Mobile have announced today that starting May 28th they will be offering the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic Phone to all those who want more from their music while on the go.

Let's take a look at the Nokia 5310:

I have an almost unbroken rule of not answering to phone calls from numbers I don't recognize or haven't added them to my phonebook yet. Same policy applies times two every time someone is trying to get in touch with me but blocks their number sending feature. I did miss a few calls that way, which I shouldn't. but I managed to adjust. What I wasn't able to block were the SMS messages. Of course you don't have to respond to all those messages but then again, it's human nature to react and text back.

Good thing T-Mobile has decided, after being sued and loosing a case in court over some messages, that their subscribers will have now the opportunity of blocking all unwanted messages and calls from certain people. What people? Your boss? Mother in law? Crazy-b**** ex girlfriend? Regular pranksters? Anyone! The sky is the limit. Way to go T-Mobile!

J.D Power and Associates have just awarded another first prize to T-Mobile after a survey of wireless retail sales satisfaction. T-Mobile have surpassed Allttell, Verizon Wireless, AT&T and Sprint Nextel. Their score was based on four categories: sales staff, store display, store facility and price/promotion. Although "just" forth carrier ranked by number of total subscribers, T-Mobile is used to winning awards from J.D Power. Their current record in customer service satisfaction is 7 wins in a row, with the last one earlier this year.

T-Mobile has just a little over 30 million subscribers. They have just launched their 3G plans in New York a few days ago, and rumors say they are going to make a bid for Sprint Nextel in the future. Not to mention their wide cell phone selection or plans. No wonder people are saying they are the coolest.
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T-Mobile Austria will help Apple test the new 3G iPhone. There! I said it! What appeared to be a rumor picked up from local blogs seems to have already been confirmed. Apparently the Austrian company is going to provide multiple plans for the new UMTS version of Apple's hot smart phone. In September 2007 it was said that Australia will be testing the new generation iPhones. Apparently Austria beat them to that, or haven't they?

I have been reluctant to cover the news as soon as I heard all that, until I got some more clear confirmation. Well I did get confirmation that Apple will use Austria as a test market with further announcements to be made at the WWDC. This is the first rumor news I will be confirming in the same post. Maybe I should change the title too...

What do you think the asking price for an unlocked 3G iPhone will be?

T-Mobile USA is the company launching their new 3G wireless network in New York. That you already know right? We told you it was bound to happen and I am sure other have as well. We all have also told you that at first, 3G under T-Mobile was supposed to come without data transfer as this feature was to be added afterwards.

But guess what, and I am glad to announce this, T-Mobile has fully launched 3G today in full. Better phone calls and more importantly for some users, better data transfer speed for all subscribers in the New York City area. For now that is, as 3G will be implemented in other important metropolitan areas with lots of T-Mobile customers waiting for it.

T-Mobile also offer a variety of phones that will operate within the UMTS network. They will connect to the best available network whether it's 3G or GMS/GPRS/EDGE for best quality. In the months to come, HSDPA phones are to be released under T-Mobile's name to further enrich the 3G experience they want to offer to all customers.

New York has gone 3G and we're going to let you know when other major cities will join T-Mobile's revolution.

Hey Guys! Check out this one..A very interesting phone! Hiptop3 found out abouth the Sidekick Aspen/Gekko for mobile geeks, although It is not sure what the official name T-Mobile will give it. You can get customized colors on the front bumpers. The yellow portion can turn out red or blue, or whatever you want. Yeah! Sound Great. Match one with the color of your apparel. It is based on the Sidekick iD, it is supposed to equip the Sharp AQUOS LCD deployed in the LX. More Details? Well! Need to wait...

As you can see from the screen shot, T-Mobile are preparing to launch 3G plans in New York City Tomorrow, May 1st. This is a semi-confirmed rumor by this apparent T-Mobile internal document. With 3G being hot news right now, it's no surprise carriers will try to implement it as a viable plan to more and more of their subscribers.

3G will of course increase both calls quality and data transfer as well. For now T-Mobile refers only to getting a "great call quality" but I am guessing they also mean data transfer as well. 3G Plans are to be launched in New York first but 20 more cities will follow by the end of 2008.

I wonder how T-Mobile will sell their 3G iPhones compared to AT&T?

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According to the BoyGeniusReport a new phone from Rim is on its way in early 2008 called the Blackberry 8110. It is expected to be a GPS phone and feature SD Card Slot, 2MP Camera, Video recording and 3.5mm Head Phone Jack. Design of the phone is expected to be totally different to the recently released pearl phones and it is expected to be carried by T-mobile, will keep a eye out for it.

FCC has just accepted Googles Bid for Spectrum AirWave.

In January a massive battle is expected to take place between some of the biggest media and phone companies in the world, it's all over something called a spectrum, I don't really know what this thing is, but its believed these companies are prepared to pay up to 15 billion dollars for it, so it must be pretty important. The bidding is going to be fierce and most probably one company alone won't have a chance to win, so many of the 266 bidders are teaming up behind closed doors to give themselves a advantage from competitors, some of the companies said to be involved are Google, Time Warner Cable, AT&T, Verizon, AT&T, Leap Wireless International, Sprint Nextel, Comcast, Echostar Communications, DirecTV Group, Verizon Communications, Vodafone Group, Rural Cellular and Deutsche Telekom. The auction is to take place on Jan. 24.

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Even though some well-known Internet marketers are praising the effectiveness of micro-blogging site Twitter for many small businesses, maybe T-Mobile is not impressed at all. There were some reports last week that T-Mobile has blocked this service for their customers without any formal notification.

Here’s a portion of the e-mail sent by a representative from Executive Customer Relations department at T-Mobile to blogger Robert Mertz when he inquired about the said disruption:

…Twitter is not an authorized third-party service provider, and therefore you are not able to utilize service from this provide any longer…. T-Mobile is not in violation of any agreement by not providing service to Twitter. T-Mobile regrets any inconvenience, however please note that if you remain under contract and choose to cancel service, you will be responsible for the $200 early termination fee that would be assessed to the account at cancellation.

However, the official Twitter blog still believes this is just a technical glitch and not a policy issue. In their latest update as of December 15, they claimed this issue has been resolved.

For T-Mobile's sake, let's hope this is a mere technical problem and not the same blocking tactic they once used against VOIP-based free calling service Truphone. Otherwise, they might end up losing more customers than expected.

Have you checked out the T-Mobile HotSpot @Home line-up lately? T-Mobile added the new Samsung t739, dubbed the Katalyst, to its series. The Samsung Katalyst comes in a slider design and offers Wi-Fi calling apart from regular cell phone calling. The HotSpot @Home, purchased as an add-on, allows customers with a more complete wireless coverage when using available home Wi-Fi networks or T-Mobile hotspots to make/receive calls. As soon as you leave a hotspot, the call seamlessly switches over to T-Mobile's wireless network.

The Katalyst comes in a metallic silver finish, and apart from Wi-Fi, features Bluetooth, a sad 1.3 megapixel camera and IM (compatible with AOL, ICQ, Yahoo! and Windows Live Messenger). A spiffy 176x220 pixel, 220k color display greets the user. An integrated MP3 player, support for microSD memory card and speaker-independent voice recognition round up the rest of the features. A quad-band GSM world phone, it measures 3.97" x 1.98" x .65" and weighs in at 4.1 oz.

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T-Mobile USA announced today the availablility of the new Nokia 6263 phone, which can now be purchased nationwide at select T-Mobile stores and tmobile.com. The phone is a "clam-shell" or folding style phone, featuring a 2.2-inch 16 million color QVGA primary display, large exterior mounted music keyes for easy access to saved music tracks, and the ability to hold over 350 songs with the included 512MB memory card. With an optional 4GB card, you'll be able to save up to 3000 songs.

The Nokia 6263 also includes a powerful XHTML browser, support for Java and Flash Lite content, and email capability with attachment support. It can also easily be synchronized to a desktop with Nokia's PC Suite software, available for free at nokiausa.com. Other features of the phone include a 1.3-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, and a high-capacity battery offering 3 1/3 hours of talk time, or 11 days of stand-by time.

T-Mobile announced yet another mobile phone, called Shadow and also known as HTC Phoebus. The slider type of phone doesn't have a touchscreen like many others do, but it features a navigation wheel that is more than enough to navigate through the menus.

With a price tag of $150 with the inclusion of a 2-year contract, the new T-Mobile cellphone offers WiFi, a 2-megapixel camera for the photos and videos, a microSD memory card slot to store data, and stereo bluetooth.

Additionally, there is a new version of myFaves, so you can easily interact with your favorite contacts.

Blackberry is releasing two new colors for their Blackberry Curve 8310 Smartphones. The device with built-in GPS will be released with two new colors, Crimson and Titanium. The Crimson version, which incidentally was the name of the Blackberry Curve internally, will sport a reversed keypad with most keys in black.

The Titanium on the other hand, looks a bit different - or similar - to T-Mobile's Curve. But then again, it depends on who is looking. You can check out the photo included with this article to judge for yourself.