It looks like the second of two Huawei-made Android smartphones for T-Mobile USA’s myTouch consumer line is now ready for FCC approval. The smartphone, model Huawei Ascend G312, comes with a physical hardware QWERTY keyboard and is expected to launch as the T-Mobile myTouch Q. The consumer smartphone will launch with a 4-inch WVGA display, [...]
Following the failed sail of T-Mobile USA to AT&T last year, T-Mobile’s parent Deutsche Telekom AG revealed that the company is now open to a merger of its U.S. operations to another company rather than a complete sale. As T-Mobile is the fourth largest national carrier in the U.S., any sale of the company would [...]
While neither Samsung nor the American carriers involved with the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S III launch have revealed anything, the evidence points to all four major U.S. getting the device in June. That means that AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon should all see the device arrive at some point in the weeks ahead. And while [...]
T-Mobile made a promise and that promise was to roll out the HTC Amaze 4G Ice Cream Sandwich update today, May 21st. The carrier has done just that as the software update is now available for Amaze 4G owners. The update is going to bring a number of fixes and improvements to the device along [...]
It looks like Samsung’s promise of launching its third-generation Android flagship Galaxy S III smartphone this summer in the U.S. market is getting a bit closer as AT&T and T-Mobile variants of the phone are now registered. Though Samsung still has not confirmed what carriers the Galaxy S III will be available with in the [...]
T-Mobile won’t be following in the footsteps of AT&T and Verizon when it comes to offering shared data plans. In a blog post today, the carrier ruled out the idea of introducing shared data plans, at least for the time being. T-Mobile says that it doesn’t think consumers will benefit from a shared data plan. [...]
If Apple decides to release a 4G LTE iPhone 5 sometime this year, MetroPCS might be waiting in the wings to offer it unlocked on its 4G LTE network. According to Wireless Week, MetroPCS CFO Braxton Carter stated that while the carrier does not offer the iPhone or really want unlocked iPhone users using the [...]
Virgin Atlantic has started to allow customers to make phone calls at 35,000 feet on certain flights across the ocean. The airline, according to SFGate, is now allowing customers to both make and receive phone calls during the eight-hour flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Of course, the airline says that the service is only “for [...]
Pre-orders for the Samsung Galaxy S III have begun at T-Mobile UK just days ahead of the device’s highly anticipated May 29th release date. The carrier isn’t the first to start taking pre-orders for the device but those currently on T-Mobile and those wishing to go the Magenta route will certainly appreciate the fact that [...]
On May 20 T-Mobile will start offering new, less expensive contract-free data plans for mobile hotspots, tablets, and USB sticks. T-Mobile’s new plans start on Monday, May 18 with the base plan offering 300MB of data in a week for $15. The rest of the plans offer data for a month at a time. Those [...]
T-Mobile has announced a buy one get one (BOGO) free offer on its 4G smartphones which is set to begin on May 18th and last for 10 days ending on May 28th. The carrier is calling the deal its “Magenta Days Deal” and it will allow customers to buy one smartphone on the carrier and [...]
T-Mobile has confirmed a release date for the HTC Amaze 4G Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update, just a day after saying that it would be rolling out in the coming weeks. The carrier has announced that it will be pushing the Amaze 4G Ice Cream Sandwich update on May 21st which will take the [...]
As expected, T-Mobile has unleashed the HTC Sensation 4G Android 4.0 Ice Cream update and users who wish to download the new software can now pull the update manually. Today was the day that T-Mobile promised to deliver the software and thankfully, the carrier delivered on that promise. Android 4.0 is now available for the [...]
Tomorrow, T-Mobile will roll out Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for the HTC Sensation 4G. However, there might not be too much celebrating as T-Mobile has confirmed that this update will effectively end the free tethering that many users have enjoyed for quite some time. In a statement to PCMag, the carrier confirmed the bad [...]
Back at the end of April, Samsung confirmed Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for devices on every carrier but T-Mobile. Today though, that has changed as the company has revealed four T-Mobile devices that will be graced with the update at some point in the future. The manufacturer has cleared up the mess that was [...]
As it stands, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is available on both Sprint and Verizon. In the past we’ve heard that AT&T might start carrying the device at some point and today, a new rumor points to T-Mobile as being a possible home for the Galaxy Nexus as well. TMoNews has acquired a user agent string [...]
This morning I got an email from GBM Reader poppacracker: Here’s the body of that email: I have seen many reviews on quality of reception for a multitude of phones. All have dealt with one phone at a time and most of the time it turns into service that is available and excuses. I would [...]
While T-Mobile was very specific in regards to its plans for the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich roll out for the HTC Sensation 4G, it offered a more ambiguous announcement about the Ice Cream Sandwich roll out to the HTC Amaze 4G. T-Mobile has announced that the HTC Sensation 4G would finally get Android 4.0 [...]
Alleged test shots from the Samsung Galaxy S III have apparently confirmed that the device will be headed to all four major carriers in the United States, a list that includes AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon. Pocketnow has leaked some test photos that were apparently shot with the cameras on all four Galaxy S III [...]
The wait for a Android 4.0 release date is finally over for HTC Sensation 4G owners on T-Mobile as the carrier has confirmed that Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich will be rolling out on May 16th. This confirmation comes a few weeks after T-Mobile made it clear that the update would be coming at some [...]
Earlier this year, a Samsung device with model number SGH-T999 came to the surface and while it has been speculated to be many things, new evidence suggests that it is likely the Samsung Galaxy S III for T-Mobile. The model number was spotted in a video over at Android Police, courtesy of TMoNews, during a [...]
Unlocked iPhone users will finally be able to use “4G” HSPA+ on T-Mobile’s network later this year. T-Mobile will be using its 1900 MHz spectrum to run its “4G” HSPA+ network. That repurposing will let iPhone users finally use more than just 2G on T-Mobile’s network. T-Mobile recently received the spectrum from AT&T as part of [...]
T-Mobile launched the HTC One S, its latest HTC-made flagship smartphone and its first with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, last month on April 25th. Those who have been toting one around might be thinking about picking up a case, and quite possibly one that adds a kickstand to the mix. If that’s the case, [...]
While U.S. carriers continue to remain mum about a Samsung Galaxy S III release, UK carriers have announced availability and some retailers have even begun taking pre-orders for the upcoming Android smartphone. All in all, five of the United Kingdom’s largest service providers are expected to carry the Samsung Galaxy S III when it arrives [...]
If you’re the owner or potential owner of the HTC One S smartphone, which is available on U.S. carrier T-Mobile USA, and are jealous of the HTC EVO 4G LTE on Sprint due to that device including a kickstand in its hardware design, then you can grab an official HTC case for the device that [...]
Apple’s next iPhone, presumed to be called the iPhone 5 and the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S III figure to be the two biggest smartphone launches of the year. Their predecessors, the iPhone 4S and the Samsung Galaxy S II were two of the most successful devices of 2011 and the companies clearly want to build [...]
The Google Play Store has allowed carrier billing for apps before, but today Google expanded the feature to include all content in the store. Today, Google announced on Google+ that Android users can now add any content purchased in the Google Play Store to a phone bill instead of charging a credit card directly. The feature [...]
We have been keeping an eye on the HTC Sensation Android 4.0 update page over on T-Mobile and today, the carrier updated it saying that the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for the device has gone through testing and that it will be available to owners ‘very soon’. Of course, soon in carrier speak [...]
It appears that at least one U.S. carrier will be playing host to BlackBerry 10 devices as T-Mobile has confirmed that it will have a BlackBerry 10 device in its lineup by the time November rolls around. T-Mobile confirmed the news and the time frame with PhoneDog’s Sydney Myers. The carrier made the comments at [...]
Though still unofficially announced by T-Mobile USA, leaked documents suggest that the nation’s fourth largest carrier will be launching a low-cost entry-level Android smartphone come May 6th in the form of the Huawei Prism. In the leaked marketing documents, the Prism is branded with a 3G moniker, suggesting that it will use a less expensive [...]
Samsung will be announcing its ‘Next Galaxy’ device at an event in London on May 3rd. And while there has been a lot of speculating about what the device may or may not, there hasn’t been much speculation on which American carriers will see the device. So, we here at Gotta Be Mobile have taken [...]
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With a bit of a lull during the past couple of months, the Android market is once again heating up as manufacturers are finally starting to deliver the devices that they promised all the way back in the beginning of the year. That means that several of the devices that have been included on our [...]
Just because it won’t be releasing devices with its new BlackBerry 10 operating system until October, doesn’t mean that RIM won’t be releasing other handsets in 2012. One such device has surfaced today, a new BlackBerry Curve, that will likely be announced at BlackBerry World next week. Sohoa, courtesy of Engadget, have posted some photos [...]
In addition to learning what the original Google Android smartphone hardware would look like–the design that predates Google’s and HTC’s G1 which is also known as the world’s first Android phone–we’re also hearing about how Google had once hoped to revolutionize data plans through revelations from its court case against Oracle. According to that information, [...]
Long before there was the T-Mobile G1 or the Nexus, there was a device dubbed the ‘Google Phone’ which Google actually presented to carriers two years before the G1 hit shelves. Dug up by The Verge, the device resembles a portrait QWERTY, although the exact specifications regarding the device are unknown. It appears that Google [...]
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Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE Review: A Worthy Successor to the Original (Video)
When Sprint had debuted the original WiMax-capable HTC EVO 4G nearly two years ago, it was an instant hit on the Now network. Not only was the HTC EVO 4G the first 4G smartphone in the world taking advantage of Sprint’s then speedy WiMax network, but it brought some new features and pizzazz to the [...]
Last year Toshiba waded into the Android tablet market with the Thrive, a 10.1-inch slate that served as the company’s response to what they deemed missing in the then current crop. Thus, it had several full-size ports, a rugged-ish exterior, and a thick chassis to accommodate both. Though a decent tablet, the Thrive didn’t generate [...]
Samsung Shows That It Is a Software Company
As exciting as it has been to talk, postulate, and speculate about the Galaxy S III’s hardware and specs before the third-generation Galaxy flagship smartphone was announced on May 3rd in London, once the device was announced one thing became apparent: Samsung is now a software company. That doesn’t mean that Samsung is shying away [...]
Autumn Dynasty Review: A Great RTS for the iPad
With its large touchscreen, the iPad seems like the perfect platform for Real Time Strategy games, and Autumn Dynasty proves it, mostly. Autumn Dynasty is an RTS iPad game with art that looks like tradition Chinese painting. The story involves quelling a rebellion while solving a mystery of shady noblemen. The story though, just serves [...]
Griffin GuitarConnect Pro Review: Record Your Jams with Ease
The Griffin GuitarConnect Pro interfaces with your Guitar and your iPad or iPhone so you can record your music easily using apps like Apple’s GarageBand. My son Daniel, who’s learning to play guitar, helped me test it out and he loved it. When he gets as good as Jimi Hendrix, I’m sure he’ll steal my [...]
Google Search App iPhone and iPad Update Looks Beautiful (Video)
Google just delivered a beautiful update to the company’s Google Search app for the iPhone and iPad The Google Search app for iPhone and iPad replaced Safari as my browser of choice, earning a spot in the iPhone and iPad dock. It’s faster and offers a beautiful new full screen image search which looks awesome on the [...]
