Posted on 08 May 2008 by Chase Higgins
T-Mobile has just released it's Q1 financial results and quarter summary. All in all, T-Mobile has enjoyed an encouraging quarter. They broke the 30 million subscriber mark, and have reduced overall customer churn. They achieved this by adding 981,000 new subscribers in Q1, and that is not including SunCom. If you include SunCom, then the figure jumps up to 2.1 ...
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Posted on 05 May 2008 by Chase Higgins
While it has been debated whether or not the Sidekick LX even supports video, it seems that video support is coming, and that argument can be put to bed. This image has proven that the Sidekick LX will have some sort of support for video playback. In addition to being able to play videos on the device, it will also ...
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Posted on 04 May 2008 by Chase Higgins
Another week has gone by, they go so quick. This week has been one of waiting, actually. We are three days out from HTC's May 6th event to be held in London. There have been some teasers from the event though. The show stopper, the HTC Diamond, was photographed and it's spec sheet revealed. Notable goodies that were revealed were ...
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Tags: 3G, BlackBerry, Carriers, Danger, HTC, Nokia, OLED, Samsung, tmobile, Verizon, week in review, Windows Mobile
Posted on 04 May 2008 by Chase Higgins
The rumor mill is operating at full swing this fine Saturday morning, and this one is a biggie. It is being suggested that Deutsche Telekom is considering buying out Sprint Nextel. You read it right, buy them out. There are quite a few sources reporting this now, and while it is only wild speculation, it does present an interesting idea, ...
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Posted on 02 May 2008 by Chase Higgins
Well those mystery Sidekicks we told you about a few days back have been revealed. By they, we mean it. It is now clear that they are one device, with two names. Most likely, this is because the final name has not been chosen. Though the device has now had it's appearance revealed, it has not had it's specifications revealed. ...
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Posted on 02 May 2008 by Chase Higgins
T-Mobile has made good on their promise to get 3G up and running by this summer. Yesterday, in New York City, the first reports of the service were given. Contrary to earlier reports, there is data access. It is not clear if it will stay that way, as T-Mobile could very well honor their earlier statement, and make it voice ...
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Posted on 30 April 2008 by Chase Higgins
You have to be kidding me. I read this at least three times to make sure my eyes were not deceiving me. It seems, through a memo T-Mobile handed to Engadget, that they will not be allowing any data on the UMTS network that launches tomorrow in New York. As a T-Mobile customer, I am crushed. Just as I am ...
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Posted on 27 April 2008 by Chase Higgins
This week in mobile has been interesting for us phone fanatics. First off, we've seen plenty of rumors involving 3G. We learned that the 3G iPhone will finally be announced at WWDC; it's expected that Steve Jobs will announce it during his keynote address. The device is expected to launch at the end of June, near the one year anniversary ...
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Tags: 3G, Alltel, Carriers, EVDO, Helio, HTC, HTC Touch, iPhone 2.0, Nokia, Sprint, tmobile, week in review, Windows Mobile
Posted on 26 April 2008 by Chase Higgins
T-Mobile is going to be putting their new prorated ETF (Early Termination Fee) into effect starting on June 30th. A prorated ETF means that for every month of service you complete with your carrier, the amount of the ETF goes down. Most carriers have set it to go down by $5 a month, but T-Mobile has not specified exactly how ...
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Posted on 25 April 2008 by Chase Higgins
NextWave announced today that they are considering a plan to auction off their spectrum holdings. NextWave has hired Deutsche Bank and UBS to investigate the possibility of auctioning it's spectrum off. NextWave has spectrum holdings covering more than 251 million people, which means they have a significant amount to offer. The 700MHz auction was considered to be a last chance ...
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Tags: 3G, 700MHz auction, Carriers, Clearwire, Cricket, FCC, MetroPCS, Sprint, tmobile, UMTS, WiMAX