T-Mobile is set to launch the Motorola ROKR E8 beginning July 7, 2008. The ROKR E8 is both a talented MP3 player that makes great phone calls and a mobile phone with amazing music capabilities.
The ROKR E8 features:
- ModeShift technology transforms the device from phone to music player with the touch of a button
- Innovative haptics technology provides tactile response when a virtual key is pressed
- FastScroll navigation wheel allows for scrolling through thousands of songs with the slide of a thumb
- Patented CrystalTalk technology delivers outstanding call clarity even in noisy environments
- Windows Media Player 11 compatibility enables easy transfer of tunes from the PC to the device
The ROKR E8 is first device to feature Motorola’s breakthrough ModeShift technology stole the spotlight at the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), taking home top awards from leading consumer technology media. |  |
T-Mobile USA will launch its $10 landline home phone service across the U.S. on July 2nd. The $10 monthly subscription includes unlimited local and long-distance, voicemail, call forwarding and call waiting. The service is already available in Seattle and Dallas.
To get this deal, you must be a T-Mobile customer who have mobile service costing at least $39.99 per month and have broadband in your home. You also have to purchase a $50 router with a two-year contract, or $150 with a shorter contract. You can keep your existing phone number and plug any phone into the router for the service, called T-Mobile@Home, which works like traditional home-phone service.
The technology is similar to standard VoIP however; it’s not exactly the same. T-Mobile uses UMA (Unlicensed Mobile Access), which it has already deployed to support its HotSpot@Home offering. |  |
T-Mobile USA, Inc., today announced the availability of the Nokia 6301 and Samsung SGH-t339, the newest additions to the growing lineup of phones that support T-Mobile HotSpot @HomeSM service, which provides unlimited, nationwide calling over any accessible Wi-Fi connection in addition to great in-home coverage. The Nokia 6301 and Samsung t339 bring two stylish phone options to the expanding T-Mobile HotSpot @Home family. The groundbreaking wireless service was first introduced a year ago with two handset options. Now T-Mobile customers can choose from eight HotSpot-enabled phones, including three smartphones and a variety of Nokia and Samsung phones. With a stunning red finish and a thin flip form factor, the Samsung t339 provides the right balance of style and technology. This Wi-Fi-enabled phone is outfitted with stereo Bluetooth, a 1.3 megapixel camera with video capture, a music player and instant messaging capability. The Nokia 6301 and Samsung t339 will be available beginning June 23, 2008. | 
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| T-Mobile USA, Inc. today announced a new unlimited family plan created for families. The plan offers unlimited nationwide calling (with nationwide roaming and long distance) and unlimited nationwide text, picture and instant messaging (SMS, MMS and IM), for a flat rate of $49.99 monthly access (Note A) for each line added after the first line. To take advantage of this plan, new and existing T-Mobile customers would subscribe to the first line for $99.99 monthly access; customers can add up to four additional lines at $49.99 per line after the first line (plus taxes and fees). | |
The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday denied T-Mobile and AT&T to end a class-action lawsuit challenging the carriers' policies against unlocking mobile phones. The court declined to review the California Supreme Court decision made last October that cleared the way for a lawsuit that attorneys claimed could represent "millions" of California customers. Verizon and Sprint, both CDMA carriers, in response to similar lawsuits agreed to provide the software code to unlock cellphones after customers completed their original contract. T-Mobile and AT&T are accused of unfair business practices by locking down their phones to their service plans and have fought the lawsuit all the way to the Supreme Court. The GSM network carriers are accused of unfair business practices by locking their phones to their service plans. Last year, Librarian of Congress James H. Billington listed cell phone unlocking as one of six new exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, or DMCA. |  |
| T-Mobile USA, Inc. today announced the upcoming availability of the much-anticipated Nokia 5310 XpressMusic phone (announced last August). Starting May 28, T-Mobile will continue to enhance its customers' music experience by offering the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic which offers a variety of features, including easy-to-use external music controls, stereo Bluetooth connectivity, wired stereo headsets, a USB cable for side-loading music and a memory card -- all at an affordable price. Customers can bop their heads to the music right away, since the device will come preloaded with two exclusive new hits ; one from rock sensation Panic At The Disco and one from Phantom Planet. As an added bonus, the Nokia 5310 is also loaded with Panic At The Disco's latest video, "That Green Gentleman," plus an exclusive making-of video with a greeting from the band. In addition to the preloaded content, T-Mobile and Nokia are offering customers a unique opportunity to share their love of music to stick together with those who matter most in their lives. Customers can enter a code from an in-box flyer at www.nokiausa.com/xpressmusic for a chance to win several items. | 
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| T-Mobile and Nokia today announced that they are collaborating to accelerate the availability of new Internet services and personal social communities on mobile devices. By signing this collaboration agreement, T-Mobile and Nokia will be able to offer their European customers faster and easier access to all of T-Mobile's web'n'walk Internet services as well as all to Nokia's Ovi Internet services on a wide range of Nokia devices. T-Mobile and Nokia will together drive the mobilization of social networks. The companies will partner to further enhance T-Mobile's community-oriented MyFaves service, launched in October 2007 in Europe, empowered by the well-known Nokia user experience. | |
JuiceCaster, a mobile social-networking service, will launch on T-Mobile USA. The wireless carrier will make JuiceCaster version 6.0 available on 12 of its top handsets. T-Mobile joins Alltel, US Cellular and Cricket Wireless as the US operators who provide JuiceCaster to their mobile subscribers.
JuiceCaster instantly connects users to their online lives. It enables easy, one-touch sharing of pictures and videos directly from a camera phone to more than 20 top online social-networking and blogging sites, including MySpace, Facebook and Twitter. Additionally, the latest version of JuiceCaster, 6.0, now includes the ability for users to post and watch real-time video status updates on their mobile devices.
JuiceCaster 6.0 will be offered at $2.99 per month for unlimited use on T-Mobile handsets by early May. Members connect and communicate in a rich social-networking environment that includes profiles, pictures, videos, friend lists, comments, ratings and personal status updates, all on the mobile phone. | 
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| T-Mobile USA, Inc., and Research In Motion (RIM) announced availability of the BlackBerry 8820 smartphone, featuring built-in GPS and support for T-Mobile's HotSpot @Home(SM) service for Wi-Fi calling. Available in a sophisticated midnight blue finish, the BlackBerry 8820 is RIM's thinnest BlackBerry smartphone. The stylishly professional BlackBerry 8820 helps people stay connected to business associates, colleagues, family and friends by offering Wi-Fi connectivity for voice and data, access to location-based applications and services, and a superior mobile experience for personal and corporate e-mail. With the T-Mobile HotSpot @Home mobile add-on plan, customers can enjoy the freedom of unlimited, nationwide calling over any Wi-Fi network at home, across accessible corporate Wi-Fi networks or at T-Mobile HotSpot locations nationwide. When connected through Wi-Fi, access to information continues to include all of the BlackBerry platform's security features. Customers can also enjoy faster Web browsing at Wi-Fi speeds. | 
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T-Mobile has launched the stylish Nokia 3555. The handset features stereo Bluetooth, microSD slot, music player, VGA camera and quad-band GSM/EDGE radios. The Nokia 3555 also supports AWS 1700MHz WCDMA 3G.
Basic feaures include:
- Size: 1.7 x 3.9 x 0.8 in.
- Weight: 3.4 oz.
- Band (frequency):850 MHz;900 MHz;1800 MHz;1900 MHz
- Instant messaging: AOL, Yahoo! and ICQ
- Text messaging
- Camera w/ 4x digital zoom
- Micro SD memory slot
- Photo caller ID
- Vibrating alert
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T-Mobile USA, Inc. and The Recording Academy have announced the 50th GRAMMY Celebration Concert Tour presented by T-Mobile Sidekick. The tour will provide music and Sidekick fans exclusive access to a concert tour featuring a broad lineup of GRAMMY-nominated and -winning artists. The five-city tour will kick-off on April 3 in Chicago with a performance by five-time GRAMMY winner John Legend and will continue onto New York then Miami. The tour will make its final stops in Dallas and Los Angeles. Details on the scheduled performers, who will include artists in rock, pop, R&B, hip-hop, country and Latin, and the confirmed performance dates will be revealed in March via http://www.sidekick.com and http://www.grammy.com. | 
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Today, at CeBIT 2008, T-Mobile and Nokia announced the Nokia 6650, a stylish and easy to use device optimized for use with T-Mobile services. Available exclusively for T-Mobile International customers, the Nokia 6650 is equipped with the latest wireless features, such as an integrated GPS and multimedia player, allowing T-Mobile customers easy access to a wide range of services such as web'n'walk, MyFaves, Mobile Jukebox and NaviGate. The Nokia 6650 will be available from T-Mobile during the third quarter at T-Mobile sales points across Europe at a very attractive price. In Germany for example, the Nokia 6650 will retail for just 1 euro together with the Relax 100 rate. The stylish, stainless-steel clad fold design is equipped with state-of-the-art multimedia features and supports T-Mobile's services such as web'n'walk, a service that allows easy access to the Internet on mobile devices.
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T-Mobile USA has revealed that it's testing a new Internet telephony service in Dallas and Seattle that will offer home landline telephone service.
The service will allow subscribers to connect any regular home telephone to a T-Mobile router that will send calls over the Internet; which is very similar to the service that Vonage currently offers. There will be no need to change phone numbers because existing phone numbers can be transferred.
The router required will also provide Internet access and will costs $50 after rebates. The service will cost a very low $10 per month plus taxes and fees for unlimited domestic local and long distance calls. However, that catch is that customers must also sign up for a T-Mobile wireless service costing at least $39.99 a month.
It was rumored that T-Mobile had been working on this service because last summer it filed plans for the IP wireless router with the Federal Communications Commission. |
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Today T-Mobile and A&T followed Verizon's lead by also announcing their new unlimited wireless calling plans. T-Mobile USA, Inc., announced that it will offer consumers a plan that includes unlimited nationwide wireless calling and unlimited nationwide messaging for $99.99 per month. This offer will be available beginning Thursday, Feb. 21, and will be a great value for new and existing T-Mobile customers.
With this new plan, domestic roaming and long distance charges are included. Unlimited messaging includes text messages (SMS), picture messages (MMS) and instant messages (IM).
AT&T Inc. announced its new unlimited voice plans will be available to new and existing wireless subscribers for $99.99 a month for unlimited U.S. calling on all devices with no domestic roaming or long distance charges. | 
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T-Mobile has issued an announcement regarding the announcement last week that AT&T will offer free and paid Wi-Fi at 7,000 Starbucks stores.
According to the announcement, "Starbucks Wi-Fi operations will not impact T-Mobile HotSpot customers' ability to use Wi-Fi services at Starbucks locations for years to come. In fact, the Wi-Fi network operations transition will not begin until later this year. Even after the transition, T-Mobile HotSpot and HotSpot@Home customers will continue to experience seamless Wi-Fi access at Starbucks locations for at least the next five years under a roaming agreement between T-Mobile USA and AT&T. There will be no additional charge for T-Mobile HotSpot and Hotspot @Home customers at Starbucks.
Our primary focus was to ensure minimum customer impact before, during and after the transition period. T-Mobile remains committed to providing the public with exceptional Wi-Fi access and related services.
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Yahoo! has agreed to enter into a new strategic partnership with T-Mobile to bring Yahoo!'s industry-leading mobile services to millions of consumers in T-Mobile's European footprint. This agreement sets the stage for Yahoo! oneSearch to become the exclusive mobile search service for T-Mobile customers beginning at the end of March, 2008.
Yahoo! oneSearch quickly and easily delivers relevant results and instant answers to search queries, removing the need for consumers to navigate through a sea of PC Web links. oneSearch provides consumers with access to news, financial information, weather conditions, photos, Web images, and Web and Mobile Web sites. The companies plan to make the new service available in T-Mobile's European footprint. In addition, the companies intend to work together to create a differentiated Yahoo! oneSearch experience for T-Mobile customers in the future. | 
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T-Mobile has launched a software update for the HTC Shadow Windows Mobile smartphone that adds some new features. The updates include audio postcards, music, ringtones, and wallpapers.
Audio postcards allow you send postcards to people by taking pictures and recording your story with words and your voice. With the update you get free stuff from Dave Matthews Band; "Ants Marching" digital sing, "Ants Marching" Hi-Fi Ringer and Album wallpaper. You can also get free stuff from Avril Lavigne which includes, "Girlfriend" digital singe, "Girlfriend" Hi-Fi Ringer and Album wallpaper.
You get free ringtones which include Top, Ferris Bueller's Day Off and School of Rock. Then finally you get an assortment of wallpapers to spice up your HTC Shadow. Visit http://www.t-mobileshadow.com/update.asp for more information. |  |
T-Mobile today launched the Samsung t819, a new quad-band GSM/EDGE plus 1700 MHz 3G slider. The t819 is compatible with T-Mobile's myFaves calling program, and comes with stereo Bluetooth, a 1.3 Megapixel camera, and a microSD slot for added storage. A Basic Specifications: - Size: 4.0 x 2.0 x 0.6 inches
- Weight: 3.5 ounces
- Included battery: 1000mAh Lion
- Talk time: up to 5 hours
- Standby time: up to 300 hours
- Band (frequency): 850 MHz;900 MHz;1800 MHz;1900 MHz
The t819 also comes with a music player, picture messaging, text messaging, voice-activated dialing, caller ID pictures and a Micro SD memory slot to add more memory for multimedia files, data, and more.
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Samsung and T-Mobile USA today announced the availability of the new Samsung Katalyst (SGH-t739). The Katalyst adds a stylish, slider design to the growing line-up of phones that support T-Mobile HotSpot @HomeSM service.
With built-in support for T-Mobile HotSpot @Home, the Samsung Katalyst provides customers with great wireless coverage when placing calls over a home Wi-Fi network and at nearly 8,500 T-Mobile HotSpot locations nationwide. When customers leave home or a T-Mobile HotSpot, their calls are passed onto T-Mobile's wireless network, and the same is true for passing calls from T-Mobile's network onto Wi-Fi networks. In addition, with the purchase of a HotSpot @Home add-on plan, customers can enjoy the freedom of unlimited, nationwide calling over Wi-Fi.
Available exclusively from T-Mobile, the Katalyst features a sleek, slider design with a sophisticated metallic silver finish and is equipped with Wi-Fi connectivity, Bluetooth wireless technology and a 1.3 megapixel camera. The Katalyst also features advanced messaging capabilities including instant messaging, which enables instant chat and supports AOL, ICQ, Yahoo! and Windows Live Messenger.
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