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T-Mobile USA has officially confirmed what unofficially has been the talk of the town--the debut of the first Google Android based mobile phone. The T-Mobile G1 is made by HTC (the device was code named the HTC Dream) and was...
Mar 22 2007 - 02:47 AM ET | Nokia, T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA has launched the Nokia 5300 Xpress Music. The 5300 is one of Nokia's latest music devices and is available exclusively from T-Mobile. Unlike Nokia's popular N-Series devices, the 5300 Xpress is designed for the mass market. It may...
Mar 22 2007 - 02:37 AM ET | T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA has launched the Motorola RIZR Z3. The slide-style handset meshes the styling that Motorola created with the RAZR with more up-to-date features. The RIZR Z3 sports: 2-megapixel camera Quadband GSM Stereo Bluetooth Speakerphone microSD card slot (128MB included)...
Feb 12 2007 - 02:40 AM ET | Danger, T-Mobile
T-Mobile has introduced the Sidekick 3 D-Wade Edition, a souped up version of the venerable Sidekick 3 designed by NBA phenom Dwyane Wade. Wade has been a Sidekick user for a couple of years and says he is excited to...
Jan 28 2007 - 08:04 PM ET | T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA has announced hitting the 25 million subscriber milestone. The carrier is still the smallest of the four nationals by a long shot, but is adding customers at a fast clip. Cingular, the nation's largest carrier, recently announced surpassing...
T-Mobile exclusively launched a white version of the BlackBerry Pearl today. The Pearl is the first multimedia capable BlackBerry and is being targeted more towards consumers than other BlackBerry models. The device is myFaves compatible and has the option of...
The Nokia 6086 is a new UMA capable handset announced at Nokia's annual Capital Market Days event. Unlicensed Mobile Access, UMA, is technology that routes voice calls over WiFi (WLAN) when possible to save on airtime fees. T-Mobile USA is...
Nov 27 2006 - 10:38 PM ET | Data, T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA joins both Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel in MediaFLO trials. Verizon Wireless will be the first carrier to launch with the mobile TV service and is the only company committed to FLO. Just last month Sprint announced it...
Nov 15 2006 - 03:55 PM ET | T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA has been hit with a class action lawsuit over its early termination fee policy. T-Mobile charges customers $200 if they leave before the end of their service contract. Service contracts are typically 2-years, though until recently T-Mobile used...
Nov 06 2006 - 03:58 PM ET | T-Mobile
T-Mobile has announced its Dash-A-Day promotion. From today until December 25th, one person per day will win a T-Mobile Dash. The Dash is a new smartphone made by HTC and is currently an exclusive to T-Mobile. The winning handsets will...
Oct 30 2006 - 04:59 PM ET | T-Mobile
T-Mobile has launched the Motorola RAZR V3t. Despite a new model number, the V3t is simply a V3i branded for T-Mobile. Cingular launched the V3i to little fanfare last month. Features of the Motorola RAZR V3t include: Quadband GSM...
T-Mobile has started selling the Dash, a slim Windows Mobile smartphone that was announced earlier this month. The Dash is slightly thinner than the Motorola Q which qualifies it as the thinnest Windows Mobile handset in the world. Like many...
Oct 24 2006 - 01:25 PM ET | T-Mobile, Unique
T-Mobile USA has opened up testing of its HotSpot @Home UMA service for customers in Seattle (see our previous coverage). Unlicensed Mobile Access, or UMA, utilizes WiFi and Voice Over IP (VoIP) to provide cheaper calls when in the area...
Oct 23 2006 - 03:58 PM ET | Nokia, T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA today announced immediate availability of the Nokia 6133. The 6133 is based on the 6131, a handset we first spotted back at 3GSM in February. Feature wise it stands up pretty nicely for the mid-tier segment, especially for...
T-Mobile just launched two special edition Sidekicks, but is not done launching customized versions of its existing lineup. Starting on October 30th, T-Mobile will begin to sell Miami Ink design etched Motorola RAZR V3's. Pricing was not announced, but we...
Oct 13 2006 - 12:01 AM ET | Danger, T-Mobile
The Sidekick 3 was officially announced about 4 months ago, but T-Mobile has refreshed the popular device by bringing out two special editions. Features remain the same as the original Sidekick 3. There is one model designed by both Lifted...
Oct 11 2006 - 07:00 AM ET | T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA has introduced the Dash, or more specifically a branded version of the HTC Excalibur. The Windows Mobile powered device is designed to compete with the Motorola Q and is actually thinner than that iconic device. The Dash launch...
Oct 06 2006 - 11:43 AM ET | 3G, T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA has finally announced its 3G strategy, well after all of the company's national competitors have launched 3G service. Parent Deutsche Telekom will spend $2.7 billion to build out the network which is thought to be based on UMTS/HSDPA....
Motorola is not the only company that extends the life of a handset via new colors--Samsung has updated its thin t509 handset with a new coat of paint and called the resulting phone the Samsung t509s - Plum. The "thinnest...
Oct 01 2006 - 06:17 PM ET | T-Mobile
As expected, T-Mobile has introduced myFaves, a new calling plan that borrows from Alltel's My Circle plan. With myFaves customers can pick any 5 domestic phone numbers to receive unlimited calling with. The numbers can be changed up to once...
As expected, T-Mobile has launched the Samsung t719. The t719 is an interesting handset that combines the clamshell form factor with a SureType style QWERTY keyboard--the first of its kind. Samsung licensed the keyboard and predictive text technology from Research...
T-Mobile launched the Samsung t619 this week (in addition to the t629, further increasing the heavy presence of Samsung in T-Mobile lineup). The t619 is a mid-range flip phone that sports an unusually thin profile (about the same as the...
Sep 20 2006 - 12:09 AM ET | T-Mobile
As expected, T-Mobile has launched the Samsung t629. The t629 is a mid-range slider that replaces the aging t809. Even though it's newer, the t629 actually sports a lower resolution screen than its predecessor. Everything else is an improvement however:...
Sep 11 2006 - 08:17 PM ET | T-Mobile
Shortly after putting up a coming soon teaser, T-Mobile has started shipping the Samsung Trace t519. The Trace is the thinnest cell phone currently shipping in the US, just .3" thick (half the thickness of Motorola's RAZR). The Trace is...
Buy the BlackBerry Pearl for just $199 from WireFly. As expected, T-Mobile USA has officially announced the RIM BlackBerry Pearl. Originally known in rumors as the 8100, the Pearl is the first BlackBerry to include a camera and other multimedia...
T-Mobile has posted a "coming soon" page for the Samsung Trace t519. This is the first we've heard of the Trace moniker, but the phone itself looks to be a remix of the Samsung X820. The Samsung Trace takes thin...
Aug 29 2006 - 02:41 PM ET | T-Mobile
Over a year and a half after pleading guilty to stealing customer information from T-Mobile USA, Nicholas Lee Jacobsen has been sentenced to one year of house arrest. Jacobsen stole information on about 400 T-Mobile customers who used the popular...
Not waiting to be scooped by rumor sites, T-Mobile has posted a coming soon message for the Samsung t719. The t719 was one of the most unique handsets shown off at CTIA thanks to its hybrid-QWERTY keyboard inside of a...
Aug 09 2006 - 03:00 PM ET | T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA quickly emerged as the top bidder in the advanced wireless services (AWS) auction which began earlier today. The carrier is in desperate need of spectrum to be able to launch 3G service, something that all three of its...
Photos of a T-Mobile branded BlackBerry 8100 have found there way onto several websites. The photos confirm Research In Motion's move into multimedia is coming soon. The 8100 is not your conventional BlackBerry, there's even a camera. Known features of...
Aug 02 2006 - 05:16 PM ET | Rumor, T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA is in the process of testing UMA with a select set of consumers. The handset being used in the test is the Samsung t709, a handset that was announced this year at CES. UMA or Unlicensed Mobile Access...
T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless tied for the top ranking in the J.D. Power & Associates twice annual wireless customer care survey. Both carriers typically rank well, last year T-Mobile got #1 and Verizon #2. Here are the rankings for...
Jun 20 2006 - 12:47 AM ET | Danger, T-Mobile
After much speculation, T-Mobile and Danger have officially announced the T-Mobile Sidekick 3. While it wasn't officially announced until today, most of the specs were leaked through FCC filings. Features of the Sidekick 3 include: IM (AIM/Yahoo/MSN) MP3 player with...
Jun 13 2006 - 10:07 AM ET | T-Mobile
Adding to this week's launch of Disney Mobile and Verizon Wireless Chaperone, T-Mobile USA is getting in the game with kidConnect. Aimed at helping parents manage costs, kidConnect is basically a new service plan that doesn't allow any overage fees....
Jun 13 2006 - 09:37 AM ET | Nokia, T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA launched the luxury targeted Nokia 8801 (which is the US version of the Nokia 8800). Despite being almost a year old, the 8801 still carries the hefty price tag of $549.99, enough to be the most expensive phone...
UPDATE: The Sidekick 3 has been officially announced. More information about the T-Mobile Sidekick 3 (AKA Danger HipTop) has been posted by the FCC. It was approved by the FCC back in April. The hotly anticipated handset is expected to...
T-Mobile USA launched a second low-end phone this week, the Samsung t209. The other launch was Motorola's V195. The t209 is very similar to the x495 which has been part of T-Mobile's line-up since August 2005. Features of the Samsung...
T-Mobile USA has launched the Motorola V195, an entry-level clamshell that adds a few features to the Motorola V188 (which is still carried by T-Mobile). For a low-end handset, the V195 still packs in most expected features besides a camera:...
T-Mobile USA has launched the Samsung t319, another t-series clamshell that's very similar to the previously launched t309 (both handsets are close relatives of the now discontinued E355). Features of the t319 include: 128 × 160 pixel screen with 65K...
T-Mobile USA has launched three new color variations of the Motorola PEBL. While Motorola announced four new shades, T-Mobile opted to not carry the pink version. As of today T-Mobile is carrying the PEBL in original black, green, blue...
May 15 2006 - 09:05 PM ET | T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA has launched the Samsung t609, a mid-range clamshell phone. T-Mobile carriers three other T-series Samsung's, the t309, t509 and t809. Features of the Samsung t609 include: Quadband GSM radio plus EDGE data Bluetooth 1.3 megapixel camera MP3 player...
May 09 2006 - 03:50 PM ET | T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA has launched the Nokia 6103, an updated version of the popular 6101. Features of the 6101 are nearly identical to the 6101 with the addition of Bluetooth. GSM 850 / 1800 / 1900 Bluetooth VGA camera with 4x...
Photos and specifications of two upcoming BlackBerry models have been posted onto the FCC's website. The Blackberry 7130c and 7130g are GSM/EDGE devices likely headed to Cingular and T-Mobile respectively. Design wise the new BlackBerry units are slimmer and more...
May 01 2006 - 05:04 PM ET | T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA has started shipping the Samsung t509, a super-thin candybar style handset. The t509 is the thinnest handset shipping in the US, slightly beating both the Motorola RAZR and SLVR handset. While it does have a sleek profile, the...
UPDATE: The Sidekick 3 has been officially announced. The T-Mobile Sidekick III has been approved by the FCC, somewhat confirming speculation that the hotly anticipated device will launch this Summer. While exclusively marketed in the US as the Sidekick, the...
T-Mobile USA Today has launched the BlackBerry 8700g, which is identical to the 8700c that Cingular launched back in November. The BlackBerry 8700 series is the latest line from Research In Motion and sports the conventional QWERTY keyboard seen on...
CTIA 2006 -- Possibly the most interesting new handset shown off so far at CTIA is the Samsung t719. At first glance it looks like a normal clamshell, but when you open the handset you'll see a hybrid QWERTY keyboard...
Mar 28 2006 - 10:28 AM ET | T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA revealed an all new design for their website this week. Among the changes is a unique scrollbar interface that lets you view plans easily by either price or number of minutes....
The Motorola RAZR V3 is slowly making its way back into retail sales channels after being abruptly pulled last week by both Cingular and T-Mobile USA. Motorola detected a component issue in GSM models made starting in February. Units...
T-Mobile USA and Cingular Wireless have temporarily pulled the Motorola RAZR V3 from sales channels. MobileTracker confirmed the move with T-Mobile though a company spokesperson noted in a telephone call that the popular model is expected to begin shipping...
T-Mobile has announced a new service for it's cell service subscribers, for a limited time, it will offer free weekend WiFi at all 6500 plus hotspots. T-Mobile hotspots are located in most Starbucks, Border Books, and FedEx Kinko's copy shops....
Mar 02 2006 - 01:18 AM ET | T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA announced its fourth quarter and full year earnings for 2005. The company posted record numbers in several important metrics. 1.4m net adds in the quarter, 4.4 for the year $1.1b in OIBDA for quarter, 4.2 in year...
The T-Mobile MDA is now shipping from T-Mobile USA. It was announced along with the SDA on February 13th. The feature-packed Windows Mobile smartphone is listed at $349.99 after a $50 rebate and 1-year contract. Since the device is...
The Wireless Report has done a survey of the plethora of plans, services and tiers in an attempt to define a baseline wireless customer to compare the top four U.S. wireless carriers in the U.S. The report sets the baseline...
More images have leaked online purporting to be the T-Mobile Sidekick III (or Sidekcik 3, if they will drop the roman numerals). Ever since the Sidekick II began shipping in September 2004 there have been rumors of the third rev....
T-Mobile USA today launched the T-Mobile SDA. The Windows Mobile powered device is manufactured by HTC (if you've heard of the HTC Tornado, it's the same device) and branded directly by T-Mobile. Features of the T-Mobile SDA include: Windows Mobile...
In addition to launching the SDA, T-Mobile USA today announced the T-Mobile MDA. It will begin shipping February 21st (next Tuesday). Like the SDA, the T-Mobile MDA is manufactured by HTC. The MDA went by the codename Wizard and is...
PhoneScoop is reporting that T-Mobile will be charging "a couple of bucks a month" for an upcoming UMA plan. The Samsung T709, a T-Mobile exclusive, will be able to transfer phone calls utilizing UMA between traditional GSM networks and...
T-mobile has doubled the price of SMS messages from $0.05 to $0.10 in the U.S.. Though this price hike is not good news for T-Mobile subscribers, it's made worse with the fact that customers are reporting no way to...
T-Mobile USA is now stocking the Motorola PEBL at retail stores. Since last month the handset has been sold exclusively online by the carrier. Design wise the PEBL is modeled after a water-smoothed peddle and feature wise the phone stacks...
T-Mobile USA announced its fourth quarter 2005 customer results today. The company experienced record growth and lowered churn to make for a total of 21.7 million customers. That still puts them well behind the top three carriers (Cingular, Verizon...
T-Mobile USA has filed suit against Locatecell.com, accusing the company of illegaly selling private cell phone calling records. The business practice was covered extensively in main stream media earlier this month and has spawned both federal legislation propositions and...
CES 2006 - The Samsung t709 should please T-Mobile users, it's one of several upcoming phones from the carrier that support WiFi. Otherwise the phone is fairly similar to the existing t809, though thicker. T-Mobile runs thousands of WiFi hotspots,...
Dec 19 2005 - 12:13 PM ET | 3G, T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA may begin a 3G launch next year, according to an interview posted on BetaNews. The company hasn't officially announced much about 3G, just always noting that it will not be anytime soon. Also an unknown is the type...
T-Mobile USA launched the Motorola PEBL today, shortly after putting it up on the online store as "coming soon". The PEBL is a smoothly designed clamshell that was fashioned after pebbles found in streams (seriously). Feature wise, the PEBL stacks...
The Samsung t809 has officially been launched by T-Mobile. The thin slide-style handset it Samsung's answer to the RAZR, but packs a feature set that holds its own with the upcoming V3i. Features of the handest include: .58" thick (that's...
T-Mobile USA is launching the MOTORAZR Magenta (AKA pink Motorola RAZR) on Black Friday. At least according to the amount of interest in past stories we've run on this phone, T-Mobile has a hot seller on their hands. Features of...
Nov 18 2005 - 11:22 AM ET | T-Mobile
T-Mobile International announced recently that T-Mobile USA will expand via acquisitions of both companies and spectrum. This further dispels rumors that the company was for sale because of the expense in upgrading to 3G. Several billion dollars have been earmarked...
Nov 09 2005 - 11:13 AM ET | T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA announced its Q3 earnings today. Most notable is that the company has surpassed 20 million customers. Other figures from the quarter: 1.06 million net new customers Net income of $458 million, up over 80% from last year Revenue...
T-Mobile USA today launched the Motorola V360, an update to the popular V330. The biggest additions are a memory card slot and internal antenna, but unfortunately the phone is tri-band (the V330 is quad-band). Features of the V360 include: Bluetooth...
Oct 24 2005 - 12:29 PM ET | T-Mobile
T-Mobile Germany announced the successor to the MDA III, the MDA Vario. The device is based off the HTC Wizard and should cost less than the MDA III. Features of the MDA Vario include: 240×320 (QVGA) screen Windows Mobile 5.0...
T-Mobile USA yesterday added the Samsung t309 to its phone lineup. The t309 is another one of the many recent black phones from Samsung (joining the P207 and t809 just for the US market). Features of the samsung t309 include:...
Oct 16 2005 - 06:51 PM ET | Danger, T-Mobile
T-Mobile officially announced two new special edition Sidekick devices last week. We had already mentioned the black version, dubbed Mr. Cartoon edition, but there's also a pink colored one called Juicy Couture. Feature wise both units are the same as...
While rumored for quite some time, it is now confirmed that T-Mobile USA will ship the feature-packed Samsung T809. While an official announcement hasn't been made, T-Mobile is showing the slim handset off at the Digital Life expo in New...
T-Mobile USA today debuted a minor update to the BlackBerry 7100t dubbed the 7105t. The updated version differs only slightly from the original, which was the first device from Research In Motion that didn't have a full QWERTY keyboard (the...
Sep 22 2005 - 03:55 PM ET | T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA launched the Nokia 6101 today. The 6101 is a mid level flip-phone and by our count is the first Nokia flip phone to get mass market distribution in the US. Features of the Nokia 6101 include: EDGE high-speed...
Sep 21 2005 - 02:09 PM ET | T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA announced today that it has surpassed 20 million customers. The company has doubled its customer base over the past 10 quarters. "I personally thank our 20 million customers for their continued loyalty to T-Mobile, and for recommending T-Mobile...
Sep 16 2005 - 02:23 AM ET | T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA's parent company, Deutsche Telekom, is expected to quell rumors that the carrier is for sale. The Wall Street Journal says the announcement will come next week. The rumors started earlier this summer but have not amounted to much....
Sep 14 2005 - 02:10 PM ET | Danger, T-Mobile
UPDATE: More info on the black Sidekick has come out officially from T-Mobile. Read about it here, including a high-res photo. Cargo magazine's latest issue reveals that T-Mobile USA is going to launch a special edition Sidekick II dubbed the...
T-Mobile USA has launched the Samsung e635, validating rumors that started last month. The e635 is a slider that is similar in design to the E800. Besides being a slider, the handset is super-light at just 2.78 ounces. Features of...
Aug 31 2005 - 01:20 PM ET | Data, T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA will finally launch its EDGE data service next month, according to an updated passage on their about page: By the end of September 2005, T-Mobile plans to launch EDGE (Enhanced Data rates for Global Evolution) service across its...
Our friends at Engadget are reporting that T-Mobile USA will get both the HTC Tornado and Wizard, two hot Windows Mobile powered smartphones. Cingular is also expected to pick up the Wizard. Features of the Tornado include: WiFi EDGE Bluetooth...
Aug 11 2005 - 08:22 AM ET | T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA today announced its second-quarter results. While the company is profitable, net additions slowed slightly from the same period last year. Here are the figures: * 972,000 net new customers added in Q2 2005 - total customer base of...
As rumored last week, T-Mobile USA today launched the Samsung X495. The phone is an update to the X475 which is still for sale on T-Mobile's webstore. Features of the Samsung X495 include: * Speakerphone * 128x160 pixel 65K color...
According to an image circulating around message boards, T-Mobile USA is getting ready to launch several new phones in August. The current T-Mobile line-up has not been updated significantly in quite some time. The new models are: * Samsung e635...
Jul 11 2005 - 04:39 PM ET | T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA today started selling the Motorola RAZR V3, the super-thin flagship phone that helped ignite Motorola's sales over the past three quarters. Cingular has had an exclusive on the phone in the US since its launch in November. Features...
Jul 07 2005 - 09:59 AM ET | T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA announced this morning that it has reached an agreement with two other major national US carriers for the exchange of MMS messages (the technology used to share photos taken by camera phones). MMS has not seen the success...
Jul 03 2005 - 12:05 PM ET | Rumor, T-Mobile
The Wall Street Journal Online has a piece [paid sub required] today about Deutsche Telekom possibly looking to sell T-Mobile USA. bq. As the German telecommunications giant faces a huge bill to upgrade the U.S. unit to keep pace with...
T-Mobile USA today launched the Samsung e335, putting it in place of the aging Samsung e315. The Samsung e335 is a mid-level clamshell with a very small footprint (it weighs only 3 ounces). New features include: * Tri-band GSM 850/1800/1900...
Jun 10 2005 - 09:32 AM ET | T-Mobile
For the second year in a row, T-Mobile USA took the top spot in J.D. Power and Associates' Wireless Customer Care Performance Study. The rankings: # T-Mobile - 108 # Verizon Wireless - 104 # Nextel - 103 # ALLTEL...
See story correction below A handset that appears to be the Sony Ericsson D750 has been approved by the FCC [PY7A1022012]. The D750 is basically a K750i in the W800i shell made exclusively for T-Mobile. Features of the D750 include:...
May 29 2005 - 05:19 PM ET | 3G, T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA, a division of Deutsche Telekom, is still planning on launching a 3G network in 2007. T-Mobile USA CEO Robert Dotson believes his company will continue to grow at about 1 million new customers per month through the end...
T-Mobile USA today introduced the Motorola V330, the update to the long-running Motorola V300. New features of the Motorola V330 include Bluetooth, more standard keypad and being a quad-band handset. According to early user reports, reception has also been improved...
May 12 2005 - 12:54 PM ET | T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA reports its Q1 numbers today, the last national US carrier to do so. While the company grew (and was profitable), growth has slowed down. Highlights in the statement include: * Net income of $103 million from revenue of...
Apr 22 2005 - 03:37 PM ET | T-Mobile
Through its website, T-Mobile USA has made detailed street level coverage maps of its wireless network public. If accurate, these maps add a whole new level of transparency to the US wireless industry. The maps use an 11 point scale...
Apr 14 2005 - 04:32 PM ET | T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA is launching a new national advertising campaign for T-Mobile To Go, its prepaid service. The campaign will cover cable and broadcast TV, radio, and online. The tagline, "T-Mobile To Go. Straight Up Prepaid" will be used throughout all...
T-Mobile USA today added the Samsung X475 to its phone lineup. The entry-level clamshell phone offers the following features: * 40-chord polyphonic ringtones * 128 x 160 pixel 65K color STN display * AIM * Java MIDP 2.0 T-Mobile is...
T-Mobile USA is adding the BlackBerry 7290 to its phone lineup. The 7290 has been available on Cingular Wireless for some time. Features include: * Bluetooth * 240x160 pixel display with 65,000 colors * 32 MB memory The BlackBerry 7290...
Mar 09 2005 - 12:41 PM ET | T-Mobile
According to reader reports, some T-Mobile Sidekick users are still unable to use data services. The last statement MobileTracker received from T-Mobile/Danger about the matter said the problem would be fixed by Wednesday morning. For background about this problem, please...
Mar 08 2005 - 12:12 AM ET | Danger, T-Mobile
Despite all of the publicity Paris Hilton's Sidekick contents got over the past few weeks, insiders say that sales increased (any press is good press). Now the Sidekick is back in the news, but this time for a service outage....
T-Mobile has made an official announcement on procedures customers can take to secure their data. This announcement was spurred by the recent spat of well publicized hacks made against T-Mobile. The full press release from T-Mobile is available below....
Update: T-Mobile has contacted MobileTracker to let us know that Fred Durst is not a T-Mobile customer. It would appear this release used the T-Mobile name to gain extra publicity. Fred Durst's T-Mobile account fell victim to the same attacker...
After Paris Hilton's Sidekick contents (address book, pictures and notes) were posted on the internet the other day, the million dollar question was: "How did this happen?" Many pundits hinted that Paris actually made the leak herself to gain more...
Update: Here's how Paris Hilton's Sidekick was hacked Nearly all the data from Paris Hilton's T-Mobile Sidekick was posted online. A hacker group that calls itself DFNCTSC has taken the credit and the FBI is investigating. Rumors are going around...
Back in January it came to light that T-Mobile USA was the victim of a hacker. The suspect, Nicholas Lee Jacobsen, pleaded guilty today at a court appearance in California. Mr. Jacobsen will be sentanced in May. He faces a...
Jan 27 2005 - 02:30 AM ET | T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA today announced its Q4 2004 earnings. Highlights include: * 1,019,000 net new subscribers in Q4 * Nearly 4.2 million net new subscribers in 2004, compared to 3.2 million in 2003 * 17.3 million total customers (pre-pay included) After...
T-Mobile USA found itself a victim of data theft--serious data theft. Among the data taken from T-Mobile's servers: * US Secret Service e-mail * Customers' passwords and Social Security numbers * Photos taken by Sidekick users, including photos from many...
Dec 28 2004 - 02:14 AM ET | T-Mobile
According to the Financial Times, T-Mobile USA parent company Deutsche Telekom has ruled out a possible T-Mobile acquisition, such as T-Mobile buying Nextel (a rumor we highlighted earlier this month). bq. Kai-Uwe Ricke, chief executive of Deutsche Telekom, has ruled...
Dec 17 2004 - 12:09 PM ET | T-Mobile
Merger rumors never cease--Forbes says that T-Mobile is interested in purchasing Nextel. bq. T-Mobile is a unit of Deutsche Telekom. There are strong reasons why T-Mobile might look seriously at its own bid for Nextel just as Verizon Communications is...
Dec 10 2004 - 01:19 PM ET | T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA CEO Robert Dotson yesterday went on record saying that while T-Mobile will build a UTMS (3G) network, he does not see that happening in the next two years. Mr. Dotson also noted that T-Mobile has a $2.64 billion...
Dec 08 2004 - 12:18 PM ET | T-Mobile
As expected, T-Mobile today launched its ringback service called CallerTunes. This is a national launch, making T-Mobile the first national cell phone carrier to provide ring back service throughout the network. bq. As a CallerTunes subscriber, you can select audio...
As expected, T-Mobile has launched the Motorola A630. The phone has experienced a series of delays, as MobileTracker noted last week. Features of the A630 include: * Unique flip open QWERTY keyboard * Bluetooth * AIM * Speakerphone * VGA...
Nov 18 2004 - 02:02 PM ET | T-Mobile
Verizon Wireless announced a trial of ringback tones earlier this week in select California markets in an attempt to beat rival T-Mobile to market with the service. T-Mobile USA will call ringback tones (the rings you hear while calling someone...
The Samsung P735 is now listed on T-Mobile's website. Features of the P735 include: * Megapixel camera with video recording * Unique twist design (see photo after jump for more details) * 176 x 220 pixel 262K color TFD display...
Nov 15 2004 - 01:05 PM ET | T-Mobile
T-Mobile's popular 3-day weekend plan is back for sale just in time for the holidays. Under the plan, Friday is counted as part of free weekend calling. The $39.99 plan offers 600 minutes to share Monday - Thursday. This is...
Nov 11 2004 - 11:09 AM ET | T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA today announced its third quarter 2004 earnings. The interesting metrics are below: * 901,000 net customer additions * Net Income of $254 million * 2.6% churn rate (customer turnover) * $2.61 billion revenue, up from $1.90 billion in...
Intellisync announced today that it has teamed up with T-Mobile USA to provide "over-the-air" synchronization of Microsoft Outlook to Sidekick (both the original and Sidekick II) owners. Users can sync calendars, contacts and tasks. The software is available from the...
T-Mobile Germany has annnounced plans to launch push-to-talk over cellular or PoC, a Nokia standard for PTT. The new feature will start in the fourth quarter and will be be Europe's first commercial PoC service. It is expected to make...
Oct 18 2004 - 03:10 PM ET | T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA today added the Samsung C225 to its phone lineup. The C225 is an update to the Samsung R225, a long shipping phone from T-Mobile. The Samsung C225 is an entry level phone: * 128x128 pixel 65,000 color screen...
Oct 07 2004 - 02:53 PM ET | T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA today launched the Sony Ericsson GC79 data access card. It's a combo GPRS and Wi-Fi card for laptop computers allowing customers to get the fastest connection possible. T-Mobile operates over 4,100 802.11b Wi-Fi hotspots across the nation. You...
Oct 06 2004 - 12:28 PM ET | T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA has been a customer service champ of late--the company was recently rated by J.D. Power and Associates for the best customer care and was just today awarded with with highest setail sales satisfaction. The J.D. Power and Associates...
T-Mobile has launched the Samsung E315, a mid-range camera phone. The E315 is very similar to Cingular's E317 and AT&T Wireless' E316. Features of the Samsung E315 include: * VGA camera with video recording and digital zoom * Main display:...
The Sidekick II sells from T-Mobile for as low as $249.99 ($299.99 minus a $50 web-only rebate), but Amazon.com is selling it for $229 without contract. While marked as "coming soon", the price to purchase the phone only is a...
T-Mobile today began sales of the BlackBerry 7100t. The device was announced earlier this month and is a diversion from Research In Motion's convential design--the 7100t looks like a phone. Features of the device include: * Innovative 20-character keyboard (includes...
The MDA III has started to ship from T-Mobile Germany. Details of the Microsoft powered smartphone appeared in June: * Bluetooth * WiFi * Camera * Increased battery life (up 25%) * BlackBerry push email Don't import the MDA III...
The word on the street is that T-Mobile is very close to releasing the Motorola A630. In a rumor report from August, MobileTracker reported that the Motorola A630 would likely be seen from T-Mobile in September. This claim is supported...
Sep 20 2004 - 01:03 PM ET | Danger, T-Mobile
After a long wait and lots of rumors, the Sidekick II (some are still calling it the Sidekick 2) is now available from T-Mobile.com. You'll pay $249.99 after a $50 instant web only rebate. Fetaures of the new Sidekick include:...
Sep 15 2004 - 01:19 PM ET | Danger, T-Mobile
Danger today announced that its Hiptop2 (AKA Sidekick II) device will have improved features for deaf and hard of hearing users. This is in reaction to the influx of hearing impaired users that have taken to the Hiptop for its...
Sep 15 2004 - 11:39 AM ET | T-Mobile
T-Mobile Germany today announced the SDA Music, a slightly modified version of the T-Mobile SDA. The Windows powered smartphone includes an extra row of keys to control the integrated MP3 player. Other features include: * VGA camera * Bluetooth *...
T-Mobile USA today launched the Motorola V180. While the V180 announced over 7 months ago, T-Mobile is the first carrier to pick this phone up in the US. Features include: * 128x128 pixel 65K color CSTN main display, 96 x...
Sep 14 2004 - 01:23 AM ET | Danger, T-Mobile
It looks like we were right about the T-Mobile Sidekick II launching within the next week--T-Mobile is now taking orders from current Sidekick customers. If you are the owner of a Sidekick, you should have gotten an email giving you...
Sep 10 2004 - 01:00 PM ET | T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA today added the Nokia N-Gage QD to its phone lineup. The Series 60 smartphone / gaming device costs $99.99 after rebate with new service activation ($50 mail-in rebate). Cingular started shipping the device late last month. You can...
T-Mobile is set to launch the Smart Digital Assistant (SDA)--its first Windows powered smartphone in Europe. Priced at 100 Euros with a new activation, it's on the lower end of smartphone prices. Features of the SDA include: * VGA amera...
Sep 09 2004 - 02:43 PM ET | T-Mobile
T-Mobile opened its 1,000th retail store in the US today. The pace so far this year has been nearly one store every other day. The new store today is located at 699 Market Street in San Francisco. As part of...
Circuit City stores today announced that the company will halt sales of T-Mobile service while at the same time ramp up Verizon Wireless sales. A "store in a store" concept will be used with Verizon Wireless actually responsible for employees,...
T-Mobile has not officially announced plans to carry the Motorola A630, but it has been a rumor since the phone was announced in June. Watchful eyes have found that an image on the front page of T-Mobile's website shows Catherine...
Aug 26 2004 - 12:49 PM ET | T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA retail stores finally stock the Treo 600. T-Mobile has been selling the device online for quite some time (towards the end of February). Expect to pay $499.99 with a new activation....
T-Mobile USA as expected today launched the HP iPAQ h6315. The Pocket PC device sports WiFi, GPRS and Bluetooth. You can purchase it starting today from the T-Mobile website for $499. Orders should ship tomorrow which is ahead of most...
Aug 23 2004 - 01:16 PM ET | Sharp, T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA has launched the Sharp TM150, the first Sharp phone for the US. It's an exclusive to T-Mobile (because it has no GSM 850). The features are pretty advanced: * 1 megapixel camera, video, zoom * SD/MMC card slot...
T-Mobile USA today launched the Motorola C650, an entry level candy bar style camera phone. It has a similar feature set to the Motorola V300, but in a different form factor. Here are some features: * VGA camera (4x digital...
Aug 12 2004 - 01:49 AM ET | T-Mobile
According to Deutsche Telekom's second quarter 2004 earnings statement, T-Mobile USA added 1.091 million subscribers during the second quarter. This is slightly under the 1.2 million additions in Q1 2004, but is enough to bring T-Mobile above 15 million total...
Aug 04 2004 - 03:45 AM ET | Danger, T-Mobile
T-Mobile has officially announced the Sidekick II (Yes, they use roman numerals and the full technical name is the Sidekick II PV-100). The details confirm what we said in our rumor wrap up earlier this week: it's at the X...
Danger and T-Mobile's Sidekick 2 is featured the August 2nd edition of NewsWeek. The price quoted is $229 which is $20 cheaper than the suggest retail price of the still selling Sidekick. The NewsWeek feature is the first actual published...
T-Mobile USA has finally started to ship the Motorola V600. MobileTracker reviewed an unbranded Motorola V600 in May. The phone is selling for $299 without rebates from T-Mobile, contract needed. You can purchase the V600 for as little as $49.99...
Jul 27 2004 - 05:36 PM ET | Data, T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA has quitely ended an unpublicized program that gave all of its subscribers unlimited WAP access for free. According to the mobile phone discussion site Howard Forums, many T-Mobile subscribers that try and use the service now get a...
Jul 09 2004 - 12:17 PM ET | T-Mobile
J.D Power and Associates today released their customer care ranking for US wireless carriers. T-Mobile earned the top position with an index score of 103 (translates to 5 out of 5 stars). Here's the full rankings: * ALLTEL - 3/5...
T-Mobile quietly released information about the upcoming MDA III on its website. It's an upgrade to the MDA II, and adds features like WiFi and a slide down thumb board. Here are some of the other features: * Bluetooth *...
As expected, Cingular Wireless and T-Mobile USA have agreed to end a network sharing partnership. We first noted this on May 18th, but the news officially came out today. The agreement to end the partnership hinges on Cingular's takeover of...
The Wall Street Journal is reporting today [subscription] that AT&T is expected to announce a partnership with Sprint to offer wireless service to AT&T customers. The announcement should come this week, but won't take effect for a while: bq. The...
May 13 2004 - 03:16 PM ET | T-Mobile
According to a release by parent company Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile USA added 1.2 million customers in the first quarter of 2004. Analysts expected an increase of 647,000 to 1.1 million. Average revenue per customer, a key statistic in the wireless...
Apr 09 2004 - 03:00 PM ET | T-Mobile
Unwired is buzzing about T-Mobile having voicemail problems. While we were not able to duplicate the problem here, many customers could be affected. If you are affected, please let us know what you are experiencing: tips@mobiletracker.net....
T-Mobile USA yesterday announced that it will begin to carry Research In Motion's BlackBerry 7730 at the end of April. The device is currently only available in Europe, and was announced in November 2003. The features are pretty standard for...
Mar 18 2004 - 03:56 PM ET | T-Mobile
ZDNet UK is reporting that an unlimited data plan that spawns all its network tech is coming to T-Mobile Europe. T-Mobile USA announced a similar plan earlier this month. bq. "Mobile-phone operator T-Mobile will be launching a wireless communication package...
Mar 18 2004 - 02:50 PM ET | 3G, T-Mobile
T-Mobile Europe announced today that it will begin 3G service in May. 3G has been slow to catch on in Europe thus far. T-Mobile hopes to ship 10,000+ phones in the first quarter after launch....
Mar 10 2004 - 10:49 AM ET | T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA announced that its 4th quarter revenue's were up 37.8% from the same quarter a year before. The increase was due to increased subscriber growth. However, the company spent more than ever to sign up each new customer--an average...
Update: AT&T Wireless has been bought by Cingular for $41 billion. By this Friday, all offers for AT&T Wireless must be made. There have been a ton of reports on who's doing what, so we've compiled the best from the...
T-Mobile and Virgin Mobile now have their much talked about legal problems settled. For the past 2 years, there has been a legal dispute over fees related to marketing Virgin Mobile (Virgin Mobile buys time from T-Mobile for its pay-as-you-go...
According to Reuters, T-Mobile USA is having the best luck with number portability thus far. In the last quarter, the company added 1M subscribers--more than Cingular Wireless and AT&T Wireless combined. This brings the total to over 13M. T-Mobile UK...
Nearly every news outlet is reporting at least something about AT&T Wireless being on the market. To sum things up, we've compiled pieces from all of the reports we have heard thus far. nearly everyone but Verizon Wireless is interested....
Sony Ericsson announced that its T610 replacement will come in black (pictured at right) and will be sold by T-Mobile. The T630 has all the features of the T610, an improved screen and a few more items including a redesigned...
T-Mobile USA said that while the total number of customers choosing to switch carriers was lower than expected, the company has a net gain. The company claims nearly twice as many people opted to switch to T-Mobile than from T-Mobile....
Dec 01 2003 - 08:36 AM ET | T-Mobile
MobileTracker reader Philip Ibbitson let us know that T-Mobile subscribers can check their current usage statistics by calling #646# from their handset. It's quicker than checking your usage online, and unlike meters on the phone, it takes weekend/night minutes into...
T-Mobile has announced that it will begin shipping the Motorola V300 next week. The phone is pretty well stocked, but its best feature is price--under $100. Other phones that have similar features sets cost 2 to 3 times that, and...
T-Mobile Germany is in talks to sell its 50% stake in Virgin Mobile, Britain's fifth-largest mobile phone company. The other half is owned by Virgin Group. Both companies have announced they are talking, but the terms of the possible deal...
Two large US cellular networks are having major problems according to separate reports. C|Net says that a software glitch has some AT&T Wireless customers high and dry. If you purchased a GSM phone from AT&T Wireless in the last 6...
Sep 23 2003 - 09:24 PM ET | Nokia, T-Mobile
According to WirelessWeek, T-Mobile will be pushing sales of the Nokia N-Gage with a free 30-day trial (something they do for no other model). The free month will include $50 of service (voice and text). In typical T-Mobile style, customers...
Sep 12 2003 - 10:48 AM ET | T-Mobile
T-Mobile has started the processing of updating HipTop's on its network. The update takes place over-the-air, and when you get sent the update depends only on your luck of the draw (random seeding). There are a bunch of new features,...
Aug 19 2003 - 02:08 PM ET | 3G, T-Mobile
Rumors of T-Mobile UK launching 3G services continue to echo around the web. The latest is that the telecom giant will have the service up-and-running by Christmas, but that date may be affected by what handsets are available at that...
Aug 15 2003 - 03:14 PM ET | T-Mobile
T-Mobile had a strong quarter--19% subscriber growth against a year ago. Most of the growth came from the US, where it almost doubled its size. It now boasts over 56 million customers with revenue of $12.3 billion US....
Research In Motion is facing serious legal trouble (could mean no more BlackBerries...), but that's not enough to slow down the sales team. They just inked a deal with T-Mobile USA to sell the new BlackBerry 7230. It's the first...
Jul 15 2003 - 02:51 PM ET | T-Mobile
T-Mobile has given a $500 million contract to Ericsson for expansion into western Virginia and New England markets as well as increased coverage in some 18 cities. This is great news for the struggling Ericsson who yesterday announced its 11th...
Research In Motion let us know that the BlackBerry 6210 is now available from T-Mobile. It costs $299 and can be purchased through select retailers (including directly from T-Mobile's website)....
If that camera phone doesn't attract enough geeks, try out video messaging. T-Mobile has launched the service which works with the Nokia 3650 (very cool phone, check it out at right). You can exchange video clips with audio, but only...
Mar 18 2003 - 08:39 PM ET | Danger, T-Mobile
Danger states that their SDK is up at developer.danger.com--it's not. Hopefully it will be up soon. The Danger SDK will allow third party developers to develop applications for the popular Hiptop device. If you haven't heard of the Hiptop that's...
C|Net notes that T-Mobile and Handspring have teamed up with the Treo 270. We could have sworn this was old news, but it's fresh on C|Net today. The PDA Phone is $499, and is available now....
