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Sep

[Update: Pricing And Availability] T-Mobile Makes The Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G Official, Available 'In The Coming Weeks'

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Galaxy S Relay 4G, News, T-Mobile

Last Updated: September 12th, 2012

At the beginning of August, we heard about a Samsung device heading for T-Mobile that was then called the Galaxy S Blaze Q. The name later changed to Galaxy S Relay 4G, and now it's official.

T-Mobile just announced this QWERTY-packing handset for its HSPA+ 42 network, and it appears to be a fairly solid mid-range device:

4" Super AMOLED display
1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor
5MP rear shooter, 1.3MP front camera
slide-out QWERTY
SAFE (Samsung Approved for Enterprise)
Android 4.0

Neither pricing nor availability is available at this time, only that it will be available online and at T-Mobile retail locations "in the coming weeks."

Update: T-Mo just released official pricing and availability.

Sep

PSA: T-Mobile's New Actually Unlimited Unlimited Data Plan Launches Today

Posted by David Ruddock in 4G, Carriers, News, T-Mobile

T-Mobile has long been known for, uh, stretching the definition of unlimited data here in the US with its soft data caps. But today, T-Mobile is officially launching its new unlimited data plan. The difference? It's actually unlimited, unlike the other unlimited data plans T-Mobile still offers. Making sense yet?

T-Mobile's plans have always been super-duper confusing to me (and everyone, I would think), and today, they're making things slightly simpler. I think. Here is the arrangement of the new "Classic" plans, with the new Unlimited Nationwide 4G in the middle:

The catch is that the new Unlimited Nationwide 4G doesn't come with mobile hotspot service.

Sep

Samsung SGH-T889 Shows Up Running On T-Mobile's HSPA+ Network, Is The Galaxy Note II

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Galaxy Note II, News, Rumors, T-Mobile

T-Mobile got into the phablet game a little late when it released the Galaxy Note back in early August. Then, some three weeks later, all traces of the giant Samsung phone inexplicably disappeared from T-Mo's site, and third-party retailers were "out of stock." The latter incident lead us to believe one thing: T-Mobile was canning the original Note and would be getting the Note II soon after it launches in the U.S.

Now, TmoNews has gotten ahold of a screenshot that further backs up that hunch. The shot shows a Samsung device with the model number SGH-T889 running on what is said to be T-Mobile's 4G HSPA+ network.

Sep

Walmart Offering A No-Contract T-Mobile Galaxy S II For $300 With A $30 Monthly Plan (5GB Data, Unlimited Text)

Posted by David Ruddock in Deals, Galaxy S II, News, T-Mobile

It's not often we find ourselves excited about prepaid here in the US, but if any store can get people excited about saving money, it's Walmart. And what Walmart and T-Mobile just announced is actually pretty exciting if you're looking for a way to get on the smartphone bandwagon with low monthly overhead.

For $300, Walmart will sell you a contract-free T-Mobile Galaxy S II. That in and of itself probably isn't very exciting. The Galaxy S II is definitely getting long in the tooth, but it's also not a bad phone by any stretch of the imagination. The really exciting part is that once you buy it, for $30 a month you can get a prepaid T-Mobile plan that gives you 5GB of 4G data, unlimited texting, and 100 minutes of voice (come on, who uses minutes?).

Sep

Ice Cream Sandwich Now Available Through Kies For The T-Mobile Galaxy Tab 10.1 (Build UVLH6)

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Galaxy Tab 10.1, News, T-Mobile

All Wi-Fi versions of Samsung's Galaxy Tab series should have ICS by now, but, as always, carrier connected versions of the devices are left out in the cold. T-Mobile is the only carrier thus far to break that mold when it updated the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus earlier this month.

In a move that should make other carriers feel bad about themselves, T-Mobile has now made available ICS for the Galaxy Tab 10.1, as well. Just like the update for the 7.0 Plus, you can only pull it through Samsung's proprietary Kies software.

This brings the Tab 10.1 up to build UVLH6 with Android 4.0.4, as well as a new, more intuitive version of TouchWiz.

Aug

T-Mobile's Last Galaxy S II Update UVLH1 Also Quietly Removed Universal Search

Posted by Artem Russakovskii in Galaxy S II, News, Samsung, T-Mobile

Yesterday's update UVLH1 for the Galaxy S II on T-Mobile may have shaken things up a bit when it comes to NFC and ISIS, but it now looks like Samsung has also sneaked in a tweak dumbing down universal search. A similar "fix" was discovered in T-Mobile's version of the Galaxy S III 2 weeks ago, and it seems like Samsung is not taking any chances with its older sibling either.

As evident from the screenshots below, searching for "maps" only brings back relevant suggested web searches and results, but not the local Maps application. For comparison, I've included a shot of doing the same on the EVO 3D.

Aug

Official CyanogenMod Nightlies Show Up For T-Mobile LG MyTouch Q (aka C800, aka Eclypse)

Posted by Artem Russakovskii in Development, LG, myTouch Q, News, T-Mobile

Great news for owners of the MyTouch Q, which welcomed the advent of official CyanogenMod tonight. No, not that MyTouch Q. The other one. I know, the naming scheme is not confusing at all.

Definition: A "nightly" is a bleeding edge release that is built on a daily basis, usually at night after a full day's worth of new code has been committed.

It could oftentimes be unstable and not properly tested, lacking any changelogs, but eventually evolving into alphas, betas, release candidates, and finally stable releases.

Tonight's first official nightly build is still CM9 (Ice Cream Sandwich), but I'm sure CM10 (Jelly Bean) will be arriving shortly.

Aug

List Of Some Isis Launch Devices Revealed - Includes Most Galaxy S III Variants And More

Posted by David Ruddock in Amaze 4G (Ruby), AT&T, Galaxy S II, Galaxy S III, Incredible 4G, News, One X (Endeavor), T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless

MasterCard and T-Mobile revealed some information about which devices we can expect Isis on when it launches at the end of September (according to Bloomberg), though we have no reason to believe this constitutes every supported device. Here's the list of compatible Android phones, as we've compiled it.

T-Mobile
- Galaxy S II
- Galaxy S III
- HTC Amaze 4
Verizon
- DROID Incredible 4G LTE
- Galaxy S III
AT&T
- One X
- Galaxy S III

A number of other devices are listed as supporting "any" standard on MasterCard's list, some being international phones, so it's unclear whether phones labeled in this fashion that are in the US will actually support Isis, or if they are merely deemed compatible with it.

Aug

UVLH1 Update On T-Mobile Galaxy S II Makes It The First Isis-Ready Phone - Is Google Wallet's Biggest Foe Finally Here?

Posted by David Ruddock in Device Updates, Galaxy S II, News, T-Mobile

A rather innocuous OTA update (T989UVLH1) for T-Mobile's Galaxy S II was announced today, with a 2-line changelog that, on the surface, probably won't excite anyone:

Improvements

ISIS/NFC update

Bug fixes

That's the whole thing. But that little Isis mention is easy to overlook - this is the first phone to officially indicate (if indirectly) support for the carrier-backed mobile payment system. Unfortunately, we don't have a T-Mobile Galaxy S II in order to check if this update actually brings the Isis app itself, or is merely in preparation for support. Either way, it implicitly confirms that this phone will be Isis-ready.

Aug

MasterCard Partners With Everything Everywhere In The UK To Offer Mobile Payments

Posted by John Thompson in Everything Everywhere (EE), News, Orange, T-Mobile

Last Updated: September 13th, 2012

If you asked someone off the street what Everything Everywhere was, they probably wouldn't have a clue what you were talking about. The company is yet to establish its own brand presence in the UK, but it's certainly busy setting things up behind the scenes.

For those of you who don't know, the company has been around for a while, ever since the merger of T-Mobile and Orange. Just last week, we learnt that the network would be the first to launch 4G in the UK, and now it's partnered with MasterCard to offer NFC payments on its devices in a 5-year deal.