You may have seen other live and / or real-life versions of Angry Birds, but T-Mobile's is most certainly the coolest yet. Simply put, people use a smartphone to play this live Angry Birds game. In less than 4-days, the video has already received over 2.8-million views. Continue reading to watch.
[via LikeCool]
With AT&T's acquisition of T-Mobile USA (pending approval), it only makes sense for the iPhone 4 to become available on the latter. Codenamed N94, this tester "phone itself is running a test version of Apple's iOS and it includes internal Apple test apps like Radar and Apple's employee directory app." Click here for more pictures.
Additionally, the front of the white iPhone pictured looks a little different from the photos of the retail white iPhone 4 that surfaced recently - specifically, the proximity sensor has changed on the retail version.[via BGR]
Here's a first look at the upcoming T-Mobile Sidekick 4G. Powered by Android 2.2 OS, it features a 1-GHz Snapdragon processor, 3.5-inch touchscreen display, 3.0-megapixel camera, and will be available in two colors. Video after the break. Click here for more pictures.
That's right, come this spring the revived Sidekick will be hitting the likely-to-be-acquired carrier for $99.99 after a $50 mail-in-rebate and two-year contract with unlimited data.[via Engadget]
It's official, AT&T has acquired T-Mobile for $39-billion pending FCC and DOJ approval. This deal "would give AT&T 129 million subscribers, vaulting it past Verizon Wireless' 102 million." It has already been approved by the boards of both companies. Here's what Sprint has to say:
If approved, the merger would result in a wireless industry dominated overwhelmingly by two vertically-integrated companies that control almost 80% of the US wireless post-paid market, as well as the availability and price of key inputs such as backhaul and access needed by other wireless companies to compete.[via Yahoo - Engadget]
Finally, we get the first official look at the T-Mobile G2 -- also known as the HTC Desire Z. It boasts Qualcomm's MSM7x30 chipset, 3.7-inch OLED display, 1.0-GHz Snapdragon processor, 5.0-megapixel camera, and HSPA+ data connectivity. Click here for more pictures.
...silver (pictured) will be the only color offered, and considering that we haven't seen any leaks in any other shades, that seems like a reasonable assumption.[via Engadget]
T-Mobile has put up a teaser page for its upcoming G2 smartphone. According to the website, "the T-Mobile G2 will deliver tight integration with Google services and break new ground as the first smartphone designed to run at 4G speeds on our new HSPA+ network."
The device is the first one T-Mobile built specifically for its new HSPA+ network, which is touted as offering 4G-like speeds on the company's 3G infrastructure.[via CBS - PCWorld]
The highly buzzed about Garmin phone is finally available from T-Mobile, priced at $199.99 after rebates and with a new 2-year service agreement. Yes, it's "the first Android-powered smartphone fully-integrated with Garmin's premium navigation experience." More information. Video after the break.
T-Mobile USA and Google will both offer free international calls to Haiti for the next two weeks, or until January 31st. In other news, texting Haiti to 90999 donations have exceeded $20-million. For those who still need a Google Voice invite, click here.
[via Gizmodo - Google]
Hot on the heels of the BlackBerry outage and Sprint error yesterday, comes this T-Mobile outage, which affected the entire network and causing "intermittent service degradation for voice and data services." According to one customer: "this was a planned outage and customers were not notified." Continue reading to see a new T-Mobile myFaves commercial.
So just about 20 minutes ago I was unable to send text messages or place calls so I restarted my phone. When I restarted my phone it automatically put me on the AT&T network.[via SFgate - image via]
Android 2.0 isn't just limited to the Motorola DROID, as "the open-source community has already ported it the [rooted] T-Mobile G1 / HTC Dream, the first Android phone." Video after the break.
Props go to coder, Akira Harada, for the port, but it's just a sluggish preview at this point.[via Gizmodo]
