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Love Letter to a Smartphone

Let me preface this review with a disclaimer. I am not a geek. Nor am I a nerd, a techie, or a professional anything. I like my phones to make calls, and occasionally receive them (except when my mother is calling, but that’s another story.) I’m not fussy about connection, the concept of 3G and [...]

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T-Mobile G1 will be here on Nov. 10

Looks like Christmas is in October for me this year. I’ll be looking for the new T-Mobile G1 to show up around the 10th of November according to the order information. Yeah, I couldn’t help joining over 1.5 million other new Android fans and preordered the phone last night. I’ve been waiting for some time [...]

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T-Mobile Launching Mobile Applications Developer Program

Looks like T-Mobile is launching T-Mobile devPartner Community. A chance for the carrier to provide third party application developers to more easily market their wares to the operator. With technical support, a virtual lab, application trials, and more, it appears to offer the independent developer a great opportunity to tap the Tmo user base. T-Mobile [...]

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T-Mobile Prepares Support Role for Gustav

Stepping up to the plate in it’s community support role, T-Mobile on Friday announced its plans for supporting the areas targeted by Hurricane Gustav. In the press release, they shared the following: Portable generators and the fuel to run them to power mobile cell sites. Microwave equipment for back links in case of T1 outages [...]

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Where mobile broadband fails

The system we have here in the U.S. for our wireless communications is a disappointing mess.  It fails to provide value, consumer choice, and it gets even more depressing as the push for “open networks” gets squashed in the upcoming FCC spectrum auction next year. With an open network, any carrier can provide service across [...]

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