T-Mobile Unleashes Wi-Fi In Latest Uncarrier Event

First up, all Simple Choice customers can use Wi-Fi calling and texting with capable phones on any Wi-Fi network. As of the time of the announcement, all smartphones for sale from T-Mobile have this capability, and if a customer doesn't have a phone with this capability, not to worry. T-Mobile also launched “open enrollment” in…

Hands-On with the T-Mobile Test Drive and iPhone

Getting a T-Mobile iPhone 5s shipped to my house was darned easy using their online signup process, and I had the device in my hot little hands just two days afterward. They do put a hold on your credit card for $700 (plus tax) while you have the iPhone, so be aware that you’ll see…

iOS 8 gets Wi-Fi Calling Support, T-Mobile Already On Board

Apple's Craig Federighi shows off iOS 8 features at WWDC “With the news coming out of Apple's keynote today that Wi-Fi Calling will be enabled with iOS 8 – I'm excited to welcome our iPhone customers to the convenience and ease of T-Mobile Wi-Fi Calling as well,” said T-Mobile Chief Marketing Officer Mike Sievert. “When…

T-Mobile Surpasses Sprint; Uncarrier Now Third Largest US Provider

Other notable numbers from the report include Android rising to 59% of smartphones shipped, and that three of four phones shipped in the quarter were LTE smartphones. Samsung was the top handset supplier in the quarter and Apple was the top smartphone supplier, with Apple accounting for more than half of shipments to Verizon and AT&T. Handsets by…

T-Mobile Unveils Three Days Of 'Uncarrier' which Is Good for Customers

T-Mobile has ramped up what it calls the Uncarrier initiative, aimed at “freeing Americans from the from the greedy, absurd practices of the old wireless companies.” That's most likely marketing hype, but whatever the case, T-Mobile's Uncarrier policies are good for customers. In the last week there were three days of Uncarrier announcements, and the…

T-Mobile Q1 iPhone 5 Sales Hit 500K

T-Mobile's first fiscal quarter results are out and show the company's iPhone 5 sales hit 500,000 during the one month Apple's smartphone was available. The carrier began officially offering the iPhone on April 12, making it the last of the big cell service providers to get in on Apple's smartphone game. This marked the seventh…

T-Mobile Media Event May Include LTE, iPhone Announcements

U.S. cell service provider T-Mobile will be hosting a media event in New York City Tuesday morning where the company is expected to talk about its LTE network plans, and possibly even some news about bringing the iPhone to the network. T-Mobile is the only big carrier to be left out of the iPhone game,…

Nearly 2 Million iPhones Already On T-Mobile, 100K New Per Month

T-Mobile CEO John Legere After announcing a deal in December to finally bring Apple’s iPhone to its network in 2013, U.S. mobile carrier T-Mobile’s CEO revealed Tuesday that his company already serves nearly 2 million iPhones. John Legere, the carrier’s CEO, made the remarks during a management keynote for its parent company Deutsche Telekom, as…

Verizon, T-Mobile Letters Allowed in Apple & Verizon Patent Case

Accepting the letters is good news for Verizon and T-Mobile because it means Judge Lucy Koh will at least consider their arguments in Samsung’s defense. It doesn’t, however, mean the court will act on the letters, or avoid imposing an injunction.Verizon and T-Mobile to court: Can you hear me now?Apple and Samsung have been locked…

T-Mobile Disses iPhone for Being on AT&T

The spot was produced in the same vein as Apple’s “I’m a Mac” TV commercials, and presents the MyTouch 4G as a beautiful young woman. The iPhone 4G is presented as a youngish hipster-with-an-actual-but-not-too-formal-job, with AT&T as the proverbial monkey on his back in the form of a stodgy, balding, and overweight business suit. The…