According to the NYT, T-Mobile USA are planning both a home phone and a tablet computer that will run the Android OS. The former will have a recharging docking station, that handles data synchronization.
As for the tablet, that apparently resembles a 7-inch netbook only without the keyboard section. The touchscreen is used to access internet-based data, such as weather reports, or “managing data across a variety of devices in the home”, which makes it sound like an intelligent remote.
T-Mobile USA themselves have declined to comment on specific rumors, but spokesperson Peter Dobrow did confirm that the carrier has plans for “several devices” based on the Google open-source platform. According to the leak source – “confidential documents obtained from one of the company’s partners” – the home phone will launch early next year (2010) with the tablet coming shortly after.
We get second class stuff from them all the time. G1 almost iPhone without the iphone features bcos they can buy patents. What a shame. Where is the Pre??? at least the have balls.
We get second class stuff from them all the time. G1 almost iPhone without the iphone features bcos they can buy patents. What a shame. Where is the Pre??? at least the have balls.
I agree with you on comparing T-Mobile UK handsets to the US handsets, its ridiculous, everyone here would love T-Mobile if they brought those handsets over to the states.
@home service? Ever heard of vonage? There are no new features! And can't bcos they have no balls to give what vonage provides.
Please don't deffend tmo on this one. They are alwAys late to the plate and offer nothing new.
come on, only 3 of us agree on this?
how is Tmobile going to approve this for the public to use? They might let only business customers use these phones just like the Nextel walke talkies for law enforcement and government agencies. Everyone else is having problems paying their data plans if they use something like this cause of all the data and security it needs.
Flash hit's the Iphone with no news from Tmobile or google, and I'm buying out my contract.
Tmobile is just TOO SLOW...
But, this is an Android based hub. That mean it'll be more useful than any other locked-down hub. No, this is late, but better than the other offerings from VZW/ATT.
Their price is best, their coverage is poor (Sprint also sucks in this regard), and they are/were late w/3G service. But, their cust.svc is awesome.
-bZj