This week saw a few big stories for the Android platform, the most anticipated being T-Mobile’s official announcement of offering more Android-based handsets in 2009. A specific number was not given, but HSPA capabilities on these handsets are almost a given, with T-Mobile’s stance that they will have 3G data networks available in 300 cities [...]
A few sources, including one of our very own, have come across an un-official confirmation that Sling Media’s mobile player will make its way to Android handsets. SlingPlayer is software that allows streaming of user content from Slingbox, a home media set-top unit, over the internet to computers and other mobile devices. We don’t have [...]
According to Q4 earnings reports, T-Mobile has reported just 621,000 new customers for the final 3 months of 2008, a 35 percent drop in new subscribers from the same period in 2007. That brings T-Mobile’s total subscriber base to an estimated 32.8 million users.
According to the application reviews from the Android Market, the app “MemoryUp Personal” is destroying personal data when installed onto an Android handset. There are reports of e-mail accounts being spammed, adware installed, and SD cards being erased – all linked to the installation of this app. This has sparked several discussions about the appeal [...]
Are you a resident of T-Mobile’s still-fairly-limited 3G coverage area? If so, you’ve been the only ones getting your hands on the G1 from an actual store…up until now. Word has it that tomorrow, January 24th, all T-mobile retail outlets across the country will begin selling the T-Mobile G1 with Google to customers directly in-store.
Last.fm has announced the availability of their internet radio streaming app on the Android platform. It is available in the Android Market now for download, or by clicking here. Similar to Pandora radio, Last.fm learns your music tastes as you listen, and suggests new music that it thinks you may like by inserting songs in [...]
We are still presumably months away from the launch of what’s hyped to be 2009’s hottest handset, the Palm Pre. The timeframe hasn’t stopped a few, however, from beginning the port of Google’s open mobile OS, Android, to the newest must-have device. In fact, efforts to port Android’s system to the OMAP 3 language (the [...]
According to some tidbits at the TmoNews Forums and HowardForums, T-Mobile subscribers have been able to add the MyFaves feature on to their accounts for free. MyFaves is T-Mobile’s distinguishing service that allows unlimited, any-network calls to five phone numbers of the caller’s choosing. More info after the jump. So far, it seems the most [...]
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