Google planning to work with multiple OEMs for the next Nexus - GSMArena.com news

Android continues to conquer the world | Internet & Media - CNET News

HTC phone imports held up over Apple dispute | Apple - CNET News

NEW YORK | Tue May 15, 2012 5:56pm EDT

(Reuters) - T-Mobile USA, the fourth largest U.S. mobile provider, said it is cutting another 900 jobs.

The cuts will come on top of the roughly 1,900 it announced earlier this year.

The unit of Deutsche Telekom is looking to preserve cash for investment in its network after its proposed $39 billion purchase by AT&T Inc failed late last year due to regulatory opposition.

T-Mobile USA, which is spending $4 billion to upgrade its network, said in March that it would close seven call centers, cutting about 5 percent of its roughly 36,000-strong workforce.

It had indicated at the time that it could cut more jobs at a future date.

The seven centers employed about 3,300 people. The company said at the time that it would offer transfers to employees of the shuttered call centers, as it planned to add 1,400 jobs at its remaining 17 centers.

(Reporting by Sinead Carew; editing by Carol Bishopric)

T-Mobile USA to cut another 900 jobs | Reuters

Does anyone know any good unlock phone service?

Currently i run a phone store, and i would like to add unlock phone service to my business, I just dont know which one to use, any help would be great!!! Thanks in advance,

According to trusted sources, Apple has an incredible headline feature in development for iOS 6: a completely in-house maps application. Apple will drop the Google Maps program running on iOS since 2007 in favor for a new Maps app with an Apple backend. The application design is said to be fairly similar to the current Google Maps program on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, but it is described as a much cleaner, faster, and more reliable experience.



Story con't here: http://9to5mac.com/2012/05/11/ios-6-...dible-3d-mode/


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I have TMobile Sidekick 4g's, 2 of them. In the year I've had them, several new versions of Android have come out yet TMobile, and or Samsung, have not seen fit to push updates to these phones which are currently using version 2.2.1.

This seems sort of like abandonment to me, forgetting about caring for existing customers. Is there some sort of update schedule that anyone may be aware of that TMobile may have somewhere?

Thanks.

With all the talk lately of mergers and buyouts again I have to wonder who is next. I see by the end of this year another decent sized merger taking place. Nothing huge though but a tieup worth noting. AT&T has been talking to Leap Wireless (Cricket) about a buyout and T-Mobile has been talking to Metro PCS about a merger. Sprint almost bought Metro PCS but pulled out earlier this year of making an official offer.

So whose next?

AT&T Reportedly in Talks to Buy Leap Wireless | PCWorld

I'm updating my list. I know ATT is correct but not sure of the rest....

The following was copied from: How To Send Email Text Messages To Any Cell Phone (for Free) from your computer - The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck - emrupdate.com

AT&T (formerly Cingular)
[10-digit phone number]@txt.att.net
[10-digit phone number]@mms.att.net (MMS)
Example: 1234567890@txt.att.net

Nextel (now Sprint Nextel)
[10-digit telephone number]@messaging.nextel.com
Example: 1234567890@messaging.nextel.com

Sprint PCS (now Sprint Nextel)
[10-digit phone number]@messaging.sprintpcs.com
[10-digit phone number]@pm.sprint.com (MMS)
Example: 1234567890@messaging.sprintpcs.com

T-Mobile
[10-digit phone number]@tmomail.net
Example: 1234567890@tmomail.net

US Cellular
[10-digit phone number]email.uscc.net (SMS)
[10-digit phone number]@mms.uscc.net (MMS)
Example: 1234567890@email.uscc.net

Verizon
[10-digit phone number]@vtext.com
[10-digit phone number]@vzwpix.com (MMS)
Example: 1234567890@vtext.com

Virgin Mobile USA
[10-digit phone number]@vmobl.com
Example: 1234567890@vmobl.com

Very under appreciated is having Apple stores nearby for service.

A family member's iPhone 4S stopping working - data/internet was fine, but only one sided voice communications. Seems that the mic was not working. ATT told them to go to the Apple store. The phone was purchased in Sept/Fall '11.

The 'Genius' checked out first for water damage, then verified the problem we described. Next was a complete erase of the phone (after asking that we had backed up), to see if it was a software problem (they verified that the mic was working , by using the recorder App). I was impressed with the methodically way they diagnosed the problem.

When that didn't fix the problem, they said 'we will give you a new phone, no charge' being under warranty still. All in all, we were out in about 20 minutes, just a electronic signature required.

I am still sour at the day my Nokia failed and I had to return it to Nokia for 2 weeks, with no back up phone from ATT.

Very pleased.

Siri says: Nokia Lumia 900 the best smartphone ever | Apple - CNET News

Luv you Siri, you are the best :D

T-Mobile USA customer losses continue to mount
By Greg Bensinger and Shara Tibken, Dow Jones Newswires
Friday 11 May 2012

Operator marks 10th straight quarter of subscriber loss with 500,000-user exodus.

T-Mobile USA reported it lost more than a half million of the most lucrative customers in this year's first three months, marking the 10th straight quarter of contract user losses.

The drop puts the carrier further behind AT&T Inc. and Verizon Wireless in the race to lock users into two-year commitments and could make T-Mobile's recovery even more difficult after regulators blocked its plan last year to be taken over by AT&T for $39 billion.

T-Mobile, the fourth-biggest U.S. carrier, put its strategic plans on hold last year while awaiting government approval of the AT&T deal and watched its subscriber rolls shrink. The Bellevue, Wash.-based company is the largest remaining carrier without the Apple Inc. iPhone, another competitive advantage that has hurt its ability retain users.

Chief Executive Philipp Humm vowed to return the company to customer gains."We've always said that in 2013, 2014 is when we want to be net positive" on contract customer gains, Humm said in an interview Thursday.

T-Mobile said it lost 510,000 branded contract customers in the first quarter, an improvement from the 706,000 lost in the year-earlier period, though still behind its biggest rivals. T-Mobile did lower the rate at which users leave, known as churn, to 2.5% from 3% in the fourth quarter.

The carrier and MetroPCS Communications Inc. may be holding discussions about a merger that would lead to an initial public offering of the new company, controlled by T-Mobile parent Deutsche Telekom AG, according to a report by Bloomberg News on Wednesday. Humm declined to comment on the report, though he said he is hoping to acquire more wireless airwaves, or spectrum.

Humm told reporters on a conference call Thursday that it was his goal to become a "self-funding platform."

Though T-Mobile has announced plans to roll out a high-speed mobile broadband network sometime next year, using spectrum it acquired from AT&T as part of the deal breakup fee, it will be at least two years behind Verizon Wireless in introducing the technology.

In the interview, Humm said he opposed a deal by Verizon Wireless to acquire about $3.9 billion worth of spectrum from a group of cable companies because he hoped to buy the airwaves himself."The FCC should deny the application," said Humm.

Overall, T-Mobile added 187,000 customers, due in part to a 249,000 gain in prepaid subscribers. Prepaid rivals MetroPCS and Leap Wireless International Inc.(LEAP) both both saw slower growth rates during what is traditionally the strongest season of the year.

T-Mobile USA customer losses continue to mount

I know that I can put my phone next to my computer's mic and record messages that way but that is pretty low tech and fraught with problems.

I'm a retired programmer, assembly language and C from before the days of Windows. It strikes me that it would be a simple matter to have a dialing program to dial the modem in my computer (yes, I still have one), access my voicemail and redirect the audio to a file. There would need to be an interface for delete, skip, etc...

For those who don't have modems some sort of internet phone service could be used to connect to your voicemail account.

Back in the day, this sort of thing would have taken but a couple of hours for me to cobble together a working model. Now? First, I'd have to learn all about programming under Windows.

The point of all of this is, is there a program out there like what I propose? If not, how about one of you bright young guys writing one?

The talk of the day, Wednesday May 9, 2012.

So how does the spectrum of the two interact?
Does Metro have 1900 in places T-Mo dosen't?
What does Metro have and where?