A user uproar, rumors of sabotage, and embarrassing intra-organization finger-pointing--that's how the Microsoft's Sidekick user data loss fiasco has unfolded. But it may soon be over: Microsoft's working on recovering the data.
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Update: T-Mobile says that much of the data may indeed be recoverable on Microsoft's backend, according to the New York Times. Engineers in Redmond are "optimistic that much of it can be recovered," but individual customers have yet ...READ»
Today, T-Mobile rolls out its largest ad campaign ever to tout the new Google phone, the myTouch 3G. The AT&T rival has recruited three public figures to champion the ads: Phil Jackson, former Bulls and Lakers coach, Jesse James, ...READ»
Weird things happen, yes--but when technology is the cause, everything seems more confusing. Didn't we build these things? Don't we know how they work? Here are seven quiddities topping the social news sites this week.
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Cherry is going to have T-Mobile and AT&T more than a little worried. The Belgium-based startup modifies your GSM smartphone to allow it to switch seamlessly between WiFi and cell network calling, all at ultra cheap "WiFi calling" ...READ»
T-Mobile's second Android-powered phone is coming to the U.S., in the guise of the T-mobile myTouch 3G. It's the follow-up phone to the original Googlephone G1, and it's just sold its millionth unit in world-wide sales.
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T-Mobile will bring back former-spokeswoman Catherine Zeta-Jones to launch a new marketing push reminding viewers that, chances are, they are paying too much for their wireless plans. And to ensure their claims aren't dismissed as a ...READ»
Eric Chu, 46
Mobile Platform Program Manager, Google
Apple's only competitor in the mobile-excitement market is Google's Android platform. Chu ran the developer challenge to create apps for its store.
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Cellphone carriers like Verizon and AT&T have already staked claims in the digital smart-grid industry with their wireless networks. Now T-Mobile is playing catch-up by partnering with smart meter maker Echelon and developing ...READ»
Perhaps the only shot that Mobile carriers will have at growth in 2009 will be to cheapen their plans.
It never used to be this way, according to the AP; it was once the carrier with the slickest phones and the most capacious ...READ»
As I write this, my computer's Wi-Fi antenna mopes among the pay-per-hour networks inside La Guardia Airport, wondering why it costs $8 to access the Internet for the short period before my flight. While it wanders, I fume.
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AT&T's exclusive deal to carry the iPhone has been a boon for the company's mobile arm. But the deal ends next year, leaving Ma Bell scrambling to renew it until 2011, in hopes that Apple's next killer products can keep AT&T ...READ»
I wrote about the possible expansion of Android devices beyond smarphones just the other day. But now it looks like Android is definitely on the up-and-up: T-mobile has confirmed "several" different Android gizmos are on ...READ»
Oops--looks like someone from smartphone makers HTC leaked its 2009 handset lineup. Included in the details is what appears to be the second Android phone, which may or may not end up being called the G2.Look at the shape of the ...READ»
T-mobile's G1 cellphone was the first handset to use the Google-friendly Android open-source OS, but now the Open Handset Alliance has gained a powerful new member in Sony Ericsson.The electronics giant confirmed it had joined the ...READ»
Gadget nuts everywhere await the arrival of RIM's first touchscreen device. Will the Storm be a bellwether device, or just another flavor of BlackBerry?READ»
Celebs and media and wannabes collide at the T-Mobile party for the G1 phone, Google's first launch party ever. What does a Google launch party look like? For starters, it features a live performance by the Raconteurs. But also plenty of drunken antics, including the chicken dance and much more. Read on!READ»
Today is the day that many smartphone enthusiasts have been nerdily anticipating: the release date of the first Google [GOOG] Android phone, otherwise known as an HTC [HTCKF] Dream running an open-source platform developed by ...READ»
The other day we reported that T-Mobile [NYSE:DT] was bringing online their second 3G service market in the country, bringing the total to New York and Las Vegas. Well, now it's even got itself a real life HSDPA handset to go with ...READ»
There's a lot of buzz about "3G" in the mobile phone world -- not least of all with the iPhone 3G from Apple [NADSAQ:AAPL]. But what exactly is 3G, and why do some phones and locales have it, and others don't?
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After months of rumors, AT&T [NYSE:ATT] is finally making good on its promise of providing free WiFi to its iPhone customers at the company's 17,000 hotspots nationwide. The telecom giant released a statement this week ...READ»
Since much of the country isn't ready to part with their dear landlines in favor of a mobile-only life, T-Mobile [FRA:DTE] is convinced they can grab a slice of the action from the incumbent service providers by introducing a new ...READ»
