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T-Mobile Announces Update to Motorola CLIQ

Wow, the Twittersphere is hot today.

T-Mobile just announced via their Twitter account that an update to the Motorola CLIQ is coming this week.

As always as soon as we know more we’ll let you know.

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T-Mobile Announces Updated myTouch 3G

T-Mobile USA will release a new version of the existing myTouch 3G. There are only few small differences between the old and the new version, which for some might be very important.

According to T-Mobile the new myTouch 3G offers the following:

• 3.5mm headphones jack
• on board RAM was increased from 192MB (previous model) to 288M
• 8GB microSDHC memory card included
• Swype for faster text input.

The new myTouch includes all of Google’s Android features like access to their services, including Google Maps, G-Mail, Picasa and YouTube.

Even with all of these additions T-Mobile kept its price at $149.99 with a two-year contact. The new myTouch 3G will soon be available at select T-Mobile USA locations and online.

Earlier this year T-Mobile also released its limited myTouch 3G Fender edition, featuring the same specs, but includes a 16GB microSDHC memory card.

[via: t-mobile]

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Motorola Cliq Available to New T-Mobile Customers for $9.99

Available Through WireFly

The Motorola Cliq was $199 when it debuted a few short months ago, but right now you can get the Motorola Cliq for just $9.99 shipped with a new 2-year T-Mobile contract through WireFly.  You’re limited to the titanium Cliq and you’ll be charged a $35 activation.  If you’re an existing T-Mobile customer you’re out of luck, you’ll be parting with $149.99 of your hard earned cash.

However, if you’ve been thinking of jumping to T-Mobile and were eyeing an Android device now may be the time to take that leap, $140.00 is a pretty major savings.

The Cliq runs Android OS 1.5, but here’s good news: rumor has it Motorola will offer an upgrade to Android 2.0.

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T-Mobile UK in Talks with Google to Land Nexus One

It seems that Google’s Nexus One might appear on the T-Mobile network in the UK, according to a loose-lipped tweet by Robin O’Kelly, head of corporate affairs at T-Mobile.

O’Kelly tweeted, “T-mobile in talks to range Nexus one also. Happy landing.”

He then followed that up with the confirmation, “We’re talking to Google re nexus and hope we can come up with something very soon.”

Robin O'Kelly, head of corporate affairs at T-Mobile.

At the moment only Vodafone has the Nexus One on its network, as we know T-Mobile carries the Nexus One on its network here in US. So there’s every reason to believe that T-Mobile will soon offer the Nexus One in the UK once the two companies have hammered out a deal.

Maybe Google is rethinking their game plan after the challenge laid down by Steve Jobs of Apple.  This bodes well for the Sprint and AT&T rumors we’ve been hearing.

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T-Mobile Saying Goodbye to the Sidekick

At one time the T-Mobile Sidekick was a hot device with teens and over-exposed celebrities. The popularity of this line of featurephones has waned in recent years, and now may be time to say goodbye to the faithful Sidekick.

When the first Sidekick was released several years ago, its focus on texting made it popular with teenagers, and T-Mobile fostered this by making sure celebrities — most notably Paris Hilton — were often photographed using it. Read more…

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myTouch Fender Limited Edition to Launch January 20th on T-Mobile

A myTouch with a slick Fender guitar sunburst designed casing, running Android is to be available January 20, the myTouch Fender Limited Edition.

• 3.5mm headset jack
• 16GB microSD card.
• Android 1.6, a press release stated that it would be updated to Android 2.1 in the spring.

HTC and T-Mobile, in addition to minor hardware changes, have also put in a lot of other utilities and more content to give the user a better experience. Preloaded Eric Clapton songs and music from Avril Lavign, Brad Paisley and others; an installer for doubleTwist to provide the user to easily sync music, images, and videos with your computer; new music player, of course developed by HTC, that allows more user interface for toggling between different views, changing song or album by a quick touch to the album art; and also allows users to create ringtones from songs that they are playing are some of the coolest features of the myTouch Fender Edition.

Rumored to be available January 20 from T-Mobile retail stores and online at www.T-MobilemyTouch.com at $179.99 (plus taxes and fees) with a new two-year plan. This is a real Limited Edition phone so  quantities are limited.

Looks like a cool handset. What do you think of this Limited Edition Phone?

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Existing T-Mobile Customers Can Get the Nexus One for $179, Is It Worth The Risk?

Gizmodo reported earlier this week that existing T-Mobile customers can score the Nexus One for the subsidized price of $179 with some trickery.  According to them, one of their sources managed to obtain the Nexus One for $179 by working the system.   Here’s what you risk if you didn’t read the fine print when you ordered your Nexus One:

“You agree to pay Google an equipment subsidy recovery fee (the “Equipment Recovery Fee”) equal to the difference between the full price of the Nexus handheld device without service plan and the price you paid for the Nexus handheld device if you cancel your wireless plan prior to 120 days of continuous wireless service. For example, if the full price of the Nexus handheld device without service plan was $529 USD and the price you paid for the Nexus handheld device was $179 USD with a service plan, the Equipment Recovery Fee you pay will be $350 USD in the event you cancel within the first 120 days of carrier service.”

“You agree that the Equipment Recovery Fee is not a penalty but is for liquidated damages Google will incur as a result of such cancellation. These damages may include, but are not limited to, loss of compensation and administrative costs associated with such cancellation or changing of wireless service provider(s), market changes, and changes in ownership. Please note that the Equipment Recovery Fee is imposed by Google and not your chosen carrier and is in addition to any early termination fees that may be charged by your chosen carrier in connection with termination of your wireless plan prior to fulfillment of your chosen carrier’s service agreement term.”

Here’s what the Gizmodo source did:

Starting the day of the release I attempted to secure a shiny new toy to replace my aging iPhone only to find out that Google/HTC/T-Mobile were hamstringing existing customers for anywhere from $100 – $200 on the cost of the phone, so I set out to get a fair price. I spoke with a long list of Customer Care/Billing/Tech Support/& Loyalty Specialists to work through the problem. A Tech Support agent along with help from Billing agents suggested that I add a line to my existing account, then swap the created phone number with the original after a cancellation and reuse request. This became difficult as someone on their end flagged my account wrong. I spent the better part of the next 36 hours asking if some flag had been activated on my account indicating I was no longer an Individual Regular Postpaid account. Only after threatening to cancel my account altogether did someone figure it out. Flag changed, I was now able to proceed. Added the line (865 area code), ordered the phone and waited for that to arrive. Once that was achieved, I called T-Mobile back to cancel my original line (not on contract – no fee) and file a reuse of the number. Then came the waiting game. This morning I awoke to a text message from T-Mobile stating that the number registered for the sim card was my original number (412 area code). To sum it up in steps:

Requirements: Non-contract T-Mobile Customer, ability to add a line

1. Add a line through Google check out process.
2. Wait for phone arrival.
3. Once acquired, call T-Mobile to cancel original number, then file a reuse request to swap it with the newly created number (similar to a number port)
4. Wait. (12 hrs elapsed time prior to the swap).

All said and done, Nexus One acquired for $179+taxes+$35 activation fee. One last caveat; by the end of the process, T-Mobile Specialists were getting weary of this method so I would verify they will do this for customers before proceeding.

[source: gizmodo]

Another reader offered this up in the comments:

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2010 – The Year of the ETF

So, we all saw last month how the FCC contacted Big Red to ask about their ETF fees on smartphone contracts, and more importantly, hefty price tag. That’s why today’s news seems an even bigger pill to swallow.

It appears that even with a subsidized contract on the Google Nexus One, when you cancel your contract anywhere between 14 days (30 in CA, btw) and 120 days in to your contract, you’ll be paying an ETF to TMo and to Google!!! The cost of Google’s ETF??  $350!!!!!

If you’re like me and thinking about jumping on this G.N.O. wagon when we see it on Big Red in the Spring of ‘10, you’d better be sure you want it for the whole 2 year contract. Ya think the FCC will be sending a note over to Google about this one too?

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Nexus One: T-Mobile Partners with Google

Rumored to be the actual Nexus One

The Nexus One, the upcoming “Google Phone“, will be sold online and unlocked. But Google is also partnering with T-Mobile to push the phone after Verizon declined, this is the perfect opportunity for Sprint to step up to the plate, get back in the game and challenge Verizon and their Droid.

That partnership also explains why the Google Phone will use GSM rather than CDMA technology, limiting it to AT&T or T-Mobile: Google only made the decision after Verizon passed on the opportunity to market the device, according to MediaMemo. A January 2010 launch date has been rumored.

Upon receiving the phone, users will choose their carrier from a menu: it’s a bold move that will break the influence of the carriers, but might also mean we pay more (unless Google devises a way to partially subsidize the phone itself).

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Android Market Update Allows T-Mobile User to Bill App Purchases to T-Mobile Bill

In an effort to simplify the process of purchasing Android apps, T-Mobile is adding an option to post Android Market purchases to a customer’s monthly bill. Making good on a promise made by CTO Cole Brodman last month, T-Mobile will make it possible to have the costs of a paid app added to a subscriber’s monthly bill rather than use Google Checkout. The new option is available only to users who receive an “invisible” update that is being rolled out to T-Mobile USA customers in stages.

The current version of the Android Market requires that customers provide a credit or debit card to link to a Google Checkout account. While this is a short process for most people, others complain that the required credit card adds a burden to the app purchasing process. At last month’s Open Mobile summit, T-Mobile CTO Cole Brodman suggested that giving customers the option to bill apps to a T-Mobile account rather than through Google Checkout would increase app sales. It looks like we’ll discover the accuracy of that statement soon.

Android owners will still have to use Google Checkout if they wish to purchase apps from European developers. Because apps from these developers are set in Euros or Pounds, the T-Mobile billing option cannot yet convert the cost into US dollars. T-Mobile and Google are reportedly working on a fix for this problem.

To check if your phone has the update, follow these steps:

1. Press Menu > “Settings”
2. Press “Applications”
3. Press “Manage Applications”
4. Scroll to and click the Market application
5. Verify that the Market version is higher than 1660

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