Residents of Albany, Augusta, Columbus and Macon, Georgia; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Champaign, Illinois; Lansing, Michigan; and Rochester, Minnesota can now relish in all of the 21Mbps HSPA+ glory. The 8 new markets tally up to a stout 200 million+ customers. T-Mobile isn’t going into coasting mode, however. This summer, the carrier plans to upgrade its 21Mbps HSPA+ to 42Mbps, though the number of covered individuals under that network will “only” be ~140...
The Samsung-built Sidekick 4G has managed to strike a pose for us. From what we see, the traditional design that made the original Sidekick so popular is retained. A front-facing camera signals video chat support while software is said to be Android 2.2.1. That’s all for now, but feel free to jump on past the break for a few more images… Gallery Source: ...
Amidst an ongoing scandal that claims Samsung is charging for Android updates, T-Mobile CEO Cole Brodman, has confirmed that the carrier’s Samsung Vibrant will be the first Galaxy S device to receive Android 2.2 (Froyo) starting tomorrow, January 21st. As is now customary with Android updates, the initial pool of users will be rather small all things considered. Over the coming weeks, groups of users will receive the update until the update is halted (due to some...
Before we had our Android, iPhones, webOS, and more modern mobile operating systems, T-Mobile’s Danger-made Sidekick was one of the hottest selling gadgets. Unfortunately, the platform lost its direction in recent years after Danger was picked up by Microsoft. But times look to be a changin’. Today at a company meeting, T-Mobile CEO confirmed that they are in fact working on a “Sidekick 4G” and that it will drop the once proprietary OS. To the...
Over the last few months, Samsung has been in hot water within various user forums for their slow to non-existant updates for their in-house Android devices. The Samsung Behold II/Android 1.6 fiasco was a large blemish in Sammie’s past. And the latest device, the Samsung Vibrant, appears to be another developing one with an XDA forum member by the name of MicBeast launching a class action lawsuit against not only Samsung, but T-Mobile as well. The case: Samsung and...
