Just because T-Mobile is the underdog of the litter doesn’t mean it relishes its place as the runt of the litter, especially when it comes to the iPhone. The carrier’s chief marketing officer, Cole Brodman, made that plain enough when addressing attendees at the Mobilize conference today in San Francisco. “We’ve made public our desire …

Sprint’s data-hungry customers can breathe a sigh of relief. The carrier’s commitment to unlimited data plans remains unwaivering–at least for now. So said Sprint Chief Technology Officer Stephen Bye when addressing attendees of GigaOm’s Mobilize conference in San Francisco today. While main competitors Verizon and AT&T are slashing their unlimited plans, Sprint sees it as a differentiator. “There’s clearly a …

The majority of Pandora’s business comes through mobile devices; 70 percent, to be exact. Yet like many Web services that began with only the desktop on the mind, the early Pandora team had no inkling that mobile would become the runaway success it is. “Like most rock bands, Pandora was sort of like a 10-year success in the making,” Tom …

We love smartphone and tablet statistics just as much as the next guy, and we got an earful of them at today’s Mobilize conference this morning, thanks to Nielsen general manager of digital, Jonathan Carson. Unfortunately, we couldn’t get our hands on all the great pie charts and graphs–at least not yet, anyway–but we did walk away with some interesting …

Cricket Wireless isn’t wasting any more time turning up the volume on its Muve Music service, which adds all-you-can-eat music downloads to its talk, text, and data plan rates. Almost two weeks after introducing the Samsung Vitality, its first Muve Music smartphone, Cricket is announcing the launch its second Android act, the ZTE Score. But this time Cricket won’t be …

Taking rumors and speculation about the timing of Windows Phone 7.5 Mango in its own hands, Microsoft announced today that the update to the bold new mobile operating system will hit “in the next week or two.” The word comes from Eric Hautala, general manager for customer experience engineering, in a post on Microsoft’s official Windows Phone blog. Windows Phone …

Say your goodbyes to the quirky Kyocera Echo; even illusionist David Blaine can’t save it now. According to an image of an internal document obtained by Sprint Feed, the Android smartphone with its dual touch screens and “pivot hinge” will reach the end of its short life at Sprint in early October. We will say one thing for it, it …

Samsung Electronics isn’t buying MeeGo, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t designs on its own mobile OS. Samsung’s Bada operating system for cell phones and smartphones may be relatively unknown in the United States, especially since Samsung has become one of Android’s most influential advocates. However, Samsung’s plans to open the OS to developers by 2012–according to The Wall Street …

Starting today, AT&T’s international travelers can get on board with one of two new messaging plans. The Global Messaging 200 plan lets you send 200 messages for $30 per month, while more prolific texters and travelers can opt for the Global Messaging 500, which gives you 500 messages to play with every month, for $50. The plans, which cover instant …

This month, Verizon will be making good on its threat to choke data speeds for the most active 5 percent of its 3G data customers. If you use 2GB of data or more each month and have a 3G unlimited plan, there’s a good chance this slow-down applies to you. It isn’t “throttling,” of course, Verizon wants you to know. …