T-Mobile CEO John Legere unveils music streaming plan at T-Mobile’s Uncarrier 5.0 event Wednesday in Seattle. James Martin/CNET SEATTLE–T-Mobile wants to set your streaming music free. The wireless carrier on Wednesday unveiled “Rhapsody UnRadio,” a premium streaming music app available on iOS, Android, and on a browser developed with Rhapsody that is free for unlimited …

Now playing: Watch this: Try out an iPhone 5S for free with T-Mobile Test Drive 2:04 SEATTLE–T-Mobile is daring consumers to give its wireless service a whirl. The nation’s fourth-largest wireless carrier by subscriber on Wednesday unveiled a new program, dubbed “Test Drive,” that would give people a week to test out its service for free. It is working with …

AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega on stage at the Fire Phone launch. James Martin/CNET Amazon’s Fire Phone will enjoy the full marketing muscle of partner AT&T. That’s according to Jeff Bradley, head of AT&T’s devices business, who said the Fire Phone would be the carrier’s flagship smartphone for the summer. “We’ll give it the classic full hero treatment,” …

Amazon’s Appstore has shown impressive growth. Screenshot by CNET Amazon said on Monday that its Appstore catalog has nearly tripled over the last year as the online e-commerce giant set the groundwork for a potential smartphone. Amazon’s own Appstore, which is largely designed for its own Kindle line of devices, but can be accessed by other tablets and smartphones that …

The Galaxy Tab S. Sarah Tew/CNET Samsung Electronics may have a dizzying array of tablets on sale, but for customers seeking its flagship products, the answer is simple. “If you’re a Galaxy S fan, the (Galaxy Tab S) is the tablet for you,” Nick DiCarlo, a product and marketing executive with Samsung’s US mobile business, said in an interview on …

The flagship Ascend Mate 2 4G LTE. Huawei Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei, not content with its under-the-radar reputation in the US, is taking matters into its own hands with a direct-to-consumer retail website. The company on Thursday launched GetHuawei.com, a site where US consumers can purchase the Ascend Mate 2 4G LTE , its flagship smartphone/tablet — or as some …

Powermat spot at Starbucks. Photo by Rick Broida/CNET Come for the java, stay for the wireless juice. Starbucks said on Thursday that it would roll out Powermat’s wireless charging station in its Starbucks and Teavana shops. The deployment will begin in the San Francisco Bay Area this year and expand to other metropolitan areas in 2015. Starbucks’ decision could go …

T-Mobile Amazon and T-Mobile may have press conferences on the same day and in the same city, but their announcements will won’t be linked in any way. T-Mobile sparked a bit of conspiracy theorizing when it suddenly moved its Uncarrier 5.0 event, set for June 18, up to Seattle where it would draft behind Amazon’s own Seattle event, also scheduled …

AT&T’s geeky network guys campaign must be working. Screenshot by CNET AT&T is feeling pretty good right now. The Dallas telecommunications giant on Tuesday raised its full-year revenue forecast to growth of 5 percent, or $135.24 billion, up from a prior estimate of 4 percent growth. One of the key components behind the more bullish outlook is AT&T’s move to …

Sprint Sprint is showing it has a bit of life in it. The No. 3 wireless carrier sent out invitations to an event, titled “This is Happy Connecting,” to be held in Chicago on June 23. There’s little detail on what exactly the event is about, but the title suggests an update on its efforts to upgrade its wireless network. …