Tag Archives: t-mobile

I’ve been watching Android for 10 years, from the moment it first blinked to life on the T-Mobile G1 phone. It grew up with support for on-screen controls and reached its teenage years with the Google Assistant. That’s an impressive feat for a mobile platform that already started far behind BlackBerry, Windows Mobile and Apple’s then …

Installation for Verizon’s 5G home broadband service kicked off on Monday, but chances are incredibly small that you’ll be able to experience it until 2019.  That’s because Verizon skipped a few steps on its way to declaring that it’s the first carrier to 5G.  Immediately after the company announced last month that its service ($50 for Verizon Wireless customers, $70 for …

Apple might’ve infringed a Qualcomm patent, but that doesn’t mean iPhones should be banned from sale, a new US International Trade Commission filing said Friday. Qualcomm in late 2017 had asked the ITC to prevent iPhones that had Intel 4G chips from being sold because of allegations of patent infringement. Administrative Law Judge Thomas Pender on Friday agreed that Apple …

Android is a decade old and so is the first Android phone, the T-Mobile G1. Also called the HTC Dream, the G1 entered a mobile world much more crowded than it is now. People still used flip phones, the iPhone was just beginning its ascent, and powerful companies like BlackBerry, Palm and Microsoft were jockeying to keep our attention. It …

The Trump administration is all in on 5G and wants policy makers to do what they can to unleash private investment in the next-generation networks.  The White House on Friday hosted a 5G summit, its first major event around 5G, to bring together industry executives, government agency heads, lawmakers and President Trump’s advisors to discuss policies to ensure faster deployment …

I have a secret pride. Android turned 10 years old this week, and I was one of the first people in the entire world to use it. In fact, the very first Android phone ever was my first smartphone, too — and I’ve never wavered in my Android loyalty since.  That may not seem like a big deal now Android …

The T-Mobile G1 is an iconic device. But with its slide-out full QWERTY keyboard and a thick chin, it isn’t an attractive one. When it debuted a decade ago, the original Android smartphone was seen as a bulky, awkward product. Critics loved the slick Android operating system it ran, but the hardware didn’t prompt the universal praise its contemporary, the …

In nearly a decade and a half covering the tech industry, I’ve had the privilege of witnessing companies go all out when showing off their new products. One of the more awkward is the image of Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin on Rollerblades gliding up to the stage to talk about the T-Mobile G1, the original Android phone. From …

MetroPCS is donning a new name. T-Mobile said Monday it’s rebranding MetroPCs  as Metro by T-Mobile and will launch a new campaign to highlight the prepaid brand next month with two new unlimited plans. The plans will have tiers that include Amazon Prime membership and Google One cloud storage. “It drives me crazy that literally millions of hard-working people are struggling to get …

T-Mobile can provide your phone with service, and now it’s looking to bring internet to your home. T-Mobile previously said that it’s looking to become the fourth-biggest internet service provider (ISP) if its merger with Sprint goes through. Now we’re getting details about how big T-Mobile’s goals really are, thanks to its conversations with the FCC (via FierceWireless). The New …