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As Deutsche Telekom (the German carrier behind T-Mobile) issues “premium tickets” to kick start the virtual line-up to buy an upcoming smartphone, customers can only imagine one event: the iPhone 5 launch. This is because the German carrier has done exactly the same thing for the iPhone 4S last year, so most people are willing to bet that this is it – these are the tickets to get the next iPhone.

Those using the premium tickets are supposed to get the first deliveries because those are made following the exact tickets numerical order.

Of course, this is a remote concern for United States customers, but wouldn’t it be interesting if US wireless carriers had something like this? That way, we may be able to avoid the server overload and all the things that can happen during such a rush. If you are really curious, check the DT website (in German).

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: iPhone 5 pre-orders to start 19th/26th September? (Rumor), Deutsche Telekom starts taking pre-orders for iPhone 5,

The good ship T-Mobile isn’t staying anchored in any one port for mobile payments: just hours after the ink started drying on a deal with MasterCard for NFC, the carrier’s parent company Deutsche Telekom has confirmed to Bloomberg that it’s been talking with Google as well. While Deutsche Telekom’s innovation lead Thomas Kiessling hasn’t said more about a pact beyond its being “theoretically possible,” it’s not hard to do the math and picture Google Wallet coming into the equation if discussions go smoothly. Google won’t go so far as to comment on its own — not that the silence is stopping the would-be German partner, which is also chatting up banks and individual credit card firms to make sure everything falls into place. If it pans out, a Google alliance would certainly help T-Mobile fend off competition from Orange in Europe and give Google Wallet some much-needed support.

T-Mobile talking to Google about mobile payments in Europe as well, keeps playing the field originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 04 Jul 2012 00:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sure it’s not as catchy as “Boot to Gecko,” but Mozilla’s newly-christened Firefox OS has already gained favor with a number of carriers, including Deutsche Telekom, Smart, Sprint, Telecom Italia, Telefónica and Telenor — as previously reported, Telefonica-owned Vivo is set to introduce the earliest handsets early next year in Brazil. On the manufacturing side of things, ZTE and TCL Communication Technology (Alcatel One Touch) have signed on to make phones based on the HTML5-powered mobile operating system. Firefox OS will be positioned as a low-priced, entry-level alternative to leading mobile operating systems.

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Mozilla says a slew of carriers and handset makers set to support Firefox OS originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 02 Jul 2012 09:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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