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For all of you Google Nexus 4 owners out there, heads up – T-Mobile has rolled out an Over The Air (OTA) software update on Tuesday. This happens to be a lightweight maintenance update which comes at a size of just 1.8MB, and has been listed as software version JWR66Y. Basically, this particular update is all about security, so for those of you out there who have taken the opportunity to root your device, you would not be on the receiving end of the update, never mind that it takes up a paltry amount of storage space on your device. Despite that, T-Mobile still plays it safe, asking you to have at least half of your battery charge when you perform the download and installation process of the software update.

It its previous update, version JWR66V, it saw the delivery of Android 4.3 Jelly Bean to the handset. Should your Nexus 4 still be running on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean, then you can be sure that you are at least one update behind to catch up with. Word on the street has it that other Nexus-named devices as well as Google Play Editions will also receive this very security fix. For those of you who have already installed the update, how do you find it treating you so far?

T-Mobile Nexus 4 Software Update Arrives original content from Ubergizmo.

We all very well know the dangers of texting and driving – where doing both, especially when you have one hand on the wheel and the other on your handset, could prove fatal – not only to you, but to the other motorists on the road as well, as a momentary lapse of concentration could end up as a disaster. The sad part is, you still see many people flout local laws concerning driving and using your handset, and even worse, some folks take things for granted and decide to text while they are behind the wheel, and it is not even a red light to boot. Hence, it is nice to see the main four mobile operators in the US, namely Sprint, Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile (in no particular order) have joined forces to deliver the “It Can Wait” campaign against texting and driving, where you can see a documentary of it above.

This week, the documentary known as “From One Second to the Next” debuted, and it was directed by noted filmmaker Werner Herzog. Herzog said, “When you get a message while driving, it’s hard not to pick up your phone.With this film, we want to help make people more aware of the potential consequences of that action.”

Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile And Sprint Unite Against Texting And Driving In Documentary original content from Ubergizmo.

According to recent statistics, it was suggested that T-Mobile managed to prevent at least 400,000 customers from leaving the carrier thanks in part to the company finally getting the iPhone 5 onto its network. However it seems that T-Mobile does not necessarily think that the iPhone was what helped the carrier with their recent surge of customers, and speaking in an interview with AllThingsD, T-Mobile’s CEO, John Legere, suggested that perhaps it was T-Mobile’s message and service offerings as one of the main reasons the company enjoyed a turnaround, one of them being T-Mobile’s “Un-carrier” program.

Of course we don’t expect that Apple’s iPhone singlehandedly managed to turn T-Mobile’s troubles away, although in the past we have heard of carriers losing their subscribers to their rivals simply because they were not able to offer their customers the phone they wanted, in this case it would be the iPhone. What do you guys think? Any T-Mobile subscribers out there agree that it was the carrier’s new services and plans that made you stay or sign up with them? Or was it because they started to offer the iPhone officially on their network that made you hop on board?

T-Mobile’s CEO Attributes Surge Of Customers To Carrier’s New Services, Not iPhone original content from Ubergizmo.

You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 24 hours — all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and enjoy.

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Following the formal reveal of the LG G2 yesterday, UK network Three was quick to report its plan to offer the handset “soon,” so we thought we’d follow up with all the other major providers to see where else you’ll eventually be able to find one. O2 is also on board, although it would only commit to a vague release window of “later this year.” Vodafone said it currently has no plans to offer the G2, and while EE has “nothing to announce,” we couldn’t get any assurance that it wouldn’t show up on its 4G network, or on the Orange or T-Mobile brands. Retailer Carphone Warehouse has put a tentative October arrival date on its website, and although we’re still waiting on a response from Phones 4U, you’ll more than likely be able to find it there, too. So, if you’ve developed a particular taste for the slim bezel design and quirky button placement, you’ll have at least a few options come launch time.

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Via: CNET

Source: Three, Carphone Warehouse