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TmoNews claims that all T-Mobile stores will be getting the highly sought after Google Nexus 4 from this month onwards, and this could point towards Google successfully (albeit slowly) resolve their niggling inventory issues surrounding this device, considering how the Nexus 4 had been a hit-and-miss affair on Google Play for quite some time already. Fret not, those of you who love to do all of your shopping online, the Google Nexus 4 will still remain available in the online store itself.

As for how word of the Nexus 4 arriving at T-Mobile stores came around, this was garnered from an internal email which was fired to retail locations, and the memo’s headline does suggest not too subtly that both T-Mobile and Google are going to move full steam ahead with an expanded availability. What was once available in just a few T-Mobile stores will soon arrive on a nationwide availability scale. Chances are you will be able to pick one up for $199 with an accompanying 2-year contract if you are interested.

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According to TmoNews, the Google Nexus 4 should become available in all T-Mobile stores starting in January. It could indicate that Google is slowly resolving inventory issues as the device has been hard to buy from Google Play. The device will remain available in the online store.

The news comes from an internal email sent to retail locations. As the headline of the memo suggests, T-Mobile and Google are going full-on with an expanded availability. The device was already available in a few T-Mobile stores, but it was nothing close to a nationwide availability

After being sold out, Google started referring U.S. customers to T-Mobile. T-Mobile customers could buy the 16GB Nexus 4 online for $199 on a 2-year contract, after a $50 mail-in rebate. For reference, Google is selling the 8GB Nexus 4 for $300 off-contract.

If a 2-year contract is something that you would be willing to do, you should expect the same price, as T-Mobile confirmed the $199 price tag in November. TmoNews believes that each store will only get a few units.

T-Mobile already announced back in November that it would carry the phone, but it was only available online in a few stores. Now, it will be available in-store across the country. Maybe even Google Play will get a reliable inventory soon.

Having a hard time getting your hands on the coveted LG-made Nexus 4? Look to your local retailer: word on the street has it that the device is heading to all T-Mobile retail locations later this month. The phone has been available at select locations since November, but an internal document uncovered by TmoNews promises a full rollout for sometime in January — touting the Nexus 4’s 8MP camera, quad-core processor and 4.7-inch display. The notice didn’t give a specific availability date, but gave stores the green light to sell the device as soon as they receive inventory. The document is also careful to remind employees that the Nexus 4 can still be had through Google and stresses that devices purchased through Play are not eligible for exchange at T-Mobile stores. Skip on past the break to see T-Mobile’s availability expansion notice.

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The FCC is usually busy all-year round, but we’re sure they’re even more busy the closer we get to CES as they probably need to go through a ton of devices just before they’re officially announced during the biggest week in consumer electronics. One such device has just been discovered for T-Mobile called “Wombat.”

According to the FCC filing, the ZTE Wombat will support WCDMA in the 1700MHz band, Bluetooth support for GSM/EDGE in 850/1900MHz bands and will be made available on T-Mobile. The ZTE Wombat will be a bar-style phone combined with a QWERTY keyboard, a 2-megapixel camera, a 1,000mAh battery, microSD card slot and will run a non-smartphone operating system, instead being a mobile device intended for the most basic of needs such as phone calls, messaging and some media features.

The ZTE Wombat has yet to be officially announced by either ZTE or T-Mobile, but we’re sure we’ll be hearing more about the device once CES shows its face next week.

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Thanks to a recent sighting at the Bluetooth SIG website, a certain Samsung SGH-T999L has been sighted. Considering that the SGH-T999 is T-Mobile’s version of the Samsung Galaxy S3, the inclusion of the “L” at the end of the name has some speculating that perhaps this might be the LTE version of the Galaxy S3 designated for T-Mobile’s network. At the moment T-Mobile is the only  one of the four major carriers not to offer LTE. The carrier has plans to launch LTE networks in 2013 with upgrades already underway, so having a LTE version of the Galaxy S3 on their networks does make sense to a certain degree – not to mention it could be a way to attract customers by using one of Android’s most popular devices of 2012.

However since nothing has been confirmed yet, perhaps we shouldn’t get ahead of ourselves. Not to mention with the Samsung Galaxy S4 presumably launching in 2013 as well, and unless this alleged LTE version of the Galaxy S3 launches early 2013, does T-Mobile need an LTE Galaxy S3 and the Galaxy S4 at the same time (assuming T-Mobile offers the Galaxy S4, of course)? Either way what do you guys think? Would you like to see a LTE-enabled Galaxy S3 being offered by T-Mobile?

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