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This week a leaked roadmap / product listing chart has been revealed by a user close to the action inside T-Mobile USA. This list shows not only a set of new handsets that will be appearing carried by the company soon, it tips off the date that T-Mobile’s 4G LTE network will be available as well. The Samsung Galaxy Exhibit (in some new flavor or another) has appeared on this list with the BlackBerry Z10 and the Galaxy S III with newly upgraded 4G LTE capabilities for T-Mobile’s unique network bands.

This listing tipped with TMO News shows March the 27th to be a key date for T-Mobile, it being the home of every single one of the five listings included in this leak. Two different models of the Samsung T599 Galaxy Exhibit are listed with official date of reveal being set for the 20th of March. The first BlackBerry 10 all-touch device BlackBerry Z10 has been tipped for the same set of dates, releasing on the 27th.

The T-Mobile Sonic 2.0 Mobile HotSpot LTE has also been tipped for a March 20th reveal date and March 27th date of availability. The Samsung Galaxy S III LTE has also been tipped for a March 20th reveal date but a possibility of two different availability dates, one of them on the 27th, the other on the 3rd of April. Either way we’ve still got the hotspot appearing to be solid for the 27th, so we’ll keep confidence high for that date for launch.

How far the T-Mobile 4G LTE network will go in its infancy is no big secret – not more than a few major cities if we’re super lucky. It’s also been tipped that devices like the Samsung Galaxy Note II have 4G LTE capabilities with T-Mobile in their current state, lying dormant in wait for the strike. We’ll have to wait and see when the big day comes later this month to see how big this launch really will end up being!

[via Android Community]

T-Mobile roadmap leaks with 4G LTE set for March 27th is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Great news if you’re a T-Mobile subscriber, as the company may just be a few short days away from launching its 4G LTE network in Las Vegas. The folks at FierceWireless recently had a talk with a representative of T-Mobile, who said that the original plan was to launch LTE in Vegas during CES 2013. That plan ultimately feel through as T-Mobile needed to make a few last-minute changes to its network, but now the launch should be coming up very soon.

How soon? The representative didn’t get into specifics, but the launch should be coming up within the next few days. If this turns out to be true, then Las Vegas could have T-Mobile LTE up and running as soon as next week, with other places like Kansas City following shortly afterward. What will be the first phones supported by T-Mobile’s LTE network? Apparently, the Galaxy S III and the Galaxy Note II are first up.

That seems to confirm a report we heard a while back that pegged T-Mobile’s Note II with dormant LTE functionality. At the time, T-Mobile said that it could potentially flip the switch on the Note II’s LTE using a simple update, so it looks like that will be just what happens when the company’s LTE network is up and running. Get excited, Galaxy owners, because it sounds like you’ll be the first to taste T-Mobile’s LTE speeds.

T-Mobile has a lot of catching up to do. Verizon should be completing its 4G LTE roll out by the middle of this year, while AT&T has been making announcements about new LTE markets left and right. T-Mobile expects to have 200 million people covered with its LTE network by the end of the year, so it should certainly get off to a good start. Keep it tuned here to SlashGear for more on T-Mobile’s LTE network.

[via FierceWireless]

T-Mobile lighting up LTE network in Las Vegas very soon is written by Eric Abent & originally posted on SlashGear.
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T-Mobile has been busy at CES today, making four big announcements about activities that further its goal in becoming “America’s Un-Carrier.” Among the announcements is a partnership with the MLB, as well as confirmation that the carrier is, indeed, launching an Unlimited Nationwide 4G plan sans-contract. Check out the rest of the announcements after the jump.

On Saturday, we reported that T-Mobile was rumored to be rolling out an unlimited nationwide 4G no-contract plan for 4G Monthly subscribers. T-Mobile confirmed this today, announcing that the $70 monthly plan will be available starting tomorrow. Under the plan, users get unlimited data, with the first 5GB coming in at 4G speeds.

Speaking of 4G, T-Mobile has announced the 4G Connect, which aims to bring instantly-available connectivity to the carrier’s 4G network to a series of laptops, tablets, and ultrabooks. 4G Connect is slated to be included on certain Dell and HP laptops via Qualcomm technology. Depending on the device, users will receive 200MB of free data per month.

Select customers will notice an increase in call quality, with the carrier announcing that it has rolled out HD Voice to its entire nationwide network, offering a “dramatic improvement” in quality. According to T-Mobile, customers can expect more authentic sounding voice quality with less background noise. HD Voice only applies to callers using supported 4G smartphones, however.

Finally, there’s the MLB partnership, making T-Mobile the Official Wireless Sponsor of the Major League Baseball association. The multi-year deal comprises its MLB Advanced Media company, and under it, T-Mobile will supply an On-Field Communication System using the carrier’s 4G network. With the system, managers will be able to communicate with dugouts, and dugouts will be able to communicate with bullpens, among other things. The communication system will be rolled out throughout 2013.

T-Mobile Roundup: MLB partnership, Unlimited Nationwide 4G, and more is written by Brittany Hillen & originally posted on SlashGear.
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While RIM is gearing up to launch BlackBerry 10 at the end of the month, the company is still hard at work launching other phones in the meantime. Case in point, the company officially announced the BlackBerry Curve 9315 on T-Mobile’s network. It’s not a high-end device by any means, but it’s only $49 plus $10 per month for the Equipment Installment Plan.

The phone features a 3.2 MP camera, microSD memory card expansion and a full, physical QWERTY keyboard. RIM will launch on January 23, just seven days before the company unveils its first BlackBerry 10 phones. Pre-sales for the Curve 9315 begin on January 16, and the phone will be priced at $49 on top of a 20-month Equipment Installment Plan for $10 per month.

In case you were curious, the Curve 9315 runs off of BlackBerry 7.1 and includes 3G connectivity as well as a built-in FM radio. The phone itself isn’t anything new, since it looks like a classic BlackBerry device, but either way, those on T-Mobile wanting to get a cheap BlackBerry device now have a reason to do so.

RIM is set to launch BlackBerry 10 on January 30, and have a handful of devices ready to unleash. We’ve already taken a peek at some of the handsets thanks to a few leaked shots, so we already have an idea of what to expect, but nonetheless, we’ll be excited to see what RIM’s new operating system has to offer.

RIM and T-Mobile announce the BlackBerry Curve 9315 is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Welcome to Wednesday evening everyone! We’re back from a brief holiday break and there was plenty of news waiting for us when we returned, so let’s jump into the Wrap-Up. Mark Zuckerberg’s sister Randi found herself with a semi-private photo being shared publicly today, which brought up some debate about Facebook’s privacy policy. Samsung is expected to ship 500 million smartphones in 2013, while we saw a leaked image of a white BlackBerry X10 handset with a QWERTY keyboard. Instagram is facing a class action lawsuit over the controversial changes to its Terms of Service, despite the fact that it has tried to ease users’ minds since the new Terms were announced.

We heard that Windows Blue may still use the controversial Metro UI design, while Mark Cuban spilled the beans on his gadget collection in an AMA on Reddit. Samsung is seeking a ban on Ericsson products here in the US, and the Panasonic P-02E 1080p Android smartphone showed up at the FCC. The expensive yacht that was built for Steve Jobs has been released from the impound lot, and we learned that Netflix will be introducing new social features next year.

Samsung will apparently be showing off a Smart TV UI refresh at CES 2013, and Google has extended free domestic Gmail calls in the US and Canada for another year. Rockstar released a collection of new Grand Theft Auto V screenshots, and we heard that the Samsung Galaxy S III might soon be heading to T-Mobile with LTE functionality. NVIDIA TegraZone landed on Windows RT today, and we heard how loud it is on the International Space Station thanks a new audio clip containing the station’s ambient noise.

Apple has a patent on file for a new kind of curved glass, while Microsoft announced that it will soon be opening six new store locations. The POP charger has been given approval by Apple, which means the project is a go once again, and Google said that it plans to take 90% of Microsoft Office’s audience for itself. Toyota will be paying out $1.1 billion in settlements for cases relating to the floor mat issues with the 2010 Lexus RX, and iPad mini yield problems are starting to look better. Netflix’s Christmas Eve outage was blamed on problems with Amazon’s Web Services, and finally tonight we have a review of the Adorama Flashpoint 500C LED camera light for you to have a look at. That does it for tonight’s Evening Wrap-Up, we hope you enjoy the rest of your night folks!

SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: December 26, 2012 is written by Eric Abent & originally posted on SlashGear.
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