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T-Mobile has just announced their new CEO this morning, and has formally introduced him in a nice meet and greet video that they’ve tossed up on YouTube. T-Mobile has had a few rough months here in the USA, but today they’re looking forward with their new CEO John Legere who has over 32 years of experience in the mobile and communications world.

Earlier this year back in June T-Mobile’s CEO Philipp Humm suddenly resigned from his position, then the very next day reports surfaced that he’d signed with Vodafone. Between the failed merger with AT&T, a slowing network, and far behind the rest of the USA crowd to 4G LTE T-Mobile’s been looking to make a change — and John Legere is just that.

T-Mobile made the announcement earlier today in an official blog post, and have stated that “John is a talented and proven executive who brings a successful track record of leading and operating consumer- and business-focused telecommunications and technology companies.” The video above shows both René Obermann, CEO of Deutsche Telekom, and John Legere, the newly announced USA branches CEO talking about their future together. Here’s what Legere had to say:

I am thrilled to join T-Mobile and lead the Company at such a pivotal time,” T-Mobile is taking a number of significant steps to revitalize the business and I look forward to leading our team and partners to accelerate these efforts to become a force in our industry.”

John Legere is the former CEO of Global Crossing, and spent plenty of time with Dell on duties outside of the US. We’re assuming one of the main tasks at hand is to revitalize their market share, keep the customers happy, and of course lead the charge in T-Mobile’s 2013 4G LTE plans.

[via TmoNews]

T-Mobile USA names John Legere as new CEO, says hello on YouTube is written by Cory Gunther & originally posted on SlashGear.
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A sheet showing the newest SIM card size has been leaked showing T-Mobile working with the hardware that does not work with any other device on the carrier. This sheet ties up well with T-Mobile’s earlier word that they’ll be marketing themselves as an unlocked iPhone 5 alternative carrier for users in the USA that do not want to work with one of the top three – each of them, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint, having their own iterations of the smartphone sold straight through their store officially. Of course you won’t be able to work with 4G LTE here with T-Mobile, and you’ll have to purchase an unlocked iPhone 5, but you’ll have to do what you must!

If you do indeed want to work with T-Mobile with an unlocked iPhone, the sheet you’re seeing here from TmoNews shows that you’ll be able to begin your journey in mid-October at the earliest. As the sheet notes, “the only phone that currently uses a Nano SIM card is the Apple iPhone 5″ and “no T-Mobile devices require this SIM card” at the moment. This card also has some other limits, one of them being 508 contacts with 3 numbers per contact and one email address per contact as well.

T-Mobile plans on bringing a force of advertisements for the public to join their team with the iPhone 5 off-contract once they’ve got their cards in order. If you do plan on purchasing an iPhone 5 off-contract, Apple notes that you’ll be paying the following prices: $649 (16GB), $749 (32GB), And $849 (64GB) – the GB being how much internal storage you’ve got on the device. Also note that there are currently two color combinations available – black and white.

Have a peek at our Apple portal for more information on the iPhone 5 and hit the timeline below to see more bits on Apple’s latest launch. We’ve got hands-on with the iPhone 5 as well as the two new iPod units – cute stuff! Stick around for our eventual review of the iPhone 5 too!

iPhone 5 unofficially coming to T-Mobile as Nano SIM orders leak is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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It appears that the folks at T-Mobile are aiming to keep or gain a new collection of customers on iPhone 5 day – that being this Wednesday – with a plan they call “Unlimited & Unlocked.” This plan will have customers bringing in their unlocked iPhone devices – of all kinds, we must assume, hint hint – with a lure of unlimited data in the mix. Whether or not they’ll offer the same deal for the iPhone 5 as they are prepared to with the iPhone 4S and below is not yet known – what is known is that this is T-Mobile‘s biggest effort to date for working with a phone that they don’t even carry.

Interesting, isn’t it, that the iPhone is such a monster that the fourth largest mobile data carrier in the United States is willing to create advertisements for it without actually carrying it themselves? Here with this new set of Value plans you’ll have anywhere in between $59.99 and $104.99 a month for different amounts of data. The highest cost will have you working with 10 gigabytes of data before you’re throttled while the $59.99 plan has 2GB of data before throttling.

For those of you that do not know, throttling is a term for when you’ve gone over your limit with an “unlimited data” plan where the data then screeches to a near halt. You’ll still have a data connection, but barely. With this system, T-Mobile is able to say they have Unlimited Data – because technically, they do. Plans on other carriers without “Unlimited Data” keep the same speed throughout your usage but begin to charge you monster amounts of “overage” cash once you’ve gone over your monthly allotment.

Select markets will be giving a $100 USD gift card to anyone bringing in an iPhone that signs up for a two-year contract – markets such as Atlanta and New York, in this case. T-Mobile representative Harry Thomas spoke with CNET this week noting how the situation was “a big opportunity to sell people who already have an iPhone.” He also noted that T-Mobile was “hearing from AT&T customers that they are frustrated by costs and capacity constraints – we do have high expectations.”

T-Mobile iPhone again in the mix with “Unlimited & Unlocked” plans is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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The most recent software update for the T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II brings not just Android version 4.0.3 but the ability to use the NFC payment system ISIS. This software is being sent out as a manual update to all of you across the nation who want to get a collection of bug fixes and can be access with your Kies software on either a Windows machine or a Mac. This update brings software code T989UVLH1 and is an “optional update” – but you’re gonna want to get it, for sure.

This update brings bug fixes that T-Mobile does not list that we’re guessing all have to do with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, an update that was pushed to the device earlier this year. Though an NFC/ISIS update is included in this software upgrade, there’s not yet a sign that the Project ISIS environment is in place. We may have to wait a bit longer to see this set of mobile payment abilities fully activated.

To update to the newest version of the software outlined here, you’ll need to make sure you’ve got Kies loaded on your computer first. You can download Kies from Samsung’s Kies site and make it work for your whole Samsung mobile collection of devices. After you’ve got Kies up and running, you’ll want to head to the T-Mobile site for the software update. Follow their instructions to the T and make it work!

Also have a peek at our tag for the Galaxy S II to see all the information you could possibly want on this lovely device. Hit up the T-Mobile USA tag as well to make sure you’re getting what you want out of your carrier, too!’

T-Mobile has released an update which includes the following set of “three exciting opportunities for NFC – beyond mobile payments” possible for devices in the future – not necessarily specifically for all T-Mobile NFC devices, but for the future of NFC devices, so to speak:

“Your wallet. With Isis, you won’t have to carry around a physical credit card, but there’s a lot more in your wallet that can possibly move onto your phone with the introduction and adoption of secure NFC services — things such as reward cards, membership cards and even your personal ID. It also can become a compelling way for merchants to share offers and discounts.

Your key for access and content. With NFC, your phone has the potential to replace your keys and your tickets, and NFC tags can let you access and download rich content.

Your command center. NFC has the potential to automate common tasks and commands. For example, imagine getting into your car at the end of the day, and, with a simple tap, your phone knows to bring up a traffic map and send a quick text message to your family members letting them know you’re on your way.” – T-Mobile

This update also has T-Mobile noting that this situation “won’t happen overnight” but that secure NFC services will indeed be appearing on the carrier “quickly and efficiently”. T-Mobile also notes that they’ve got “special SIM cards” that will work together with NFC to allow wireless functionality with assured secure storage of customers’ personal information – and they’ve got a trusted service manager platform in place for secure information for NFC solutions providers.

This update also notes that T-Mobile’s full collection of NFC-toting smart devices is as follows, with more on the way: Samsung Galaxy S II, Samsung Galaxy S III, HTC Amaze 4G and Blackberry Bold 9900.

T-Mobile Galaxy S II software bump brings NFC ISIS technology [UPDATE with statement] is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Welcome to Thursday folks – just one more work day to go and another weekend will be here. Today a new video gave us a look at reported iPhone 5 parts, and it seems that the iPhone will be sporting a new look with the next iteration. Recent whispers are saying that Nokia will reveal a total of three new Windows Phone devices during its September 5 event in New York City, and today Microsoft updated its logo for the first time in a whopping 25 years.

Twitter has taken away Tumblr Friend Finder functionality, and the inexpensive T-Mobile Concord has launched to bring 4G to budget-minded consumers. It was recently discovered that the SMS security hole known to plague iPhones doesn’t affect other devices running a different OS like Android or BlackBerry, and LG has apparently started working on the screen that may end up gracing the iPhone 5. Speaking of the iPhone, it seems that production on the next model has slowed thanks to a shortage of supplies.

The FCC has approved Verizon’s bid to buy up additional 4G LTE spectrum, and the Xbox 360 will be offering users election coverage starting next week, complete with live streams of the three debates that are planned. A large percentage of consumers are saying that they don’t need 4G LTE service, despite the fact that carriers are advertising it like mad. There’s a new OS X Mountain Lion update on the scene, and it’s bringing some software fixes with it, while today we received word that Facebook’s storage requirements grow by 500TB each and every day.

Sony Mobile has announced that it will be laying off 1,000 employees by March 2014, and the jury that is deciding the Apple and Samsung patent case decided to put in a little bit of overtime today. Paypal will be teaming up with Discover to bring its service to a ton of retail locations, Nissan will be giving prospective buyers of its 2013 Pathfinder a virtual tour of the car with a little help from Kinect, and Amazon has a new event coming up next month, where we’re thinking it will announce a brand new Kindle Fire. It just so happens that we’ll be at that event, so if there is a new Kindle Fire announced, you’ll be able to read all about it here at SlashGear.

Finally tonight, we have a brand new hands-on with the Verizon Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0. Enjoy the rest of your evening everyone, and we’ll see you back here tomorrow night for Friday’s edition of the Wrap-Up!

SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: August 23, 2012 is written by Eric Abent & originally posted on SlashGear.
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