Hasta La Gadget!

When you build a phone around social media and messaging, don’t tick off the people who bought it. That’s the lesson T-Mobile learned the hard way this weekend, when T-Mobile Sidekick users complained ferociously on Twitter and other networks that their data services had stopped working.

On Friday, Sidekick users lost their services, including address book, calendaring, social-networking apps, and Web browsing, when the Microsoft-owned Danger had a server outage. T-Mobile said the problem would be resolved by late Sunday night, but the Seattle P.I. reports that all service has not yet been restored.

The trending topic #tmobilesucks stayed high up on Twitter well into Monday as many T-Mobile users reported via the service that their data services were still down. T-Mobile has been issuing bill credits ranging from $35 to three months of free data to customers who have called customer service to complain, according to Phone News.

The Behold is all grow’d up with its second rendition, moving up in the world from a mere featurephone to an authentic Android-powered contender. T-Mobile’s latest Android set is a full-touch model backed by a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus, flash, and video recording, a 3.2-inch AMOLED display, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, and microSD expansion up to 16GB. Like virtually all Samsung smartphones (and many of its featurephones), the Behold II features an adaptation of the company’s TouchWiz UI and has a 3D “cube menu” for rotating among common features like web browsing and YouTube access. Neither pricing nor availability are being announced right now, but we’re being promised it’ll be around “in time for the holidays.”

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Samsung Behold II marries Android, TouchWiz for T-Mobile originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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See that pink, embossed “Buy now” button in the lower right corner of the above pic? It’s a beacon of hope to UK Android lovers who want more choices, and who for whatever reason aren’t happy with the current selection. As previously discussed, the 3.5-inch Huawei-made T-Mobile Pulse is now available to our friends across the pond, for the enviable price of nada on contract, or £176.16 (about $282 in US) with pay as you go, VAT included. Still looking for the ultimate mobile Gmail experience and a slightly larger than usual display? It’s just a click away below.

Read – With contract
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[Thanks, Liam H]

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T-Mobile Pulse now available in UK originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This is totally out of left field, but TmoNews (which tends to have a pretty solid track record when it comes to all things T-Mobile) is claiming that “select” G1s will be receiving Android 1.6 “Donut” starting… well, right about now. So much for any lingering worries that the first retail Android device was being left high and dry, eh? If everything goes well, the rumor goes on to say that myTouch 3Gs would be getting their own over-the-air upgrade in about 24 hours — and like the 1.5 update before it, it’d likely be a staggered rollout to make sure that T-Mobile doesn’t brick a bazillion phones in one fell swoop. Any G1 owners out there seeing anything yet? This sounds awfully quick, especially considering that the Dev Phone 1 just took delivery of 1.6 a handful of hours ago — but hey, if it’s true, we like T-Mobile’s hustle.

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Android 1.6 getting pushed to G1s starting tonight, myTouch 3Gs in a day? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Counting down the moments with your besties until T-Mobile USA opens up the pre-order page for Motorola’s first-ever Android device? Might as well do something more productive in the meanwhile, particularly since the aforesaid carrier has just announced plans to charge $199.99 for the CLIQ on a two-year agreement. Without a doubt, that’s quite a bit more than the $0.00 we gently expected (okay, not really) it to run, but it’s pretty much par for the course these days. Existing T-Mobile customers that are interested in getting ahold of this thing (in Titanium or Winter White) early can pre-order one from October 19th through November 1st, while newcomers and procrastinators can get theirs in-store starting on November 2nd. So — you in, or what?

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Motorola CLIQ coming to T-Mobile next month for $200 on contract originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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