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We’re not sure why T-Mobile would be market-testing names other than “G2” for its upcoming HTC Sapphire, but it apparently is — and if these leaked slides are to be believed, it’s not doing so well on the ideas front. Seriously: “T-Mobile Genius 3G with Google” and “Prism 3G with Google” both trade in the well-known G-series branding for banal anonymity, and “myTouch 3G with Google” just sounds like a skin disease that’s gone from bad to worse. Interestingly, “T-Mobile G3” is also on the list, which makes us wonder if there’s a less-drastic G2 model in the works, but that’s pure speculation on our part — what we do know is that we’d take Vodafone’s Magic branding over any of these other sad options in a heartbeat.

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T-Mobile market testing terrible names for the HTC Magic / Sapphire originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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So the juicy part of this rumor has to be the fact that T-Mobile could get a branded version of the lovely HTC Snap (or rather the US-specific S522, which doesn’t carry the Snap name), a belief based on a leaked ROM rife with references to the carrier’s name and logo. Of course, seeing how T-Mobile was HTC’s partner on the Excalibur / Dash, it makes a lot of sense that they’d want to carry on the portrait QWERTY tradition there with an updated model, which is precisely where the S522 fits into the puzzle. This is where it gets weird, though: the ROM apparently has wiped all references to Inner Circle, HTC’s software tweak that lets you selectively filter out emails from anyone not on your whitelist. Why they’d want to get rid of it is unclear since it wouldn’t seem to affect carrier revenue in any way, so we’re holding out hope that it’ll reappear by the time the device ships — if this rumor even ends up checking out, that is.

[Via pocketnow.com]

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HTC Snap coming to T-Mobile sans Inner Circle? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It hasn’t been verified, but optimistic T-Mobile customers aching to get a little broadband on the beach might want to schedule their trips to Honolulu around Q4 — at least if you’re willing to believe this 3G rollout schedule that’s apparently being sent out this morning. Other notable cities on the list include Milwaukee, Tucson, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Nashville and Salt Lake City, as well as a wide swath of Texas. We’re poking around for confirmation — at the very least, this list doesn’t contradict anything T-Mo’s said in the past, but we’ll let you know.

[Via Boy Genius Report]

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T-Mobile’s 2009 3G rollout schedule leaked? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The gang at TmoNews have it from a “trusted source” what’s purported to be a list of tentative release dates for nearly a dozen T-Mobile phones. At the top on that list is the Sidekick 2009 (a.k.a. “Blade”) for May 13th, followed by heavy hitters HTC Snap and HTC Rhodium (Touch Pro2) for July 1st / 22nd, respectively. Rounding out the list is a pre-paid Nokia 1661 for April 29th, a mysterious Sony Ericsson CS8 for June 24th, six Samsung T-series phones all debuting between May 6th and August 19th, and a big, fat “TBD” for the HTC Magic (Sapphire). Don’t think these dates as gospel, but with less than six weeks until Blade’s rumored to hit retail, we’ll know soon enough if this list has any credence

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Sidekick 2009, HTC Snap and Touch Pro2 dated for T-Mobile? originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 05 Apr 2009 20:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It looks like the HTC Rhodium (that’s the Touch Pro2’s codename, if you’re keeping track) is inching ever closer to its launch on T-Mobile as the Wing II — the slider QWERTY handset just arrived at the FCC. The listing is awfully meager at the moment, but it looks like the model number will be the RHOD100, for those of you prone to prowling government databases late at night. Of course, there’s no word on release date or anything like that, but we’re willing to wait for this sexy piece loaded up with Windows Mobile 6.5. Engineers and RF fetishists, your SAR reports await at the read link.

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HTC Rhodium / T-Mobile Wing II hits the FCC originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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