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It’s been just over a month since HTC’s Magic / Sapphire first made its way through the FCC, although without any indication its destiny lied with T-Mobile. Well, it’s back for Round Two, and this time the images clearly have the company’s logo emblazoned at the top, just as it was at MWC when Google was showcasing its offline Gmail, and 7.2Mbps HSDPA. Yep, it’s clearly heading to you-know-who’s 3G network. No “G2” in sight, so for now we’ll have to wait to see which of the three likely names — or something else entirely — T-Mo decides to run with.

[Via Cellphone SIgnal]

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HTC Magic (Sapphire) with T-Mobile USA logo hits the FCC originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Well, after weeks of speculations and false alarms, it looks like T-Mobile’s officially saying the “Cupcake” Android update will hit the G1 sometime next month. That’s at least the word according to the T-Mo spokeperson Pocket-lint got hold of — who went out of his way to disclaim any connection with the upcoming launch of the HTC Magic. In any event, we’re hoping all this bake time has fixed some of those bugs and lag problems, but we’ll see in a few weeks.

[Via Talk Android]

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Cupcake Android update coming to G1 in April originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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T-Mobile has added two new colors—White Aqua and White Silver—for the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic, according to Engadget Mobile. The handset is still available in red as well, and it’s still available for free with a two-year contract from T-Mobile USA.

The only thing left for Nokia to do is figure out how to get more U.S. carriers to pick up their smartphones, and not just low-end feature phones like the 5310. In essence, that means T-Mobile and AT&T, since Nokia still doesn’t build CDMA-compatible handsets that would work on Verizon, Sprint, Alltel, or Virgin Mobile.

A few weeks ago, T-Mobile began testing a $50 unlimited voice plan in San Francisco. Now Engadget is reporting that T-Mobile is already finished with its little test and has now taken the plan nationwide.

It’s a good value. It even one-ups the carrier’s compelling UMA-based unlimited Wi-Fi calling options, since the new plan also works over T-Mobile’s cellular network and not just in hotspots.

As before, the plan is only available to customers who had been with the company at least 22 months, and who have been in good standing the entire time, according to the report.

When we were kids, a box of cereal wasn’t worth eating if there wasn’t a free toy buried in the bottom somewhere. Emma Schweiger of Janesville Township, Wisconsin has sadly forgotten those days, reacting in horror not joy when she found an unexpected free prize in her bag of potato chips purchased at Aldi. While rummaging through the greasy fragments she uncovered an aged Nokia handset, bereft of charge, covered in cholesterol, and sporting a T-Mobile SIM card. No address book has yet been retrieved to identify the phone’s owner, but the discolored disc on the back where an adhesive belt clip had been applied is a pretty strong clue to how it came to its carb-laden cocoon. As for Schweiger, she’s pledged to always pour her bag of chips into a bowl prior to eating — which happens to also be the easiest way to get the toy out of a particularly unappealing box of cereal.

[Via Engadget Spanish]

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Bonus cellphone found in bag of Aldi potato chips, charger unfortunately absent originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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