Hasta La Gadget!

At this point, it’s tough to say the Memoir wasn’t official with a straight face, but Samsung and T-Mobile have jointly disclosed all (er, most) of the remaining details that were so sorely missing here at Mobile World Congress. The 8 megapixel handset will boast a Xenon flash, CMOS auto focus and 16x digital zoom, not to mention a full touchscreen and a sophisticated camera menu that enables users to adjust the brightness and flash, change the default destination of images, select a timer and zoom in or out. Moreover, the video recording and TV-out features should provide even more joy in the lives of multimedia lovers, and the blink detection, face detection, anti-shake and geotagging inclusions should shake off any remaining pundits who say there’s not a “real camera” in here. As anticipated, the phone will launch exclusively on T-Mobile USA in just ten days (February 25, if you’re too excited for math), though there’s still no mention of a price. Procrastinate much?

Update: Boom, pricing — $249.99 on a two-year contract with a $50 mail-in rebate. Not the cheapest thing we’ve ever seen, but you get what you pay for, yeah?

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Samsung Memoir hitting T-Mobile USA on February 25 for $249.99 originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 15 Feb 2009 12:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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They finally, really did it. Have you been lugging around that G1 and a GPS unit, grunting disdainfully every time you have to bust the latter out? Well it looks like TeleNav has heard your cries of disgust. The company is officially launching its turn-by-turn GPS navigation for the Android-powered device come February 24th. The software will feature full color 3D graphics, speech recognition, one-click rerouting, and traffic alerts, as well as weather updates, gas prices, and restaurant reviews (the PR claims over 10 million business and services). The service will launch with a 30-day free trial, after which it’ll run you $9.99 a month. While we can’t say we’re too stoked on the price, it’s still not too terrible of a fee to pay to actually put that GPS chip to use (and save some room in your glove compartment). Convergence: we’re almost there.

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TeleNav launches GPS navigation for the G1 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 12 Feb 2009 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Alright, business customers, just wipe that smug grin off your faces, won’t you? The unwashed masses (read: us) have finally been given the green light to rush into T-Mobile stores (and online) to pick up the BlackBerry Curve 8900 for $199.99 on a two-year contract after rebates — not exactly the $149.99 we were hoping for, but we can always hope for Best Buy to get this sucker out the door for a few bucks less than T-Mobile proper.

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BlackBerry Curve 8900 finally available to one and all on T-Mobile originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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At some point, T-Mobile decided it wanted to play in the megapixel big leagues by rolling out the Motorola ZN5 and Samsung Behold, but why stop at a measly little 5 megapixels? The long-rumored t929 Memoir from Samsung has now been officially announced for T-Mobile USA’s funky 3G bands, featuring a full touchscreen, TouchWiz user interface, integrated AGPS, full HTML browser, and — of course — that glorious 8 megapixel sensor with xenon flash. No word on pricing or availability just yet, but we’re told we can expect it some time this month.

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Samsung Memoir officially brings 8 megapixels to T-Mobile originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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T-Mobile USA has beat out Verizon Wireless with 755 of 1,000 possible points in J.D. Power and Associates’ latest wireless customer care performance study, the highest out of all carriers tested, according to RCR Wireless News.

The report said that T-Mobile is adept at transferring calling customers over to a human customer service representative after passing through the carrier’s initial automated response system, improving its score along the way. Verizon Wireless came in second this time, followed by Alltel and AT&T, with Sprint-Nextel bringing up the rear.

“Much of T-Mobile’s success can be attributed to its ability to reach the customer very quickly,” said Kirk Parsons, senior director of wireless services at J.D. Power and Associates, in the article. “More than one-third of T-Mobile subscribers report waiting less than two minutes on hold to speak with a representative. T-Mobile has proved successful when it comes to being prompt, courteous and efficient at identifying and resolving problems in the eyes of its customers.”