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We’ve been saying prepaid data plans are going to be the next big wave in mobile, and it looks like T-Mobile’s getting on board — we were just sent this employee training sheet detailing the upcoming Passes plans. All of T-Mobile’s mobile broadband products are eligible, which is nice, but the plans themselves are a bit lame — $10 gets you 100MB of data or a weeks’ access, whichever comes first, $30 gets you 300MB or a a month’s worth of access, while $50 nets you 1GB or 30 days. That’s an odd blend of tiered data pricing and prepaid limits, and it compares poorly to T-Mobile’s standard $39 / month data plan with a 5GB cap. But hey — flexibility isn’t cheap. Expect to see this one launched at CTIA for October release — the docs say the new plans will arrive with a new Jet USB modem and a prepaid SIM card retail package as well.

T-Mobile’s Passes prepaid data plans leak out originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 06 Oct 2010 01:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If there was any scrap of doubt in your mind, we’ll obliterate it for you right now — October 11th is the day Windows Phone 7 will be unveiled in the US, not just at a fancy London event… and wonder of wonders, T-Mobile’s the star of the show. Looks like AT&T won’t be launching Metro UI handsets all alone, eh? The event agenda clearly states there will be “an exclusive showing of T-Mobile powered Windows Phone 7 devices” at 3:30PM EST, and you can bet your britches we’ll be there live to cover the whole thing.

[Thanks, James T.]

Confirmed: Windows Phone 7 launches October 11th in New York City, and T-Mobile’s on board originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 03 Oct 2010 22:13:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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New York City promised subway cell phone coverage five years ago, and Transit Wireless took up the $46 million banner in 2007 — now, three years and a friendly British jab later, at least two major carriers are convinced it’s actually going to happen. Bloomberg reports that T-Mobile and AT&T have both signed ten-year agreements to let their customers access Transit’s subterranean wireless network, which should cover 277 NYC stations in the years to come. Critically, we’re still talking about coverage at just the stations, not actually on board — there’s till no word on when we can expect the tubes themselves to boost our sorry reception bars.

AT&T and T-Mobile will have cell coverage in NYC subway stations originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 02 Oct 2010 17:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We thought about calling this podcast “Unchained Melody” or “The Engadget Podcast: RAW” but our COO got a little concerned about violating some sort of intellectual property laws, so you just get the plain vanilla name. Regardless, it is quite a monster, complete with a radio play set in an AT&T store and 3-D versions of Jerry Seinfeld and Jar-Jar Binks. Dunno how else we can sell you on this one.

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Engadget Podcast 214 – 09.30.2010 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:45:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If the allegedly leaked slide immediately above is the real deal, it looks like the LG Optimus One is destined for T-Mobile, and it’s going to get some serious use out of that 802.11 b/g WiFi radio. We knew the quad-band GSM handset was going to have a shot of Froyo on top of some fairly middling specs, but here’s an unexpected treat: the Android handset just might be the first Android device with UMA support. If you’ve already forgotten what that particular acronym means, we don’t blame you, as Unlicensed Mobile Access hasn’t held the spotlight since the days of HotSpot@Home, but suffice it to say the tech uses a WiFi access point to make free VoIP calls, no cell signal (or minutes) required. It’d be easy to point to this move as a nefarious T-Mobile plot to free up cellular bandwidth a la the femtocell, except it apparently also works the other way, too — the Optimus One will allegedly let you share that HSDPA 7.2 Mbps connection over WiFi with your thirsty laptop.

LG Optimus One headed to T-Mobile with 3G hotspot and WiFi calls? originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 25 Sep 2010 23:51:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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