T-Mobile this week officially announced the new Galaxy S Blaze 4G smartphone, and that it will be available late March. Here at Mobile World Congress while sorting through the madness we were able to get some hands-on photos of the newest 4G member of the T-Mobile family. The Blaze comes in smack in the middle of the pack in terms of price, and performance and we have all the details.
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T-Mobile USA: 10 LTE devices in 2013 plus 4G iPhone support
T-Mobile USA will have ten LTE devices up for sale by the end of 2013, the carrier's chief technical officer has revealed, with 4G service across 50 markets as well as for the iPhone. Speaking on T-Mobile's so-called "Challenger Strategy" conference call today, CTO Neville Ray described how the carrier would juggle its spectrum holdings to better server a new breed of high-speed hardware. Interestingly, the carrier also seems to be paving the way for 4G iPhone support.
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T-Mobile USA’s Challenger Strategy begins with 4G struggle
T-Mobile USA isn't just planning an LTE network, it's "making amazing 4G services affordable" the carrier claims, as part of its "Challenger Strategy" to claw back subscribers from its rivals. Having blamed the lure of the iPhone 4S for stealing contract customers away in Q4 2011, T-Mobile USA now faces the perhaps tricky task of developing two networks it calls "4G" - HSPA+ and LTE - without leaving customers confused.
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UK 4G LTE in 2012 says Everything Everywhere
UK carriers Orange and T-Mobile plan to launch a 4G LTE network in the country later this year, combined comms company Everything Everywhere has announced, with 1800MHz trials kicking off in one city come April. Bristol will be the first to get 1800MHz LTE from the carriers, while Orange and T-Mobile subscribers across the UK will be able to use their 3G modem to get the best signal, no matter which of the two carriers they're with, from mid-March.
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ZTE reveals 8 new phones imminent: Android and WP7
ZTE has already shown us three of its LTE-toting smartphones for Mobile World Congress next week; now the company has admitted it has a further five waiting in the wings for the smartphone show too. In addition to the Tegra 3-based ZTE Mimosa X, along with the PF200 and N910, the company has a range of other devices running Android and Windows Phone (ZTE actually says "Windows Mobile" but we're assuming that's a mistake) that it hopes will help propel it into the the top three handset companies by 2015.
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T-Mobile USA LTE in 2013 as iPhone pumps churn
T-Mobile USA has confirmed its plans to launch an LTE network in 2013, though the carrier has faced slumping revenues in Q4 2011 as subscribers jump ship to the iPhone 4S available from its rivals. "Not carrying the iPhone led to a significant increase in contract deactivations in the fourth quarter of 2011" CEO and president Philipp Humm conceded today, before announcing a $1.4bn network modernization investment plan for this year and next as it begins to make use of the huge chunk of AWS spectrum AT&T is handing over as compensation after acquisition plans collapsed.
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SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: February 22, 2012
Happy Wednesday everyone. I hope you're all doing well on this hump day. And even if you're not, we've got some interesting tech news to brighten up your day as always. Starting with this - WIMM One Micro app store beta opens today. And speaking of apps, and mobile stuff in general, you know what's right around the corner, right? Yep, it's the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. SlashGear will of course be there with the very latest, and ahead of next week's show, we've put together the MWC 2012 smartphone pre-show rundown.
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Galaxy S Blaze 4G is Spring 2012′s perfect basic smartphone
There’s a device coming to T-Mobile in March that goes by the name Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G, and not unlike its Galaxy S II relatives, it’s got everything the average customer needs to have a fabulous smartphone experience through the summer of 2012. There’s a lot of talk going around of quad-core processors, utterly amazing cameras, and modems that will clear your device out of all unconnectedness, but here’s the long and short of it: the device you’re looking at right now is all you, the average smartphone user, really ever needs. It’s not a flagship, it’s not a top-tier device, it’s not even the most stylish device you can buy for the price: but it is just what you need.
Verizon LTE down across the US: It’s not just you
Today a nationwide outage of LTE networks is hitting the USA and Verizon has been vocal about being on the case with a fix as soon as possible. If you're experiencing data loss in Houson, Dallas, Memphis, greater California, and New York City, you're not alone, though you are unique if you're not able to access 3G data, as Verizon has also noted that all 3G services are operating as they ought to be. This service outage appears to be regulated to the areas listed above, but feel free to be vocal in comments below if you're outside these areas with a problem.
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LightSquared dims as 45% of workforce is slashed
Things around the LightSquared offices have to be looking dim at this point. While the managers of the company continue to fight to get their proposed wireless 4G network approved, denials keep streaming in. LightSquared has announced that is having take rather drastic measures to save money and attempt to stay afloat. The company has announced that it is shedding 45% of its 330 person workforce.
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Google to have ‘smart glasses’ by end of 2012
You could soon be able to see where your friends and, how much farther you have to go until you reach the building for your job interview, and other important information just by walking around. That may sound like the kind of stuff you can get by taking out your smartphone and opening a couple apps, but Google wants it to happen right in front of your face. Yeah, the company is planning on releasing its own brand of futuristing glasses with heads-up displays by the end of the year.
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Nokia opens LTE lab in California
Nokia Siemens Networks is opening a brand new facility in Silicon Valley to work on testing and implementing new technologies based on the emerging 4G LTE standard. The company will allow manufacturers and software developers to test their products on high-sped mobile broadband networks and receive analysis on how those products are performing in an LTE environment. This is the latest mobile lab owned by Nokia Siemens Networks. The company also owns facilities in Finland, France, and South Korea, as well as another one in the US in Dallas.
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