Most US wireless carriers charge a pretty penny for data plans. But once upon a time Google imagined a world where smartphone customers would pay just $9.99 per month for unlimited data. The Verge has been poring through documents from a court battle between Google and Oracle, and spotted a document outlining Google’s 2006 proposal to subsidize the cost of…
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T-Mobile has updated the launch plans for the SpringBoard tablet, known overseas as the Huawei MediaPad. The 7 inch Android tablet will be available from the US wireless carrier starting November 16th when customers will be able to pick it up for a down payment of $179.99. You’ll notice I said down payment, not price. That’s because you’re not actually…
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T-Mobile will begin offering the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus tablet on November 16th. The tablet has a 7 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display, a 1.2 GHz Samsung Exynos dual core processor, front and rear cameras, and 16GB of storage. It runs Google Android 3.2 Honeycomb. The T-Mobile version will also have an HSPA+ radio. So the good news…
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T-Mobile has unveiled the ship date for its upcoming SpringBoard tablet. You’ll be able to grab the 7 inch tablet starting November 9th. Unfortunately there’s still no word on the price. The T-Mobile SpringBoard is basically a rebranded Huawei MediaPad tablet. It has a 1.2 Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon dual core processor, a 7 inch capacitive touchscreen display, GPS, and front and rear…
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The Huawei MediaPad is an Android tablet with a 7 inch display and a 1.2 Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon dual core processor. The first US distributor for the tablet will be T-Mobile, although the wireless carrier calls the Mediapad the T-Mobile SpringBoard. Now the MediaPad has passed through the FCC website, wearing its own name. You can find more photos, a…
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T-Mobile has announced that it will be adding two new tablets featuring Google Android 3.2 Honeycomb and 4G HSPA+ to its line of Android tablets. The first is the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, which is already available from a number of other wireless carriers in the US. The second is called the T-Mobile SpringBoard, and it’s basically a rebranded Huawei…
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Over the past week Dell has begun rolling out a software update for the Streak 7 tablet, bringing Google Android 3.2 Honeycomb to the 7 inch tablet. Today the company confirmed that the software is rolling out across the US, Europe and Asia for customers with WiFi-only tablets as well as for customers with unlocked 3G tablets. That’s the good…
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T-Mobile currently offers US customers two Android tablets: The Dell Streak 7 and the LG G-Slate. But according to a leaked product roadmap obtained by TmoNews, we can expect three more tablets to hit the T-Mobile lineup in the next month or two. First up is the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. That’s not a huge surprise since several other carriers…
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T-Mobile and Walmart have announced that starting October 16th customers will be able to sign up for a 4G service plan for just $30 per month. The deal will be only be available at T-Mobile.com or in-stores at a Walmart location. The new plan is available without a contract, and for $30 per month you get: Up to 5GB of…
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Huawei introduced a new 7 inch Android tablet called the MediaPad this summer. Now it looks like the Chinese company is getting ready to ship the MediaPad to the US, with the help T-Mobile. The folks at TmoNews dug up a few details about an upcoming T-Mobile tablet from Huawei, and it certainly looks a lot like the MediaPad. I…
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The Dell Streak 7 may have been T-Mobile’s first Android tablet to feature an HSPA+ 4G mobile broadband when it launched earlier this year, but now it’s the first 4G tablet to be discontinued by T-Mobile. The wireless network dropped the tablet on July 20th. The tablet features a 1 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, 16GB…
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You know how baseball games can be long and boring? T-Mobile and the LA Angels have the answer: They’re partnering to rent out Android tablets to anyone attending a game, so you can watch Netflix while you’re at the park or something. OK, actually the idea is that fans will get custom content on the tablets to enhance the experience. For…
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