Before the T-Mobile/Sprint merger was approved, T-Mobile made a lot of promises — including one that would bring free internet to students in 10 million households across the United States. Now that the merger is complete, T-Mobile is following up on that and explaining how its Project 10Million will make mobile hotspots available for schools […]
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Lilbits: Lenovo’s AMD gaming laptops, T-Mobile’s Android TV streamer
The Lenovo Legion brand may be expanding to include smartphones soon. But Legion is first and foremost a name associated with Lenovo’s gaming PCs. And the company just introduced a whole bunch of new models powered by AMD Ryzen processor and NVIDIA GeForce graphics. The Lenovo Legion 5 is available with 15 or 17 inch displays, up […]
Lilbits 7-02-2020: Diving into Lakefield
Intel’s new Lakefield processors represent a big step for the chip maker. Like ARM’s big.LITTLE technology, these chips combine two different types of CPU core into a single package, although Intel accomplishes this in a different way thanks to its new Foveros 3D chip stacking technology. The company has been talking about Foveros and Lakefield […]
Lilbits 391: Better WiFi and ARM-based Macs
Apple makes the fastest smartphone processors on the market and the company has been claiming for years that its iPad Pro tablets can outperform laptops with Intel processors at certain tasks. So it’s not surprising that analysts have been claiming for years that Apple would eventually stop using Intel processors in its Mac computers and […]
T-Mobile and Sprint are now one company
The T-Mobile and Sprint merger is complete, and there’s now one less major wireless carrier in the US. In the short term existing customers probably won’t notice much change — if you’re a T-Mobile or Sprint subscriber your plan and service won’t change much right away. But in the long term, the combined company says […]
T-Mobile and Sprint merger moves closer after federal judge rules in favor
The four largest wireless carriers in the United States could become three soon. Nearly two years ago T-Mobile announced plans to acquire Sprint, and the merger was approved by the FCC in 2019. But a group of attorneys general from 13 states and Washington DC filed a lawsuit challenging the deal. Today a federal judge […]
T-Mobile launches home broadband trial (50 Mbps for $50 per month)
US wireless carrier T-Mobile is getting into the in-home internet space, but the company is starting small. T-Mobile is launching an invitation-only pilot program that will let up to 50-thousand households in “rural and underserved areas of the country” use the company’s 4G LTE network in their homes by the end of the year. Those […]
Report: LG Q7 Android One Edition smartphone coming to T-Mobile
It looks like LG may be planning to launch its first Android One smartphone. The folks at xda-developers uncovered evidence that a previously unannounced version of the LG Q7 mid-range smartphone featuring Android One software is in the works, and that it could be available exclusively from T-Mobile in the United States. As an Android […]
T-Mobile will launch a TV service in 2018
Wireless carrier T-Mobile is getting into the TV business. The company has acquired Layer3 TV, and has announced plans to use the company’s technology to launch a TV service in 2018. Details about what that new service will look like a scarce at the moment, but T-Mobile suggests some of the things it won’t have: […]
LG G Pad X2 8.0 Plus tablet (and dock) hits T-Mobile for $240
The LG G Pad X2 8.0 is a tablet with decent specs, including an 8 inch, 1920 x 1200 pixel display, Android 7.0 software, and a 6,300 mAh battery. It’s also an unusual tablet, since it also comes with a “Plus Pack” dock that adds a kickstand, ports, and extra battery life, among other things. […]