Also, the Verizon data modem wasn't the carrier's newest or possibly its best.
In either case, you won't find too many apps that aren't either carrier bloatware or part of the native Android experience.
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Of course, alternatives from RIM, Apple, and Android aren't offering carrier billing here either -- but this was a cool opportunity to get a leg up, so here's hoping they end up getting this one worked out.
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Detectives hope the images of him carrying a pink T-mobile carrier bag will jog people's memories.
No. 4 carrier T-Mobile was originally slated to carry Surface computers in its stores--around 1, 200 by fall 2007, according to Microsoft.
Number four carrier T-Mobile USA --a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG (nyse: DT - news - people )--might also be interested in a merger.
The student was carrying a distinctive pink T-Mobile carrier bag.
Of course, he says they "like the iPhone" in the same breath, so we certainly wouldn't rule out carrier involvement here -- but for the moment, the F700's their baby.
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Rival U.S. carrier T-Mobile said it expects to deliver the new BlackBerry for some corporate customers as soon as the end of this week, though it did not provide details on the availability for non-business customers.
On the danger list, according to Greengart: Kyocera and Sanyo, which haven't garnered much carrier support in the U.S. "Their phones fall into the 'free' and 'not free' category, and their 'not free' products aren't that competitive, " says Greengart.
"The concept of being able to access any kind of communication from multiple devices is something fundamental, but so far they've all been kind of clunky -- there hasn't been a carrier-grade solution based on the network itself, " says Charles Gerlach, a director at the consulting firm Mainspring.
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He said Monday he hadn't heard from the carrier since he launched his petition.
T-Mobile, the country's fourth-largest wireless carrier, isn't expected to be an aggressive bidder, if it participates.
Google already has "significant traction" with the fourth largest carrier, T-Mobile USA, the 'Journal reported.
Unlike SpaceShip Two, the Lynx takes off from a runway and doesn't depend on a carrier ship, so it has lower operating costs.
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If you're trying to find the best cell phone network where you live, don't just rely on carrier coverage maps or speed claims -- which are often based on theoretical maximum output from cell towers.
China's navy in recent years has been taking part in antipiracy missions in the in the Gulf of Aden, for example, though it isn't likely the aircraft carrier will be participating in missions far from China's shores in the immediate term.
The Media Hub will also have new billing options, including direct carrier options with T-Mobile in 2011.
But one doesn't just take an aircraft carrier with eight nuclear reactors in its hold and park it somewhere.
It'd be pretty impossible for me to say that carriers can't install whatever they want, but it can't be locked to the carrier.
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Sometimes in the mobile world, selecting a carrier isn't determined so much by devices or plans, but rather which provider best suits your coverage needs.
The carrier wouldn't say how it would price its LTE service.
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To a Sandbridge chip it doesn't matter if your cellular carrier is Sprint or Nextel or whether you are in Europe (GSM) or South Korea (CDMA).
Last summer, for the Glastonbury music festival in England, British phone carrier Orange produced T-shirts that used a so-called piezoelectric panel to convert sound pressure waves into electricity.
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The obligatory logos are here as well: "Galaxy S 4, " located just above the speakers in traditional fashion, and the carrier logo (T-Mobile in this case) underneath the flash.
It's almost a truism to say that the Nexus 4 is near impossible to buy, at least for those who don't want to pay a carrier premium.
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We don't have intel on a release date right now, but we imagine they're itching to get this one out there -- the carrier doesn't offer any ExpressCard option at the moment, amazingly.
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While there isn't a truly independent LTE carrier yet, Rogers' lower-cost Fido label has just taken its promised LTE access live to at least offer some competition among the smaller names in the field.
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And the low-cost carrier isn't letting up: while it plans to shrink overall next year in the face of the recession, it's actually adding service to some of the US cities business travellers frequent the most.
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