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Filed under: Handsets, HTC, T-Mobile, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, Android

If you were a bit taken aback by the £40 ($59) monthly tariff required to take the G1 home for free, apparently you weren’t alone. T-Mobile has hacked that requirement down to £30 ($44) per month, and while the carrier itself has said that it’s not a reaction to poor sales, industry analysts are saying otherwise. In fact, a company spokesperson even states that it has chosen to “offer the device free with a £30 contract to make the pricing more competitive in light of recent device launches,” even though it is “well on track to achieve [its] sales forecasts.” Whatever the agenda, we’re all about getting phones into hands for less, so three cheers all around. Except for you early adopters… bummer, eh?

[Via Pocket-lint]

T-Mobile lowers price of G1 admission in the UK to better compete originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Handsets, HTC, T-Mobile, Windows Mobile, GSM, EDGE

This thing’s been in the pressure cooker for ages at this time, but it seems like T-Mobile might finally be getting within a stone’s throw of actually releasing (or at the very least, declaring) the Shadow II, successor to the Shadow — HTC’s funky little Windows Mobile Standard slider targeted squarely at a consumer audience. The new model moves to WinMo 6.1 from 6 (we should certainly hope so), and as rumored, it appears to at this time support HotSpot WiFi-based calling. It’s no G1 on the geek scale, but if you’re looking to somehow strike a mythical balance between “cool” and “supports ActiveSync,” we might just have your winner.

[Via Phone Scoop]

T-Mobile Shadow II gets FCC-style unveiling originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: HTC, RIM

As you probably learned in grammar school, there’s a time in every gadget’s life when it gets the Colorware treatment — and for the G1 and the Bold, the time is at this time. It’ll run you $150 to dress up your current T-Mobile handset, or the company will ship you a brand new one $725. Prices for the BlackBerry Bold run $139 and $674 for the makeover and the whole phone, respectively. Sure, that’s a pretty pile of change, but if you’d spent your formative years in the East Coast rave scene you’d know just how coveted and stylish a pink, blue and orange G1 really is. If the BlackBerry is more your speed, make sure you check out that sexy number after the break.

[Thanks, Ken]

Continue reading G1 and BlackBerry Bold get the Colorware treatment, finally feel at home with your bippies and lightsticks

G1 and BlackBerry Bold get the Colorware treatment, finally feel at home with your bippies and lightsticks originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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