T-Mobile apologizes and removes ads from notification bar

A T-Mobile spokesperson just dropped the following statement into my inbox, advising customers they have discovered the cause of the Android notification bar advertisements and removed them. T-Mobile apologizes for the inconvenience and hopes we can all move on and have a nice weekend. Our story is just about 28 hours old, so we have to give the folks at Magenta some credit for a swift reaction to their customer concerns.

During a recent software update, a message to promote T-Mobile’s free VIP Zone was mistakenly sent to certain customers and appeared on the notification bar for some Android devices. After T-Mobile was made aware of this mistake, the company stopped the notifications. T-Mobile apologizes for the inconvenience this may have caused customers.

We researched prices on other carriers (and would leave-do to horrible customer service and poor network quality in my area) but T-mobile is so much cheeper than the better services out there-so its a soley financial decision to stay with T-mobile.

But it is interesting that people complain about them as if they are charging Verizon prices. It's mean you have to expect lower quality and lower quality service when the price is so much cheaper.

Going down from t-mobile in price, to say metro or simple mobile, we'r sure everyone would expect less coverage and cheaper handsets. T-mobile does a very good job of maintaining their network, offering high speed and good coverage, and providing cell phone options that (WHile incredibly overpriced sometimes) are quite competitive in today's market.

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T-Mobile tower sale could net nearly $3 billion for Deutsche Telekom

A sale of T-Mobile's tower system could net parent company Deutsche Telekom as much as $3 billion in an auction. According to Macquarie analyst Kevin Smithen, American Tower Corp., Crown Castle International Corp. and SBA Communications Corp are all interested in the towers. The analyst estimates that the towers could fetch $2.25 billion although competitive bidding could bring the price to as much as $3 billion. T-Mobile is looking to sell the towers to fund the purchase of additional spectrum, and an LTE network and to sign Prince Fielder according to Deutsche Telekom's CFO Timotheus Hoettges. The carrier would then lease back the same towers from the company that buys them.

The 7,500 cell towers owned by T-Mobile is the largest number of such towers currently up for sale. Sprint did a sale-leaseback three years ago when it sold 3,080 towers to TowerCo for $680 million. Sprint used the proceeds to reduce debt. Thanks to the leaseback arrangement, T-Mobile will not be losing any tower space nor will it lose any areas of coverage.

Nokia Lumia 710 Appears On T-Mobile’s Website

The Nokia Lumia 710 is Nokia’s first Windows Phone smartphone to launch in the US, and it would appear that the device is getting closer to release as it has now been listed on the T-Mobile website. Although T-Mobile haven’t listed an exact launch date as yet, as it is just listed as coming soon on their website, and the handset will be available for $50 after rebates when you sign up to a new two year contract.

As a reminder, the T-Mobile Nokia Lumia 800 features a 3.7 inch WVGA touchscreen display with an 800 x 480- pixel resolution, there is also 8GB of built in storage and a single core 1.4GHz processor, plus Windows Phone 7.5 Mango.

Other specifications include 512MB of RAM, plus a 5 megapixel camera with an LED flash and it can record HD video in 720p there is also a 1,300 mAh battery and it comes with Bluetooth 2.1, A-GPS, 802.11 b/g/n WiFi and a micro USB port.

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Today is your last chance to score with T-Mobile's 4G Super Sale

Last week we told you about T-Mobile's 4G Super Sale, which ends Sunday after kicking off on Saturday. To repeat, the sale allows you to pick up any phone and selected tablets for the low price of zero down. That is after a mail-in-rebate, and the balance of the device's cost is paid over your next 20 monthly wireless invoices. You also must sign up for two years for Unlimited Value Plan service and have been a T-Mobile customer for at least 18 months. Keep in mind that because the rebate is what lowers your cost to zero, you are laying out money for the purchase which means that you need to bring your wallet if you are heading to the sale.

In addition, T-Mobile's indirect dealers also have a sale that started Saturday and ends Sunday. This sale requires one to have been a T-Mobile customer for at least 22 months. To qualify for the sale, you must sign up for either an Unlimited Classic Talk + Text rate plan with qualifying data feature or a Classic Mobile Broadband rate plan for 2 GB or higher. Once you qualify for this "Last Chance Two Day Sale", you can receive a special rebate of $10 to $300 depending on the device.

This deal is available at T-Mobile's Retail Partner Store locations which does not include national retailers like Best Buy or Walmart. The RPS locations will be able to offer you both the Value Plan sale that the corporate T-Mobile stores are running and the Classic sale. And as an example of what you can save with the latter plan, you can take $200 off the HTC Amaze 4G or the Samsung Galaxy S II with the 5GB plan option. You can get the same discount on the BlackBerry Bold 9900 or the BlackBerry Torch 9810. Take $150 off the myTouch 4G Slide if that is what you are dying for.

So to recap, the Value Plan 4G Super Sale ends today at T-Mobile's corporate locations while the Value Plan sale and the Classic Plan sale both end today at T-Mobile's Retail Partner Stores