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Archive for the ‘HTC’ Category
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Apple has taken legal action against phone maker HTC, alleging it has infringed patented technology.
HTC has been accused of infringing 20 patents owned by Apple that are used in the iPhone.
Apple said the patent infringements covered technology used in the iPhone interface as well as its “underlying hardware and architecture.”
HTC makes phones for many firms including Google and was behind the Nexus One handset.
 Dr. Cell Phone Repairs both Apple iPhone and HTC Hero In a statement Apple boss Steve Jobs said: “We can sit by and watch competitors steal our patented inventions, or we can do something about it.
“We’ve decided to do something about it,” he said. “We think competition is healthy, but competitors should create their own original technology, not steal ours.”
In its legal filing, Apple is seeking a lasting injunction which would effectively bar HTC from selling phones that use the disputed technology in the US.
The legal action has been filed with the US International Trade Commission and a district court in Delaware.
In its response to the legal action, HTC said it had only just learned about Apple’s legal action and has not had the chance to investigate the filing.
“Until we have had this opportunity, we are unable to comment on the validity of the claims being made against HTC,” it said in a statement.
In addition to making the Nexus One, the first handset to be branded by Google, HTC has also made several handsets that use Google’s Android operating system.
At the same time Apple is locked in legal action with Nokia. The Finnish phone giant sued Apple for patent infringement in October 2009, alleging it had stolen patented technology.
In response, Apple countersued in December 2009. Nokia launched a second round of legal action in the closing days of 2009.
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8545976.stm
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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
I’ve noticed a lot of questions about people with bricked G1’s. The only problem is some people are saying that they’re getting stuck in boot loader. First of all let me tell you from experience. If you can even get to boot loader that means that your G1 is not bricked. It’s just frozen. Anytime your G1 is able to access anything its still salvageable. For anyone in this situation I suggest retracing your steps before you think you bricked and possibly loading another custom rom. Realize that if you decide to root your G1 in the first place, you’re taking a huge risk. These smart phones are nothing more than mini computers and just like a computer you can crash it. Unfortunately you can’t wipe the motherboard of a bricked G1.
 HTC G1 UNBrick Unlock and Hardware Repairs at Dr. Cell Phone Not to mention that these forums are so sketchy in their description of how you’re supposed to go about uploading custom ROMs and radios to you G1. If you’re not careful you’ll upload the wrong radio for your phone and you will defiantly end up with a, “Bricked G1.” By the way. To clarify; A bricked G1 is a G1 that is stuck on a particular screen. No matter how many times you take the battery out and put it back in, the same screen will come up. Even if you try to turn on the G1 in recovery mode, it will still pull up the same screen. So the term is true to the description. Something that’s only good for a paper weight. Someone may as well start collecting all the bricked G1’s, some mortar and build a house for the third little pig. Unless Google knows how to fix them which they won’t do because you voided your warranty when you rooted the phone in the first place before it bricked.
The only hope for someone in this situation is to trust the expert Repair and Software professionals at Dr. Cell Phone, who can try to “UnBrick” your “Bricked”G1 or bring it back to life. However we can not guarantee of it bringing back to life as it depends on how bad you screwed up your phone. Dr. Cell Phone Repair professionals can definitely give it a try and so far they had over 80% success with all those bricked G1 came in for repair.
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
It’s just the beginning of the year and already HTC is on a roll. The company has announced three new smartphones — two of those will run Google’s Android operating system — and a redesigned user interface that aggregates social networking feeds.
The three new HTC phones are HTC Legend, a Nexus One clone called HTC Desire and HTC HD Mini, the only one in the pack to run Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system. The phones have been designed by One & Co, the San Francisco-based design firm that HTC acquired in December 2008.
“HTC Legend and HTC Desire take Android to another level in both substance and style,” said HTC President Peter Chou in a statement.
Thanks to its close partnership with Google, HTC has emerged as a powerhouse maker of Android devices. The company designed the first phone to run Android, the T-Mobile G1. In January, HTC’s Nexus One became the first smartphone to be sold by Google.
Last June, HTC introduced Sense, a user interface that allows users to set up profiles for work and play and has widgets that bring in data from different social networking streams such as Facebook, Twitter and Flickr.
Since then, the idea of aggregating all those feeds and offering them to customers through a single window has popular among cellphone makers. HTC rival Motorola got a jump on the idea with MotoBlur, an interface that aggregates Facebook and Twitter feeds and debuted on the Cliq.
HTC has tried to mimic that with its HTC Friend Stream that organizes updates from different online sources into a single flow. Friend Stream also lets users organize their contacts into different social circles such as groups of friends, colleagues or even high school friends.
All three of HTC’s phones announced Tuesday at the Mobile World Congress conference in Barcelona, Spain, will include the updated Sense interface.
HTC Desire Takes On Nexus One
 HTC Phone Repair at Dr. Cell Phone Yet another Android phone from HTC, the Desire, with its 3.7 inch OLED display, is closest to the Nexus One in terms of its technical prowess and features.
The Desire uses the same Qualcomm 1-GHz Snapdragon processor that we have seen in the Nexus One phone. It has a 3.7-inch display and weighs about 4.7 ounces. It also runs Android 2.1, the latest version of the Android operating system, first seen on the Nexus One.
The Desire, formerly known as HTC Bravo, supports Adobe Flash 10.1. It has a 5-megapixel camera with flash and geotagging capability, digital compass, FM radio, GPS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity.
The phone has an optical joystick surrounded by a narrow button instead of a trackball in an attempt to ostensibly improve usability.
Desire will initially be available in Europe and Australia before the second half of the year, says HTC.
HTC Legend Builds on the Hero
 HTC Legend Repair at Dr. Cell Phone HTC Legend ups the ante in terms of design, says the company. The smartphone’s design is an extension of what we have seen with HTC Hero. The difference is in the softer look and the smooth surface milled from a single aluminum block also known as unibody construction.
It includes a 3.2-inch, OLED display and weighs 4.4 ounces (compared to 4.8 ounces for the iPhone 3G S and 4.5 ounces for the Nexus One). The Legend’s 600-MHz processor, though, is slower than the 1-GHz processor seen in the Nexus One.
Otherwise, the Legend mimics the Desire in terms of what it offers: a 5-megapixel camera, flash, geotagging, digital compass, FM radio, GPS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity.
The Legend will also run Android 2.1 operating system.
The Legend will initially be available in Europe through Vodafone around April, says HTC.
HTC Mini Dials It Down
 HTC Mini Repair at Dr. Cell Phone The HD Mini is the only device in the batch to be based on Windows Mobile 6.5, a signal that HTC, despite its focus on Android, is not yet entirely abandoning the Microsoft platform. With its 3.2-inch LCD screen and 3.8-ounce weight, the Mini is a compact phone that shares almost all the same characteristics as the Legend. What is missing is a digital compass, flash in the camera and geotagging.
There’s also an unexpected design twist that seems to be of questionable value. Once the battery cover is removed, the inside of the phone is a bright yellow. The bad news is that the Mini might not support the newly announced Windows Mobile Phone 7 operating system.
The Mini will be initially launched on Vodafone’s network in Europe.
Read More http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/02/htc-clones-nexus-one-launches-three-new-phones/#ixzz0fpUGCNyr
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Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
Google Inc plans to sell two versions of its own-branded cell phone: one with a service contract with T-Mobile USA and another that is unlocked, a source familiar with the matter said.
 HTC Google Phone Repair at Dr. Cell Phone The phone, manufactured by HTC, has a number of code names such as HTC Passion, Dream or Nexus One and could be available directly though the Google website as early as January 5, according to the source.
Google said on its official blog on Saturday that it was testing a new mobile device with its employees. Media reports have said that Google will sell an unlocked version of the touch screen phone, allowing consumers to pick a carrier of their choice to provide wireless service.
Another version will be linked to Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile USA, which will subsidize the cost of the phone for U.S. consumers who agree to a service contract, the source said. Pricing details were not available.
“In the long term Google will become a seller and get commission from operators,” the source said, adding that other operators are expected to follow T-Mobile’s lead eventually and agree to Google’s terms.
The phone is similar to Apple Inc’s iPhone but has, among other features, an exchangeable battery, a somewhat larger screen and the ability for consumers to add a memory card to the device. Any operator who wants to make the phone available to its customers will have to go through Google, the source said.
“Apple had a phone so hot it changed the business model and got operators to agree to revenue sharing. This is going to change the business too,” the person added.
A T-Mobile representative said the company does not comment on rumors or speculation.
A Google representative would not comment beyond the blog post on Saturday, which said that Google employees were testing an Android-based device to “experiment with new mobile features and capabilities.”
Baird Research analyst Will Power said: “We expect the launch of a new competitive device to be directionally negative for most of the existing smart phone markers, including Apple, Research in Motion, Nokia Oyg, HTC, Motorola Inc, Palm Inc, Samsung and others, while perhaps most negative for the existing Android partners.”
Until now, Google has partnered with many handset makers by offering its open-source Android software as a freely available operating system for smart phones.
As of last month, Google said that more than a dozen phones were available with Android, including the heavily promoted Motorola Droid phone that is available with Verizon Wireless, a unit of Verizon Communications and Vodafone.
Source:http://www.reuters.com/article
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Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
I understood that Windows Mobile 6.5 was going to be a fairly minor update to bridge the gap between WM 6.1 and 7, but as I stated in myWindows Mobile 6.5 review I found too many things still missing from the update that I expected to see even with this understanding. Given the experiences I had with 6.5, I was expecting the same issues on the HTC HD2. I was pleased to discover that HTC didn’t just settle for Windows Mobile 6.5.0 and took it to the next level with several optimizations to make the experience better. There are still a couple of issues I want to see addressed in an update prior to Windows Mobile 7, but HTC did a great job with the HD2 and we may see updates to address these issues too.
Issues solved by HTC
 Dr. Cell Phone Offers Full Range of HTC Repair Services Home/Today screen: As I mentioned in my 6.5 article, I find the default Windows Mobile Home/Today screen to be way too limiting. The WM 6.5 Today screen (accessed by pressing the Home button) is like the WM 6.1 Standard (non-touch screen) Home screen where quick access to your information is provided by scrolling up and down through the different sections. The trouble with it is that you cannot move anything around in the list, remove an item you never use from the list, or switch some of the topics to different applications you use. There just really is NO customizability with this new Home/Today screen. You can still use this same Home/Today screen by turning off the HTC Sense option in the Today screen settings.
HTC addresses the limitations with WM 6.5 Home/Today by enabling HTC Sense by default out of the box. Before trying out the HTC HD2 I though that I would see the same Sense UI experience I have seen on devices like the HTC Hero Google Android smartphone. The Sense UI in Android includes widget support, different social network and data integration, and more. HTC Sense on Windows Mobile 6.5 is really the latest version of TouchFLO 3D taken to the next level. Unfortunately, there are no widgets available like we have seen on HTC Android devices, this may be an operating system issue, so the Sense displays are not completely customizable.
Sense UI on the HD2 is quite slick with a TouchFLO 3D experience that I actually plan to use rather than installing Spb Mobile Shell right away like I did on my T-Mobile Touch Pro2. I like the weather animations, music player, photo viewer, and more. HTC integrates your friends’ Facebook data into your contacts and their People application is very helpful. You will also find HTC has new messaging utilities for text/media messages. The one issue I have with the HTC Sense email utility is that I cannot mark as read, delete or reply to the email right from the Today screen and have to jump into Messaging to take any action.
Stylus needed for common tasks: The HTC HD2 is the first Windows Mobile device with capacitive touch screen so HTC needed to make sure there were no remaining areas where a stylus is needed. I thought Microsoft was going to address this in WM 6.5, but we see this is not the case even one level down. For example, you cannot even create a new appointment in WM 6.5 without using your fingernail or stylus to select a data and time. Not to even mention all of the areas in the settings where a stylus is still required in WM 6.5.
HTC went deep down into the OS and has introduced finger friendly drop downs and selectors in every single area where I had an issue with the default WM 6.5 OS. This includes new appointments, sounds & notifications, regional settings, and more. These same standard non-finger friendly areas are still present if you look in the right places, but HTC has alternative utilities to manage all of these settings right in their Sense UI/TouchFLO 3D interface so if you stay in this environment you will see the finger friendliness. You can even find the default, lame calendar, but there is also the HTC Calendar that is much better. I wish HTC was able to toggle off all the standard WM 6.5 OS level apps and utilities, but maybe there are operating system limits. Again, if you stay in the Sense UI environment you can avoid all these stylus friendly areas.
 
Windows Media Player: Windows Media Player Mobile is still present on the HTC HD2, but HTC has added their own media player to the Sense UI so you can listen to music without diving into WMP. Check out my look at media to see how well the media player does. Note that I actually have Zune Pass subscriptions songs working perfectly on my HD2 and with the Audio Boost utility the HD2 is an awesome media player.
Photos & Video: The Photos & Video application has been around on Windows Mobile for a few years and is again a bit old school with limited usage. HTC has again added their own photo browser and as I showed in the video in my look at media blog post the photo viewer is awesome for quick photo navigation and viewing, along with cool slideshow capability.
Web browser: Internet Explorer Mobile has been upgraded in WM 6.5 and is actually a very nice improvement over the previous versions of the browser. HTC includes this browser on the HD2, but then also adds an optimized version of Opera Mobile 9.7 that absolutely rocks and is setup as the default browser. One of the major reasons I prefer Opera Mobile over the iPhone web browser is the much better text reflow support in Opera Mobile. With the iPhone and Safari you still need to move around the page with your finger even when just reading text. Opera Mobile reflows the text to any zoom level you get to so you only have to move up and down to read text instead of scrolling left and right too.
Remaining issues to be addressed
Start page: We heard that Windows Mobile 6.5 would have some more customization functions on the new Start screen, but the only option when you tap and hold on an icon is to “Move it to top”. There is no way to remove an icon, place it exactly where you want it, or organize them into folders. IMHO, this new Start screen is actually a step back from the Start menu where you did have more customization options. Unfortunately, the same limited functionality is present on the current HTC HD2 device. I now have most of my popular apps on the main first page, but still want better support for customization options.
Finger friendly utilities: As I stated above, HTC provides alternative utilities and apps that address every area I had an issue with in regards to stylus usage on Windows Mobile 6.5. Unfortunately, all the standard apps and utilities are still present and customers may bump into them and be disappointed. I would like to see the ability to hide these since HTC has better replacements.
Stability: I have seen the HD2 freeze up a couple of times and had to power it off and restart it to get things running again. This shouldn’t be happening with such a powerful device and I am sure it is fixable with a firmware update. What happens for me is that the unlock slide doesn’t appear to work, but pressing the Start button does take me into the Start page. I can’t do much when I get here though and then restart it to clear things up. I have not yet had the HD2 lock up on my while actually in an application and working away, just when unlocking the device.
I am enjoying the experience on the HTC HD2 and still think it is the most impressive Windows Mobile device to date. It is a nice alternative to the iPhone with a fabulous display, solid form factor, and good performance overall. I find it to be a very good ebook device with eReader and will show you how awesome it is at GPS navigation tomorrow with CoPilot Live 8. I still want to find applications for Google Voice, Google Talk, and streaming radio, but I have apps for most other functions. It is nice to have my Zune Pass music working fine, but Microsoft needs to provide a better way of getting video content on their devices since that is a big factor that sets the iPhone apart from other smartphones.
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/cell-phones/?p=2641
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Friday, November 20th, 2009
The Motorola Droid and the HTC Droid Eris present a lot for the typical smartphone user to like, including crisp call quality and excellent battery life. A few kinks aside, the Google Android operating system seems versatile and able to handle most minute-to-minute needs in the productivity, communication and entertainment qualities. Despite a few form-factor issues that could make the smartphones off-putting to some users, both Droids come closest to being the long-predicted “iPhone killer.”
 HTC Doid Eris Repair Now Offered by Dr. Cell Phone There’s an interesting bit of legalese on the side of the box containing the Motorola Droid from Verizon Wireless: “DROID is a trademark of Lucasfilm Ltd. and its related companies.”
In the “Star Wars” movies, droids were bumbling robots such as R2D2, inserted into the narrative largely as comic relief. But there’s nothing particularly cute about the form factor of the Motorola Droid: From its weighty, blocky form factor to the way it rumbles “DROID” when you first turn the device on, it seems as if Motorola’s engineers were determined from the drawing board to create the smartphone equivalent of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The other high-profile Google Android phone, the HTC Droid Eris, takes a different approach. Unlike the Motorola Droid, which slides apart to reveal a physical QWERTY keyboard, the Droid Eris is a single-piece touch-screen device reminiscent of the iPhone. At 4.23 ounces (and no physical keyboard), it is substantially lighter and sleeker than the Motorola Droid, which feels like a miniature brick in your pocket.
However, the HTC Droid Eris comes with a trackball for navigation, which I feel was a substantial mistake; Research In Motion has been eliminating trackballs in favor of trackpads for a reason. Besides clogging with grime after weeks or months of use, the trackball made certain functions of the HTC Droid Eris—such as snapping photos—into mildly annoying chores.
Call and Data Quality
Many a reader has complained to me that they love everything about the iPhone, except for the fact that it’s tethered to AT&T. (For its own part, AT&T has reacted strongly against claims that it has a substandard network, threatening to sue Verizon for the latter’s “There’s a Map for That” advertisements and even enlisting “Old School” actor Luke Wilson to tick through AT&T’s supposed benefits in a 30-second spot.)
Neither Droid, running on Verizon’s network, suffered dropped calls. To the contrary, call quality on both the Motorola Droid and the HTC Droid Eris was absolutely crystal clear for both local and long-distance calls. The Motorola Droid feels a little bulky when held against the ear, and the HTC Droid Eris emits a somewhat tinny ring tone; but on the list of potential complaints that one could have with their smartphone, each of those barely rank a mention.
During the past few days, Droid-related message boards have filled with people complaining that the Motorola Droid offers no support for voice dialing with their Bluetooth. This is particularly an issue for road warriors who need hands-free dialing while driving; for others, it may not necessarily be a deal killer. Some community members have been told that Motorola is working on a fix, but I’m wondering whether some enterprising third-party developer may come up with a patch mobile application for the Android Marketplace.
Voice dialing without Bluetooth, however, is surprisingly easy through the one-touch “Voice Dial” widget. Both Droids seemed well-attuned to people’s voices, making calls with no errors.
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Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
HTC and Samsung are at the head of the line of U.S. handset vendors offering Windows Mobile 6.5 phones, the first smartphones based on Microsoft’s new OS that are meant to finally give Microsoft-powered phones features that are on par with those available in Apple’s iPhone.
At an event in New York Tuesday Microsoft also launched its Windows Marketplace for Mobile with 246 applications now available in the mobile apps online store, a small number in comparison to the tens of thousands of applications available on Apple’s App Store for the iPhone.
Windows Mobile 6.5 is the first OS to allow people to download apps for the devices, and Microsoft said that more than 753 software developers worldwide are continuing to build out the catalog.
 Samsung and HTC Repairs at Dr. Cell Phone Microsoft showcased the new phones at an “open house” event in New York that also highlighted other products Microsoft will have on sale for the Christmas holiday shopping season, the ZuneHD and XBox 360 among them. The company also quietly rebranded its new mobile devices “Windows phones,” appearing to distance them from the “Windows Mobile” moniker.
Microsoft Entertainment and Devices Division President Robbie Bach said Microsoft’s aim with all of its new entertainment and mobile devices is to provide innovation to change the way people live their lives. “The technology we are working on today is about changing lifestyles and changing industries,” he said at the event.
Bach said that while in the past, Microsoft’s Windows phones were more suitable for business users, with features geared toward that demographic, the new Windows phones are more consumer-oriented. “We’re adding to that integration with your lifestyle,” he said.
While Microsoft has been touting Windows Mobile 6.5 as an innovative technology that also will help the company compete better with Apple in the smartphone market, analysts have reacted coolly. Some have suggested Microsoft altogether abandon the OS, which has been losing market share and is more than two years behind Apple in terms of features.
For example, the new Windows phones My Phone feature — which allows Windows Mobile users to synchronize information between their phone and the Web — is akin to the MobileMe service from Apple launched last year for iPhone.
In North America, customers can now purchase Windows Mobile 6.5 on the HTC Pure from AT&T and the HTC Imagio from Verizon Wireless. The Samsung Intrepid from Sprint will be available on Oct. 11, and the HTC Tilt 2 from AT&T will be available in the coming weeks.
In Europe, HTC and Samsung also will offer phones, alongside handset providers MDA, Toshiba, LG and TMN.
Bach said that Microsoft plans to ship 30 Windows phones in 20 countries by the end of the year, featuring a range of form factors that will provide choice to customers.
Source:http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/173193/
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Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
Move over Palm Pre, Sprint has another hot touch-screensmartphone to hang its hat on: the HTC Hero.
The HTC Hero is Sprint’s first smartphone based on the Google Android mobile operating system. It is expected to be available Oct. 11, but Sprint is taking preregistration for the HTC Hero starting today.
The 3G HTC Hero comes as the hype around the Sprint-exclusive Palm Pre starts to fizzle out in the shadow of the Apple iPhone 3G S, which has sold millions of units while the Pre has sold fewer than half a million by most estimates.
Sprint said the HTC Hero will be available through all of Sprint’s retail channels and Best Buy for $179.99 after $50 instant savings, a $100 mail-in rebate and a two-year service agreement.
“The arrival of HTC Hero and the Android platform to Sprint’s network is an important milestone for our customers and the U.S. wireless industry,” Kevin Packingham, senior vice president of product development for Sprint, said in a statement.
The HTC Hero is the first HTC smartphone in the U.S. to feature HTC Sense, a feature that lets users customize their smartphone via home-screen panels and widgets.
 Dr. Cell Phone All Set for HTC Hero Repair The HTC Hero smartphone features beveled edges and an angled bottom and is contoured to fit comfortably in users’ hands and against their faces while they’re on a call. The device also uses an anti-fingerprint screen coating for smudge resistance and a longer-lasting, clearer display.
The HTC Hero also features a 3.2-inch HVGA touch-screen display with pinch-to-zoom capabilties. The smartphone is optimized for Web, multimedia and other content and also includes a GPS, a digital compass, a gravity-sensor, a 3.5mm headphone jack, a 5-megapixel autofocus camera and expandable microSD memory.
The HTC Hero integrates a dedicated search button that goes beyond basic search, offering users a contextual experience that searches Twitter, locates contacts, finds e-mails and searches any other area on the smartphone.
Because the HTC Hero for Sprint is Google Android-based it also offers native access to a host of Google applications like Maps, Gmail and more. In addition, it offers access to applications through the Google Android Market, Android’s storefront for free and paid mobile applications and games.
Source: http://www.crn.com/mobile/219501237;
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Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
T-Mobile is stepping up to the plate and competing with the big boys. Kinda.
The new myTouch 3G, which is manufactured by HTC and made exclusively for T-Mobile, will officially launch today (and Dr. Cell Phone repairs it). The Android software produced by Google is also featured on the phone.
This is big for T-Mobile. No, this is HUGE for T-Mobile. This is their iPhone 3G. This is their Blackberry Storm. This is their Palm Pre. If T-Mobile doesn’t see results, their role as player for touch screen superiority will dramatically decrease. The major carriers all have their IT phone. And now, it’s T-Mobile’s turn.
I’ve always thought of T-Mobile as Cinderella. And not the one with Hilary Duff (A Cinderella Story). Or even Drew Barrymore (Ever After). Bare with me on this metaphor…
 Even Stevens was definitely better than Lizzie McGuire. T-Mobile used to be called Voicestream. When Deutsche Telekom bought out T-Mobile, Voicestream died (and was eventually renamed T-Mobile). Voicestream is like Cinderella’s dad. Once he died, things were never the same.
T-Mobile had to start living (competing) with her cruel stepsisters (AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint). Her stepsisters treat her like dirt. She’s an afterthought. They laugh at her and don’t respect her one bit.
But now things are changing. And the myTouch 3G could be the glass slipper T-Mobile has been looking for all along…
 The myTouch 3G is T-Mobile's glass slipper?
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