Following up, T-Mobile and LG have jointly announced the G2X Android smartphone, The phone features support for T-Mobile’s 42Mbps HSPA+ data service, 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core processor, 4-inch capacitive touch display and Android 2.2, 8.0 megapixel rear-facing camera with LED flash and autofocus and a front-facing camera for video calling.
In related news, T-Mobile has also announced the first markets to launch 42Mbps HSPA+ data markets in Las Vegas, New York and Orlando, Fla., followed closely by Chicago and further expansion of the New York network into Long Island, N.Y., and Northern New Jersey later this year. T-Mobile expects 140 million Americans in 25 markets to have access to the increased speeds.
And just what is the point of T-Mobile releasing ANYTHING now that they are being bought out by AT&T and will then have their whole 3G/4G spectrum repurposed for LTE, thereby rendering any current 3/4G T-Mobile device rendered obsolete long before it’s time?
I might reactivate my T-Mobile setrvice just to be a part of this carnage, destruction and ressurection, but there is no way in hell I would upgrade my current phone to any T-Mo offering untill the dust settles and AT&T compliant handsets arrive.
[…] performance, T-Mobile wants to introduce us to a new device, the LG G2x with Google. According to Phone News the new handset features a 1GHz Tegra 2 dual-core processor. Also noted is that the 4-inch […]
Jim, T-Mobile is required to operate as a separate company until regulators approve the merger. They are legally required to continue competing with AT&T to the best of their ability… up to and until the merger is formally executed.