Late last week, there seemed to be a problem developing between Twitter and T-Mobile for both their customers. It was reported over at Get Satisfaction that T-Mobile Shuts Down Twitter Service for Good? – with a *TON* of Twitter/T-Mobile users jumping on and adding to the confusion.
This morning, Twitter posted on their blog that the T-Mobile Mix-Up was Technical, indicating that it was their SMS Gateway providers.
Over the weekend we were able to determine that this was purely a technical issue between T-Mobile and Ericsson, the folks who serve our SMS traffic.
Thankfully, if you’re sending Tweets via SMS on your T-Mobile cell phone, they’ll now go through as before.
T-Mobile has finally released an upgrade to their popular MDA called the ‘Wing’. I’ve been a happy T-Mobile MDA owner for well over a year and am trying to decide whether to upgrade to the Wing or wait for the next version.
The Wing is a nice upgrade, revamped keyboard with larger keys, Bluetooth 2.0, 2 Megapixel camera, and Windows Mobile 6. What isn’t updated is the RAM/ROM, which really isn’t a problem, and the processor which runs at 200MHz. The MDA has the same speed processor in it an can at times be really slow. The other item that many, including myself, are missing is the 3G portion. Yes, Tmo only has EDGE right now, and will use a different 3G frequency when they do roll UMTS and HSDPA later this year.
Looks like there is some new services coming from T-Mobile this year. More community services for mobile users, and a consumer version of their push-mail service that is currently offered for business users.
Some question why I stick with T-Mobile when there are so many other choices. Many mobile service providers have better phone selections or provide faster mobile data services.
One of the reasons is that the service I get from their support teams is unmatched. The other big reason is the very competitive pricing compared to the other national carriers. 3G will come along in due time – I have no desire (or the pocketbook) to pay bleeding-edge prices for mobile data. I’ve also got the phone that I had been waiting nearly 5 years for.
Though, 2007 seems like it will be a great year for T-Mobile again as they have the wireless spectrum to roll out 3G services. They are also focusing on bringing the best phones in price/performance to their lineup. Their work on getting the BlackBerry Pearl, and the Windows Mobile based Dash are examples of this. Affordable phones that fit the needs of their customers, not just the 1% that want’s the latest phone to hit the FCC website.
My T-Mobile MDA will be a year old in March, though I have been using one since Oct. 2005. It has been everything that I’d ever wanted in a phone since PDAs started morphing into the phone category. And with T-Mobile’s continued effort in customer satisfaction, I’ll remain a Tmo customer with their upcoming network upgrades and phone selection.
Ah, finally have the full skinny on the free T-Mobile WiFi Hotspot offer for new Windows Vista Users. The offer is for 3 months of service only starting this Friday. While the rumor of this news was spreading around the web this morning, there was no additional information on the length of the offer.
Even for 3 months this is a great chance to try out the hotspot service at your favorite coffee shop.
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