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MetroPCS LTE Plans Set for Second Half of 2010

With all this talk about WiMAX and 4.3-inch mobile monsters, an announcement from one of the United States’ smaller wireless carriers getting barely a mutter is no shock to us. Even if that announcement places the smaller company months ahead of the competition. LTE is the network upgrade for two of the major wireless carriers, [...]

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Samsung Freeform Leaps for MetroPCS Wireless

Remember the Samsung Freeform? You should. It made an appearance late last year for Alltel Wireless. But in all honesty, it didn’t make that big of a splash. The phone is a generic, full QWERTY keyboard messaging device, but other than that, it’s just another phone. It’ll be great for the dad out there that [...]

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MetroPCS Introduces Its First Windows Mobile 6.1 Smartphone

MetroPCS and Samsung today launched the Samsung Code (SCH-i220), powered by the older Windows Mobile 6.1 instead of an updated Windows Mobile 6.5. This is still the company’s first Windows Mobile 6.1 though. The Samsung Code supports 3G data connection, comes with build in bluetooth, 2 megapixel camera, microSD card slot and a hardware QWERTY keyboard.

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Samsung Messager SCH-r450 Dressed in Mister Cartoon Edition

Samsung Mobile and MetroPCS collaborated with SA Studios Global to design a limited edition Mr. Cartoon branded Samsung Messager (SCH-r450) with Los Angeles based tattoo artist Mister Cartoon. Mark Machado, known as Mr. Cartoon, is a Mexican-American tattoo and graffiti artist based in Los Angeles, who has worked with numerous celebrities.

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MetroPCS Offers Unlimited Calling to Mexico for $3 per Month

MetroPCS Communications today announces unlimited calling to select locations in Mexico for $3 a month. MetroPCS customers will be able to make unlimited calls to more than 200 landline destinations throughout Mexico and unlimited SMS text messages without any additional charges to four major Mexican cellular carriers: America Movil (Telcel), Telefonica (Movistar), Nextel Mexico and Iusacell. [...]

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MetroPCS Launches GroupLINE for Landline Replacement

MetroPCS launches GroupLINE, a one-call communication solution targeted at families and friends to replace their landline telephones with wireless phones. GroupLINE allows up to five MetroPCS’ Family Plan subscribers to receive calls on a shared GroupLINE number while still maintaining their individual mobile numbers. Any caller, whether or not they are a MetroPCS subscriber, can [...]

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MetroPCS to Offer Samsung Finesse Touch Screen Phone

MetroPCS and Samsung have launched the Samsung Finesse, the first touch screen phone for MetroPCS. The Samsung Finesse’s touch screen display, virtual QWERTY keypad and tactile feedback are designed with Samsung’s TouchWiz interface. The TouchWiz interface incorporates specially designed widgets that allow users to customize and personalize their phone, with instant access to their favorite [...]

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MetroPCS to Offer BlackBerry Curve 8330 Smartphone

MetroPCS Communications today launches their first BlackBerry Curve 8330 smartphone from Research In Motion. MetroPCS is also introducing two unlimited rate plans to support the BlackBerry Curve 8330 smartphone. The $50 personal rate plan, for use with the smartphone, will offer flat rate, unlimited talk, text, web browsing, MMS and BlackBerry email access through BlackBerry [...]

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MetroPCS Launches Service in Waco, Texas

MetroPCS announces the launch of its low cost, flat-rate unlimited wireless services with no signed contract in Waco, offering a diverse selection of service plans, which allow customers to talk 24-hours-a-day, seven days a week, and enhanced service options so that residents can create a wireless experience that best fits their lifestyles. Service plans start as low [...]

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MetroPCS Launches Service in New York City and Greater Boston Area

MetroPCS announces the launch of its flat-rate unlimited wireless services, with no signed contract, in the five boroughs of New York City, Newark, Jersey City and Paterson, N.J., the Greater Boston Area, Worcester, Mass., Providence, R.I. and Manchester, N.H. Service plans start as low as $30 per month, and unlimited long distance service to the 48 [...]

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