T-Mobilet USA talks future, Deutsche Telekom weaning it off lifeline

T-Mobilet USA talks future, Deutsche Telekom weaning it off lifeline - Germany's Deutsche Telekom, better known in the States as T-Mobile USA's disciplinarian parent was out in New York today chatting up its American division's prospects for the future, and execs from both sides of the pond had quite a bit to say. The biggest outstanding concerns for the carrier revolve around revenue and customer churn -- which, let's be honest, are the core benchmarks that any carrier in the world is looking to improve -- and the division's CEO Philipp Humm just announced a series of initiatives to help get those numbers in line. On the churn side, they're "going big with Android" to combat the iPhone, continuing to roll out WiFi calling to alleviate network coverage issues, and tightening up "risk management" issues that have let some bill deadbeats slip through the cracks. Funny to think that non-payment is a big enough issue to be a revenue risk for these guys, but it's true.

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T-Mobile Pulse

T-Mobile Pulse is set for October with 257 EUR on the tag

Remember the Huawei U8220? Do you like the idea to bring it to Europe as a T-Mobile Pulse? If so, you then will be pleased to hear some recently appeared details on that. First, we have a new picture of it differs from the old, especially the bottom console keys, they are now placed vertically and the overall shape is smoothed out. In addition, the color scheme is also different. I liked the old one better I should say, but anyway, T-Mobile Pulse, as it was recently presented at a Dutch e-store preorder list, sports a cool black and white body. Price at the same place is 257 EUR. Specs after the jump.

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Smartphone

T-Mobile myTouch 3G will get 3.5mm jack and Android 2.1 as standard

This is not every day when we see a hardware update for a mobile phone. Firmware? - surely, why not. There are plenty of recent examples such as Android 2.1 for devices as old as T-Mobile G1, Windows Mobile 7 with compatibility with the current version. But hardware... It may sound strange, but it's T-Mobile again that has designed and will start selling a new issue of myTouch 3G smartphones with a little bit of extra hardware onboard - a 3.5mm headphone jack.

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