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Review: T-Mobile's G-Slate 9-inch tablet tweener

The form factor isn't the only factor.

I've been playing with T-Mobile/LG's 8.9 inch Android 3.0 tablet for the better part of a week and I think it is an interesting piece of hardware.  This is the first time I've played with Honeycomb, Google's (GOOG) tablet OS, extensively so it took a bit of getting used to.

There are plenty of things wrong with this tablet and I'll get to those below. MORE

Sprint cozies up to Android with Market carrier billing

After offering Google Voice, the carrier now will let you make Market purchases against your monthly bill.

Joining AT&T (T) and T-Mobile (ahem), Sprint (S) will now allow Android users to buy Android Market items and have them charged to their monthly Sprint bill.  This theoretically simplifies purchasing and removes the barrier to entry for paid Apps for some Android users.  Google remarked:

We believe that Direct Carrier Billing is a key MORE

Today in Tech: R.I.P. Flip cam, Flock and Download Squad

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It's official: The Flip digital cam is dead. (Long live, Flip.) Cisco, which bought the startup behind the product line for $590 million back in 2009, will close down the business and lay off all 550 staffers as part of a restructuring of its consumer electronics division. The MORE

Today in Tech: This week's buzziest startup, Twitter creator returning?

A curated selection of the day's newsworthy tech stories from all around the Web. Read on, and join the conversation with a comment below.

This week, the startup everyone's buzzing about is Color, a free mobile app aimed at creating a social experience that maximizes the smart phone's unique technology. Users share and store photos and videos in visual diaries -- besides being able to view their own media, they can also MORE

Can I get out of my T-mobile contract?

Now that it's set to become part of AT&T, many T-Mobile customers are wondering, "Will they let me get out of my contract?" It's the question T-Mobile doesn't want to answer yet.

By Daniel Roberts, reporter

It seems anyone with a cell phone contract has had the thought, whether due to owning an antiquated phone, moving to an area with no service, or dealing with an umpteenth dropped call: "When is my MORE

The upstart company that made the AT&T-mobile merger possible

The AT&T/T-Mobile mega-merger was supposed to be too big for regulators to ever accept. Then came the wild success of industry upstart MetroPCS.

Among the many people who mistakenly dismissed the idea of AT&T (T) buying out T-Mobile as a never-gonna-happen, count T-Mobile's very own top executives. How else to explain their snarky ad campaign that razzed AT&T for running an old, slow and unreliable network?

How so many well-informed people got MORE

AT&T-Mobile: What the analysts say

The acquisition deal announced on Sunday unleashed a flood of analyst's notes

With the fate of so many players at stake -- not just AT&T (T) and Deutsche Telekom (DT), but also Verizon (VZ), Sprint (S), Apple (AAPL), Research in Motion (RIMM), Hewlett Packard (HPQ), Nokia (NOK), Motorola (MOT) and the other makers of Google (GOOG) Android phones, not to mention all the companies that build cell towers -- everybody on MORE

AT&T-Mobile: Merger brings efficiencies, but will consumers see the benefit?

T-Mobile and AT&T say they won't have to raise rates to make more money after the merger, but it's hard to see how they could resist.

At a recent investor conference, T-Mobile's top executives made a point of belittling data plans for smartphone users offered by rivals AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ). T-Mobile's entry-level data plan costs $10, they pointed out, while AT&T demands 50% more for the same 200 megabyte-a-month MORE

When will T-Mobile get the iPhone?

It tells existing U.S. customers to hold tight. Offers them "cutting edge" Androids instead.

If the merger of AT&T (T) and T-Mobile USA (DT) announced Sunday wins regulatory approval -- still a big if --Apple (AAPL) may count itself one of the deal's beneficiaries. It will have expanded the addressable market for its mobile phones and tablets by nearly 34 million potential customers.

But with a merger this big, the wheels of MORE

AT&T-Mobile and Verizon: Is Sprint third place in a two-man race?

What does AT&T's $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA mean for Sprint? A whole lot of trouble.

Sprint (S), the third-largest U.S. carrier, has struggled to find its niche for years. It spent billions of dollars building out a WiMAX 4G network that has failed to pay off. It's also battled customer losses (a.k.a. churn in industry lingo) and a reputation for less-than-stellar customer service. Assuming AT&T's (T) acquisition of T-Mobile MORE