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T-Mobile Expanding 4G HSPA+ Portfolio

Orlando, Fla. – Carrier T-Mobile
expanded its portfolio of 4G products here at the CTIA convention while
revealing the pricing and availability of two previously announced 4G products,
the G-Slate tablet and Sidekick 4G smartphone.

The Slate will be the carrier’s
second tablet.

The newly unveiled 4G products consist
of three USB modems, a 4G mobile hotspot, and an Android smartphone dubbed the
T-Mobile G2x with Google by LG.

The company also announced that
beginning today, it is doubling the theoretical peak download speeds of its 4G
HSPA+ network’s to 42Mbps from 21Mbps in Las Vegas, New York and Orlando.
Chicago, northern New Jersey and Long Island will follow soon. By midyear,
T-Mobile expects 140 million people in 25 cities will be able to access the
increased speeds.

In revealing pricing and
availability of the G-Slate tablet and Sidekick, both Android-based, the
carrier said both models will be available in the spring. The Sidekick will
retail for $99.99 with an unlimited-data plan and $149 with other data plans.
The T-Mobile G-Slate with Google by LG will cost $529 with a qualifying data
plan to consumers who have a T-Mobile voice plan. The tablet features Android
3.0 Honeycomb OS, which is optimized for tablets, and 8.9-inch multitouch 3D
display that requires passive analglyph glasses to view 3D content. The tablet
also captures 720p 3D video and 1080p 2D video. Other features include front-
and rear-facing cameras and video chat over 3G, 4G and Wi-Fi.

In newly announced products, the
carrier said the LG-made G2x 4G phone is due in the spring. It’s said to be one
of the few smartphones announced with dual-core 1GHz processor and the world’s
first phone to capture, store and play back video in full 1080p/24 fps
resolution. It features Android 2.2 OS, dual-core 1GHz Nvidia Tegra 2
processor, 4-inch 400 by 800 capacitive touchscreen, 8-megapixel
camera/camcorder, front-facing 1.3-megapixel camera for video chat, HDMI output
with HDMI mirroring, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, MicroUSB 2.0 and a MicroSDHC card slot
supporting 32GB cards.

 Other newly announced products are the
ZTE-made T-Mobile Rocket 3.0 USB modem, which will be the carrier’s first
42Mbps-capable 4G HSPA+ product. It’s due in the spring at an unannounced
price.

Three new 21Mbps 4G HSPA+
products are the ZTE-made T-Mobile 4G Mobile Hotspot and prepaid T-Mobile
Rocket 4G, both due in the spring at unannounced prices, and the T-Mobile Jet
2.0 USB modem, due March 23 for free with qualifying data plan to T-Mobile
phone subscribers.

The2.64-ounce Mobile Hotspot,
which resembles a clamshell phone, connects up to five Wi-Fi-enabled devices to
T-Mobile’s 4G network, including, tablets, laptops, cameras and e-readers.

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