T-Mobile, AT&T, and Sprint’s Galaxy S II Variants Pose for a Picture

Thanks to Pocket Now we’ve got a nice group shot of the upcoming Galaxy S II U.S. variants. Out of the three, I’m still digging the Nexus S style of T-Mobile’s version, but I’ll be sure to check out all of them equally once they hit the shelves. We should be fully introduced to this threesome this Tuesday at Samsung’s reveal event in NYC. Though Verizon isn’t supposed to get an S II model, there have been rumors there will be a device close in specs coming. This could very well be the LTE Galaxy device we mentioned. More surprises could be in store for Tuesday, so stay tuned.

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T-Mobile Adding New Pay-Per-Use Data to All Smartphone Accounts Without a Data Plan

T-Mobile is making some more changes to their customers’ plans with the rollout of a new Pay-Per-Use data feature on all smartphone accounts. This change will affect around 11.4 million smartphone users currently not enrolled in any kind of data plan on T-Mobile’s network. Although technically, Pay-Per-Use wont cost anything extra, those of you who only use your Android handsets via WiFi will have to be a little vigilant at monitoring the data your apps are using — that is, if you want to avoid extra charges on your monthly bill.

According to this leaked doc on TMoNews, the changes will go into effect on September 15th. Customers will be notified about these new changes with their September billing information prior to the change. It also seems the only way to remove this added data feature is by calling in to customer service. I feel like T-Mobile is changing their plans every other week. Will these new changes be affecting any of our Phandroid readers out there?

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T-Mobile G-Slate 3.1 Update Brings Locked Bootloader

If you’re a T-Mobile G-Slate owner and you fancy yourself an Android modder, you may want to wait before updating your device to the official 3.1 update rolling out right now. I’ve stumbled upon some information that the update will, in fact, lock the bootloader making the flashing of custom ROMs and all the other goodies that come with it, impossible. At least for now.
Up until this update, the LG G-Slate was one of the more developer friendly tablets with fastboot OEM unlock and the Nvidia APX allowing full read/write access to the device. Anyone thinking of skipping the official update altogether only to remain at the mercy of the Android developer community? (They have cake)

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Incredible S packing NFC shows up at the FCC, Could wind up on AT&T and T-Mobile

The HTC Stunning, which we now know to actually be an Incredible S has made its way to the FCC this week under the title “PH85110.” It is the same Incredible S as available now, except for two key differences; one being that this variant will have full NFC capabilities, and the second being that it will support WCDMA bands that are used by AT&T and T-Mobile. The Stunning will also support GSM 850 and 1900. For now, that’s about all we can garner from the filing. We’ll keep you posted!

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