Tonight's widespread outage for T-Mobile customers marks the second major service issue for T-Mobile in less than a month. In October, a server failure caused customers with Sidekick-brand phones to lose much of their data. The current outage is affecting many T-Mobile subscribers who are having problems sending text messages and receiving phone calls tonight.

T-Mobile's Project Dark unlimited affordable cell phone plans rumors are just in time ahead of Walmart's Straight Talk that will kick off this Sunday nationwide.

You might think that there is no way a company like Microsoft could lose your data, but Sidekick users can tell you that's not necessarily the case. Still, a few lawsuits, bad PR, Perez Hilton, and suddenly, today, Microsoft says they "might" have rescued users' data.

T-Mobile is reportedly offering $100 credits to some users who suffered data loss on their Sidekick device, but for some that is just not enough. T-Mobile was hit with two separate class-action lawsuits this week alleging that the company misled consumers into believing that their data was more secure than was the case. The data loss on the T-Mobile Sidekick phones happened October 10th and most of the data is assumed to be unrecoverable.

An AT&T sales rep in Charlotte, NC, where their MicroCell trial is taking place, has corrected the pricing numbers for AT&T's femtocell device, designed to fix issues with holes in AT&T coverage. While initial reports showed a somewhat egregious $19.95 service fee for monthly service, it now appears that's only if someone wants unlimited talk time.

The T-Mobile G1 Black is a brand new phone from T-Mobile which offers a new web experience on your mobile. The integration of Google on this phone is what makes it so popular. The company has taken innovation to a new height by designing this gadget.

The "Take Back the Beep" Campaign that David Pogue started in late July seems to be working. The campaign was a response to the annoying canned carrier messages you receive when you want to leave a voicemail.

New Offerings From T-Mobile Make It Easy to Stay Close With Family and Friends During the Holidays and Beyond.

Well, not really that bargain-basement, but certainly a good discount. Wal-Mart has confirmed that on Wednesday, its stores will start begin selling the T-Mobile G1 phone at a discounted price ... $148.88 with a 2-year agreement (natch). This is $31.11 off the regular price, but more impressively, it's slightly more than 25% off.

On Wednesday, T-Mobile's G1 Android-based phone made its retail appearance (it was previously only available via pre-order to existing T-Mobile customers). T-Mobile opened all of its retail storefronts at 8 AM, anticipating increased demand.

Tuesday morning in New York City, T-Mobile and Google held their much anticipated launch event of the first Android phone, the T-Mobile G1. While the name of the device isn't as snappy as say, iPhone, and while it's unlikely the device is going to generate the buzz of thatdevice, there open-source nature of the device OS and the backing of many partners in the Open Handset Alliance, is bound to give this device legs.