T-Mobile said they would eventually be moving towards a 4G LTE future and away from their HSPA+ network. Today, we have seen the first signs of this promise. XDA user, RunsWithWood noticed this morning that his unlocked Galaxy Note magically had LTE service in the Kansas City area.

The speeds were nothing to get excited over, the screenshots only boast 10Mbps down and 5Mbps up at the highest, but T-Mobile seems to be testing things ahead of their launch. It’s going to be a long while before T-Mo gets their LTE network up to the size of AT&T, let alone Verizon, but this is a good sign nonetheless. 

Been looking to get one of the ever elusive Nexus 4 devices for T-Mobile? Out of the blue, Best Buy now sells it at the $200 subsidized price through their online store, which is good for anyone who has been having troubles acquiring them through Google Play (everybody in the free world).

While we still wait on Google to replenish their unlocked Google Play stock, some folks will undoubtedly settle for signing a new two year agreement just to have this device. We can’t blame them, but then again, the choice is all yours.

Buy.

Cheers Greg!

Back in October of last year, news broke over a change in the legality of unlocking smartphones that were attached to carriers or purchased on-contract. The Librarian of Congress decided that as of January 26, you are no longer allowed to unlock your phone unless given permission by the carrier you purchased it from. Well, there are some ways around that, but for the most part, you are locked onto the carrier you bought your phone from until your contract is up. We should point out that this has nothing to do with “unlocking” the bootloader of your phone. 

The Nexus 4 is finally back in stock at T-Mobile’s website! We aren’t sure for how long, but as of writing this post, it’s still showing as available for $199 (on-contract). With the device hitting “Sold Out” status on Google Play back in December and failing to return, this may be your only option until supply levels are back under  control.

We couldn’t help but chuckle at the price. T-Mobile is claiming that the suggested retail price is $549 and that they have discounted it all the way down to $199. We’re pretty sure that $199 price is just a down payment, though, and that you’ll be paying equal monthly payments for a while to pay for the rest of it.

This is the 16GB version which runs $349 off-contract through Google.

Via:  T-Mobile

Yesterday, T-Mobile USA took to their Facebook page to tease their 4G LTE, which is still in its infancy stage. It was reported last week that their first market was to go live in Las Vegas any day now, but it looks like they are still waiting to flip the switch. According to their post, their 4G LTE will cover 200 million T-Mo customers by the end of 2013, but no say how many markets there will be. 

Watch out, Verizon! Move over, AT&T! Hide yo kids, Sprint! T-Mobile is about ready to flip the switch on their first 4G LTE market here in America. Much like their 1900 MHz HSPA+ launches, T-Mobile will turn on the juice in Las Vegas, followed shortly by Kansas City. Then if all goes as planned, we could see it in Baltimore, Washington D.C., and Houston. 

Up until today, Google was selling their HSPA+ Nexus 7 with an AT&T SIM card, so that users who bought the device could quickly get it connected to AT&T’s network and use it on the go. The AT&T pairing was a bit surprising at first, since the device is actually “unlocked.” After all, T-Mobile also has an HSPA+ network here in the U.S. and wasn’t mentioned anywhere near the device. Well, until now. 

According to reports from multiple sources this morning, it appears that Samsung may be pushing a minor update through Kies out to owners of the Galaxy Note 2 on T-Mobile. The update is supposedly a patch for the Exynos exploit that was discovered early last month, which Samsung began working on a fix for immediately following discovery.