T-Mobile Axes Plan to Charge for Paper Bills

I'm going to right out and say it; I HATE T-mobile, I usually do not write biasedly ( probably not a word) but I have had nothing but trouble from T-Mobile. A T-mobile had another plan to get money from you for inferior service set to go into effect soon. They were planning on charging unfortunate customers a $2 surcharge for having there bills printed out.

I mean REALLY, it's considered a a common courtesy for bills to be printed out and mailed to you. But T-mobile decided to be "Green" (as in give them more greenbacks!) and email you your bill for free instead of mailing it to you normally. Apparently, people caught on to the fact that T-mobile was doing this solely for themselves so they revoked it. Apparently tons of there customers complained so now they are not moving forwards with the plan.

T-mobile had this to say: "Since the announcement we've heard everything from kudos to concerns about the move to paperless -- especially from our customers who today are receiving paper bills at no charge. So, we've decided to not charge our customers a paper bill fee for now. Instead, we'll be taking more time to determine the fairest way possible to encourage people to go paperless." But, they still will charge $2 extra for a more "detailed" bill.

Cool Gadget 2/18/09: The HTC Magic

Meet the T-Mobile G1's much prettier cousin. The next Google Android phone, the HTC Magic (referred to by some as the G2), will be out in Europe this spring. Unveiled at the Mobile World Conference trade show yesterday in Barcelona, the touchscreen HTC Magic will be on the European carrier Vodafone. Vodafone will release the handset in Spain, Italy, UK, France, and Germany this Spring.
The Magic will have have a 3.2 inch touchscreen (a little bigger than the G1's 3.17 inch one), GPS, Wifi capabilities, 3G access, and a 3.2 megapixel camera (without flash though). It will also host a slew of Android applications, Gmail, Youtube, Google Maps (with a new Compass view that changes the street view as you move the phone), and Google Talk. The Magic abandons the G1's clunky physical keyboard for a virtual one, like on the Iphone or Blackberry Storm.
Their is no word on when this potential Iphone-killer (like thats gonna happen, right Apple fans?) will land in the US.