T-Mobile finally brings Android into the WiFi calling game

Eschewing the femtocells that most of its competitors have embraced, T-Mobile USA has long touted WiFi calling as the answer for augmenting its cellular network — problem is, they’ve generally done a poor job of rolling it out to a wide variety of handsets. Notably absent from the compatibility list so far, Android is finally being welcomed to the club today — as rumored — with the recently-announced myTouch and Motorola Defy among the first models to nab the feature. Though availability on currently-sold phones hasn’t been announced, T-Mobile does say that WiFi calling is “anticipated to be available on a growing selection of T-Mobile’s Android-powered smartphones in the coming months,” so we’ll go on record hoping we see a few upgrades in the works ( G2 , we’re looking straight at you). Follow the break for the carrier’s full press release. Continue reading T-Mobile finally brings Android into the WiFi calling game T-Mobile finally brings Android into the WiFi calling game originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 06 Oct 2010 09:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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