More phones for T-Mobile's HotSpot @Home

Nokia 6301

(Credit: T-Mobile)

T-Mobile announced two new cell phones for its HotSpot @Home service today. The Nokia 6301 is a silver candy bar phone and the SGH-T339 is flip phone in bright red. Both handsets offer integrated Wi-Fi so you'll be able to make calls on T-Mobile's standard cellular network and your home wireless broadband network. And like T-Mobile's other HotSpot @Home handsets, the Nokia 6086, Samsung Katalyst, and Samsung SGH-T409, you can switch between regular and Wi-Fi calls without interruption. Features for both phones are functional without being flashy. The 6301 includes a music player, stereo Bluetooth, a 2-megapixel camera, a speakerphone, messaging, an expandable memory slot, and an FM radio. It also comes with a docking/charging station. The SGH-T339 offers a music player, stereo Bluetooth, a 1.3-megapixel camera, a speakerphone, an expandable memory slot, and messaging. The 6301 is $79.99 with service and the T339 is $49 with service.

[supesguy]

T-Mobile's website is listing these as "Hotspot Enabled" alongside its other Wi-Fi phones that simply say "Hotspot @Home". Is this simply a marketing change or can these new "Hotspot Enabled" phones do more with a Wi-Fi network than just VOIP calling?

[bousozoku]

Have these two been corrected to charge the account of the caller for starting a call on WiFi and when out of reach, switching to the T-Mobile network?

[VeggieDelux]

I have a Blackberry Curve on the HotSpot @ Home service because cell service where I live is bad. Hot Spot @ Home works awesome!! And on any wi-fi network! I have wi-fi at work, home and friends and family's houses, so I am calling for free almost wherever I am. Sometimes moving from wi-fi to cell network can drop a call, but rarely. I recommend this service to anyone, I am surprised other cell companies haven't jumped on the bandwagon!

[royalbayplus]

T-Mobile Hotspot is a complete rippoff! They designed their month to month unlimited service to make it easy for T-Mobile to fraudulently bill you on a continuous basis after you have terminated the account. If you are at a hotel and they charge $10 per day and if you stay a week, it is cheaper (or so you would think) to sign up for 30 days at $39.99. Unfortunately, even when you inform them that they are to cancel and not resume beyond the month, it falls upon deaf ears and they continue to bill you. If you have it on a bank card, the crooks at T-Mobile think they have it made because the bank automatically pays the charges. In fact, T-Mobile will keep billing your bank card and this nonsense is very hard to stop. There ought to be a law prohibiting such unethical billing schemes. If someone wants to have repeated periodic billing, it should have to be affirmatively requested, and not be the default. It is far too convenient for T-Mobile to say, we didn't know you canceled and continue to rip you off. ie: steal your money; bill for services not rendered; bill you for services never utilized; bill for services never requested; bill for services never authorized. As it stands right now they have charged me for over $200.00 in services I never received. Since I overlooked the charges in my statement until this month when the automated larceny hit it has over drafted my account for over $100.00 plus another $70.00 in overdraft charges. 100% it's a felony fraud!