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T-Mobile Expands Hotspot @Home Phone Roster

Looking for a phone that gives you the option of talking over Wi-Fi? T-Mobile is now offering two more such devices, bringing the carrier's total to eight.

The Nokia 6301 and the Samsung SGH-t339 (retailing at $79 and $49 respectively) will allow users to connect to the company's Hotspot @Home Internet phone service.

Use your T-Mobile Wi-Fi phone to place free calls using public T-Mobile hotspots and home routers optimized for the service. Wi-Fi Smartphones increase the geographic area in which you can enjoy the full range of services of your device, even when cellular access is limited. (They also ease traffic on congested cellular networks.)

Key features of the Nokia 6301:

  • Wi-Fi-enabled; supports T-Mobile HotSpot @Home
  • T-Mobile myFavesSM-enabled
  • Music player (supports WMA, MP3, AAC and eAAC+)
  • Stereo Bluetooth connectivity
  • 2.0 megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom and video capture
  • Expandable memory with microSD (support for up to 4GB)
  • Instant messaging; supports AIM, ICQ, Yahoo! Messenger and Windows Live
  • Speakerphone
  • FM radio
  • Tri-band 850/1800/1900 MHz; GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMA
  • Display: 240 x 320 pixels, TFT, 16 million colors
  • Dimensions: 4.2 x 1.7 x 0.5 inches, 3.2 ounces

    Key features of the Samsung t339:

  • Wi-Fi-enabled; supports T-Mobile HotSpot @Home
  • T-Mobile myFaves-enabled
  • Music player (supports MP3, AAC and AAC+)
  • Stereo Bluetooth connectivity
  • 1.3 megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom and video capture
  • Expandable memory with microSD (support for up to 2GB)
  • Instant messaging; supports AIM, ICQ, Yahoo! Messenger and Windows Live
  • Speakerphone
  • Tri-band 850/1800/1900 MHz; GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMA
  • Display: 176 x 220 pixels, TFT, 262k
  • Dimensions: 3.62 x 1.83 x 0.78 inches, 3.3 ounces

    T-Mobile Expands Hotspot @Home Phone Roster