iPHONE 5 UP FOR PRE-ORDER SOON

Artist rendering of possible iPhone 5

Apple has yet to announce it’s fifth-generation smartphone, but that apparently won’t stop German carrier Deutsche Telekom from selling it. Bloomberg reported on Monday morning that it has confirmed with Deutsche Telekom that, beginning today, DT subscribers may begin reserving Apple’s next-generation iPhone 5 smartphone. The carrier will hand out coupons to customers who reserve the device, despite the fact that no confirmed details surrounding the next iPhone are available.

In a leaked document Best Buy will begin pre-orders in the next few weeks with delivery the first week on October. Also of note in the leaked document is that Sprint will be the third US carrier to get the iPhone.

RUMOR: SPRINT TO ACQUIRE T-MOBILE

Bloombergis reporting that Sprint is in talks to buy mobile rival T-Mobile. Citing multiple anonymous sources, Bloomberg claims discussions between Sprint and Deutsche Telekom, the owner of T-Mobile, have been taking place on and off for some time, and one of the major areas of dispute is T-Mobile USA’s valuation. Should Sprint and Deutsche Telekom eventually come to terms, the deal would reportedly give Deutsche Telekom a sizable stake in Sprint Nextel Corp. following the merger — up to 50%. Sprint declined to comment on the report, while a Deutsche Telekom spokesperson said only that the company “could sell all or part of the U.S. business, and all options are open.”

WINDOWS PHONE 7 SELLING "EXCELLENT" ACCORDING TO DEUTSCHE TELEKOM

A few weeks ago we reported on an LG executive stating that they were disappointed with Windows Phone 7. The executive said Microsoft's new mobile OS has potential, but sales are not meeting expectations and that some people may find it "boring".

Deutsche Telekom, the German mobile phone carrier and owner of T-Mobile Europe and partner in T-Mobile US, has stated Windows Phone 7 sales have been excellent and “We are ahead of budget, Microsoft is very pleased,” Deutsche Telekom’s head of consumer marketing Ingo Hofacker said at a CeBIT preview in Munich.

Of course Hofacker was referring to European sales and not US or global, while the LG comment was based on LG's global sales.