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T-Mobile still in the fight, announces Samsung Blaze 4G

T-Mobile USA may be down, but it's not out. The Samsung Blaze 4G T-Mobile struck a defiant tone today and is making sure to be heard: At the Consumer Electronics Show the company unveiled its latest high-end smartphone, the Samsung Blaze 4G, Samsung Galaxy-class handset. It also said it has expanded its HSPA+ network, which it calls 4G, to 12 additional markets, and added mobile instant-messaging capabilities to its Internet-based Bobsled service. Many questions remain on where T-Mobile goes after  AT&T scrapped a deal to take over the carrier . The company has for months talked about its inability to continue on its own in the U.S., both lacking the spectrum to further upgrade its network to 4G LTE, and the willingness by its parent, Deutsche Telekom, to make such investments. But without AT&T, T-Mobile is back on the path it had set before the deal, positioning itself as an independent and disruptive influence in the industry. "We are here, in fighting shape, and...