"Walmart and other national retailers are able to set their own pricing for T-Mobile products," a T-Mobile spokesperson said.

To help drive sales, T-Mobile is also pitching an "unlimited" data voice and texting plan, though this two-line family plan also has a 2GB monthly data cap.

"After the 2 GB allotment of data is reached, the customer will be notified via a free text message from T-Mobile that they have exceeded that monthly threshold," a T-Mobile spokesperson said in a Monday e-mail. "However, the customer may continue to use the current plan with reduced data speeds for the remainder of the month."

Lumia Device Comparisons

T-Mobile's Lumia 710 and AT&T 's coming Lumia 900 are similar in several respects. For example, both handsets are powered by Microsoft 's Windows Phone 7.5 platform, also known as Mango, and both feature displays that are protected by scratch resistant Gorilla Glass.

Under the hood, the two handsets run Qualcomm's 1.4 GHz Snapdragon processor and 512-megabytes of RAM, together with Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n) and Bluetooth (2.1 +EDR) radios. However, the Lumia 900 will ship with 16 GB of data storage, compared with the 8 GB offered by the Lumia 710.

On the software side, both Nokia smartphones offer an interactive mobile gaming experience through Microsoft's Xbox Live service. In addition, both models provide access to Microsoft's entire range of online services as well as instant access to Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, e-mail, Chat, and SMS over the handset's People Hub.

Still, AT&T's Mango-powered Lumia 900 will feature a number of other design improvements not found on T-Mobile's Lumia 710, such as 4G LTE connectivity. The AT&T handset also will feature a big and bright 4.3-inch AMOLED display, whereas the Lumia 710 is equipped with a smaller 3.7-inch screen based on old TFT technology. (continued...)

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