Mobile Broadband Carrier offering iPhone 5 from Apple

Current unlocked iPhone 4 units can only operate at 2G 'edge' speeds on T-Mobile's network, and lack certain network-dependent features, such as Visual Voicemail," said Kunzler.

While the T-Mobile source reportedly speculated on the iPhone's potential impact for T-Mobile's bottom line, such speculation may ring hollow if a pending acquisition by AT&T moves forward. Apple does sell the iPhone 4 as an unlocked device, and could very well do the same with the iPhone 5, but these carrier-specific versions of the device may yet come locked to the reselling carrier's network.

A source told MacTrast that iPhone 5 would operate at 3G speeds on T-Mobile's network.  If the source's claim pans out, the phone would be released simultaneously on all four major U.S. carriers as "an unlocked phone capable of use on any network," wrote MacTrast.

The highly anticipated release of the iPhone 5 is expected to be wildly popular with consumers and possibly extend Apple's lead in the smartphone market.

here are your Apple news items and rumors for Thursday:

T-Mobile already supports “unlocked” iPhones (phones not tied to any specific network) sold by Apple. The iPhone 4 currently supported by Verizon(NYSE:VZ), however, already can function on T-Mobile’s HSPA+ 4G network.

A new report from IHS iSuppli reprinted at MacRumors projects that Apple will maintain its dominance of the tablet market through 2013. “I strongly recommend that we execute our succession plan and name Tim Cook as CEO of Apple,” reads Jobs’ letter. That’s what the CLPF gets for questioning Apple.

T-Mobile iPhone users currently surfing at EDGE speeds?!

T-Mobile iPhone 5 coming in October?

This information comes from a contact within T-Mobile who, speaking with MacTrast, let the world know that the next iPhone (perhaps the iPhone 5, as it were,) would be releasing on the T-Mobile network sometime in early to mid October, 2011."