Die hard T-mobile fans and those of you believing in the power of EDGE data speeds have a treat coming October 1, 2008.  With half a dozen 3G enable handsets and 13,000 UMTS tower locations, the full nationwide rollout of T-mobile’s 3G network is coming in a little over 2 months.  Before we get ahead of ourselves on this one, remember as always this is could just be a rumor and New York City could still be one of the few locations with a 3G connection on October 1st.

Although the 3G rollout is being considered nationwide, it will be a rollout across the nation in the largest T-mobile markets (refer to list below). As far as device launches go, the Android-based handset is still planned for a Q4 2008 launch along with the first 3G flagship device, the Sony Ericsson Bella.  There are also talks of a 5.0 megapixel Samsung device being released in Q4 2008, but we wouldn’t be surprised if Palm released a Treo with a 3.0 megapixel camera before this happens.

Here is a list of the cities that will be included in the T-mobile 3G Nationwide rollout: New York City, Austin, NJ and Long Island, Las Vegas, Minneapolis, Miami, Dallas, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, Denver, Detroit, Orlando, Kansas city, Atlanta, Los Angeles, New England, Portland, Sacramento, San Diego, Seattle, Washington DC, San Francisco, Birmingham, Memphis, Tampa, Phoenix.

[Via: TmoNews]