<p>If T-Mobile can't have the iPhone 5, at least it can have its own robot.</p><p>The company on Thursday introduced Tappy, its custom-built phone-testing robotthe first automated testing droid among the mobile carriers.</p><p>The tap-happy machine has its origins in the realization about five years that software was becoming a more frequent reason for device returns, according to Grant Castle, T-Mobile vice president of engineering services and quality assurance.</p><p>A T-Mobile engineer took to the laboratory to test every function of every phone and tablet, and, "in true geek fashion," Castle said, he built a robot.</p><p><a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2409695,00.asp">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/091312-iphone5-tmobile-262450.html?hpg1=bn">T-Mobile&#039;s latest iPhone 5 Week cry for attention: Tappy the robot</a> (Network World)</p><p><a href="http://www.ubergizmo.com/2012/09/t-mobile-introduces-tappy-the-software-testing-robot/">T-Mobile introduces Tappy, the software testing robot</a> (Ubergizmo)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&ned=us&ncl=dakh4kVYkhAfAeMT-bRXrSaCOciRM">8 additional articles.</a></p>