Still waiting for your HTC handset to make its way through customs ? Ratchet your hopes just a smidge higher, because the company says it’s making progress. . . . → Read More: Customs slowly letting HTC handsets into the US, can’t say which ones
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 What does one do after generating billions from an initial public stock offering ? Go shopping, of course. . . . → Read More: Facebook likes Karma app, buys the whole darn thing  In Insert Coin, we look at an exciting new tech project that requires funding before it can hit production. If you’d like to pitch a project, please send us a tip with “Insert Coin” as the subject line. On average, North American consumers will spend a lifetime total of five days on failed attempts to pair their dock connector cable with an iPad or iPhone . . . → Read More: Insert Coin: CordLite illuminated iPhone cable (video)  Dish has been tranquil about facing a longer FCC review period for its planned LTE-based 4G network , and now we might have an idea as to why. The satellite TV giant is telling the FCC that it only expects coverage to reach up to 60 million potential customers “within four years,” or about 2016 — six years after MetroPCS and Verizon first flicked their respective 4G switches. . . . → Read More: Dish warns the FCC its 4G LTE might come in earnest as late as 2016  There’s been hints of it coming as early as February , but we now have a smoking gun at the FCC: the Galaxy S III is coming to T-Mobile. A Samsung SGH-T999 has popped up at the agency sporting newly added 1,700MHz AWS support that’s the telltale sign of a T-Mobile device, along with the T999 name itself (the T989 is the network’s Galaxy S II ). It also totes 850MHz and 1,900MHz WCDMA bands being used for HSPA+ data rather than just voice, a clue that the phone is ready for refarmed GSM spectrum . . . . → Read More: Samsung Galaxy S III for T-Mobile hits FCC, brings future-proofed HSPA+ for good measure Here’s an expansion of mobile competition in the US that comes out of left field, even for us: GameStop as a cellular provider. GameStop Mobile, as it’s called, is that rare bird of an AT&T-based MVNO that relies on a bring-your-own-device strategy. As long as your hardware works on AT&T’s 850MHz and 1,900MHz bands and isn’t locked to another carrier, you can bring any GSM- and HSPA-based phone (or data-only device) and use it contract-free: rates start at anything from a strictly pay-as-you-go $5 through to a $55 monthly plan with unlimited voice and text, if just an anemic 500MB of data . . . → Read More: GameStop Mobile launches as AT&T virtual carrier, gives us rare bring-your-own GSM in US (update)  At the end of last year, an Administrative Law Judge issued an initial ruling that Motorola’s mobile devices infringe a bit of Microsoft’s IP. Now, the Commission has affirmed that decision and issued an exclusion order to ban Moto’s offending devices from importation into the US. . . . → Read More: ITC bans Motorola mobile devices for infringing Microsoft patent (updated: MMI responds)  Making his first appearance on the Engadget Mobile Podcast since Episode 86, Chris Ziegler has returned to dive into the week’s wireless news. . . . → Read More: Listen to the Engadget Mobile Podcast, live at 5PM ET with special guest Chris Ziegler!  HTC gave us a quick session to play around with its latest handset, the Desire C . No, it’s not part of the consolidated One series , nor is the company revealing precisely what that “C” stands for — heaven forfend it’s “cheap.” While a humble 320 x 480 touchscreen and 600MHz processor might not set many smartphone obsessives’ hearts a’ racing, it still manages to eke out a HTC Sense-skinned Android 4.0 UI — no mere feat, in our opinion. A 5-megapixel camera and expandable microSD slot are some other welcome specifications and it’s all wrapped up in an attractive matte finish — you can take your pick form black and white in the UK. . . . → Read More: HTC Desire C hands-on (video)  Wondering how the launch of Samsung’s Galaxy S III is going? . . . → Read More: Samsung’s Galaxy S III reportedly notches nine million pre-orders worldwide |
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