The HTC Desire finally makes its long-awaited American debut today through U.S. Cellular. The carrier has been promising to bring the smartphone to its network for a few months as it plans to bolster its Android offerings. The Desire runs Android 2.1 and has a 3.7-inch Super LCD, a 5-megapixel camera, and the ever-popular 1GHz …

They might be dying out in the UK — a poignant, elegant reminder of a time before mobile phones — but Google is taking red telephone boxes across the Atlantic. After the integration of Google Voice into Gmail was announced, it was also revealed that the K6 (as the red telephone box is also known) would be installed in a …

Have you ever wondered why it’s so difficult to find information about when your wireless contract ends? Or have you ever gotten so angry at a service provider that you threaten to cancel all the services you get bundled from them? Well, you’re not alone. This week in Ask Maggie, I answer one reader’s question about finding information on a …

MetroPCS has plans to launch its LTE network in September using Samsung networking equipment, according to Jaebeom Choi, a Samsung executive in charge of systems research and development. The Wall Street Journal reports that MetroPCS will also have a Samsung phone called the Samsung Craft (also known as the Samsung SCH-R900), which promises to be the first LTE phone. The …

Al Moschner probably wouldn’t blame you if you’ve never heard of Cricket Wireless. But if he has his way, you’ll know about his company soon enough. As the executive vice president and chief operating officer of the nation’s seventh-largest wireless carrier, Moschner directs marketing and branding efforts for Cricket’s products and services. A subsidiary of Leap Wireless International founded in …

Mozilla is one step closer to getting its Firefox browser surfing on Android phones, and on the Nokia N900. On Friday the company issued an alpha version of Fennec, the code name for every instance of “Firefox Mobile” that’s still in development stages. Features-wise, Fennec alpha is very similar to the Fennec prealpha we got a peek at in April, …

The Nokia C6 is now available free on contract from Vodafone, following a period where you could only get it SIM-free. A free C6 is available for a reasonable £20 a month, but it ties you to a two-year contract. This gives you 100 minutes, 500 texts and 500MB of mobile Internet every month. If you’re willing to pay £5 …

Best Buy announced Friday morning that the Samsung Fascinate will be available for preorder starting Sunday, August 29. Verizon Wireless’ version of the Galaxy S smartphone features a 4-inch Super AMOLED display, a 1GHz Hummingbird processor, and runs the Android 2.1 operating system. As an added incentive, Reward Zone members can reserve the Fascinate today at a nearby Best Buy …

Fed up with using your iPhone‘s touchscreen for games and looking for a proper gamepad experience? Look no further, because the iControlPad will be with you soon. The device has been in development for some time. It allows you to fit a jailbroken iPhone in between two side clips that hold a gamepad below the phone in landscape mode, like …

A mere 2 per cent of people in the UK are planning to buy a 3D-enabled TV in the next year, according to a new survey. Of 4,199 UK shoppers quizzed, only 89 of them said they would seriously consider buying a 3D-ready television in the next 12 months, the Telegraph reports. The research was conducted by YouGov for auditor …

Ford Ford will tap into the power of Wi-Fi by wirelessly sending its Sync in-car software to vehicles as they’re built on the assembly line. Touting itself as the first automaker to use Wi-Fi on the assembly line, Ford said Thursday that the new process will cut out the need to build and store Sync modules for each car, helping …

Nokia is taking its time with the Nokia N8, its first phone to run Symbian 3, in the hope it won’t have the same birthing pains as the Nokia N97. But the Nokia C7-00 — the second, more affordable Symbian 3 phone — is already leaking all over the Russian Mobile-Review blog. Expect the C7 to have an 8-megapixel camera with two LED …

Verizon Wireless has released an over-the-air update Thursday that will allow owners of the original Motorola Droid to download Adobe Flash Player 10.1 via the Android Market. This is great news for Droid owners, as the OTA firmware upgrade to 2.2 did not come with the Flash package built-in. With any firmware update, though, there is bound to be some …

Orange has a major project in the pipeline — it’s planning to bring out its own Android tablet, working with a “large Asian manufacturer”, according to French financial newspaper Les Echos. Buoyed by the success of its budget Boston smart phone, the network operator wants to bring out a 3G-enabled tablet device on pay as you go for less than …

If you’re eagerly awaiting 4G coverage like we are in San Francisco, prepare to either apply some patience or settle into frustration. We discuss why the road to 4G speeds is long and riddled with potholes. There’s also talk of Virgin Mobile and Verizon’s experiments with unlimited data plans, which is interesting in light of continuing talks among carriers about …