Microsoft’s second-screen application is out on Android, iOS and Windows, but what’s it actually like? She’s dead, Jim. (Screenshot by CNET Australia) Xbox Smartglass stands a good chance of being a real game changer. It’s a free app that lets you control your Xbox via a smartphone or tablet. We’ve written a bit about it …

Following the, er, rave reviews that greeted its full-size Suface RT tablet, Microsoft is now reportedly leading a 7-inch gaming tablet into its gadget stable. “Multiple sources familiar with plans” have seemingly confirmed Microsoft’s plans to the Verge, which claims a final version of the mythical device is being cooked up as we speak. The tiny tablet, which would go …

In case the market needs more evidence of the strength of mobile versus PCs, all it has to do is look at Qualcomm. The wireless-chip maker, which helped popularize the CDMA technology used in cell phones, today reported quarterly financial results that were better than it had anticipated, and it provided bullish projections for the current period and year. Related …

AT&T today laid out a broad plan to upgrade both its wireline and wireless networks and keep its growth moving. Project Velocity IP, or VIP, consists of an investment of $14 billion over the next three years — $8 billion for wireless and $6 billion for wireline — and is designed to expand the company’s 4G LTE coverage on the …

When choosing a smartphone or a wireless carrier, it’s important to know what your deal-breakers are. There are so many choices today when it comes to picking out a new smartphone or even choosing a service provider. Devices come in different sizes, with different software and even different network support. And wireless carriers, which all have different strengths when it …

Allen Calvin earned a doctorate in experimental psychology, was a consulting professor at Stanford University, and is currently the president of Palo Alto University, a post he’s been holding for 28 years. He’s learned a lot during his 84 years of living — except for how to cut and paste text on a smartphone. “I just want to copy anything …

NEW YORK — AT&T is in a much better place when it comes to spectrum today than it was at the end of 2011, the company said during an investor meeting today. And the company is confident is has the resources to make a big push to compete with its next generation 4G LTE market. AT&T announced today that it …

AT&T hopes the third time’s the charm when it comes to Windows Phone. While the company isn’t putting all of its marketing muscle behind its lineup of Windows Phone 8 devices, it expects to benefit from the massive promotional push of Windows 8 from Microsoft. The telecommunications provider believes the proliferation of Windows 8 computers and tablets in the market …

Much like the former Xbox Live app, Xbox SmartGlass (free) gives you the Xbox 360 Dashboard experience, letting you do things like view your avatar and info, see your friends’ bio and game lists, and track and compare achievements. With this latest version of the app, you get a lot more ways to interact with your console. You now have …

Apple flogged 3 million of its newest iPads — the iPad with retina display and its Mini-Me, the iPad mini — last weekend. The Californian company boasts this is a record for its tablets, doubling the 1.5 million Wi-Fi only iPad 3s it shifted after its first three days on sale in March. That’s pretty darn quick — Asus last …

The recent release of new 7- and 10-inch Nexus devices earned some of the strongest reviews yet for Android tablets. And yet along with praise for the high-resolution displays and snappy processors came a familiar complaint: there aren’t enough apps. As my colleague Roger Cheng put it: “Unfortunately, it’s software, and not hardware, that continues to be the key problem …

T-Mobile today added Baltimore, Houston, and Washington, D.C. to the list of U.S. cities served by 4G (HSPA+) on its faster 1900 network. “As a part of our $4 billion plan to transform our network, T-Mobile continues to strengthen an already fast and competitive 4G experience in major metro areas across the country by installing new equipment and retuning our …

As Hurricane Sandy bore down on the East Coast last week, millions of residents were left without power, cell phone service, Internet, and home phone service. In an outpouring of support for people left stranded by the superstorm, several mobile carriers took to the streets offering free device charging stations and access to emergency wireless phones. Verizon announced this week …

Sprint is starting to flex some muscle with regional carriers. The company announced today that it has inked a deal with U.S. Cellular for $480 million. The deal: Sprint will acquire 20MHz of PCS spectrum in the 1900MHz band across Chicago, South Bend, Ind., and Champaign, Ill. Sprint will also get 10Mhz of spectrum in the St. Louis market, as …

AT&T believes customers will stick even tighter to its wireless service over the next few years. The company expects to hit a record-low rate of customer turnover by 2015, according to Ralph de la Vega, chief executive of AT&T’s mobility arm. He was speaking today at the company’s investor conference in New York. De la Vega was his usual bullish …