AT&T has confirmed that it’s working on a fix for the software glitch in its Alcatel-Lucent equipment. Reuters reported earlier today that the wireless carrier will issues the fix in the next two to three weeks. The fix, which AT&T says is relevant for less than two percent of its customers, is expected to significantly …

Some Verizon Communications landline phone customers and AT&T wireless customers in Manhattan were unable to make phone calls Monday due to an equipment problem on Verizon’s network. Linda Laughlin, a spokeswoman for Verizon, said that some residential and business customers in parts of New York City were receiving a fast-busy signal instead of a dial tone and were unable to …

Skype has released an update to its iPhone app that takes advantage of iOS 4‘s multitasking capabilities. You can now make and receive calls while working outside the app, and even when the iPhone itself is locked. The ramifications are impressive — it’s now possible to pretend you’re listening to your Skype contacts wittering on about the birth of some …

Microsoft will give out free Windows Phone 7 handsets to all of its employees to encourage them to build apps for the new operating system in their “spare time”, according to an internal email published by TechFlash. The jumbo mobile giveaway was spotted in a Microsoft employee’s tweet by Mary Jo Foley from our US sister site, ZDNet. That means …

Editors’ note: Each day for the past 10 business days, CNET personalities you know and love have published slideshows of their 10 personal favorite iPhone apps. Today marks the tenth and final of these posts. Next week, we’ll collect the full list of 100 apps and announce the 10 that you, our readers, love the most. Corinne Schulze/CNET Networks You …

Smartphones are hot, but it’s the mobile applications that make the devices so appealing to wireless subscribers. Discovering new applications and figuring out which ones to use are not as easy as it sounds. A couple of readers have asked questions for help. And I’ve enlisted the help of CNET mobile-app expert, Jessica Dolcourt to find the answers. Also, what …

Though I’m never one to reject a big smartphone, I realize that some users prefer the same power in a smaller size. Fortunately, Sony Ericsson has realized that, too. Five months ago at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, Sony Ericsson unveiled smaller alternatives to the beefy Xperia X10. The Android-powered Xperia X10 Mini and Xperia X10 Mini Pro stood …

As most people in the known universe are aware, Apple recently announced plans to give a free case to any iPhone 4 user who requests one (and to refund the purchase price to those who already bought one–a process that is apparently now under way). What we didn’t know until today was how Apple planned to handle the giveaway. Would …

The Samsung Epic 4G for Sprint is the carrier’s second 4G handset. Sarah Tew/CNET Forgive us for not posting this blog lately, as we’ve been a little busy with a certain Apple handset. But this is a good week to be back, since a selection of notable handsets passed through the gates of the Federal Communications Commission. Not only did …

Employee reductions have once again hit Verizon Communications’ earnings. The telecommunications giant reported Friday a loss of 7 cents per share related in part to $2.3 billion in pre-tax costs related to “incentive” packages for what it dubbed 11,000 “voluntary workforce reductions” this year. Excluding those costs, second-quarter profits were 58 cents per share, beating Wall Street’s estimates of 56 …

The Acer Stream is a new Android-powered multimedia mobile rocking a giant screen and social-network integration. Acer unveiled the brand-new smart phone amid a flurry of announcements today. A new 3D front end has been plastered over Android 2.1, including a peeling gesture to unlock the phone, three types of predictive keyboard and a smart dialler. The redesigned contacts list …

Not all smartphone apps for the Google Voice service are created equal, as we discovered back in September, 2009, when we put each through its paces on iPhone, BlackBerry, and Android phones. On Thursday, Google updated its Google Voice apps for Android–our hands-down winner–and BlackBerry, the runner up. (If you must know, we declared the iPhone experience to be “a …

The last we heard, Motorola was still testing its Android 2.1 operating system upgrade for the T-Mobile Cliq. Originally scheduled to be released last quarter, Motorola pushed the update back to a rumored August debut. So with July passing quickly, it makes sense then that a leaked version of the ROM has made its way online. Engadget Mobile loaded the …

With international ad campaigns, a second “sneak peek” video of its forthcoming BlackBerry OS 6, and several new services–like BlackBerry Protect–BlackBerry-maker RIM has been keeping our attention. The company’s latest is the release of BlackBerry Desktop Manager 6 in a limited beta for Windows computers. RIM hasn’t shared many details about how many beta invitations it’s giving away for the …

Unless you’re an Android developer deciding your next strategic programming move, chances are your brain isn’t attuned to the distribution of operating systems among all Android smartphone owners.  However, Google’s periodic pie charts and stacked line graphs reveal some interesting data nuggets, at least for Android fanatics. According to data collected from July 1 to July 15, just about 60 …