Cisco’s new Android-based tablet, the Cius. Cisco Cisco Systems has hopped on the tablet PC bandwagon with a device of its own that uses Google Android software and is targeted at business customers. The company announced plans for the new tablet, called the Cisco Cius, during its annual customer conference in Las Vegas on Tuesday. …

As expected, a minor software update began rolling out for the HTC Evo 4G on Monday. Designed to address Wi-Fi, battery performance, and Exchange features, the maintenance release was shelved as quickly as it started. Reports started coming in almost immediately that handsets were acting up after the patch was installed. It’s not known just how many devices were affected …

Verizon Wireless customers who have been holding out for an iPhone on their carrier’s network may finally get their wish early next year, according to Bloomberg News. The wire service reported on Tuesday that Verizon Wireless will start selling Apple’s iPhone in January. Bloomberg cited unnamed sources familiar with the plans. The deal, if true, would end AT&T’s exclusive contract …

Sprint CEO Dan Hesse said the company is facing some shortages of its new 3G/4G smartphone, the HTC Evo. Sprint HTC Evo 4G At a conference in New York City on Tuesday, Hesse said the device is more popular than Sprint or HTC, the manufacturer, had foreseen. When asked whether the shortfall was due to a lack of components, he …

Apple apparently has a game plan for dealing with iPhone 4 reception complaints–and it expressly prohibits giving customers free bumpers. According to a purported list of procedures reportedly leaked to Boy Genius Report, AppleCare representatives are being instructed on how to coach users about the proper way to handle the latest-generation smartphone: 1. Keep all of the positioning statements in …

A damaged Sprint Nextel is righting its ship with a newfound focus on customers, but big moves like this take time. On Tuesday, Dan Hesse, the company’s CEO, will be on stage at Forrester Research’s Customer Experience Forum in New York City to discuss the company’s efforts to improve its brand image and customer satisfaction levels. In 2010, Sprint emerged …

Crave can exclusively reveal the malaise at the heart of O2 customer support. The mobile network’s problems, we have discovered, stem from a peculiar recruitment policy — namely offering employment to people who clearly hold it in the highest contempt. Last week, our O2 data service did yet another disappearing act — this time for over 24 hours without any …

When it comes to iPlayer, the BBC has ignored Android for some time — along with every other non-Apple platform — but with the news that Android 2.2 comes with Flash 10.1, all that changes. So, as soon as your phone’s updated with Android 2.2, you can head straight over to bbc.co.uk/iplayer and wallow in the full mobile experience. The …

I know it’s summertime, but there’s only so much fresh air and sunshine a person can take. Sometimes you just want to hole up in an air-conditioned room and play games till your brain rots. Then, back outside for fresh air and sunshine. With that in mind, let’s take a look at four new games sure to rot your brain–er, …

While Apple cruises to new sales records with its latest iPhone family member, some users are finding the iPhone 4 to be more like the drunk uncle than the cool aunt, citing, among other glitches, proximity sensor issues when attempting to make calls. How deep is the issue? On the Apple support discussion forums, it’s 20 pages deep. And counting. …

Industry groups naturally tend to protect their own, and after playing with San Francisco for several years the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA) is now taking its ball and going home. On Tuesday, the association said in a statement that it would no longer hold its autumn trade show in San Francisco after this year’s event in October. CTIA, which …

Android users who have been waiting a long time to see an app for Amazon’s Kindle electronic book reader can stop waiting, and start downloading. While a little plain and slim on features, the free Kindle app for Android–available starting Monday–does its job as an e-book reader. Once you fire it up, it lets you shop for new books or …

As much as we’d like to say that we can do the same thing on a mobile phone as we can on a desktop, the truth of the matter is that unless you’re toting a tablet like the iPad (and even then…), some tasks are just harder to do without some form of mobile-optimized view. To that end, Google now …

The Federal Communications Commission’s plan to free up 500 megahertz of additional wireless spectrum got a significant boost from the White House. On Monday, President Barack Obama signed a memorandum that commits the U.S. to making an additional 500MHz of government and commercial spectrum available for auction and for unlicensed use within the next 10 years. This goal of getting …

VHA today announces free calls between its customers on the Vodafone and 3 Mobile networks starting from 21 July. The free network-to-network calls will be available for customers on any new post-paid cap of at least AU$29 per month. The move to initiate free member-to-member calling could be seen as the first sign of uniformity between the two networks since …