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 …

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 …

Microsoft has posted a breakdown of Surface storage allocations between Windows RT system files and user-accessible storage, admitting that half of the available space in the 32GB model is used by Windows and built-in apps. (Credit: CNET) Outlined on the Surface support page, the FAQ document shows how 32GB in the decimal system equates to 29GB of total storage in …

A new Microsoft patent has been designed to watch the watchers — and charge a licence fee based on how many people it sees. The Hal 9000. Or, as Microsoft calls it, “Kinect”. (Credit: Warner Bros) Over at our sister site GameSpot, Dan Chiappini has a very detailed story looking at a newly found patent application from Microsoft. The “Content …

Netflix has firmly beat BitTorrent in North America — but it’s a different story in the Asia-Pacific region. Netflix: Americans love it. (Credit: Netflix) While movie studios and TV providers still continue to cry “pirate”, data from the US is proving that legal movie-streaming services can still trump illegal downloads. Sandvine’s most recent Global Internet Phenomena Report has the video-on-demand …

Now playing: Watch this: Virgin TV Anywhere hands-on 1:33 Time to ditch the remote — and even ditch your telly. Virgin TV Anywhere is a new app that lets Virgin customers control their telly from anywhere in the world from your iPhone 5 or iPad, and even watch TV on your tablet or phone. Virgin showed me how the app …

CNET Australia spoke to actor and all-round geek Wil Wheaton about the Blu-ray release of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Wil Wheaton at San Diego ComicCon, California.(CominCon 2010 image by Cameron Yee, CC BY-NC 2.0) Wil Wheaton is a geek cultural icon. The child star of cult classic films, including Stand By Me and Toy Soldiers, and even a cameo …