Michelle Maisto

SAP has branded itself globally as the powerhouse solutions provider behind powerhouse companies. But aware of the small- and midsize-enterprise (SME) opportunity that’s growing with the popularity of flexible cloud-based solutions, SAP hosted an SME Summit at its New York office Nov. 29 to get out a new message: We do small, too. The summit […]

Research In Motion is offering a new test device to developers dedicated to its upcoming BlackBerry 10 platform. At a May event in Orlando, Fla., RIM gave developers a touch-screen-based smartphone it called the Dev Alpha. On Nov. 29, it announced that select developers who have submitted two or more applications for BlackBerry 10 will […]

Apple iPad With Retina Display Apple stepped on the toes of some fans when it introduced a fourth-generation iPad just six months after its third-generation model. But what buyers get now is a new new iPad with a Retina display, Apple’s incredibly fast A6X processor, an improved front-facing camera, better battery life and the Apple […]

Microsoft’s month-old Windows Store is performing well and has the potential to keep doing so, according to Distimo, a Netherlands-based research firm. Microsoft had a company-changing late October during which it introduced Windows 8, its new operating system for PCs; Windows Phone 8, a new OS for smartphones; and the Surface, a tablet that for […]

Nokia has filed documents in courts in the United States, the U.K. and Canada asking them to bar Research In Motion from selling BlackBerry devices in those countries until RIM agrees to a new licensing agreement for Nokia-owned patents. The patents have to do with the 802.11 wireless LAN standard. “RIM is not entitled to […]

Ericsson, the latest company to join the patent finger-pointing fracas that’s become the norm in the fast-growing smartphone industry, filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against Samsung in a U.S. District Court in Texas. Samsung signed licensing agreements for the use of Ericsson patents in 2001 and 2007, but the latter has expired, and after two years […]

Android may rule worldwide, but in the United States, the Apple iPhone is again king. Strong sales during the 12 weeks since the iPhone 5’s Sept. 21 release have put Apple back on top, according to a Nov. 27 report from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech. Apple’s iOS now commands a 48.1 percent share of U.S. smartphone […]

A Nokia fan set out to prove what the red-faced Finnish phone maker has seemed to back away from, after a botched marketing effort resulted in a public apology. In August, ahead of the launch of Windows Phone 8 and the introduction of the Lumia 920, Nokia posted a video to build excitement for the […]

Apple reportedly wants to add the Samsung Galaxy S III, Galaxy Note II, Galaxy Tab 8.9 WiFi, Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, Rugby Pro and Galaxy III Mini to a list of devices it says are in violation of its patents. Bloomberg reported Nov. 26 that Apple requested that the six Samsung devices be added to […]

Damian Dinning, the Nokia executive in charge of its camera initiatives, is leaving the phone maker for a position at Jaguar Land Rover. In an exclusive note to PureViewClub, a fan blog dedicated to the Nokia 808 PureView, Dinning wrote that he will be “driving innovations in the exciting new field of Connected Car.” Nokia, […]

Nokia continued its strategy of offering a mix of low- and high-end devices with the Nov. 26 introduction of the Nokia Asha 205 and the Nokia 206, two feature phones that will sell, without carrier subsidy, for about $62. Both phones are available with single or dual SIM cards and an EasySwap technology that makes […]

Nokia has invested billions in mobile mapping, so when Apple bungled its Maps app in iOS 6, it seemed a golden opportunity for Nokia—with new smartphones and a new operating system behind them—to show the world that that it’s again capable of competing at the top of the market. Alas, while Nokia managed to submit […]