Michelle Maisto

AT&T has acknowledged that in 2009 it wrongly began switching some customers who were entitled to remain on pay-as-you-go data plans to monthly wireless data plans. As part of a mea culpa, following an investigation by the Federal Communications Commission, it has agreed to pay the FCC $700,000 and to refund excess charges to customers. […]

Sprint has purchased portions of Personal Communications Service (PCS) spectrum from smaller carrier U.S. Cellular, along with nearly 600,000 customers in the Midwest, it announced Nov. 7. U.S. Cellular, in return, received $480 million in cash and the assumption of some liabilities. Under the agreement, Sprint will receive 20MHz of PCS spectrum in the 1,900MHz […]

AT&T plans to invest $14 billion over the next three years to significantly expand and enhance its wireless and wireline IP broadband networks and to meet customer demands for quick Internet access and mobile, cloud and application-based services. The investment came with the unveiling of Project Velocity IP (VIP), AT&T’s agenda for growing revenue from […]

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer promised to leave nothing Apple offers unrivaled, and it increasingly seems that he means it. Last month, Microsoft introduced Surface, its answer to the iPad, and now it’s said to be working on a gaming-centric tablet nearer to iPad Mini proportions. According to a Nov. 6 report from The Verge, several […]

AT&T has finally shared availability and pricing information for the new Nokia Lumia phones it has been promising, as well as HTC’s new Windows Phone 8X. Starting Nov. 9, the Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 will be available for preorder on the AT&T Website. Also on Nov. 9, AT&T will begin selling the Lumia 920 […]

Microsoft has set out to mimic Apple’s success story—creating both software and the hardware it runs on—and with its new Surface tablet, it has outdone even Apple’s ability to turn hardware into dollars. According to a teardown of the 32GB Surface performed by research firm IHS iSuppli, Microsoft makes more money on each Surface it […]

Acer introduced the catchily named Veriton Z2650G-UG645X Nov. 5, an all-in-one desktop that’s one of the more than 1,000 devices designed to run Microsoft’s new Windows 8 operating system. Acer calls it a business-geared machine with emphases on cost, space savings and aesthetics and say it’s ideal for financial bullpens, newsrooms, school libraries, calls centers […]

Apple sold 3 million iPads in the three days after the release of the iPad Mini and the fourth-generation iPad, the company said in a Nov. 5 statement. The figure doubles the sales of Apple’s previous first-weekend “milestone,” when it sold 1.5 million WiFi-only third-generation iPads in March. However, despite these numbers, analysts suggest that […]

Apple has dominated the tablet market since the iPad reimagined and reinvigorated it. But as competitors find their footing with more compelling devices, Apple’s position at the top is being shaken. During the third quarter, it came the closest it ever has to losing the majority share of the market, with its percentage slipping to […]

Microsoft is, again, said to be working on its own smartphone to run its new Windows Phone 8 software. The Wall Street Journal is the latest news outlet to fan the flames of the rumor—sort of. The paper reported Nov. 1 that that officials at some Microsoft parts suppliers said that Microsoft “is testing a […]

Apple’s WiFi-only iPad Mini went on sale Fri., Nov. 2. In the half of Manhattan entering its fourth day of dark apartments and flooded streets, where approximately 226,000 people remain without power following the Oct. 29 thrashing by Hurricane Sandy, Apple Stores remain shuttered. “We are temporarily closed and hope to reopen soon,” says a […]

Sprint will begin selling the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, its first tablet with 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology, on Nov. 11—the day its previously announced new tablet data plans will become available. Sprint will sell the tablet, in its online and retail stores, for $549.99. Sprint’s smartphone subscribers can connect the tablet to […]