Michelle Maisto

Verizon Wireless will join AT&T in championing Nokia’s Windows Phone cause, Bloomberg reported Aug. 23, citing people familiar with the matter. If correct, Verizon’s clout could help both Nokia and Microsoft-two companies looking to make a bigger splash in the mobile market. While Verizon won’t put its name on the Sept. 5 event Nokia has […]

Sony is getting down to the mobile business. In October it will move its mobile operations’ corporate headquarters from Lund, Sweden, to Tokyo and reduce its global workforce by approximately 15 percent, or 1,000 workers, the company said in an Aug. 23 statement. In February, Sony completed the acquisition of Ericsson’s 50 percent share of […]

T-Mobile introduced an Unlimited Nationwide 4G Data plan Aug. 21, answering the question of what’s a carrier to do when it’s the only tier-one player not expecting a new iPhone in the coming weeks. The plan works as an add-on to T-Mobile’s current plans: Unlimited 4G data can be added to an unlimited talk and […]

Tech repair site iFixit’s teardown of the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet reads more like a smackdown of the Apple iPad 3. On its 1 to 10 scale in which higher is more repairable, iFixit gave the iPad 3 an embarrassingly low 2, for which it received a lot of heat from readers, iFixit’s Miroslav […]

Microsoft’s new Windows 8 is now just weeks away from its Oct. 26 debut, but the company has begun telling users not to put off buying their next PC. Anyone who purchases a Windows 7 PC between June 2, 2012, and Jan. 31, 2013, can upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for $14.99 the company has […]

Samsung introduced the Galaxy S Duos smartphone Aug. 20, growing the Galaxy line of products that has helped make it the world’s leading smartphone manufacturer. The S Duos strongly resembles the Galaxy S III-the large, swiftly selling smartphone that made excellent use of the long summer stretch without a new iPhone in sight. Like the […]

Samsung Galaxy Note Samsung predicted the time was right for the 5-inch form factor and has found a surprisingly large audience for its Galaxy Note. The device combines a 5.3-inch high-definition Super AMOLED (active-matrix organic LED) display with a dual-core processor and a reimagining of the stylus. Samsung Galaxy Note With the S Pen, users […]

HTC, the struggling Taiwan-based smartphone maker, has invested $35.4 million into Magnet Systems, a Silicon Valley company that builds platforms for next-generation enterprise applications, Reuters reported Aug. 20. Specifically, the investment gives HTC a toehold in the emerging market for bring-your-own-device (BYOD) technologies. “The investment will bring social, mobile and cloud capabilities to HTC’s portfolio […]

Mobile-payment transactions are expected to rise nearly fourfold over the next five years, exceeding $1.3 trillion, according to a new report from Juniper Research. The research company expects sales using remote purchasing and near-field communication (NFC) technologies to be the primary drivers of the growth. Encouraged by the increased engagement of the wireless carriers and […]

S Pen The S Pen is a key feature of the Galaxy Note 10.1. It doesn’t require batteries, since energy is generated by the tablet’s display, and it’s pressure-sensitive, so the harder one pushes, the darker the line it makes. Samsung redefined televisions, smart appliances and smartphones, said Tim Baxter, president of Samsung America. “Today, […]

Lenovo has been racing to catch up to global PC market leader Hewlett-Packard, and during its fiscal 2013 first quarter, it made notable strides toward overtaking the stumbling Palo Alto–based PC maker. Hong Kong-based Lenovo announced revenue of $8 billion for the quarter, as sales increased 35 percent year-over-year. While the industry was down 2 […]

The launch of the Apple iPhone 5 “will be the biggest handset launch in history,” Jefferies analyst Peter Misek wrote in an Aug. 17 research note. The note also offered color on the state of a rumored iPad Mini and Apple iTV. Jefferies has determined that 170 million global smartphone subscribers will be coming out […]