Michelle Maisto

Tablet use is on the rise, and a recent Cisco survey sought to gauge the effect of these devices as they make their way into the enterprise, by both sanctioned means and otherwise. Requests for tablets within the enterprise are significant-on average, one tablet is requested for every three smartphones-according to the Cisco poll of […]

Verizon Wireless enjoyed strong device sales and FiOs broadband growth that helped it pull in $28.4 billion in revenue in the fourth quarter, but it wasn’t enough to offset iPhone and pension costs that drove the carrier to $2.02 billion in losses.Verizon’s quarterly 7.7 percent revenue growth was the highest in its history, and the […]

Hewlett-Packard would like to introduce college students everywhere to the Mini Educator, a new lightweight Windows 7-running laptop starting at $399. The HP Mini 1104 pairs a 1.6GHz Intel Atom dual-core processor and an Intel NM10 Express Chipset-which HP officials said makes the Mini run cooler and use less power-with a 10.1-inch display, a 93 […]

Sony announced a “little surprise” Jan. 22 – a spring refresh of its Vaio laptops that for whatever reason it decided to stay mum about at the recently concluded Consumer Electronics Show. Decorated to the hilt and with new CPU options and color possibilities, the changes extend to Sony’s Z Series, S Series and C […]

Tablet and e-book sales got a tremendous boost by holiday shoppers, according to a new study from the Pew Internet Project, which found ownership of the devices among U.S. adults rose from 10 percent to 19 percent from mid-December to early January.Thanks to those holiday shoppers-and recipients-29 percent of adults are now thought to own […]

Verizon Wireless has added a new mid-tier Android offering to its lineup, the LG Spectrum. LG may take exception to such a descriptor, as it seems rather proud of the device’s 4.5-inch “True HD IPS (in-plane switching) display” and HD content capabilities, but at $200 with a new two-year contract, compared to the $300 Verizon […]

Apple is poised to miss out on one of the most lucrative shopping seasons in one of its largest markets. The Chinese New Year week of celebrations kicks off this Monday, Jan. 23, but Apple ceased sales of the iPhone 4S in all five of its China retail stores Jan. 13, Bloomberg reports. Which could […]

Sony Ericsson lost about $319 million in the fourth quarter of 2011, during which it shipped 9 million phones-a 20 percent drop from sales just a year ago. Like its Android-focused competitors Motorola and HTC, which likewise posted worrisome fourth-quarter results, Sony Ericsson officials pointed to the effects of the recent flooding in Thailand-an area […]

AT&T officials plan to offer a bit more data for the dollar, announcing that on Jan. 22 they will begin offering new smartphone and tablet data plans to new customers, or current customers who want to make the switch.The current 200 megabytes of data for $15 a month will be swapped for 300 megabytes for […]

The Apple iPhone 4S’ arrival, as expected, significantly affected the Apple vs. Android game, Nielsen reported in a Jan. 18 blog post showing fourth-quarter 2011 smartphone purchase data. Android had quite a proud moment in October, when Nielsen reported that, in the previous three months, 61.1 percent of recent smartphone acquirers had chosen an Android […]

Research In Motion, struggling to halt the slide in its smartphone market share and stock price, saw a glimmer of hope earlier this month when rumors began circulating that Samsung was considering buying the BlackBerry maker. However, Samsung officials have put a spike in those rumors, telling various media outlets that not only are they […]

AT&T, further strapped for spectrum after its failed bid for T-Mobile, reportedly may consider purchasing Dish Network, but it could be costly.In a Jan. 16 report, Bloomberg said buying Dish could come at “the highest premium in more than a decade.”AT&T’s nine-month pursuit of T-Mobile caused it to lose considerable ground to primary competitor Verizon […]