Michelle Maisto

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion reportedly has two new PlayBook tablets in the works for 2012, according to a road map leak reported by N4BB.com. If the report holds true, in April, RIM fans should expect a 7-inch 3G+ PlayBook-an unclear distinction aside from confirming there’s no 4G on board-and a 10-inch LTE-equipped version in […]

Motorola is celebrating an initial triumph over Apple, after a U.S. International Trade Commission administrative law judge issued an initial determination finding that Motorola Mobility has not violated any of the three patents listed in an October 2010 lawsuit Apple filed against the Droid maker. Scott Offer, Motorola Mobility’s senior vice president and general counsel […]

Samsung sells more Android-running smartphones than anyone, but the manufacturer has a handful of operating systems in its arsenal, and at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show, it shared that it has new plans for Bada, its in-house OS that it introduced in late 2009. “We have an effort that will merge Bada and Tizen,” Tae-Jin […]

Apple stores in Beijing and Shanghai have delayed the release of the iPhone 4S after a scene outside a Beijing store turned ugly early Jan. 13, with angry crowds fighting and throwing eggs at one of the buildings. Crowds of hundreds, according to the Associated Press, waited outside overnight in 20-degree temperatures, only to be […]

Sprint’s Android-running LG Marquee will soon also be available from Boost Mobile, the carrier’s pre-paid brand. The svelte but little-talked-about phone-or “one of the best-kept secrets in the Android smartphone category,” in Boost Mobile parlance-will be available Jan. 23 for $280 without a contract when paired with Boost’s $55 Android Monthly Unlimited plan with Shrinkage. […]

Intel has updated its line of Classmate PCs, its clamshell and tablet-convertible devices designed for young users with droppy little hands. The newest versions run Intel’s latest Atom N2600 dual-core processors and feature a new rounded-corner design with increased ruggedness-corners strengthened for shock and vibration absorption, a keyboard that can withstand curious fingers and small […]

Hewlett-Packard, while off-kilter and falling 16 percent year-over-year, led the global PC industry in sales through a fourth quarter that met analyst expectations despite a mixed-bag of factors, IDC and Gartner reported Jan. 11. A muscular Lenovo, again inserting itself between long-time rivals HP and Dell, posted record growth of nearly 37 percent over the […]

Motorola will make fewer-but more differentiated-Android devices going forward, according to company CEO Sanjay Jha. In an interview with The Verge, Jha said that, driven by a desire to make better use of marketing dollars, the company “wants to make fewer phones.” Jha also defended the creation of branded user interfaces over the mobile operating […]

T-Mobile may have spent much of last year in an awkward tug of war between AT&T and federal regulators, but it’s now “in fighting shape” and “better than ever,” executives said in a Jan. 11 news release from the Consumer Electronics Show, where it announced an expansion of its HSPA+ 21 and HSPA+ 42 4G […]

California may become the second state to review AT&T’s proposed $39 billion purchase of T-Mobile from parent company Deutsche Telekom. The California Public Utilities Commission voted 5-0 May 26 to prepare a potential review of the deal, Bloomberg reported May 27, adding the review would follow another vote set for June 9. The Louisiana Public […]

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion isn’t yet having the quarter it hoped for. After putting arguably too many of its eggs in its PlayBook’s basket, sales of the late-launching tablet aren’t meeting forecasts, according to analysts. Wedbush Securities analyst Scott Sutherland wrote in a research note May 25 that according to his “checks,” RIM may […]

Nokia CEO Stephen Elop recently expressed hope on a Finnish television program that the first Nokia smartphones running Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform would arrive in 2011, though not wanting to disappoint, the company has promised nothing until 2012. However, Jo Harlow, Nokia’s executive vice president of smart devices, has indicated that Elop may get his […]