Michelle Maisto

Samsung has released a teaser video of the 8.9-inch Galaxy Tab it is expected to introduce at an Orlando, Fla., event March 22. Samsung sent out invitations at the start of this month, inviting journalists to “discover what the buzz is all about” and to join Samsung in Orlando as “we experience a world of […]

Sprint has introduced Direct Connect, the planned next-generation of its push-to-talk services, powered by its broadband Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) network. Direct Connect will launch during the fourth quarter, Sprint said in a March 16 announcement, and offer three times the square-mile reach of its current PTT offering. Direct Connect will launch with an […]

Following AT&T and Verizon Wireless’ lead, T-Mobile, Sprint, Cricket Wireless and MetroPCS have adjusted their new policies toward customers trying to reach friends and family in Japan. T-Mobile postpaid customers can now place calls to Japan free of charge, retroactive from March 11 through March 31. Additionally, they can place WiFi calls for free, to […]

Consumer Reports has subjected the Apple iPad 2 to its customary battery of tests and come back with a blah but positive recommendation. “The iPad 2 is right now a very good choice in the tablet market,” concluded Dean Gallea, an electronics engineer, in a video on the publications’ blog, emoting the least amount possible […]

New details have emerged about the tablet plans of Hewlett-Packard, Motorola and Research In Motion, if a price sheet, said to be a leaked road map from a big-box retailer, is correct. Pre Central posted the road map March 14, and it shows the 10-inch Motorola Xoom going on sale March 17 for $649, followed […]

Verizon Wireless will begin selling the HTC ThunderBolt, the first smartphone to take advantage of its 4G LTE (Long-Term Evolution) network, on March 17 for $249.99 with a two-year contract. The ThunderBolt runs Android 2.2 and features a 4.3-inch WVGA display, an 8-megapixel rear-facing camera with HD video capabilities, a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera for video […]

Following the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan March 11, all four major U.S. wireless carriers are making gestures of support. AT&T officials have announced a special offer for customers trying to reach family and friends in Japan. Effective March 11 through March 31, the company’s wireless postpaid customers (those who receive a bill, […]

The Apple iPad 2 may be a leaner, meaner and faster-processing machine than its predecessor, but these marked improvements come at only a modestly higher price to Apple, according to a March 13 report from research firm IHS iSuppli. The 32GB, GSM/HSPA (High-Speed Packet Access) version of the iPad 2-the model available from AT&T-has a […]

iDealsChina.com has posted images it says are leaked mold engineering renderings of the Apple iPhone 5, provided to third-party manufacturers to create cases for the smartphone, which is expected to launch this June. Consumer Reports snubbed the Verizon iPhone 4 in January, calling it “middle-aged.” The site noted that while most new Android smartphones feature […]

As the Apple iPad 2 launches, a new survey reveals that the tablet that reinvigorated the market is still very much its leader (despite a small dip in market share), while continuing to grow consumer interest in the form factor and stealing share from other segments, particularly e-readers and laptops. According to a March 10 […]

In terms of PC shipments, Dell pulled ahead of neck-and-neck competitor Acer during the fourth quarter of 2010, according to a March 10 report from IHS iSuppli. Helping Dell, said the firm, was the same device partly blamed for sluggish PC shipments the quarter before: the Apple iPad. The iPad and competing tablets, such as […]

Tablets are fast gaining interest in enterprise segments, where security has long been a major concern, but IT managers are slowly softening to the idea of supporting employee-owned devices. However, tablet users, it turns out, are transferring sensitive information at a greater rate than even smartphone owners, according to a March 10 report from Harris […]