Michelle Maisto

NEW YORK – Sprint and Kyocera kicked off their joint introduction of the Kyocera Echo, the first dual-screen Android smartphone, with a performance by the illusionist David Blaine at an event off Times Square on Feb. 7. Wearing a three-piece suit and sitting casually at a table, Blaine smoked a cigar and sipped a glass […]

Worldwide subscribers to LTE (Long-Term Evolution), the 4G flavor of choice for U.S. carriers Verizon Wireless, AT&T and, eventually, T-Mobile, are expected to exceed those of rival 4G technology WiMax by 2012, according to a Feb. 8 report from research firm IHS iSuppli. While WiMax, which Sprint began offering in 2008, has had a significant […]

Verizon Wireless’ Apple iPhone 4 may appear to be essentially AT&T’s smartphone with its GSM technology replaced by Verizon’s preferred CDMA, but not so, say iFixit and IHS iSuppli, two companies that on Feb. 7 revealed the initial findings of their teardowns of the smartphone. The two iPhones feature different batteries, vibrators, baseband processor chips […]

Apple may be planning a small event to introduce a second generation of the iPad, Apple Insider reported Feb. 5, citing the Japanese site macotakara.jp, which, it wrote, “sometimes generates accurate leads” regarding planned Apple products. The Apple event, said the report, is planned for March, with the device likely to ship later. The news […]

The hope of an Apple iPhone on the Verizon Wireless network has been fueling the rumor mill for years, but come Feb. 10 America’s most-pined-for smartphone will be available on arguably its most popular network. Speculations have been made, analysts have opined and the involved parties have made promises. Thinking of queuing up? Below, we’ve […]

Verizon Wireless has stopped taking orders for its soon-to-launch Apple iPhone 4, reporting that it has already sold through its initial inventory. Verizon first introduced its CDMA version of the iPhone 4 Jan. 11, and began accepting preorders from existing customers on Feb.3 at 3 a.m. EST. “This was an exciting day,” said Dan Mead, […]

Android-running tablets preparing to join the market that Apple created, and now dominates, with its iPad are looking “ready for prime time,” DisplaySearch senior analyst Richard Shim wrote in a Feb. 4 research note. The note followed a Google “Honeycomb” event Feb. 2 during which attendees were able to use Google’s tablet-optimized Android 3.0, known […]

The arrival of the Verizon Wireless Apple iPhone 4 has been years in the making. Now, days before the smartphone’s Feb. 10 debut, tech reviewers with advanced access to the phone are finally able to offer their thoughts. Was it worth the wait? Does it blow away AT&T’s iPhone? Should everyone switch immediately? On the […]

The first phone, headed for T-Mobile, is said to be HTC’s first dual-core Android smartphone, code-named “Pyramid.” According to Android and Me, the phone features a 4.3-inch display, an upgrade to a quarter HD (qHD) 960 by 540 display resolution, versus the more common 800 by 480. The smartphone also has a 1.2GHz Snapdragon processor, […]

AT&T has announced that on Feb. 13 it will begin offering an AT&T Mobile Hotspot application, enabling “select smartphone customers” to use their phone as a WiFi-based mobile hotspot for “several” other devices. The capability, called tethering, is a popular feature among a number of Android-running smartphones-some of which can support five other devices, and […]

The big WebOS event that Hewlett-Packard has planned for Feb. 9 is expected to include the introduction of its long-awaited WebOS-based answers to the Apple iPad. However, beyond introducing a few devices, the event reportedly will represent the unveiling of a new HP, and one that Leo Apotheker – now four months into his role […]

Hewlett-Packard, the worldwide leader in PC sales, is introducing a suite of education-focused products aimed at helping “schools prepare students for greater achievement and success,” it said in a Feb. 2 statement. Called the HP Digital Learning Suite, it includes six components, from a tabletlike Sketch device to a network-connected charging cart for a classroom’s […]