Michelle Maisto

Mobile voice over IP use is expected to rise to nearly 139 million users by 2014, according to a new report from In-Stat. Thanks to companies such as Skype, Fring and Google, mobile VOIP (voice over IP) technology has been gaining popularity over the last five years, as an inexpensive option for placing international calls. […]

AT&T reportedly is facing a federal class-action suit alleging that it “systematically overstates the amount of data used on each data transaction involving an iPhone or iPad,” according to the Courthouse News Service, a site for lawyers and the media. According to the Jan. 31 report, the suit was filed by a Patrick Hendricks, who […]

Worldwide mobile data traffic is expected to increase 26 times by 2015, driven primarily by smartphone and tablet use, as well as consumers’ increasing interest in watching videos on mobile devices, Cisco Systems reported in a Feb. 1 study. Traffic will reach 6.3 exabytes-the equivalent of 1 quintillion, or 10 to the 18th power-per month […]

The 7-inch Dell Streak will be available on the T-Mobile network starting Feb. 2, according to a report from Electronista. It’ll reportedly be priced at $200 with a two-year contract (and after a $50 rebate) or $450 without a contract and for use with a prepaid data plan. “As tablets change the way we consume […]

Apple’s iPad is still the world-dominating tablet by far, but during the fourth quarter, competitors running Google’s Android OS-led by the Samsung Galaxy Tab-took a sizeable bite out of Apple’s lead. While Apple fully owned the market during the third quarter of 2010, with 95 percent of the worldwide market share, its share slipped to […]

Sprint customers now have access to 4G networks when travelling in Taiwan and Jamaica, the carrier announced Jan. 31. Through new partnerships with Digicel in Jamaica and Global Mobile in Taiwan, Sprint customers with Sprint 4G devices that feature the Sprint SmartView Connection Manager will be able to detect these new 4G options automatically where […]

This week, smartphone giants Nokia, Motorola Mobility and Samsung posted fourth-quarter earnings that, each in its own way, reflected the looming presence-and successes-of Apple. Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha noted that the Android-booster had made strides in the smartphone space during the quarter, but that sales were nonetheless affected by Verizon’s announcement that it would soon […]

Nokia, Samsung, LG Electronics, ZTE and Apple all earned the distinction of being the top five smartphone vendors during the fourth quarter of 2010 and the year on whole, IDC reported Jan. 27. Notably absent from the list were Motorola, BlackBerry maker Research In Motion and HTC, each of which made the quarterly list a […]

AT&T’s pending loss of exclusive rights to the Apple iPhone cast a shadow over its fourth quarter 2010 earnings call on Jan. 27, despite AT&T’s strong showing on the wireless front; the carrier announced nearly 10 percent growth in wireless revenue and the addition of 2.8 million wireless subscribers, which, at 95.5 million, put it […]

Facebook officials are once again denying they have a smartphone in development. The social network site’s denial follows a report by London site City A.M. that the Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC plans to unveil two Facebook-branded phones at the Mobile World Congress event next month. The phones, say City A.M., will be the “first to […]

Hewlett-Packard appears to have a blabber mouth in its ranks that Fox News is happily exploiting. According to the news site, HP reportedly held an emergency company meeting to remind employees that sharing details about its top-secret tablet projects – said to be known internally as “Topaz” and “Opal” – is grounds for termination. With […]

Samsung is apparently planning world domination. Or more exactly-following swift sales of 10 million Galaxy S smartphones and well more than a million Galaxy Tab media tablets-the launch of four more-affordable Galaxy S phones: the Ace, Fit, Gio and mini. Geared toward first-time smartphone owners, the devices take their design cues from the original Galaxy […]