Michelle Maisto

Rumors that smartphone maker HTC is planning an Android-running tablet called the Flyer received a bit more backing Jan. 26, though the device still has yet to be officially confirmed. Norwegian site Amobil, citing an “insider who is familiar with the company’s plans,” has offered specifications for the tablet and reported in a Jan. 25 […]

Should tablets such as Apple’s iPad be included in the mix when talking about the worldwide PC market? Research firm Canalys thinks so, and thanks to the inclusion of tablets, the PC market is looking robust, as is Apple’s place in it. With strong holiday iPad sales, Apple captured the worldwide PC market’s No. 3 […]

MetroPCS has filed an appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia, challenging the Federal Communications Commission’s most recent rulings on net neutrality. The nation’s fifth largest carrier – behind Verizon Wireless, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile, respectively – is the second carrier to do so this month. On Jan. 20, Verizon […]

Verizon Wireless has been preparing to launch a Code Division Multiple Access version of the Apple iPhone for nearly as long as consumers and the media have been speculating that the carrier would offer one, executives said during the carrier’s fourth-quarter earnings announcement. “We’ve been preparing the network for expansion for the last year, anticipating […]

Smartphone sales are on the rise, with no plans for slowing down, research firm In-Stat announced in a Jan. 25 report on the evolving smartphone space. With smartphones’ robust processing power and memory, large screens and open operating systems attracting ever-greater numbers of consumers, In-Stat expects smartphone shipments to begin closing in on the 1 […]

The Apple App Store has passed a new milestone: the download of its 10 billionth application. Apple, which has been counting down-or rather up-to the 11-figure mark, announced Jan. 22 that the application had been downloaded by a U.K. resident, Gail Davis, who downloaded Paper Glider-a game testing one’s paper-airplane-throwing skills-and won a $10,000 iTunes […]

BlackBerry smartphones and enterprise users were for some time an undisputed duo. But just as Research In Motion has gradually made inroads into the consumer market, popular consumer devices such as the Apple iPhone and Google Android -running smartphones have even more swiftly encroached on RIM’s bread-and-butter market. RIM, however, has a new offering planned […]

Grainy images of an unidentified Nokia tablet are have surfaced on the Internet. According to My Nokia Blog, the device appears to be running MeeGo, the operating system that Nokia announced it was developing with Intel nearly a year ago, at the 2010 Mobile World Congress. More contested is whether the device is a prototype […]

Deutsche Telekom-owned T-Mobile, America’s fourth-largest carrier after Verizon Wireless, AT&T and Sprint, is gearing up to more effectively compete against its larger rivals. Without an Apple iPhone to help it, the carrier’s game plan includes eventually upgrading to an LTE (Long-Term Evolution)-based 4G network, offering more exciting Android-running smartphones and selling its broadcast cellular towers. […]

Verizon Communications is suing the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, challenging the body’s new rules regarding the contentious issue of net neutrality. The appeal was filed Jan. 20 with the U.S. Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia Circuit. “Today’s filing is the result of a careful review of the FCC’s order. We are deeply […]

Apple has turned to using hard-to-find, tamper-resistant screws in some iPhone 4 handsets, says iFixit, the repair site know for its teardowns of popular devices. The move, says iFixit, is all part of a “diabolical plan” to prevent iPhone 4 owners from accessing their personal hardware. In a Jan. 20 post, iFixit blogger Kyle writes […]

Nokia has called off the exclusive U.S. release of its X7 handset on the AT&T network, according to the Wall Street Journal. It would have been Nokia’s first smartphone to launch exclusively with a U.S. carrier under the direction of Stephen Elop, the former Microsoft executive who replaced Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo as Nokia CEO in September […]