Michelle Maisto

Verizon Wireless is planning to push out software updates to its Samsung Fascinate (Verizon’s Galaxy S handset) and Motorola Droid Pro, it announced Jan. 13. The updates aren’t new versions of the smartphones’ Android operating system, but rather “enhancements” and “improvements” – the distinction being that the former are application updates and the latter are […]

The expectation that Hewlett-Packard will finally introduce a WebOS-running tablet (or tablets) at its planned Feb. 9 event was all but confirmed by Todd Bradley, executive vice president of HP’s Personal Systems Group, during a recent television interview. In the segment aired, Jan. 7 from the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show, CNBC’s Maria Bartiromo asked Bradley, […]

The successful transition of voice over IP technology from fixed-line phones to the mobile world is expected to encourage spending in the mobile VOIP space to rise to $6 billion by 2015, according to a report from In-Stat. The growth, added the firm, will create “significant opportunity” for equipment suppliers. While Google and Skype have […]

Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Acer and Toshiba dominated worldwide PC shipments during last year’s fourth quarter, according to Jan. 12 reports from IDC and Gartner. While both research firms reported that sales were sluggish during the quarter, rising approximately 3 percent from the same quarter a year ago, they differed in how they ranked the Top 5 […]

The Verizon iPhone has been called the mobile industry’s worst-kept secret. The carrier’s bigger surprise, it turns out, may be its plan to cancel its “New Every Two” program in advance of the Feb. 10 launch of its iPhone, the Wall Street Journal first reported Jan. 12. The New Every Two program offers Verizon subscribers […]

Dell has introduced the Vostro 460, a desktop tower for small and midsize business owners that takes design cues from its recently introduced Vostro V130 laptop. (Dell calls it “the world’s most beautiful small business laptop.” You can decide for yourself.) But let’s keep our focus on the new guy: It’s Dell’s first SMB desktop […]

T-Mobile may soon be getting a new 4G smartphone and its fastest yet-the Samsung Vibrant 4G Galaxy S phone, an update to its current 3G model of the Vibrant. T-Mo News, an unofficial blog of all things T-Mobile, on Jan. 11 posted an image of promotional signage for the smartphone, which appears to be Samsung […]

Virgin Mobile is the latest carrier to cancel its unlimited wireless data plan. The carrier will stop offering its $40 all-you-can-eat 3G Broadband2Go data plan after Feb. 15, PC World has reported, writing that Virgin said it needs “to implement network controls to ensure optimal experience.” According to PC World, Virgin plans to go the […]

When the team at repair site iFixit decided to tear down the HTC Surround, they thought they were doing “something completely different.” What they found, instead, was a whole lot of Nexus One d??«j??í vu. HTC made the Nexus One smartphone for Google, and seemingly was so pleased with its handiwork that it decided to […]

That the market-leading Apple iPad is facing a herd of new competitors in the tablet space is fairly common knowledge. What may surprise, however, is that Sony has its sights set on the No. 2 position. The Japanese electronics giant was not among the manufacturers that introduced a tablet at last week’s 2011 Consumer Electronics […]

Hewlett-Packard and Verizon Wireless introduced two notebooks at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show Jan. 6 that are designed for use on the carrier’s new 4G LTE (Long-Term Evolution) network. Unwieldy in name but slim in size, they’re the HP Pavilion dm1-3010nr and the Compaq CQ10-688nr. Slated to arrive during the first half of the year, […]

Samsung Electronics has sold more than 1.5 million Galaxy Tabs, the 7-inch, Android-running tablet that it has made available through every major U.S. carrier. Nevertheless, the South Korean electronics giant appears to have only begun its attack on the Apple iPad’s market share. At the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show, which wrapped up Jan. 9, JK […]