Michelle Maisto

Samsung has only just begun introducing its line of Galaxy S smartphones, but already its devices are being used by more Americans than any other manufacturers,’ comScore reported Nov. 3. Over a three-month period ending in September, comScore found, a total of 234 million Americans, ages 13 years and older, were using mobile devices. Samsung […]

A Verizon Wireless Web page of Samsung Galaxy S-themed “holiday gift ideas” confirms that the Samsung Continuum smartphone will soon be coming to the network, as has been rumored since mid-September. Most notable about the Android-running Continuum, which appears to be longer and thinner than the reportedly higher-end Galaxy X Fascinate – another holiday gift […]

More than 4 million tablets shipped during the third quarter, and the lion’s share belonged to Apple, Strategy Analytics reported Nov. 2. With big-name competitors such as Samsung, Research In Motion and Hewlett-Packard still to join the race, 95.5 percent of the worldwide market was claimed by the Apple iPad, up from 94.3 percent the […]

Research In Motion may have goofed with the Torch, which didn’t attract all the consumer love or glowing feedback RIM was surely hoping its intended iPhone killer would receive. Its planned BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, however, may be a different story. In an October survey from ChangeWave that asked tablet-interested consumers which specific tablet they were […]

Swiss company Logitech is offering some innovation for the keyboard – still the best input device for emails and other messages, it rightly points out. Come this November, Logitech will begin offering a not only wireless but solar-powered keyboard, the K750. Panels running the length of the keyboard absorb sunlight, but even indoor light will […]

With Halloween behind us, T-Mobile officials are ready to talk holiday shopping. Beginning Nov. 3, they will offer four Android-running smartphones that’ll let consumers extend season’s greetings without “busting their holiday budgets.” All four phones-the T-Mobile Comet, the LG Optimus T, the Motorola Defy and the Motorola Charm-will be priced at less than $100 with […]

New York City, the town that continually challenged AT&T to swaddle it in 3G connectivity-is now a part of the Sprint 4G service network, the carrier announced Nov. 1. Also newly live are Hartford and New Haven, Conn.; New Brunswick and Trenton, N.J., and Tampa, Fla. Based on WiMax technology from Clearwire, the 4G network […]

Apple, Research In Motion and Android phone producers such as Samsung put in strong performances during a third quarter that showed smartphone sales to be very much dictating the global handset market. The handset market also seems to be rewarding phone vendors that are constantly innovating and producing the strongest possible portfolio of smartphones. The […]

“Mystery charges” levied by Verizon Wireless on the bills of approximately 15 million customers over the last three years will cost the carrier nearly $78 million. Concluding a 10-month investigation into the matter, the Federal Communications Commission announced Oct. 28 that Verizon will have to “immediately” refund customers a minimum of $52.8 million, as well […]

Carrier opinions of an Apple iPhone with a SIM card remain to be seen, analysts suggest, following a report that Apple and SIM-card-maker Gemalto are creating a special SIM that would allow consumers in Europe to buy an iPhone and activate it through the Apple Website or via an app from the App Store, thus […]

Apple is working with Gemalto, a manufacturer of SIM cards, to create a special SIM card for the iPhone, according to an Oct. 27 report from GigaOm. The Website cited several sources from inside several European carriers. The integrated SIM would enable customers to purchase iPhones directly from Apple, whether in-store or over the Web, […]

The x86 processor market, again led by Intel, set a record for revenue in the third quarter of 2010, despite posting growth that was well below expectations for the season, according to a new report from Mercury Research. The average selling price per CPU increased in the third quarter, making it a full year that […]