Michelle Maisto

Nokia and the Consumer Electronics for Automotive working group, made up of Audi, BMW, Daimler, Porsche and Volkswagen, released the Terminal Mode specification May 19. The companies proposed that the technology be used as the industry standard for integrating mobile applications inside a vehicle.“The average person spends between 1 and 2 hours per day in […]

Apple introduced the fourth beta version of its iPhone 4 operating system May 18, and developers were surprised to discover a feature that suggests AT&T may be finally ready to allow customers to use their iPhones for tethering, Mac Rumors first reported.Were AT&T to allow tethering-as several carriers abroad have for some time-an iPhone could […]

The Palm Pre Plus won’t be on the AT&T Wireless network without the Pixi Plus-its less-expensive, non-sliding younger sibling-for very long. According to the carrier’s site, the Pixi Plus will make its AT&T debut June 6.The June 6 arrival will make AT&T the third network to offer the smartphone-Sprint and Verizon Wireless were the first […]

Smartphone-focused phone vendors such as BlackBerry-maker RIM and iPhone-maker Apple helped to drive up worldwide mobile phone sales, and smartphone sales in particular, Gartner announced May 19.While worldwide mobile phone sales totaled 314.7 million units in the first quarter of 2010 – a growth of 17 percent from a year ago – smartphone sales increased […]

New details have emerged regarding Hewlett-Packard’s $1.2 billion acquisition of Palm. While the smartphone maker may have been financially struggling, it was hardly an unnoticed wallflower before HP came along, according to a proxy statement Palm filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.The statement reads a bit like a novella, detailing the advancements, negotiations and […]

Apple and Research In Motion had strong first quarters in the global handset market, while Motorola and Sony Ericsson suffered major hits, according to a May 17 report from iSuppli.The report echoed late-April data from IDC, which likewise showed RIM to have risen to a top-five position, largely at Motorola’s expense.RIM shipped 10.5 million BlackBerry […]

Apple has refreshed its little white MacBook. The laptop now includes, among other features, 10 hours of battery life per charge, good for up to 1,000 charges.Said to be the longest-lasting MacBook battery ever, its capability comes thanks to “advances in battery chemistry and adaptive charging technology,” Apple explained on its site. It also estimated […]

Swift Apple iPad sales have minimally affected sales of Mac computers. Some suspected sales of the new tablet-style PC might mimic the bite that netbooks took out of the laptop market. The iPad does appear, however, to be cannibalizing sales of Apple iPods to some degree, according to a May 17 report from Piper Jaffray […]

With the May 17 introduction of the Wildfire, popular mobile device maker HTC announced it will be pitching its Android-based smartphone experience to younger audiences than the broader markets it has sought to reach with previous models, such as the HTC Desire and Droid Incredible.While HTC hasn’t disclosed pricing details yet, it’s expected that the […]

The Palm Pre Plus is now available on the AT&T network.As promised, the Pre Plus is priced at $149.99. While that’s $100 more than Verizon charges for its version of the smartphone, the AT&T package includes the Palm Touchstone – its neat-o charger that, like an electric toothbrush, charges through induction – free overnight shipping […]

Sony is considering developing a tablet-style PC, not unlike the Apple iPad, if enough consumers say they’re interested in purchasing one, Bloomberg reported May 14, following an interview with Mike Abary, vice president of Sony’s Information Technology Products unit.“We have been taking a deep look at developing a tablet for a number of years, not […]

More than 65,000 smartphones running Google’s Android OS are being shipped each day, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said during an annual shareholders meeting May 13. While eyebrow-raising in itself, the figure is up from the 60,000 handsets that Jeff Huber, Google’s senior vice president of engineering, said were being sold and activated each day, during […]