Michelle Maisto

Hewlett-Packard could be releasing a tablet running the Palm’s webOS operating system as soon as the third quarter of 2010, according to a report from The Examiner, which attributes the information to “an insider at HP.”The tablet, according to the report, would be called the HP “Hurricane.”The news follows recent rumors that HP has canceled […]

Verizon has offered its subscribers the Motorola Droid and HTC Droid Incredible – arguably the strongest Android offerings on the market – but still it’s the Apple iPhone they want.While a May 4 ChangeWave survey found Verizon Wireless subscribers to be the most satisfied in the mobile industry – with 49 percent calling themselves “very […]

More good news on the global mobile handset market arrived May 5 from ABI Research, which reported shipments of 303 million handsets in the first quarter of 2010. The figure was up 19 percent year over year. Should shipments continue at this pace, the year is on target to reach shipments of 1.3 billion units.Nokia […]

The 4G WiMax provider Clearwire will introduced WiMax-enabled smartphones from Samsung and HTC before the end of 2010, the company announced in its May 5 first-quarter 2010 earnings statement.Both the Samsung and HTC phones will offer 3G, 4G and WiFi connectivity, while the Samsung model will run the Android operating system and be optimized for […]

WiMax or LTE? T-Mobile appears to be considering which technology to choose for its eventual 4G network support, according to a report from the Financial Times.The carrier has reportedly been in talks with two companies about their competing technologies. Clearwire, which supplies Sprint’s currently 27-city-strong WiMax network, could likewise extend “wholesale” WiMax capabilities that T-Mobile […]

Verizon Wireless handily outdid competitors AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile in a survey of customer satisfaction and loyalty, ChangeWave Research reported May 4. In a March survey of 4,040 smartphone customers, only 1.5 percent of Verizon customers reported experiencing dropped calls over the past three months-which was both the lowest rate in the industry and the […]

T-Mobile added the myTouch Slide to its family of HTC-made myTouch smartphones May 4. Unlike its myTouch 3G and myTouch Fender Limited Edition siblings, the Slide, as the name suggests, features a four-row QWERTY keypad that slides out from behind its 3.4-inch HVGA display.Other perks include a 5-megapixel camera, a music player with a preinstalled […]

Amazon.com is now offering the HTC Droid Incredible at a discounted rate of $149.99, with a two-year service contract.Verizon Wireless has been looking forward to swift sales for its newest Android handset, and following a successful April 29 launch and debut week, its supplies have run low. Visitors to the Verizon site are being instructed, […]

On the same day that Apple launched its newest iPad tablet, the company also sold its 1 millionth iPad, less than a month after the device’s debut. Apple officials announced May 3 that the company sold its millionth iPad April 30, and that iPad users had to that point downloaded more than 12 million applications […]

Motorola’s fall from the global Top 5 cell phone vendor list-following a strong first quarter 2010 for BlackBerry maker Research In Motion, which rose to knock Motorola out-didn’t bode well for the handset maker. On April 29, however, the Illinois-based company reported strong first-quarter sales, indicating a battle for smartphone market share is ahead.Motorola’s first-quarter […]

Palm’s WebOS mobile platform was said to be a list-topping asset, when the smartphone maker went shopping for a purchaser. And indeed, following the April 28 announcement that HP will acquire Palm for $1.2 billion, analysts are agreeing that WebOS was a major factor in the decision, particularly as it could potentially help HP compete […]

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion is now among the world’s five largest cell phone vendors, knocking Motorola from the list and highlighting the growing popularity of smartphones in the market, according to research firm IDC. In a report issued April 29, IDC said that RIM tied Sony Ericsson for fourth place, in a cell phone […]