Michelle Maisto

The growth of smartphones running Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android operating systems, coupled with users’ heavy application adoption, is driving smartphone traffic over wireless networks, which increased by about 193 percent between February 2009 and February 2010.The finding comes from a March 25 AdMob report that looked to separate the network traffic between smartphones, feature […]

With shipments of smartphones and other wirelessly enabled devices expected to nearly triple 2009’s figures by 2014, the battle for mobile operating system dominance is growing as well.In a March 24 report, iSuppli said that while Apple, Nokia, Palm, Microsoft, BlackBerry and others have sought to make their smartphone mobile operating systems the favorite of […]

A desire to better work on the go is the No. 1 factor piquing interest in the Apple iPad, according to a March 23 report from enterprise solutions provider Sybase. In a survey of consumers, Sybase asked respondents which tasks they would be most likely to perform if they owned a tablet device such as […]

Lenovo is putting a renewed focus on small and midsize businesses with the March 23 introduction of the ThinkPad Edge 14 and 15 laptops, which offers 14- and 15-inch displays and 4G wireless technology. “We’re creating a full SMB program, starting with products like the ThinkPad Edge 14- and 15-inch laptops,” said Jerry Paradise, Lenovo’s […]

AT&T introduced a femtocell solution March 24, for those home owners who find themselves pressing their foreheads to window panes, or standing at funny angles in drafty back hallways, in hopes of catching enough cellular reception to place or finish a phone call.The AT&T 3G MicroCell solution, which AT&T will start rolling out in April, […]

T-Mobile pulled the sheet off the master plan for its new high-speed network, announcing at the CTIA Wireless 2010 show that it will deploy HSPA+ technology across its entire 3G footprint – 100-plus metropolitan areas housing 185 million people – by the end of 2010.HSPA+, a 3.5G technology, is said to deliver speeds up to […]

Bytemobile, a 10-year-old company that offers data-optimization solutions for bandwidth efficiency and reduced infrastructure costs to wireless carriers, is rolling out two new capabilities to its Unison Mobile Internet Platform.Both new capabilities were announced March 23. The first extends new algorithms to mobile applications. Consequently, when a smartphone user clicks on the Facebook application, for […]

Qualcomm will be adding the 4G technology LTE (Long-Term Evolution) to the list of connectivity options supported by its Gobi modems.News of the LTE addition was part of an extended product roadmap Qualcomm released March 23, with officials stating that they were building on the success they have seen with the PC market and expanding […]

A new survey of consumer sentiment toward the Apple iPad hints that Amazon.com may be right to worry for its Kindle sales. Among the 2,176 Internet users surveyed in a March 22 report from comScore, 6 percent already owned an Amazon Kindle, 4 percent had a Sony Reader, 2 percent a Barnes & Noble Nook, […]

Apple is now selling iPhones to consumers, without requiring proof of an active AT&T subscription, according to a reportedly leaked internal Apple document.Posted March 22, the document states that under the new purchase policies, customers can buy one full-price iPhone per day, with a lifetime limit of 10 devices. The revealed full price of the […]

Opera Software officially submitted its Opera Mini for iPhone browser to the Apple App Store March 23. The Norway-based company introduced the browser at the Mobile World Congress 2010 show, though offered minimal details about an arrival date. As late as March 19, Opera co-founder Jon von Tetzchner told eWEEK that the iPhone app would […]

Kyocera introduced the Zio M6000 Android smartphone at the CTIA Wireless 2010 show on March 23, marking the handset maker’s return to the smartphone space, after a hiatus focusing on feature phones. The Zio, which measures 4.6 by 2.3 by 0.5 inches, features a 3.5-inch WVGA, motion-enhanced touch-screen, positioned over a trackball for additional navigation. […]