Michelle Maisto

Yankee Group and Mobile Enterprise magazine surveyed large enterprises and small and medium-size businesses about the voice and data coverage they’re receiving from what Yankee calls the “Big Four” carriers: AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless. While AT&T and Verizon, the nation’s largest carriers, were the two most popular voice and data providers, it was […]

PC makers Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Apple aren’t likely to be pleased by the idea that they may not be in business in 20 years’ time, due to their alleged inability to produce inexpensive PCs. Stan Shih, founder of Acer, headquartered in Hsinchu City, Taiwan, shared this sentiment with the Taipei-based Commercial Times, according to French […]

Nokia and Apple are at it again. On Jan. 15, Apple filed a complaint against Nokia with the International Trade Commission, requesting that Nokia be banned from importing phones that, Apple alleges, infringe on its patents. The move follows several back-and-forth lawsuits the manufacturers have filed against each other in the last several months. “Legal […]

ReCellular is offering another way for Americans to contribute to rescue and recovery efforts in earthquake-ravaged Haiti. The mobile phone refurbisher and recycler announced Jan. 14 that the profits it makes on collected phones, whether they can be resold or recycled, will be contributed to American Red Cross efforts in Haiti. “The devastation in Haiti […]

Flexible form factors such as laptops that can be adjusted into tablet PCs are nothing new. But a flexible display interface is quite another thing, and it appears from a patent application that Nokia is working on just such a display interface. On Jan. 14, Nokia filed a patent for a flexible interface with the […]

Gartner announced key predictions for IT organizations in 2010. In a recent report, the research firm highlighted trends and events that it believes will change the nature of business going forward. Among these are changes to the focus and balance of power within IT departments, the environmental impacts of business, and the ways adults around […]

AT&T, like Verizon Wireless, has introduced new pricing plans, available as of Jan. 18. iPhone and other smartphone customers on the AT&T network can now buy-or switch from existing plans without penalty or obligation of contract extension-an unlimited voice and data plan for $99.99. Those with Family Talk plans can now purchase unlimited voice and […]

Mobile application stores will continue to draw in customers and drive up profits, according to new report from Gartner. The firm expects that in 2010, consumers will spend $6.2 billion in mobile application stores, while advertising revenue in app stores is expected to generate $0.6 billion worldwide. “As smartphones grow in popularity and application stores […]

For months, Apple has been mum on the topic of the much-rumored “iSlate” or Apple tablet PC. Still, the silence has only helped fuel speculation that the maker of the iPhone will introduce this near-mythical Apple tablet later in January, likely between Jan. 25 and 27. Whether the Apple tablet is real or not, many […]

The Motorola Droid has a bill of materials (BOM) totaling approximately $187.75, iSuppli reported on Jan. 14, following a “dissection” of the device. That total includes electronic components adding up to $179.11 and manufacturing costs of $8.64. It’s the priciest of the recent smartphones iSuppli has taken apart. The research firm recently estimated that the […]

Verizon Wireless announced several updates to its service plans that will go into effect Jan. 18. For new customers, its Nationwide Unlimited Talk plan-which, as the name implies, gets you a lot of nationwide talking but nothing more-will be $69.99 a month, down from $99.99. Nationwide Unlimited Talk and Text, which includes texting, as well […]

Lenovo introduced two new high-performance desktops PCs for enterprises on Jan. 14, the ThinkCentre M90 and M90p. Both are the first ThinkCentre desktops to run the 2010 Intel Core vPro family of processors, which reportedly enable the machines to run multiple intensive applications at once. Both desktops, which will be available in February in tower, […]