Michelle Maisto

While half of all iPhone and iPod Touch use takes place in the United States, use of these devices grew more quickly abroad in 2009 than it did at home, according to a recent AdMob report that judged use by how often devices requested AdMob ads.The Apple mobile devices are used in 23 countries, including […]

Fujitsu introduced the new LifeBook MH380 on Dec. 21. Arriving in January, the mininotebook will be among the first to offer Intel’s new Atom N450 processor. Built on the 32-nanometer platform, the processor was code-named Pine Trail. The glossy, red MH380 has a starting weight of 2.97 pounds, runs Microsoft Windows 7 Starter (and offers […]

Google’s Android operating system is gaining the interest of increasing numbers of U.S. consumers-and potentially distracting them from Apple’s iPhone, according to a Dec. 17 report from ComScore. When in August mobile users were asked which phone they planned to buy in the next three months, 7 percent said the T-Mobile G1 or T-Mobile MyTouch-the […]

The number of Apple iPhone OS users surpassed Microsoft Windows Mobile users for the first time in October, according to data from comScore. ComScore surveys U.S. mobile subscribers over the age of 13 and averages together data from three months’ worth of polling. Over the span of 2009, the digital number cruncher found that Microsoft […]

Mobile application downloads are expected to grow to 5 billion by 2014, from the approximately 2.3 billion that were downloaded in 2009, according to a Dec. 17 report from ABI Research. The firm additionally predicts that the growing popularity of mobile application downloads will lead to a drop in their prices – as applications face […]

Research In Motion is reporting that some customers using its BlackBerry smartphones in North America are experiencing problems with their e-mail service, according to a Dec. 17 report from Bloomberg. The problem doesn’t extend to phone or Web-browsing capabilities, and the outage is reportedly not specific to a carrier but is affecting all customers using […]

Back-to-school sales helped the worldwide PC market achieve positive growth in the third quarter of 2009, according to a Dec. 17 report from IDC. Consumer mobile devices, which grew 33.5 percent from a year earlier, helped to propel the overall market, which, after three consecutive quarters of decline, increased by 2.4 percent. Sales of mini […]

The complaint filed by the Federal Trade Commission against Intel on Dec. 16 could affect Intel’s Atom processor business, according to a report from ABI Research. Specifically, the ABI report found that any action by the FTC could have a big impact on Intel’s different businesses, including its Atom line and allow competitors, in this […]

12 Notable Smartphones That Made a Splash in 2009 Looking at the market, 2009 may well go down as the year of the smartphone. When the Palm Pre arrived in June, the iPhone was its natural competition. While Apple’s darlings still dominate, the playing field has since become considerably more crowded, with competitors running Google’s […]

Within five years, more people will be connecting to the Internet via mobile devices than via desktop PCs. This good news for carriers, handset makers and software developers comes from Morgan Stanley’s “The Mobile Internet Report,” released Dec. 15. Other key points in the 424-page report-available free-are that the “mobile Internet cycle,” which the Morgan […]

Yankee Group has released its annual report on predictions for the new year. Offering a positive outlook for 2010, the firm reports that while the economic recession has changed attitudes in the communications sector, these changes are creating opportunities for businesses smart enough to recognize, and act on, them.“We cannot all remain scarred by the […]

Not even the Dollar Menu can top this deal. Beginning in January 2010, McDonald’s will offer its in-store Wi-Fi service for free, according to reporting from Wi-Fi Net News. McDonald’s currently charges $2.95 for 2 hours of Wi-Fi service, which is run by AT&T, since it bought Wayport. The free coverage will be available in […]