Michelle Maisto

From the Mobile Asia Congress in Hong Kong, the GSM Association (GSMA), in collaboration with The Climate Group, introduced a Green Manifesto, a document outlining goals for lowering greenhouse gas emissions, as well as steps that mobile communications companies can take to lower emissions in other sectors. “With the right public policies in place, the […]

Mobile phones in the United States are increasingly being used for non-voice-related purposes, according to a Nov.17 Mobile Market View study by BIA/Kelsey. The study – which took place this October and was prefaced by similar studies in the autumns of 2008 and 2007 – found text messaging, e-mailing and mobile Internet use to be […]

The Apple iPhone isn’t all that you’ve been led to believe. That is the thesis behind a 106-page research report published in November by Strand Consult titled, “The Moment of Truth-A Portrait of the iPhone.” The report discusses, and works to debunk, what it calls the 10 most significant myths surrounding the iPhone. While Strand […]

Verizon Wireless has formally responded to competitor AT&T’s legal measures against its newest ad campaign, which shows maps of both carriers’ 3G coverage areas. “AT&T did not file this lawsuit because Verizon’s ‘There’s a Map for That’ advertisements are untrue,” Verizon’s legal team wrote in a 53-page memorandum presented to a U.S. District Court in […]

The Palm Pixi officially arrived on Sprint’s 3G network on Nov. 15. A thinner, “lighter” sibling to the Palm Pre (Samsung also just released a junior sibling to a more robust predecessor) it’s priced at $99.99, after a $100 rebate and with a new two-year contract. However, some online retailers, including Amazon, are currently offering […]

Samsung released a new Android-running smartphone on Nov. 16, the Galaxy Spica. A junior sibling to Samung’s Galaxy, which arrived in Europe this summer, the Spica is now available in Europe and the CIS (the Commonwealth of Independent States, or the former USSR) and will eventually arrive in parts of the Middle East and Africa. […]

Apple’s App Store now offers more than 100,000 apps, and has facilitated approximately 2.2 billion downloads. Google’s Android Market is next in line, with an impressive 10,000-plus app offerings. Palm’s App Catalogue is nearing the 300-app mark, and Microsoft continues to tweak and update its new app store, Marketplace for Mobile. But is the value […]

U.S. carriers may have passed on a Dell smartphone, but the computer-maker-cum-smartphone-maker announced on Nov. 13 that it has found two new partners: China Mobile and Brazil’s Claro. Dell confirmed its entrance into the smartphone business-in the past, Michael Dell has discussed exploring small form factors, and CFO Brian Gladden has dismissed the China Mobile […]

T-Mobile announced on Nov. 13 that the Samsung Behold II will arrive on its 3G network on Wednesday, Nov. 18. The Android-running smartphone features a 3.2-inch AMOLED screen – T-Mobile’s first, which the carrier describes in a statement as offering “crisper colors and wider viewing angles.” The screen is paired with a 5-megapixel camera that […]

AT&T wants to set the record straight about its nationwide coverage, and has posted a note on its Website, offering some “key facts” about what it covers, and how. AT&T has filed a suit against Verizon Wireless, alleging that Verizon is misleading customers about AT&T’s coverage areas in its commercials. The “key facts” note comes […]

Microsoft has upgraded its Windows Marketplace for Mobile application store, which launched on Oct. 6 with the software-maker’s Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system. The upgrades, Todd Brix wrote on the Windows Mobile blog, deal with better anti-privacy protection, an improved developer portal for Microsoft’s registered independent software vendors, and PC-based shopping and account management for […]

AT&T has asked a federal court in Atlanta to force Verizon Wireless to pull a series of ads immediately, according to reporting from USA Today. Verizon responded by standing by its ads. “What we are saying doesn’t change,” spokesperson Jim Gerace told the paper. Reportedly, one ad named in the complaint is the holiday-timed play […]