Michelle Maisto

Smartphone maker HTC lowered its 2009 revenue forecast for the year, after the Taiwan stock market closed for the day on July 31.Instead of growth of about 10 percent, the Taiwan-based company is now predicting a “low to mid-single digit” fall in revenue, according to a report from Reuters.The IDG News Service reports that HTC […]

Novatel Wireless has expanded its MiFi personal hot spot line with the addition of the MiFi 2372 with multimode operation, making it available for use on HSPA, UMTS, EDGE and GPRS networks.It joins the MiFi 2200, for CDMA 1xEVDO RevA networks, and the MiFi 2352, for HSPA networks, in offering what Novatel likes to call […]

GPS smartphone adoption is on the rise, according to a July 29 report from Strategy Analytics.Worldwide shipments of GPS-equipped smartphones are expected to increase by 34 percent this year, compared to 2008 numbers, which would boost the number of units shipped from 57 million units to 77 million units at the year’s close.The main drivers […]

The consumer notebook market continues to grow, despite an economic recession and shrinking shipments in other areas of the PC market, states a new report from IDC.The researcher reports that three out of four computers that shipped to the U.S. consumer market during the second half of 2009 were notebooks, and that of the four […]

Global handset shipments fell by 8 percent in the second quarter of 2009, totaling 273 million units, compared with the 297 million units from a year earlier, according to new report from Strategy Analytics.The decline is said to be slower than the previous quarter’s, however, which hints toward stabilization in the market, wrote analyst Neil […]

The Apple iPhone is great for e-mailing, messaging, chatting, watching videos and staying in touch with colleagues and friends. Now, Nissan is looking to add “communicating with your car” to that list.IDG news service reports that the Japanese car maker has developed a prototype iPhone application that allows electric car owners to dial into their […]

The T-Mobile Sidekick LX ’09-the popular consumer phone with the full QWERTY keyboard and distinct flip-up screen-just became a whole lot more enterprise-friendly, according to a short post on a T-Mobile forum. The carrier announced that Sidekick Sync, a new feature-rich application, is now available for download.According to T-Mobile, Sidekick Sync will support real-time push […]

The Palm Pre proved to be a hit for Sprint Nextel, but it couldn’t stop the carrier from losing a quarter of a million customers during the second quarter of 2009.On July 29, Sprint announced consolidated net operating revenues of $8.1 billion for the second quarter-compared with $9.05 billion a year earlier-along with a net […]

T-Mobile has announced that, beginning Aug. 12, the HTC Touch Pro2 will finally be available in the United States on its 3G network.The Touch Pro2, which resembles an iPhone-photos are available here-features a 3.6-inch “intuitive” touch display with a resolution of 480 by 800 pixels. Give the large screen a nudge, and it slides up […]

In a July 27 report, Jon Peddie Research predicts that, after a slow first half of the year, the graphics market is gearing up for a more robust second half.Noting that graphics chips are the leading indicators of the PC market, the research firm states that 2009 has shown the best second quarter, quarter-to-quarter change […]

During a July 27 Verizon Wireless conference call with analysts and media, intended for the carrier to share its revenue results for the second quarter of 2009, Verizon’s president and chief operating officer, Denny Strigl, said Verizon will offer the Palm Pre in early 2010.During a question-and-answer period, analysts asked Strigl and Verizon Chief Financial […]

Toshiba is now selling a pair of 3.5-inch external hard disk drives that offer 640GB or 1TB of data storage. These configurations, Toshiba said, are what the market has been clamoring for in terms of storage.“We really got into external hard drive business about 18 months ago, but it wasn’t until the last 12 months […]