Michelle Maisto

Security concerns have long led enterprises to shun employee-owned devices, but a new report from Forrester, “Technology Populism Fuels Mobile Collaboration,” suggests that a more effective route is to acknowledge the devices and attach to them a “personal responsibility policy.”While more than half of the 2,300-plus IT decision makers Forrester surveyed in the United States […]

For the first time since the dot-com bust of 2001, the PC market will see a contraction in unit shipments in 2009, according to a new report from research firm iSuppli.The research firm blames falling IT spending and plunging desktop computer sales-shipments of which are likely to decline by 18.1 percent, or to 124.4 million […]

On the same day that Apple announced its App Store had passed 1.5 billion downloads, Juniper Research is reporting that it expects mobile application downloads to approach nearly 20 billion per year by 2014.“The increasing deployment of app stores targeted at mass market handsets, allied to enhancements in storefront interfaces and an ever increasing array […]

Apple has announced that, in just one year, customers have downloaded more than 1.5 billion applications from its App Store. According to Apple, the App Store currently has more than 65,000 apps and more than 100,000 developers in the iPhone Developer Program.“The App Store is like nothing the industry has ever seen before in both […]

Worldwide netbook shipments are expected to reach nearly 33 million units in 2009, according to analysis firm DisplaySearch. Shipments of full-size notebook computers-while expected to reach 129.5 million units-are expected to be flat, year over year, for the first time.In its July 13 “Quarterly Notebook PC Shipment and Forecast Report,” DisplaySearch reveals that netbook penetration […]

The Apple iPhone OS 3.0’s latest ailment seems to be a difficulty connecting to Wi-Fi, according to PC World, as well as hundreds of readers on the Apple discussion boards. “After upgrading my 3G to 3.0 my Wi-Fi is not stable, particularly when syncing a large database using FMTouch,” wrote one user. Another complained, “OK, […]

Google chief executive Eric Schmidt recently declined to discuss the possibility of a rivalry between Microsoft and Google, which will be shipping a new operating system, Chrome OS, later this year.Analysts from research firm iSuppli, however, are predicting that Google is ready to take on Microsoft, and additionally that sales of netbooks – for now […]

The Research In Motion BlackBerry Tour is now available on both the Sprint and Verizon Wireless networks.The Tour, a CDMA world phone, offers calling and data access around the world-Sprint supports calls in more than 185 countries and e-mail and Web browsing in nearly 150, and Verizon supports a handful more, with call support in […]

Netbooks running Chrome OS, Google’s newly announced operating system, may be available later this year, according to a report from Reuters, which quoted Google chief executive Eric Schmidt at the Allen & Co. media and technology conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, on July 9.“Everybody we’ve talked to under nondisclosure is excited about the plan,” Schmidt […]

The French tech site Nowhere Else broke the story, on June 26, that some white iPhone 3GS handsets were heating up to the point of causing discoloration. Now, FrenchiPhone.com is reporting that the discoloration was simply due to contact with an iPhone cover.Cnet.com offers a very helpful translation of the FrenchiPhone site, which reportedly wrote: […]

Accelerometers are expected to be included in one-third of mobile phones shipped in 2010, according to new data from iSuppli. The Apple iPhone, Research In Motion‘s BlackBerry Storm and the newly released Palm Pre have boosted the popularity of accelerometer technology. iSuppli annually tracks the features of phones from more than 30 manufacturers, accounting for […]

Campers and beach bums rejoice. New from Nokia is the 3720 classic, a rugged mobile phone the company is cheekily instructing users to “handle without care.”The 3720 features a sealed, leak-proof design-the battery cover is said to be screwed on, to protect the battery and internal circuitry from dust, mud and water-and it has an […]