Michelle Maisto

Apple touted longer battery life as an important upgrade to the iPhone 3GS, but some new owners of the smartphone-many of whom are filling discussion boards on the Apple site-find those numbers aren’t reflective of what they’re experiencing. Apple lists expected talk time for the iPhone 3GS at 5 hours on AT&T’s 3G network and […]

In a July 9 announcement, Orange confirmed it will be the exclusive UK provider of the Toshiba TG01 smartphone, featuring Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processor.In time for the weekend, Orange will be “ranging” the Toshiba TG01 across its UK retail channels, the carrier stated, leaving those across the pond with no option but to admire from afar.The […]

The latest news on China’s Green Dam filtering software is that the debate’s not over yet-and Apple may finally be pulled into the fray.In early June, the Chinese government announced to PC makers that, by July 1, all computers sold in China would have to be shipped with Green Dam Youth Escort, a Web-filtering software […]

Apple will announce the financial results of its third fiscal quarter of 2009 in a conference call on Tuesday, July 21, at 2 p.m. Pacific Time. On April 22, Apple announced revenue of $8.16 billion for the second quarter, and a net quarterly profit of $1.05 billion, or $1.33 per diluted share. That quarter, said […]

Everyone knows the Apple iPhone 3GS is hot, but some users are finding it unbearably so. Some white iPhones are reportedly overheating to the point of causing pink or brown discoloration on the back of the device. The French tech site Nowhere Else first reported the story on June 26, including images of lightly discolored […]

The BlackBerry Tour “world phone,” scheduled to arrive on the Verizon Wireless network July 12, will also be available on the Sprint network starting that same day.The Sprint version of the Tour operates on 2,100MHz UMTS/HSPA and quad-band EDGE/GSM/GPRS networks. Sprint customers will be able to make calls in more than 185 countries and access […]

The Apple iPhone 3GS topped Consumer Reports’ newest smartphone ratings, according to the blog of the no-nonsense magazine that Americans have trusted for its unbiased reviews since 1936. The iPhone 3GS was not, however, a runaway winner, with the keyboard-boasting Palm Pre following close on its heels.“The phones vary significantly in how they achieve their […]

Research In Motion’s new BlackBerry Tour will arrive in Verizon Wireless stores July 12, the carrier has announced.The Tour is a 3G “world phone,” which Verizon says will enable customers to make calls in 220 countries and access e-mail and the Internet in the 175 countries where Verizon offers data-roaming services.That’s in addition, of course, […]

Sometime in the wee hours of July 1, Apple reportedly pushed out iPhone OS 3.1 beta software and its software development kit to developers. The update comes just two weeks after Apple made the free iPhone OS 3.0 download available on June 17.According to multiple reports, iPhone OS 3.1 offers some bug patches and a […]

It is a summer of new devices, and Dell is adding to the pile with the Vostro 1220, a 12.1-inch, business-focused addition to its Vostro laptop line. The 1220 is an ultraportable, beginning at 3.36 pounds, and in press materials Dell writes that it was “designed exclusively for business travelers.” Toward this end, Dell has […]

Dell may or may not be working on a mobile Internet device that may or may not use ARM-based chips, according to The Wall Street Journal.People who saw early prototypes said it would run Google’s Android operating system, while other witnesses said Dell may begin selling the device later this year, or else the plan […]

Are old mobile phone chargers cluttering your desk drawers?The European Commission, along with the major handset makers constituting 90 percent of the European mobile phone market, has agreed to standardize on micro-USB phone chargers for all data-enabled phones so that with each new phone purchase a new charger isn’t necessary.On June 29, Apple, LG, Motorola, […]