Michelle Maisto

Motorola is bringing an Android-based application store to China.Called SHOP4APPS, or Zhi-Jian-Yuan, which translates roughly to “place for apps wisdom,” according to Motorola, it will debut in time for the Chinese New Year – which this year coincides with Valentine’s Day. The store will be open to other manufacturers, or partners in China also supporting […]

Verizon Wireless announced that the Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus will be on store shelves Jan. 25, and additionally shared pricing for the smartphones. With two-year contracts, the Pre Plus will run $149.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate, and the Pixi Plus will cost $99.99, also after a $100 rebate. (Days after the […]

The T-Mobile myTouch 3G Fender Limited Edition smartphone, from HTC, became available Jan. 20 for $179.99, with a new two-year service contract, the carrier announced earlier this month. Featuring a “Fender guitar sunburst-finish inspired design,” the handset ships preloaded with classics from Eric Clapton, including “Layla,” “Rock -n’ Roll Heart” and “Wonderful Tonight,” as well […]

Nokia is rolling out a new version of Ovi Maps on Jan. 21 that will offer free walking and driving navigation to users of Nokia GPS-enabled smartphones. The new Ovi Maps is immediately available as a free download to 10 particular handsets – the Nokia N97 mini, 5800 XpressMusic, 5800 Navigation Edition, E55, E72, 5230, […]

Yankee Group and Mobile Enterprise magazine surveyed large enterprises and small and medium-size businesses about the voice and data coverage they’re receiving from what Yankee calls the “Big Four” carriers: AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless. While AT&T and Verizon, the nation’s largest carriers, were the two most popular voice and data providers, it was […]

PC makers Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Apple aren’t likely to be pleased by the idea that they may not be in business in 20 years’ time, due to their alleged inability to produce inexpensive PCs. Stan Shih, founder of Acer, headquartered in Hsinchu City, Taiwan, shared this sentiment with the Taipei-based Commercial Times, according to French […]

Nokia and Apple are at it again. On Jan. 15, Apple filed a complaint against Nokia with the International Trade Commission, requesting that Nokia be banned from importing phones that, Apple alleges, infringe on its patents. The move follows several back-and-forth lawsuits the manufacturers have filed against each other in the last several months. “Legal […]

ReCellular is offering another way for Americans to contribute to rescue and recovery efforts in earthquake-ravaged Haiti. The mobile phone refurbisher and recycler announced Jan. 14 that the profits it makes on collected phones, whether they can be resold or recycled, will be contributed to American Red Cross efforts in Haiti. “The devastation in Haiti […]

Flexible form factors such as laptops that can be adjusted into tablet PCs are nothing new. But a flexible display interface is quite another thing, and it appears from a patent application that Nokia is working on just such a display interface. On Jan. 14, Nokia filed a patent for a flexible interface with the […]

Gartner announced key predictions for IT organizations in 2010. In a recent report, the research firm highlighted trends and events that it believes will change the nature of business going forward. Among these are changes to the focus and balance of power within IT departments, the environmental impacts of business, and the ways adults around […]