Michelle Maisto

Microsoft’s Windows Marketplace for Mobile portal is now live.At the Mobile World Congress in February, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced the portal that he said would allow customers to browse and download applications using their Windows Mobile 6.5 or earlier phones, and would offer developers the opportunity to connect with Windows Mobile users.Surely, Microsoft also […]

Intel, Advanced Micro Devices, Samsung and other semiconductor companies will spend 45 percent less on manufacturing equipment and capital expenditures in 2009 compared with 2008, according to a new Gartner report.The economy is again being blamed, this time for a predicted “dramatic downturn” in capital equipment spending for the semiconductor industry this year, according to […]

Is it finally time for an Apple netbook? Commercial Times, a Taiwanese daily financial newspaper, on March 9 again raised rumors of an Apple netbook when it reported that Taiwan-based Quanta Computer-a contributor to the Apple iPhone-will be making such a device for Apple. Commercial Times additionally reported that Wintek, also based in Taiwan, would […]

When the Apple iPhone hits its two-year anniversary in June, Palm plans to release its highly anticipated Pre smartphone, which a major Palm investor is insisting will turn the tide in the competitive handset market. In a March 6 interview with Bloomberg, Palm investor Roger McNamee boldly declared: “Not one of those people will still […]

Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Acer, and Lenovo all felt the full impact of the economic slowdown in the fourth quarter of 2008, as PC sales slipped, according to new research from iSuppli. This trend among laptop and desktop suppliers mimics conditions in the mobile phone and handset markets, which saw growth in 2008 but nonetheless experienced “the […]

Advanced Micro Devices, Nvidia, Intel, Via and other chip makers are seeing diminishing demand for traditional integrated graphics processors used in laptops and desktops, and these chip vendors could begin stopping shipments of these types of chips and chip sets by 2013, according to new research. The report from Jon Peddie Research comes during a […]

WiMax subscriber revenue will grow by 4,500-plus percent this year. At least that’s the prediction in a new study from ABI Research released March 4. “WiMax has many growth opportunities beyond traditional mobile operator networks, including data-centric deployments in both developed and developing regions, said a statement from the research firm. “To ignore a growth […]

The Palm Treo Pro smart phone quietly turned up for sale on March 5 on the Alltel network, which is now part of Verizon Wireless. This comes just a day after Sprint proudly announced that the Treo Pro would be available on its network March 15. The Palm Treo Pro yearns for the hand of […]

Palm’s Treo Pro smartphone will be available March 15 on the Sprint Mobile Broadband Network, which offers Evolution Data Optimized Rev. A 3G speeds. The Treo Pro has been available unlocked, and hence available to various markets and operators, since August 2008. With this announcement, Palm is looking to gain some momentum in the enterprise […]

As predicted, Advanced Micro Devices has announced the creation of Globalfoundries, the business formed through the spinoff of the AMD’s own chip manufacturing business. Globalfoundries is a joint venture between AMD and Advanced Technology Investment Company, of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The move enables AMD to pass its manufacturing business to Globalfoundries, freeing $1 […]

Palm announced it is expecting revenues between $85 million and $90 million for the third quarter of fiscal year 2009. Palm plans to detail complete financial results for that quarter – which spans the economically souring period of Dec. 1, 2008 through Feb. 28, 2009 – on March 19. Palm, however, is anticipating a more […]

Apple iPhones were the device of choice for the overwhelming majority of mobile Web searches performed in the month of February, according to a report from Net Applications. The March 2 report measured the market share for mobile browsers capable of rendering HTML pages and JavaScript. While phones running the Google Android operating system and […]