Michelle Maisto

Google’s Android operating system will dominate HTC’s smartphone lineup for 2010, if documents posted to a developer forum – reportedly a leaked HTC presentation from an October meeting in Vienna – is to be believed. The presentation categorizes the phones into four groups: Design/Lifestyle; Social; Performance; and Productivity. While the three phones designated for “Productivity” […]

Mobile WiMax subscribers are expected to reach 2 million by the end of 2009, according to a Dec. 3 report from ABI Research. As large-scale deployment come to fruition, WiMax’s numbers are rising, but the picture is quite mixed, says the report. Clearwire, the majority share of which is owned by Sprint Nextel, now claims […]

AT&T is now offering half-price BlackBerry smartphones for a limited time, as part of two additional holiday promotions it announced on Dec. 3.As of Dec. 4, customers can purchase any Research In Motion BlackBerry in AT&T’s lineup for half off. The selection includes the BlackBerry Bold 9700 – which reviewers and analysts have called “excellent” […]

In the global PC market, Taiwan’s Acer bested Texas-based Dell during the third quarter of 2009. It was the first time an Asian OEM has captured the No. 2 market share position on a quarterly basis, according to research firm iSuppli. Acer rose to second from third place, with shipments rising by 31 percent between […]

New data from an ABI Research survey points to a major need for greater cell phone security for enterprise devices. The survey included 250 senior executives in the United States and revealed that, while the executives recognized the security vulnerabilities posed by cell phones – with 41 percent saying they believed mobile phones to be […]

Fujitsu introduced the LifeBook UH900, a teeny but not insubstantial ultraportable, on Dec. 2.Sized between a smartphone and a netbook, the UH900 features a 5.6-inch sunlight-readable, WXGA display with multitouch capabilities and 500 nits of brightness. And handbag-portable, it measures 8 by 4.2 by 0.9 inches and weighs approximately 1 pound.The operating system is Microsoft’s […]

Verizon Wireless is having quite a year, it turns out.Not only did it recently experience a win over disgruntled competitor AT&T, in being allowed to continue airing some cheeky ads, and then enjoy a jump in consumer opinion, but in a Dec. 1 statement, Consumer Reports revealed that Verizon was named the preferred carrier by […]

The number of mobile devices requiring cellular connectivity support is increasing, and as a result, the OEMs and large retailers, such as Best Buy, that are selling the devices are expected to begin acting as the connectivity providers for their products, according to a Dec. 1 report from ABI Research.While mobile carriers have gone from […]

AT&T and Verizon appear to have agreed to disagree. The rival mobile carriers have dropped the lawsuits they had filed against each other, according to reporting from Reuters and The Associated Press. Both news sources state that neither company is commenting on the matter, though Verizon said it will continue to run its “There’s a […]

Nokia executives, looking to position the company for a successful 2010, offered a broad assessment of the entire mobile industry, at the phone maker’s annual Capital Markets Day event in Helsinki, Finland, on Dec. 2.At the event, Nokia executives discussed several ways the company is looking to achieve and sustain successes in the mobile device […]