Michelle Maisto

Amazon.com and Wal-Mart have reduced the selling price of the Palm Pixi to $24.99, with a two-year service contract on Sprint’s 3G network, only days after the carrier debuted the smartphone for $99, according to published reports. As of Nov. 20, the carrier had not altered the Pixi’s price on its Website.The Pixi smartphone runs […]

A federal judge in Atlanta has denied AT&T’s request that competitor Verizon Wireless be made to pull its series of “There’s a Map for That” advertisements, according to a Nov. 18 report from the Associated Press. AP reports that the judge has scheduled a Dec. 16 hearing, in which attorneys for AT&T will have another […]

Nokia announced on Nov. 18 that its Nokia N900 – called a smartphone by some, a tablet by others and a “Maemo-powered mobile computer” by Nokia – is now on sale in the United States and shipping to consumers who pre-ordered. The mobile computer moniker sums up Nokia’s intentions for the device: to offer consumers […]

Dell reported fiscal third-quarter 2010 revenue of $12.9 billion, a slim sequential improvement over second-quarter revenue of $12.8 billion. However, it reported that third-quarter net income was $337 million, a substantial drop from the $727 million it earned in same quarter a year earlier. Brian Gladden, Dell’s chief financial officer, said during the Nov. 19 […]

Asus and Toshiba are the most reliable laptop makers, and netbooks have a 20 percent higher failure rate than laptops, according to a Nov. 17 study from SquareTrade, an electronics warranty provider that analyzed the failure rates of more than 30,000 new laptops covered by its warranty plan. The report arrives just in time for […]

AT&T and T-Mobile have both announced new, and very similar looking, BlackBerry smartphones, scheduled to arrive in the next few weeks. The AT&T BlackBerry Curve 8520 will be available at an after-rebate price of $100, and with a 2-megapixel camera with video recording on its feature list. The T-Mobile BlackBerry Bold 9700 will be priced […]

From the Mobile Asia Congress in Hong Kong, the GSM Association (GSMA), in collaboration with The Climate Group, introduced a Green Manifesto, a document outlining goals for lowering greenhouse gas emissions, as well as steps that mobile communications companies can take to lower emissions in other sectors. “With the right public policies in place, the […]

Mobile phones in the United States are increasingly being used for non-voice-related purposes, according to a Nov.17 Mobile Market View study by BIA/Kelsey. The study – which took place this October and was prefaced by similar studies in the autumns of 2008 and 2007 – found text messaging, e-mailing and mobile Internet use to be […]

The Apple iPhone isn’t all that you’ve been led to believe. That is the thesis behind a 106-page research report published in November by Strand Consult titled, “The Moment of Truth-A Portrait of the iPhone.” The report discusses, and works to debunk, what it calls the 10 most significant myths surrounding the iPhone. While Strand […]

Verizon Wireless has formally responded to competitor AT&T’s legal measures against its newest ad campaign, which shows maps of both carriers’ 3G coverage areas. “AT&T did not file this lawsuit because Verizon’s ‘There’s a Map for That’ advertisements are untrue,” Verizon’s legal team wrote in a 53-page memorandum presented to a U.S. District Court in […]