Michelle Maisto

Amazon’s newest tablet, the Kindle Fire HDX, features twice the memory and three times the processing power of its predecessors. But for users who prize the ability to repair a cracked display or a replace a lame battery, the HDX ranks well below Amazon’s earlier efforts, repair site iFixit reported Oct. 15, following a teardown […]

Getac, With F110, V110, Shows Rugged Can Also Be Truly Mobile By Michelle Maisto Meet the Getac V110, F110 Getac is calling the V110 the industry’s “thinnest and lightest rugged convertible” and the F110 its “thinnest and lightest fully rugged large-screen tablet.” John Lamb, Getac’s director of marketing, told eWEEK that “no one’s ever challenged […]

Google plans to treat the world to some KitKat this Halloween, according to reports. Android 4.4, known as KitKat, is expected to debut Oct. 31 on the latest entrant into the growing smartwatch market—a Google-branded smartwatch called the Nexus. Android Police blogger Artem Russakovskii posted to Google+ earlier this month that “Google will announce a […]

Rugged laptops never fail to impress when it comes to party tricks. Manufacturers love to show them being dipped into fish tanks or closed inside freezers. One of the more fun videos over the years showed a laptop falling off the back of a military vehicle and the vehicle backing up over it—an abuse the […]

Apple’s planned smartwatch will separate itself from the competition by being less of a smartphone complement than a household remote control, Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Brian White said in an Oct. 10 report. White has been touring Asia and interviewing Apple suppliers, according to Barron’s. “As an Apple supplier, our contact offered insight into the ‘iWatch’ […]

Apple iPhone 5S users continue to discover new bugs in iOS 7, the latest of which has been dubbed the “blue screen of death”—or, a bit more friendly, the BSOD. As early as Sept. 24, users have been posted to forum boards in confusion about the BSOD, which appears to be tied to iDrop, “an […]

Best Buy is said to have a special offer planned for customers interested in purchasing an iPhone 5S or 5C—bring in any old smartphone and, as long as it’s not cracked, receive a minimum of $100 toward a new iPhone purchase. According to Cnet, the offer will begin Sunday and run through Oct. 19, though […]

Apple held a job fair Sept. 26, approximately 10 miles from the Waterloo, Ontario, campus of struggling rival BlackBerry, according to the Financial Post. “Most positions will be based in Cupertino, Calif. Relocation and immigration assistance will be provided for candidates that are hired, as needed,” Apple said in a LinkedIn invitation sent to select […]

Contract-Free Wireless Carriers: Seven That Set Themselves Apart by Michelle Maisto Brightspot From Target Makes Its Debut On Oct. 7, Target introduced Brightspot, a new contract-free wireless service that runs on the T-Mobile network. Plans start at $35 a month, or at $50 a month for unlimited talk, texting and data at 4G speeds. Users […]

BlackBerry may not be the easy buy that Fairfax Financial Holdings perhaps anticipated. As BlackBerry’s top shareholder conducts a due-diligence process, following its $4.7 billion bid for the ailing Canadian smartphone maker, other suitors are coming around. Cisco, SAP, Google and Samsung have reportedly all expressed interest in acquiring parts of the company—an option that […]

T-Mobile, With Shakira, Announces Free International Data, Texting by Michelle Maisto Making the World Your Network “It doesn’t have to be this way,” T-Mobile CEO John Legere said of the fact that while mobile phones are designed to be used internationally, consumers pay “insanely inflated” fees when they do. Beginning Oct. 31, T-Mobile customers on […]

T-Mobile’s latest un-carrier move is a doozie: Starting Oct. 31, Simple Choice customers can enjoy unlimited global data use and texting in more than 100 countries for no extra charge and pay a global flat rate of 20 cents a minute for calls when roaming in these same countries. Calls to landlines in these countries […]