Michelle Maisto

iPhone 5S Gold Rush: Apple’s Latest Nugget in Scarce Supply by Michelle Maisto Apple iPhone 5S: First Come, First Served On Sept. 4, Apple introduced the iPhone 5S, which comes in silver, gray and gold models, alongside the colorful and less-expensive iPhone 5C. Apple made the 5C immediately available for preorder and the 5S a […]

The gold Apple iPhone 5S is reviving bad memories of the white iPhone 4. While the iPhone 5S, which was not made available for preorder, was to be released Sept. 20, on the morning of its big day, the gold model was in short supply. Or more exactly, it was nowhere to be found. Apple […]

The Apple iPhone 5S will become available Friday, Sept. 20. It’s the first time Apple hasn’t accepted preorders for a flagship device (despite accepting them for the mid-tier iPhone 5C), and analysts say it’s because the 5S will be in short supply. Due to the iPhone 5S’ Touch ID fingerprint reader, it’s expected to be […]

BlackBerry is preparing to let go of up to 40 percent of its staff, or potentially up to 5,000 people, by the end of the year, The Wall Street Journal reported Sept. 18, painting a grim picture of how far the once-leading smartphone maker has fallen. Two years ago, BlackBerry had more than 17,000 employees […]

Early reviews of the Apple iPhone 5S make clear a point that was easy to lose track of in the blur of rumors building up to Apple’s Sept. 10 announcement and the cacophony of commentary and still more speculation that followed: This is an “S” device, Apple’s signal that, preparing for a major design overhaul, […]

The Apple iPhone 5C, the company’s first colored-plastic iPhone and its first to debut at $99, became available to preorder Sept. 13. How many people have rushed to order one, however, isn’t yet clear. Apple has a habit of making its early successes known. The iPhone 5 became available for preorder Sept. 14, 2012, and […]

The Samsung Galaxy Gear is coming. It appears that AT&T will be the first to offer the Samsung smartwatch. The carrier is now accepting preorders online and promising that the accessory will ship Oct. 1. Available in beige or black, the Gear is priced at $299 and is a companion device to the Galaxy Note […]

The Apple iPhone 5C not cheap enough for you? How about free? Would that be cheap enough? Sprint is now offering $100 off any phone, to subscribers who switch their numbers to Sprint. For the 16GB iPhone 5C, that puts a big doughnut on the price tag. Sprint is currently also offering an Unlimited for […]

BYOD Brings Benefits, but Don’t Ignore the Risks: ISF By Michelle Maisto BYOD: Key Business Issues Whether an individual or the organization owns a device is a detail with important consequences. Still, many organizations haven’t addressed the matter yet, said ISF in its new report, “A Practical and Effective Approach to BYOD.” Risk Areas and […]

BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins spent the months leading up to the BlackBerry 10 launch insisting that the company was not in a “death spiral” but instead righting itself for a comeback. While some had hope that Heins and his team might indeed produce something that could steady the business, doing so has proven more difficult […]

Sprint is planning to offer a new device upgrade program, timed to the Sept. 20 launch of the newest Apple iPhones. According to Cnet, Sprint plans to follow the lead of the nation’s other Tier 1 carriers with the launch of One Up, a program that will allow customers to pay for devices in monthly […]

The Apple iPhone 5S’ Touch ID fingerprint reader has been a topic of countless headlines and debates since its Sept. 10 introduction. But Apple is making clear that the new iSight camera on the back of the 5S is also worthy of the spotlight. Apple has announced with Burberry that the British fashion label’s Sept. […]