Michelle Maisto

T-Mobile is suing AT&T prepaid brand AIO Wireless for trademark infringement, alleging that the shade of pink AIO uses in its advertising is meant to confuse consumers. Since the 1990’s, T-Mobile has aligned its marketing with the color magenta—T-Mobile CEO John Legere has taken to wearing a magenta T-Mobile T-shirt under his blazer during press […]

Motorola’s Moto X Is ‘Fresh’ Inside and Out, iFixit Finds by Michelle Maisto Motorola Moto X Teardown A few unique things about the Moto X from the start: It’s the first smartphone designed and assembled in the USA, and users can customize their phones online before ordering, dictating color combinations, materials and inserting a custom […]

Vodafone has confirmed that it’s in negotiations to sell its 45 percent stake in Verizon Wireless to Verizon, which holds the remaining 55 percent share. “There is no certainty that an agreement will be reached,” Vodafone said in a brief statement Aug. 29. Such a deal has been the stuff of rumors for years, and […]

The Motorola Moto X is unique for a handful of reasons, including that it’s the first phone to come from the marriage of Motorola and Google, the first phone to be fully designed and assembled in the United States, and the first phone to be fully customizable. Motorola opened its Moto X design studio Aug. […]

BlackBerry is said to be considering separating its popular BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) app from the rest of the company, which essentially has a for-sale sign hanging from it. On Aug. 12, BlackBerry announced the formation of a Special Committee to “explore strategic alternatives,” which it said could include “possible joint ventures, strategic partnerships or alliances, […]

HTC, a longtime supporter of Google’s Android operating system, is developing its own OS for China, The Wall Street Journal reported Aug. 28. According to sources familiar with the project, the OS is being “closely monitored” by HTC Chairwoman Cher Wang, who has been in close communication with Chinese government officials. Chinese officials have already […]

Motorola’s Moto X was on the counter beside me this weekend as I baked four-dozen cupcakes for a birthday party. Each time I slid the baking sheet into the oven I’d say, “OK, Google Now. Set the timer for 16 minutes.” The Moto X would respond, “Setting the alarm for 16 minutes,” and I found […]

Google’s Android operating system continues to be the predominant target of malware threats, and we mean predominant. In 2012, Android was the target of 79 percent of malware threats, compared with 0.7 percent for iOS, 0.3 percent for BlackBerry and 0.3 percent for Windows Mobile, the U.S. Departments of Justice and Homeland Security said in […]

Struggling phone maker BlackBerry is considering spinning off its popular BlackBerry Messenger solution into a subsidiary, which would operate with greater independence, The Wall Street Journal reported Aug. 27, citing people familiar with the matter. The report adds that the subsidiary would be called BBM Inc. “The move signals that BlackBerry is trying to position […]

A week after BlackBerry announced that it was open to being acquired—among other possibilities—BerryReview reported that BlackBerry’s developer community wasn’t as large or diverse as seemed to be the case. One developer, S4BB, has contributed more than 47,000 of the 120,000-plus apps now in the BlackBerry World store, according to BerryReview. It called 20 to […]

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Samsung has turned its back on yet another Apple business model—intensely shrouding in secrecy every new device. Samsung Executive President Lee Yong-hee, the same executive who confirmed that Samsung is indeed working on a smart watch, has confirmed that Samsung will unveil the watch Sept. 4 at an event in Berlin. Lee told the Korea […]