Michelle Maisto

Smartphones, the good ones, tend to tip a user’s focus. The iPhone is all about apps. With the BlackBerry Z10, no communication goes unseen. With the HTC One and its BlinkFeed home screen, my attention was focused, more than usual, on headlines. And with the newest Nokia, the Lumia 1020, the camera is the thing. […]

Nokia Lumia 1020 Rewards Those Willing to Commit to It by Michelle Maisto Nokia Lumia 1020: Big Is Beautiful The Lumia 1020 is no wallflower. Color aside (it also comes in black and white), the 1020 measures 130.4 by 71.4 by 10.4mm. For context, the Nokia Lumia 928 and the original HTC One, which both […]

Sprint continues to push forward through its things-have-to-get-worse-before-they-get-better period. The nation’s third-largest carrier announced a second-quarter net loss of $1.6 billion, following the closure of its outdated Nextel network and the subsequent loss of more than 1 million subscribers. Sprint said it has “recaptured” more than 4 million subscribers from the Nextel network since the […]

Verizon’s New Motorola Droids Packed With Power in Slim, Tough Frames By Michelle Maisto Verizon’s New Family of Droids The main boast around the Droid Ultra is its slim physique, while the Droid Maxx boasts the longest-lasting battery on a 4G LTE smartphone and the Droid Mini is, as the name suggests, compact. With two-year […]

MetroPCS has expanded its presence into 15 new markets, thanks to its recent merger with T-Mobile. T-Mobile’s plan is to transition MetroPCS customers over to its High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) and Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks, and then to upgrade MetroPCS’s Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) to LTE. Thanks to this handover, MetroPCS says […]

Google to Attract Viewers With Chromecast, Nexus 7 Update by Michelle Maisto The $35 Google Chromecast Google calls Chromecast the “easiest way to enjoy online videos on your TV.” It’s compatible with Android, iOS and Windows Phone devices and is available now for $35. TV Made Simpler The Chromecast dongle connects to an HDTV via […]

Google yesterday introduced an improved Nexus 7 (yes, the company’s still calling it the Nexus 7), along with Chromecast, a $35 dongle that puts new convenience, and Google, into the television-viewing experience. Chromecast plugs into the High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) slot on an HDTV, enabling users to direct video content to the TV via […]

The nation’s phone companies have begun the process of transitioning from the classic copper and time-division multiplexing (TDM) technologies to new Internet protocol (IP) technology, and with it the federal government has begun considering how to govern around these changes, as the old rules apply not to the concept of a national telephone system but […]

Apple sold 31 million iPhones during its fiscal third-quarter, it announced July 24. This was down from 37.4 million iPhones the quarter before, but still a June-quarter record, said Apple. How do you sell iPhones when the newest model is nearly 10 months old and the next model is thought to be weeks away? Apple’s […]

Spectrum is the most sought-after commodity in the wireless market, and on July 23 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposed new rules for freeing up spectrum in four Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) bands that it says will help to ensure “speed, capacity and ubiquity” for mobile devices. In a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the FCC […]

The Nokia Lumia 1020 is quite unlike any other smartphone on the market today. This reality—its sidestep from the mainstream—may be an indication of the kind of sales that Nokia and AT&T, which will begin selling it this Friday, July 26, can expect. It’s not for everyone. It’s not for people who care about a […]

AT&T announced second-quarter results July 23 that included earnings of $3.82 billion on $32.1 billion in revenue. While the numbers were below Wall Street expectations, CFO John Stephens attributed what he called a “solid quarter” to “solid growth in wireless” and strong gains in U-verse, which includes TV, high-speed Internet and voice-over IP services. AT&T […]