Michelle Maisto

Nokia may have kept its head above water during its fiscal 2012 fourth quarter. The struggling Finnish smartphone maker released preliminary results for the quarter Jan. 10 and said its Devices and Services business had “exceeded expectations and achieved underlying profitability.” The Nokia Siemens Networks also exceeded expectations. In October 2012, Nokia officials warned of […]

Samsung, as promised, used its time on stage at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show to show off bendable-screen technology that’s being developed with future smartphones, tablets and more in mind. The displays will be marketed under a new brand called “Youm,” which “doesn’t just bend the rules of display technologies,” a delighted Stephen Woo, president […]

HP Envy 27-Inch IPS Monitor HP officials say this 27-inch standalone monitor with Beats Audio technology was developed collaboratively with Beats by Dr. Dre. Beats technology is more often featured in HTC smartphones, since HTC is a part owner of Beats. The monitor’s speakers are angled upward, for sound quality that HP says is closer […]

The iPad has dominated the tablet market since Apple introduced it and doing so established the market. But in 2013 that’s going to change, according to a Jan. 7 report from research firm NPD DisplaySearch. While Apple has dominated, “shifting market dynamics are creating the opportunity for a greater variety of choices, which will drive […]

Sprint’s future became a bit more uncertain Jan. 8 after satellite television company Dish Networks made an unsolicited bid to purchase the shares of 4G wireless company Clearwire that Sprint doesn’t already own. Sprint owns a majority share of Clearwire and in December 2012 entered an agreement with Clearwire to buy out the remaining shares […]

Ideaphone K900 The K900 is 6.9mm thin (the Apple iPhone 5, for context, is 7.6mm) and made of a “low-magnetic stainless steel and polycarbonate Unibody chassis.” Gorilla Glass 2 covers the 5.5-inch display and the back camera lens doesn’t protrude, adding to its sleek look. Ideaphone K900 The K900’s front and rear cameras are said […]

Could Nokia smartphones someday run Google’s Android mobile operating system? Nokia has been quick to insist the answer is no, after CEO Stephen Elop was quoted by Spanish newspaper El Pais saying otherwise. In the Jan. 7 interview, Elop reportedly stated, “In the current ecosystem wars, we are using Windows Phone as our weapon. But […]

FreedomPop raised eyebrows with its December launch of a wireless in-home modem that offers 1GB of free data per month via Clearwire’s 4G network. At the Consumer Electronics Show Jan. 8, FreedomPop sweetened the deal, announcing a partnership with TextPlus that will enable the company to add free text and calling services to its Internet […]

Sprint officials have so far been on the sidelines of Microsoft’s new Windows Phone operating system, saying for months—even as larger carriers AT&T and later Verizon Wireless announced support for the OS—that they would keep an eye on it. Apparently, Sprint management likes what they’ve seen. At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas Jan. […]

AT&T’s first-day news from the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show related more to consumers’ televisions than their smartphones. It also emphasized AT&T’s interest in encouraging users to interact with multiple devices and offering a complementary, or at least consistent, experience when they do. First, AT&T announced a Screen Pack feature for customers of its U-verse service—a […]

Whether Hewlett-Packard is struggling to find its footing or already staging a comeback arguably may be parsed from the lineup it presented at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. On Jan. 7, HP officials introduced the first standalone monitor to feature Beats Audio technology, two new Sleekbook laptops, monitors for business users and […]

Lenovo arrived at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas with a product load befitting the industry’s new king of the PC mountain. During the third quarter of 2012, Lenovo became the world’s top-selling PC maker, as its market share squeaked past that of long-time market leader Hewlett-Packard by a fraction of a percent, […]