Nicholas Kolakowski

Apple iPads Top 10 Grossing Apps of 2010 by Nicholas Kolakowski PagesCOST: $9.99 This redesigned word-processor for the iPad lets users edit and format documents. It supports imports from Microsoft Word, and offers a variety of templates. NumbersCOST: $9.99 Numbers allows iPad users to create and manipulate spreadsheets, create forms for quick data entry, and […]

Apple iPhones Top 10 Grossing Apps in 2010 by Nicholas Kolakowski MLB.com At Bat 2010COST: Free Schedules, standings, postseason results, breaking news for teams, video highlight library, interactive rosters, and player stats helped make this one of the bestselling iPhone apps of 2010. The app is free for the moment-but once the 2011 season begins, […]

Microsoft’s week was all about the cloud and Windows Phone 7. On the Windows Phone 7 side of things, Microsoft announced this week that it would adjust its schedule of payouts to Windows Phone 7 developers, moving up its timetable from February to January. This could have been in response to rising developer complaints about […]

Apple’s iPad is killing print newspaper subscriptions, according to a new survey by the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri. However, its data also suggests the iPad is becoming a new channel for people’s daily news, offering hope that at least some of the iPad-exclusive publications in the pipeline can succeed. […]

One day after a handful of tech blogs leaked alleged photos of the next-generation iPad’s case, a Reuters report suggested that front- and rear-facing camera modules will appear with the device, along with a higher-resolution screen. “One source said the revamped model would feature cameras on the front and back of the device,” read the […]

Dell Streak Now Boasts Android 2.2 but Uneven Experience by Nicholas Kolakowski Android 2.2 The Dell Streak received its long-awaited Android 2.2 (Froyo) update starting Nov. 15. Hybrid The 5-inch Streak straddles the line between consumer tablet and smartphone. In the United States, it retails for $300 with a two-year AT&T contract, and $550 unlocked. […]

AT&T Dell Streak owners in the United States, take heart: your update to Android 2.2 (Froyo) is “hopefully” arriving in mid-January. For months, users have questioned when the 5-inch tablet PC, released earlier this year running Android 1.6, would receive the operating-system upgrade. “We continue to roll out the over-the-air update to Streak devices outside […]

Dell intends its 5-inch Streak to be the first of many tablets rolling out over the next several quarters. In a September presentation at Oracle OpenWorld, CEO Michael Dell offered a sneak peek at a 7-inch tablet, while indicating the market segment was in a state of constant change and evolution. That makes the Streak, […]

Apple will use Intel’s Sandy Bridge processors in its new MacBooks, replacing the current models’ Nvidia GPUs, according to one online report. “MacBook models with screen sizes of 13 inches and below are expected to switch to Sandy Bridge-only graphics,” reads the Dec. 9 posting on CNET, which cites unnamed industry sources apparently familiar with […]

Almost exactly a year after rumors about the first iPad began to reach critical mass, a fresh round of whispering suggests history will repeat itself with the next-generation iPad, widely expected to debut early in 2011. One of the more persistent rumors is that the next iPad will feature front- and rear-facing cameras for video […]

Microsoft is adjusting its schedule of payouts to Windows Phone 7 developers, offering a way to track app performance on its mobile Marketplace, and streamlining developer registration and submissions. This could be a response to developer complaints percolating through the blogosphere over the past few weeks. Many of those developers harped about Windows Phone 7’s […]

Microsoft will soon power the United States Department of Agriculture’s cloud-based Enterprise Messaging Service (EMS), including its e-mail, Web conferencing, instant messaging and document collaboration features. While the USDA’s cloud migration has been underway for some months, Microsoft’s touted the agreement Dec. 8 on its Website, just as its competition with Google for federal cloud […]