Nicholas Kolakowski

Apple is planning an iTunes-related announcement for the morning of Nov. 16, tipped by an enigmatic message on its corporate Website-“Tomorrow is just another day. That you’ll never forget.”-predictably triggering massive speculation across the blogosphere. According to Apple’s Website, the announcement is set for 7 A.M. PST, 10 A.M. EST, 3 P.M. in London, and […]

AT&T will launch the Samsung Galaxy Tab on its network Nov. 21. The tablet PC will retail for $649.99 at AT&T stores and online on Samsung’s Website. While some other U.S. carriers are selling the Galaxy Tab with a two-year contract, AT&T is offering two month-by-month plans. Under those usage plans, Galaxy Tab owners can […]

LG Electronics’ first Windows Phone 7 smartphone, the LG Quantum, is now available through AT&T. That marks the fourth device running Microsoft’s new smartphone platform, which is hopes will carve market-share away from both Google Android and the Apple iPhone. The LG Quantum features a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and 3.5-inch touch-screen. Under the hood, the […]

Dell’s Streak tablet will receive its long-awaited Android 2.2 (Froyo) update starting Nov. 15. Although the Streak was one of the first Android tablets to hit the market, its operating system seemed increasingly outdated in comparison to rival devices slated to arrive on store shelves. “An OTA (over-the-air) update will be available to customers who […]

Microsoft’s week centered yet again on Windows Phone 7, which the company hopes will allow it to reclaim mobile market share from the likes of Google Android and the Apple iPhone. The smartphones officially launched in the U.S. market Nov. 8. The first three Windows Phone 7 smartphones include the Samsung Focus and HTC Surround, […]

Apple’s new MacBook Air starts at $999. Its 12-core Mac Pro will set you back $4,999. And the 64 GB iPad with Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity? A cool $829.99. Dirt cheap, all of them. At least when compared to the Apple-1 PC due on Christie’s block later in November. The storied auction house estimates bidding […]

Apple’s iPad may encounter a holiday sales slowdown, according to Rodman & Renshaw analyst Ashok Kumar. While analysts have estimated iPad sales at 6 million units for the fourth quarter, Kumar now states that Apple-along with other tablet makers such as Samsung-could have some trouble meeting those numbers. Kumar’s research note to the firm’s clients, […]

Halloween might be over, but at least one thing looks like it’s coming back from the dead: Microsoft’s much-derided Kin phones, which met an ignoble demise earlier this year after several weeks of poor sales. If reports prove accurate, Verizon plans to sell the Kin One and Kin Two as stripped-down “feature phones,” possibly to […]

Lenovo will launch a tablet PC in the U.S. market starting in 2011, according to a Nov. 12 report in The Wall Street Journal. That would mark yet another manufacturer entering the burgeoning tablet market, currently dominated by Apple’s iPad. Lenovo CEO Yang Yuanqing offered few details about the tablet to the Journal, but suggested […]

Microsoft very much needs Windows Phone 7 to succeed-something illustrated by the most recent market share figures from research firm Gartner. In the 12 months leading to the third quarter, the company’s share of the worldwide smartphone market declined from 7.9 percent to 2.9 percent. By contrast, Google Android saw its market share during that […]

Microsoft’s Windows 7 has earned positive reviews from enterprise workers, according to a new analyst survey. Research firm ITIC and analyst Roger Kay of EndPoint Technologies surveyed more than 400 companies about their Windows 7 experience. Of those companies, some 73 percent rated Windows 7 as “excellent,” “very good,” or “good.” Around 3 percent called […]

Microsoft is expanding the reach of its Bing for Mobile Android app to all major U.S. mobile operators, even as it gears up its own Windows Phone 7 platform for battle against Google Android. “Since the launch of the Bing for Mobile Android App in the Verizon Wireless Android Market, many of you asked when […]