Nicholas Kolakowski

Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 will appear first on GSM-based cellular networks such as AT&T’s, before being available on CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) carriers-including Verizon-in the first half of 2011. That follows earlier reports that Windows Phone 7 will not appear on Verizon until sometime next year. “In developing Windows Phone 7, we are placing […]

Samsung, HP, Toshiba, Lenovo, Asus Show Off PCs for Fall by Nicholas Kolakowski HP Envy HP’s higher-end Envy series now features 3D, powered by ultra-strength processors and graphics. The HP Envy 17 3D, seen here, includes an ATI Mobility Radeon HP 5850 graphics processor and the company’s Beat Audio technology, as well as Intel Dual […]

When Apple first released the iPad, naysayers claimed the device was nothing more than an oversized iPod Touch. On Sept. 16, Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Tab, its iPad competitor, in a high-profile presentation at New York City’s Time Warner Center. Afterward, the media was allowed to descend with its usual frenzy on the handful of […]

Samsung Galaxy Tab Offers Media Hub, Android 2.2, Video Conferencing by Nicholas Kolakowski Galaxy Tab Unwrapped Samsung’s American unveiling of the Galaxy Tab took place at New York City’s Time Warner Center. Executives demonstrated the device’s battery life, slim form-factor and other features.??í Adobe Flash Support The Samsung Galaxy Tab natively supports Adobe Flash, allowing […]

Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9, unveiled Sept. 15 at a high-profile event in San Francisco, represents the company’s next best chance at pushing back against a host of rivals, including Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. Despite the new browser’s streamlined design and more efficient Web browsing, however, some of its aspects seem to play into a […]

Microsoft’s Windows Phone Developer Tools are final, and released to the Web. Developers hoping to create apps for the company’s upcoming smartphone platform will need to download this newest version of the tools. Twitter, Netflix, OpenTable, Flixster and Travelocity will be some of the higher-profile companies with apps available for Windows Phone 7 upon the […]

Reports of the BlackBerry’s imminent demise at the hands of the Apple iPhone and Google Android devices may have been premature, at least based on Research In Motion’s latest quarterly numbers. For the second quarter of fiscal 2011, RIM reported quarterly revenues of $4.62 billion, a year-over-year growth of 31 percent. On Sept. 16, the […]

IBM has agreed to acquire OpenPages, a company whose products identify and administer risk and compliance activities via a single management system. The acquisition will increase IBM’s business analytics portfolio, allowing it to support compliance and risk-management processes. Financial terms of the deal were undisclosed. IBM has made no secret of its attempt to transform […]

Apple iOS developers, take note: The company is releasing the beta version of its AirPrint wireless printing for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. AirPrint is one of the key additions to the company’s iOS 4.2 software update due in November. Apple claimed in a Sept. 15 press release that AirPrint will support a “wide range […]

Microsoft and Facebook are negotiating to increase their ties in search, according to anonymous sources speaking to AllThingsD. That strengthened relationship could include feeding data from Facebook’s “Like” button into Microsoft’s Bing search engine. Microsoft is a longtime investor in Facebook, and the two companies already have an agreement in place to display Facebook’s public […]

Amazon evidently sees Apple’s iPad as a major competitor-if not the major competitor-to its Kindle e-reader, at least based on a new television ad campaign. The new 30-second spot features a man and woman, sitting poolside. The man struggles to read his tablet PC’s screen in the blinding glare, while the woman merrily scans text […]

Apps may be the current buzzword among developers and phone manufacturers, but a new study from the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project suggests that only 35 percent of U.S. adults have apps installed on their phones. Of adults using cell phones, only 24 percent actually report using those apps-and another 11 percent […]