Nicholas Kolakowski

Amazon.com is reporting that its Kindle e-books are outselling hardcover books at an accelerating rate, and that lowering its e-reader’s price from $259 to $189 has resulted in increased sales. Although the online retailer has been traditionally close-lipped about total sales of its Kindle device, it shared a small trickle of data in a July […]

Apple sold 3.27 million iPads in the third fiscal quarter of 2010, on its way to earning total revenues of $15.7 billion and a net quarterly profit of $3.25 billion. As in previous quarters, both Macs and iPhones experienced a year-over-year increase in sales, while iPods continued their single-digit decline. Apple sold 3.47 million Macs […]

Samsung Galaxy S Offers Sharp Screen, Half-Baked Features by Nicholas Kolakowski No Title AT&Ts Samsung Captivate (left) and T-Mobiles Samsung Vibrant (right) are two of the four phones based on the Samsung Galaxy S model. No Title All versions of the Samsung Galaxy S come loaded with Android 2.1, although an Android 2.2 update is […]

Microsoft is announcing that Windows Phone 7 has reached its “technical preview” milestone. Developer partners will now have the chance to test the upcoming smartphone operating system, due later this year. The announcement comes a week after Microsoft released its Windows Phone Developer Tools Beta, which can be used to construct apps and games for […]

Apple announced July 19 that its iPad will be available in nine more countries starting July 23: Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Singapore. Given that this is consistent with Apple’s previously announced plans for a July rollout in those countries, it seems the company could very well be […]

Nokia Siemens Networks will buy Motorola’s wireless network infrastructure assets for $1.2 billion, in a deal expected to close by the end of 2010. The news seems the next logical step in Motorola’s long-running quest to split into two independent and publicly traded companies during the first quarter of 2011. The deal would allow Motorola […]

Whether Apple’s July 16 press conference managed to dampen some of the furor over the iPhone 4’s antenna-rim issues, Microsoft didn’t exactly hesitate to poke its rival in the ribs. “It looks like iPhone 4 might be their Vista and I’m okay with that,” Kevin Turner, Microsoft’sChiefOperating Officer, told an audience during the Worldwide Partner […]

Microsoft’s week revolved around its Worldwide Partner Conference, which took place in Washington, D.C., July 11-15. The cloud, along with Windows Phone 7, dominated much of the conversation at the event; Microsoft has positioned both as absolutely vital parts of its future strategy. The WPC is Microsoft’s venue for touting the benefits of the company’s […]

Apple and Mozilla may be competitors for browser market-share, but that hasn’t stopped the former from approving Firefox Home for the iPhone. The app allows users to sync their desktop’s Firefox history, bookmarks and open tabs with their iPhone, potentially streamlining the online lives of people who jump frequently between their PC and their mobile […]

Apple will not announce an iPhone 4 recall at its July 16 press conference, predicts one analyst, although the company could be preparing an extensive mea culpa that includes monetary compensation. Although the iPhone 4 proved a considerable sales success in its early days of release, it has been wrestling with reports of dampened reception […]

While Microsoft placed the cloud front-and-center at its Worldwide Partner Conference this week, it also devoted substantial amounts of executive talk time-and a substantial booth on the convention-hall floor-to its smartphone initiatives. Microsoft is preparing to launch Windows Phone 7, which it touts as a complete revamp of its mobile platform, sometime near the end […]

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