Nicholas Kolakowski

Nokia’s high-end Lumia 900 will launch March 18 on AT&T, according to a “trusted” source speaking to the Boy Genius Report. Moreover, it will cost $99 with a two-year contract. That’s not the first time a publication has floated that release date for Nokia’s next high-end Windows Phone. Over at his Supersite for Windows, blogger […]

Ultrabooks will prove to be more than a passing fad, according to a new report from analyst firm Juniper Research. Super-thin laptops supplemented with powerful hardware, ultrabooks are chiefly backed by Intel, which wants a more substantial piece of the mobility market. For manufacturers, the form factor represents the chance to capitalize on the same […]

Research In Motion appointed a new CEO Jan. 22, replacing longtime co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie with Thorsten Heins, the company’s chief operating officer for product and sales. Heins has quite a task in front of him. RIM’s market share is steadily eroding in the face of aggressive competition by Apple’s iOS and Google […]

Apple sold 37.04 million iPhones and 15.43 million iPads during its fiscal 2012 first quarter, which ended Dec. 31. That suggests a particularly strong holiday selling season for the company; the iPhone number, for example, was well above the 30.2 million units predicted by many analysts. Overall, quarterly revenue totaled $46.33 billion, with a net […]

Microsoft seems in a conference-killing mood. First the company decided to pull out of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) after this year, where for years it had maintained a sizable presence. Now it plans on eliminating its MIX developer conference, in favor of an event later in the year. “We have decided to merge MIX, […]

Research In Motion underwent a massive shakeup Jan. 22, with longtime co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie stepping aside in favor of Thorsten Heins, who now assumes the titles of both president and CEO. According to a statement issued by RIM, Lazaridis will become vice chair of RIM’s board, as well as chair of the […]

Apple’s quarterly earnings, due Jan. 24, will offer a crucial first glimpse into the performance of not only its iPhone 4S but also how well its Pad franchise fared over the holiday season against Amazon’s Kindle Fire and other tablets. “The critical number is going to be the iPhone number,” Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster […]

Research In Motion underwent a sizable corporate shakeup Jan. 22, with longtime co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie stepping aside in favor of little-known insider Thorsten Heins. But whatever the immediate impact of that changeover, RIM’s longer-term health still hinges on its upcoming BlackBerry 10 platform. In one of his first public appearances as CEO […]

Nokia may have shipped 1.3 million Windows Phone devices, according to 22 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. Broken down, those estimates ranged from 800,000 to 2 million units shipped, with only one analyst pegging the total at fewer than 1 million. The Jan. 22 report also quotes Espen Furnes, a fund manager with Storebrand Asset Management […]

Microsoft’s quarterly results dominated its week. Nothing in those results proved entirely unexpected: Microsoft’s aspirations in the realm of entertainment, meaning its Xbox 360 and Kinect hands-free controllers, continued to sell in healthy numbers. The company’s business and server software likewise continued to do good business. All told, quarterly revenue topped $20.89 billion, a year-over-year […]

Microsoft had precious little choice when it came to importing Windows onto tablets, according to a new analyst report. Softening PC sales-which translated into declining Windows revenue-meant the company needed to look at ways to extend its business model onto new, more mobile devices. For its second quarter fiscal 2012, Microsoft saw its Windows and […]

Apple’s new education products-including interactive textbooks for the iPad, created via an easy-to-use iBooks Author-could do many things: boost test scores, give school districts a new way to instruct students, and allow educators to piece together their own textbooks with the latest information. And according to one analyst, they could also potentially pump up Apple’s […]