Nicholas Kolakowski

Microsoft announced Communications Server “14,” the next version of the company’s unified communications software, at the VoiceCon Orlando conference on March 24. The platform, which will provide holistic enterprise telephony and allow customers to embed communications within applications, will be available in the second half of 2010. On top of those features, Communications Server 14 […]

LAS VEGAS-Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse announced a 4G-capable smartphone, the HTC Evo 4G, during a high-profile presentation at the CTIA Wireless 2010 conference on March 23. Boasting that it would take multimedia to “a whole new level,” Hesse demonstrated the device, which boasts a 4.3-inch capacitive touch screen and the Google Android 2.1 operating […]

LAS VEGAS-Samsung unveiled a Google Android smartphone, the Galaxy S, at the CTIA Wireless conference on March 23. In keeping with the trend of multimedia-capable smartphones, Samsung also revealed that it had partnered with companies such as Skiff and Paramount Pictures to bring content such as ebooks and movies to the Galaxy S at an […]

Rugged Bluetooth, Driving Apps, Phone Watches Prominent at CTIA By Nicholas Kolakowski No Title The Kempler & Strauss W Phonewatch is a wearable GSM quad-band cell phone combined with a wristwatch. Features include an MP3 player and still and video camera, all of it accessible via a touch screen. Listen and talk via either a […]

Mozilla will stop work on a version of Firefox for Windows Mobile, according to an organization executive, because Microsoft is apparently preventing the development of native applications for its upcoming Windows Phone 7 Series. “We have been building a version of Firefox for Windows Mobile for quite a while, with the expectation that Microsoft would […]

LAS VEGAS-AT&T CEO and president Randall Stephenson suggested during the opening keynote at the CTIA Wireless 2010 conference that the United States continued to lead the world in wireless innovation, but that its lead could be threatened in years ahead. In addition, Stephenson also detailed the new AT&T WorkBench for iPhone, an application that allows […]

Microsoft is exploring how to build a microblogging application for enterprise use, according to a March 17 posting on the Microsoft Office Labs blog, and plans on expanding a concept test of the software to more users in the near future. During this testing phase, the application has been given the name OfficeTalk. Office Labs […]

Microsoft has seen market share for Internet Explorer decline in certain European markets following the March release of a “Web browser choice screen” designed to give Windows users in the European Union a selection of browsers other than Internet Explorer, according to Web analysis firm StatCounter.The ballot screen was introduced as an automatic download to […]

Microsoft’s week centered on the MIX 10 conference in Las Vegas and more revelations about the Windows Phone 7 Series, as Microsoft seeks to draw developers to the upcoming smartphone platform. If nothing else, Windows Phone 7 Series represents a clean break from Microsoft’s past in the smartphone arena, not only because of its all-new […]

New smartphones, faster networks and unveiled alliances will be at the center of next week’s CTIA Wireless 2010 convention in Las Vegas, which runs from March 23-25. Big companies ranging from Microsoft to Verizon will demonstrate new devices, and featured speakers include AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson and “Avatar” director James Cameron. For many attendees, though, […]

Opera Software expects that Apple will allow Opera Mini onto the iPhone, co-founder Jon von Tetzschner told eWEEK in a March 19 interview, and plans to release the browser through the App Store at an unannounced point in the near future. “Our expectation is that Apple will allow it,” von Tetzschner said. “Why will they […]