Nicholas Kolakowski

Whether Microsoft’s alliance with Nokia results in more Windows Phones sold, it has produced one short-term benefit: more developers interested in Microsoft’s mobile software. That’s according to Appcelerator and research firm IDC, which surveyed 2,160 Appcelerator Titanium developers Nov. 2-3 of this year. The resulting data suggests that, in the minds of those developers, Windows […]

Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) began shipping its Kindle Fire Nov. 14, one day earlier than expected. That gives the tablet a bit more separation from Barnes & Noble’s (NYSE:BKS) Nook Tablet, which is slated to arrive later this week. The $199 Kindle Fire faces not only the Nook Tablet, but also Apple’s iPad, in the quest for […]

Will Research In Motion’s first BlackBerry with a QNX-based operating system feature a dual-core 1.5GHz processor, 8-megapixel rear camera, an ultra-thin body, and a touch-screen sans physical QWERTY keyboard? If a leaked device image published on The Verge is accurate, along with the associated specs, then the upcoming smartphone will indeed feature all these things. […]

Microsoft has revealed some details about Windows 8’s power management. Of course, every company aims to tweak successive generations of its products. Windows 7 offered a reduction in power use over Windows XP. However, if everything goes according to Microsoft’s plans, Windows 8 will eventually appear on a variety of consumer-centric tablets-a relatively unexplored market […]

Microsoft started its huge Windows Phone push this past week. On Nov. 7, the company unveiled a six-story mockup of a Windows Phone in the middle of New York City’s Herald Square, which attracted its own share of media attention. New Windows Phone devices, loaded with the wide-ranging Mango update, will appear in stores over […]

Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet, due to start shipping Nov. 15, will almost certainly rack up significant consumer sales. The biggest question is whether the Fire, by presenting a viable touch-screen alternative to the iPad, can succeed where so many other Android-based tablets have failed. Nearly two years into its sales run, Apple’s tablet continues to […]

Motorola’s Droid Razr offers some powerful hardware for an Android smartphone, but the ultra-thin device faces some significant competition this holiday season. It features Android 2.3.5 (the latest update to the Gingerbread build), paired with a 1.2GHz processor and 1GB of LP DDR2 RAM. The smartphone-which is also speedy, thanks to support for Verizon Wireless’ […]

Some iPhone users are still reporting battery-life issues, a day after Apple pushed through an iOS update designed to fix “bugs” related to the issue. A portion of those users are venting their anger online, complaining that their iPhones with the new iOS 5.0.1 update continue to drain battery power at a faster-than-expected rate. “I’ve […]

Adobe announced plans to stop investing in Flash for mobile browsing, neatly upending the tablet market. For months, tablet manufacturers-desperate for a competitive differentiator from Apple’s iPad-touted their device’s support for Flash as a way to access “the full Web.” Advertisements and television spots highlighted this Flash support as a major feature, giving it equal […]

Personal Phone VMWare’s Mobile Virtualization Platform allows smartphone users to partition their device into a Personal Phone running alongside a virtualized Work Phone environment. Work Phone By tapping on an icon on the Personal Phone screen, the user transitions to that Work Phone environment (and vice versa). You can lock away the latter with a […]

Research In Motion is sticking with Flash for its PlayBook tablet, despite Adobe announcing plans to end future development of the plug-in, which is used by many Websites to deliver rich content. “Earlier today, Adobe announced plans to stop investing in Flash for mobile browsing, and focus more efforts on HTML5,” Dan Dodge, president and […]

Amazon’s Kindle Fire could challenge Apple’s iPad as a tablet for consumers looking for a multimedia device, according to new survey data from shopping and reviews Website Retrevo.com. Retrevo sampled some 1,000 online individuals about their opinion of the Kindle Fire, a 7-inch tablet that facilitates streaming video and downloading e-books from Amazon’s online store. […]