Wayne Rash

Hewlett-Packard and Research In Motion demonstrated at the Gartner Symposium/IT xpo 2010 in Orlando, Fla., that there is more than one way to slice the tablet market. Both companies highlighted their tablets, both aimed at the enterprise market, and both tablets are as different from the Apple iPad as they are from each other. Could […]

Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced today that the two organizations have entered into a wide ranging IT partnership that will let approximately 100, 000 City employees use cloud-based Microsoft applications. The agreement, which will be tailored to fit the varying needs of different types of city workers, is expected to save […]

If you own an iPhone, you already know what wireless data congestion looks like. It’s when your phone tells you that you have a strong signal, but you can’t connect to the 3G network, or you can get only a very weak, very slow connection. The reason is because the cell site you’re using has […]

The announcement by Apple and Verizon Wireless that Verizon Wireless stores will begin selling the iPad on Oct. 28 is the first overt step by the wireless company into the Apple camp, but it’s certain not to be the last. In a joint announcement, both companies said that Verizon Wireless stores will begin selling a […]

Clearwire’s current attempt to auction off a portion of its massive spectrum holdings may be the company’s desperate last effort to find a way to fend off an equity investment by T-Mobile parent Deutsche Telekom. The evidence that all is not well at the wireless service provider starts with the turmoil on Clearwire’s board of […]

Clearwire, operator of the WiMax 4G high-speed data network used by Sprint Nextel, is selling a portion of its massive spectrum holdings in an effort to raise money to continue the build-out of its 4G network currently used by Sprint and others. The Clearwire auction is attracting T-Mobile USA parent Deutsche Telekom as well as […]

Microsoft’s big launch of the Windows Phone 7 was one of those great hooplas that the company rolls out when announcing a new product, but this time it was some pretty important hoopla. A lot depends on whether Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 gets off to a big enough start to succeed in keeping the company […]

The hundreds of thousands of BlackBerry users in Dubai can breathe a sigh of relief today, as the proposed ban on their smartphones has been reversed. In a terse press release issued Oct. 8, the UAE’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority announced the agreement between the government and RIM. The UAE is now the third country, after […]

Verizon President Lowell McAdam revealed the details of the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE rollout for 2010 at a CTIA press conference in San Francisco today. McAdam noted that the initial deployment of LTE will take place in 38 cities, which is an increase from the previously announced 30 cities. He also said LTE will come […]

One factor that’s held true through the history of the small computer business (meaning after the exclusively mainframe days) is that there is a basic division between companies that innovate and companies that exist mainly through litigation. Companies that occupy those places in the industry occasionally change sides, but those that start spending too much […]

When three top executives from Sprint Nextel, including CEO Dan Hesse, resigned from the board of directors of 4G provider Clearwire, Inc. the official reason was changes in the anti-trust laws regarding interlocking boards of directors. But there’s every likelihood that the real reason was money. Clearwire needs more money to continue building out its […]

The key question that seems to be cropping up amongst those of us who pontificate about mobile devices is how much market share RIM’s PlayBook is likely to steal from Apple’s iPad. So I’ll answer that question right up front-not much. But that doesn’t mean the PlayBook won’t sell well, because I think it will. […]