Michelle Megna

The new TwitterPeek device. Click to enlarge. Source: Peek/Amazon Promising “unlimited Tweeting anywhere, anytime, no contracts, no credit checks, no activation fees,” the TwitterPeek is available today for the hard-core mobile, microblogging masses. The TwitterPeek, created by mobile device firm Peek in partnership with Twitter, is about a half-inch thick, 4-inches-long and just under 3-inches-wide, sports a […]

Digital books recently upstaged games in the iPhone app category, according to one mobile analytics firm that’s predicting the uptick in volume means serious competition for the e-reader market. Games have dominated the inventory at the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) App Store since it opened in July of last year, but digital books recently eclipsed games […]

The launch of the iPhone in China is now underway, giving Apple a chance at a foothold in the world’s largest mobile market with 710 million subscribers. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and China Unicom, that country’s second-largest telecommunications firm, began selling the iPhone under a three-year deal. “We’re thrilled to have launched iPhone in China with […]

Will Verizon ever get the iPhone? It’s not likely to happen soon, and the reason doesn’t have anything to do with negative ads, mysterious contract expirations or even the competition, says one analyst. Rather, it has everything to do with Apple’s corporate philosophy and Verizon’s execution of Long Term Evolution (LTE). Industry watchers are once […]

Despite the hot Palm Pre and efforts to stem the tide of customer migrations at Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S), the company continues to record mounting losses. The nation’s No. 3 wireless carrier today reported a 9 percent dip in revenue and a steeper third-quarter loss than Wall Street had expected as subscribers continued to jump […]

Despite a 28 percent plunge in revenue, Motorola (NYSE: MOT) posted a modest profit and met analysts’ conservative estimates for the third quarter — good news even before two key new smartphones go on sale. Motorola reported a profit of $12 million, or $0.01 per share, compared to last year’s loss of $397 million, or […]

The new BlackBerry Storm2. Click to enlarge. Source: Research In Motion The BlackBerry Storm2, the crown jewel of Research In Motion’s consumer lineup, debuts today from Verizon in a radically different mobile landscape than its predecessor did a year ago. Coming in below the usual $199 price point, the Storm2 goes on sale today for $179 after […]

The Verizon Droid by Motorola. Click to enlarge. Source: Motorola Google and Verizon officially kicked off their love-fest with news that the Motorola Droid arrives on Verizon Nov. 6 with some exclusive features backed by the Internet giant. In addition to being the first Android-powered handset for Verizon, Droid marks several firsts for the industry: At launch, […]

Google today served up more Éclair sweetness with Google Maps Navigation for Android 2.0 — a mobile GPS app with 3-D views, turn-by-turn guidance and automatic rerouting. Still in beta, the app was “built from the ground up to take advantage of your phone’s Internet connection,” Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) software engineer Keith Ito wrote in […]

Apple isn’t backing down from Nokia’s charge that it infringed on 10 patents covering technology used in the iPhone. And the Finnish mobile giant isn’t retreating, either, from its charges that the Cupertino, Calif.-based iPhone maker failed to license key wireless technology in the popular smartphone — and that it’s “attempting to get a free […]

Google today rolled out the Android OS dessert cart with the release of the 2.0 SDK. The Android 2.0 SDK, dubbed Éclair, includes new developer APIs for syncing features and Bluetooth, Android’s SDK tech lead Xavier Ducrohet said in a post on the Android developer blog. “Using the new sync, account manager and contacts APIs, […]

The red-hot smartphone sector is posed to get even hotter as competition grows with two signature releases due out in coming days — Verizon’s Droid and BlackBerry Storm2 — along with new indications that Android is making huge gains on the mobile software front. With the BlackBerry Storm2 officially bowing tomorrow and Droid on tap […]