Michelle Megna

Holding out for a Hero? Source: Sprint Sprint will begin selling the HTC Hero in October — the third Android-powered smartphone to become available in the U.S. and the first one offered by a carrier other than T-Mobile. Beginning on October 11, customers will be able to purchase the HTC Hero through Sprint (NYSE: S) […]

The new Nokia N97 miniSource: Nokia. Click to enlarge. Nokia, the world’s largest phone maker, today revealed a new product lineup aimed at ensuring it stays at the forefront of the increasingly complex and competitive mobile market. The company unveiled a new music phone series that integrates with Facebook as well as a scaled-down version of its […]

Social networking sites earned more than 20 percent of all display ad views online, with MySpace upsetting Facebook by ranking first, according to a study issued by comScore on Tuesday. The report also revealed a strong showing by wireless carriers in the list of advertisers using social networks for promotional content. MySpace beat out rival […]

A high-profile developer is taking issue with Apple’s decisions in approving or rejecting iPhone apps — crying foul over a rejection due to the bubble design appearing in his app’s chat room. Joe Stump, former lead architect at Digg, a few months ago released Chess Wars, an iPhone game that uses Facebook Connect to allow […]

The nation’s larger retailer opened up its e-commerce Web site with the launch of Wal-Mart Stores’ Walmart Marketplace, a new program that allows third-party sellers to offer additional products to online customers. Walmart.com’s (NYSE: WMT) new e-commerce service means nearly 1 million new items have been added to its inventory in categories including home, baby, […]

Microsoft today said phones powered by the latest version of Windows Mobile, version 6.5, are debuting worldwide on Oct. 6. Carriers and handset makers listed for Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) releases in North America include AT&T, Bell Mobility, Sprint, Telus and Verizon Wireless, and phone manufacturers HP, HTC, LG Electronics, Samsung and Toshiba. The software giant […]

eBay today agreed to sell its Internet phone unit Skype for $1.9 billion while retaining a 35-percent stake in a deal expected to close in the fourth quarter of this year. The online e-commerce giant is selling Skype to a group of investors led by Silver Lake that also includes Index Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz and […]

Apple may bring the iPhone to multiple carriers by next summer in a move to maximize market penetration, according to an analyst report out today. The company’s success in using a multiple-carrier strategy paid off in France, with a huge jump in market share, according to Piper Jaffray senior analyst Gene Munster — who also […]

Apple’s deal to introduce the iPhone to the Chinese market figures to be a huge opportunity, with one analyst projecting that sales of the popular device in China will account for 20 percent of the company’s global handset revenues next year. After forging a partnership with China Unicom last week, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will sell […]

The new version of Facebook’s iPhone application arrived today, but other apps weren’t so lucky, with some iPhone users and developers crying foul over reports that Apple has blocked apps that enable users to free up the device’s memory. The revamped Facebook for iPhone 3.0 is now available at the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) App store, […]

Apple and AT&T are facing another class-action lawsuit claiming the two companies falsely represented the iPhone’s ability to support MMS messaging. Multimedia Message Service is a standard way to transmit graphics, video clips, audio files and short text messages over wireless networks. The suit, filed this week in an Ohio district court, alleges that the […]

China Unicom said it has finalized a deal with Apple and will begin selling the iPhone in the world’s largest mobile market by the fourth quarter. After two years of negotiations, the partnership with Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) became official today, with China Unicom today on its Web site confirming reports following its earnings call. “China […]