Michelle Megna

Palm’s latest upgrade to its mobile operating system as well as its second franchise smartphone are both available today, joining the flurry of key releases in the wireless sector aimed at the holiday season. The Pixi, the entry-level, smaller sibling of the Palm (NASDAQ: PALM) Pre, is on sale today for $99.99 and available through […]

The Droid smartphone is already posting rapid gains in mobile Web traffic as it becomes an integral part of a larger Android blitz, despite having only been on sale for a week, according to one Web analytics firm. Verizon, in partnership with Google and Motorola, last Friday launched the high-end handset juiced up by Android […]

Dell today officially unveiled plans to begin selling smartphones, offering details of partnerships with two overseas carriers. The PC giant has entered into joint ventures with China Mobile and America Movil in Brazil to offer the Dell Mini3 Android-powered smartphone. “Our entry into the smart phone category is a logical extension of Dell’s consumer product […]

Apple is taking a step toward shining some light on its iPhone application vetting process by providing a new way for app developers to track the status of programs they’ve submitted to the company’s App Store. Developers can now view the progress of submitted iPhone apps at Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) Dev Center Web site as […]

Smartphone sales last quarter rose 12.8 percent from last year while the overall mobile phone sector remained flat, providing proof that the high-end handsets continue to be the crown jewel of the wireless space even as they face new challenges. Worldwide mobile phone sales checked in at close to 309 million for Q3, a mere […]

Google is teaming with several Wi-Fi providers to offer free Wi-Fi in 47 airports during the holiday season in an effort to bring more tinsel, and less trauma, to holiday travel. The gift comes in partnership with Boingo Wireless, Advanced Wireless Group, and Airport Marketing Income, all of which are joining Google in providing free Wi-Fi […]

While 2009 is clearly a watershed year for e-readers with several product launches, the big wave of popularity for the fledgling market will be Q4 of 2010, according to a recent study. The nascent e-reader market this year saw new devices from Amazon, with the DX and International versions of the Kindle 2, as well […]

Nokia’s mini-tablet smartphone device, the N900, running on open source Linux Maemo 5 software, ships today and will be on sale by the end of the month. The N900 will sell for about $650 at the Nokia pre-order Web site, and is priced at 500 euros, or about $740, without subsidies, which have yet to […]

Samsung Electronics next month will unwrap its own open mobile platform, marking the latest entry into the smartphone OS war. The South Korean electronics giant named the new OS “Bada,” which is Korean for “ocean” and a name chosen “to convey the limitless variety of potential applications that can be created using the new platform,” […]

Google is teaming with several wireless vendors to offer free Wi-Fi in 47 airports during the holiday season in an effort to bring more tinsel, and less trauma, to holiday travel. The gift comes in partnership with Boingo Wireless, Advanced Wireless Group and Airport Marketing Income, all of whom are joining Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) in […]

The first known worm for the iPhone burrowed into “jailbroken” versions of the popular smartphone in Australia, according to reports. The worm, purportedly created by 21-year-old Sydney Web designer Ashley Towns and dubbed “ikee,” only affects versions of the iPhone that users have “jailbroken” to customize or run non-Apple-sanctioned apps. The attack does not compromise […]

Dell may be inching closer to launching its own Android-based smartphone on AT&T early next year, now that its Mini 3iX has passed Federal Communications Commissions’ approval process. The Mini 3iX will have Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and 3G mobile broadband, and appears to be a more advanced spin-off Dell’s Mini 3i, a basic handset launched in […]