Michelle Maisto

Apple and AT&T are the focus of new buzz, after The Boy Genius Report blog posted 10 provocative – and it insists, confirmed – “talking points” regarding where Apple and AT&T are headed.The information is attributed to an unnamed AT&T executive, and the dangling bait includes the suggestion that Apple’s new iPhone 3.0 OS points […]

Skype is rolling out a beta version of Skype for SIP, which will enable Skype’s propriety VOIP system to work with some enterprise phone systems. Here come the acronyms: Skype for SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) will bring Skype’s low VOIP (voice-over IP) rates to enterprise PBX (private branch exchange) phone systems. As businesses update their […]

The Future of Rugged Laptops from Dell, Panasonic, Motion Computing and GDI GDI A damp, freezing bright day is no match for the General Dynamics GD8000. It’s watertight and tested to withstand temperatures between -22 and 140 degrees Fahrenheit, and DynaVue technology makes its screen viewable in direct sunlight. Panasonic Toughbook 19 Panasonic recently updated […]

At a time when both business users and consumers are turning away from desktops and embracing more mobile computing, a handful of laptop vendors are looking to take this trend one step further. Rugged mobile computing, whether with semi-rugged laptops or full rugged machines, is expanding at time when laptops have now exceeded desktops in […]

Rumors of a Dell smartphone have swirled, with hopes that the computer maker would make a surprise announcement at 3GSM or the Mobile World Congress.According to a March 20 research note from Kaufman Brothers analyst Shaw Wu, however, Dell’s current smartphone plans have, for now, been snuffed out.“We hear Dell built prototypes with both [Microsoft] […]

Apple, AT&T and AT&T Mobility are being sued by a New Jersey man who claims service on his Apple iPhone was over-promised and under-delivered.On March 16, Damone Dickerson, a New Jersey resident, filed a contract product liability lawsuit. According to Macworld, Dickerson claims he could only connect to the AT&T 3G network a fraction of […]

Apple’s recent introduction of the iPhone OS 3-an update to the Apple iPhone operating system-created hope among Apple fans that the enormously popular consumer device might be a better fit for the enterprise as well.Security is the foremost issue separating the iPhone from Research In Motion’s BlackBerry lineup or Palm’s Treo and upcoming Pre smartphones, […]

Mozilla’s Firefox Web browser has a new mobile sibling-Fennec.Mozilla released the first beta version of Fennec on March 17. Mozilla describes it as being for testing purposes only, to get feedback and to encourage developers to port existing add-ons and invent new ones for mobile use.“One of the main themes of Fennec was to try […]

A good phone number is simple to remember, but not easy to come by. Until now-ePhoneNumbers is a newly launched public company that will sell you a phone number of your choice. The better the number, the higher the price.At ephonenumbers.net, the company offers more than 750,000 numbers in 250 area codes, whether for businesses […]

At the Apple corporate campus this week, the Mac maker premiered iPhone OS 3 software, which includes 100 new features and will arrive in June – though the 50,000 individuals who have paid to be part of Apple’s developer program were given immediate access to a beta version, as well as to an updated software […]