Despite record breaking pre-sales of the iPhone 4S, there are still many Apple iPhone fans who were disappointed that the company didn’t launch a newly designed, 4G-enabled iPhone 5. In this edition of Ask Maggie, I do my best to answer the unanswerable: when will the real iPhone 5 hit the market? I also offer …

Challenges to the Federal Communications Commission’s Net neutrality rules will be heard in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, a situation supporters of the rules had hoped to avoid. On Thursday, the D.C. Circuit was chosen at random to be the court where challenges to the new rules, which prohibit broadband Internet providers from deliberately slowing or …

Carrier contracts and device subsidy policies mean wireless subscribers who want the latest and greatest iPhone have to think carefully about their upgrade strategies. In this edition of Ask Maggie, I offer some advice to one frustrated reader who has been waiting a long time to upgrade to a new iPhone. She can’t decide if she should pull the trigger …

As the launch of the latest Apple iPhone draws near, eager consumers should be cautious when buying devices from unauthorized resellers online, because they might be getting a fake. Some experts estimate that up to 10 percent of technology products worldwide, or roughly $100 billion worth of technology product sales each year, are for counterfeit or fake products. Many of …

Apple’s next iteration of the ever-popular iPhone is expected to be announced today. And eager fans are already asking questions in anticipation of buying the new device. Where is the best place to sell old iPhones to fund the purchase of a new one? And will an AT&T version of the device that’s expected to support the faster network technology …

Amazon’s new Kindle Fire is so cheap that it’s sure to appeal to people who would love a tablet like the Apple iPad, but aren’t willing to pay $500 for it. So how does it stack up to other $200 devices? In this installment of Ask Maggie, I try to answer that very question. One reader wants to know if …

Verizon Communications is taking another stab at overturning the Federal Communication Commission’s Net Neutrality rules. On Friday the company filed an appeal in the Court of Appeals for the D.C. circuit. After years of debate on the topic, the FCC adopted in late December rules codifying specific Net neutrality principles. The new rules were published in the Federal Register last …

T-Mobile USA is giving its retail stores a makeover, as it tries to attract new customers and retain old ones. But even with a new look on the retail side, T-Mobile faces many challenges. The carrier on Thursday said it is redesigning some 400 stores across the country to look more like stores that its parent company, Deutsche Telekom, has …

Now playing: Watch this: Amazon Kindle Fire unveiling 2:56 Amazon didn’t disappoint tech enthusiasts this morning at its big press conference in Manhattan.. The company announced not one, but three new devices, all below the $200 price point. As Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said more than once during the presentation, the company is all about “making premium products at non-premium …

The countdown to the new iPhone 5 has begun, and antsy Apple fans want to make sure they are among the first to get the phone. Today, Apple e-mailed invitations to reporters asking them to join the company on October 4 at 10 a.m. PT for a special event at Apple’s Cupertino, Calif., headquarters. Apple didn’t specifically mention the iPhone …