Don Reisinger

Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga The Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga is arguably one of the most innovative consumer products on the market. In one form, the device can act as a tablet running Windows 8. A quick movement of its display will turn the device into a lightweight notebook. That, coupled with the fact that it comes from […]

Microsoft’s Surface Pro has reportedly started leaving the manufacturing facility, meaning the device is close to launch. Microsoft so far hasn’t said exactly when it will start selling the tablet, which comes with a 10-inch screen and Windows 8 Pro. But it has stated that the tablet’s release date will be sometime in “early 2013.” […]

Samsung tablets aren’t uppermost in buyers’ minds as a top choice in the market. Apple’s iPad, due mainly to its dominant market share, gets nearly all of the attention. That factor brought stronger sales for Apple products and made it difficult for competing tablet makers, particularly Samsung, Google, Amazon and others to actually get market […]

Touch Displays Many people have gotten acquainted with touch-screens on their smartphones. They have found that touch displays make screen navigation in a mobile operating system much easier. Such ease of use translates into greater productivity business applications. So what they like in smartphone interfaces they want to see in tablets and other types of […]

Apple has succeeded beyond anyone’s expectations over the last several years. Due mainly to the popularity of its iPhone, as well as its ability to drive current customers to more of its products, Apple’s revenue and profit have soared. Meanwhile, the company’s stock price hit new heights last fall, making it the world’s most successful […]

Where’s the Innovation? It’s hard to find innovation in the PC business today. The laptops and notebooks on the market these days all look the same. What’s worse, their features, including applications and hardware add-ons, do nothing to excite computer buyers these days who seem to be paying closer attention to the latest tablets and […]

In the mobile world, there are some companies that succeed without much trouble, and others that once enjoyed success but now have trouble keeping pace. Companies such as Apple and Samsung fall into the first category because they are able to introduce mobile product hits every year. Nokia was once a company like Apple and […]

When the rumor cropped up earlier this month that Apple was developing an “iPhone Mini” model that it would release some time in 2013, many folks shrugged. At the time it seemed that the chances of Apple offering a stripped-down iPhone for the sake of saving customers some cash was nonsense. Apple was a luxury […]

Ultrabooks are supposed to be the PC market’s savior. The device category, created by Intel, is made up of laptops that must meet a host of parameters, including limits on thinness, processor type, size and more. The idea was to appeal to consumers increasingly looking for slim, light and highly mobile notebooks to stop the […]

It Already Has a Smaller iPhone All of this talk of a smaller iPhone seems to ignore the fact that the company already has one. Apple’s iPhone 5 comes with a 4-inch screen. The iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S, which are both still on sale, come with a 3.5-inch display. Those devices are also much […]

The Consumer Electronics Show is on, and the world’s largest technology event has once again become a place where manufacturers and software developers big and small can show off the products they hope will allow them to have a successful 2013. As in previous years, televisions, audio equipment and car gear will take up ample […]

An Improved Siri When Siri launched in iOS 5, it worked well—to an extent. When confronted with complex questions, the virtual personal assistant broke down. But in iOS 6, Siri is vastly improved and delivers all kinds of useful information, including sports scores, movie times and more. It’s a great app to use in a […]