Michelle Maisto

Dell, the world’s second- or third-largest PC manufacturer, depending on whom you ask, is introducing two new mobile workstations, the 15.6-inch Dell Precision M4600 and the 17.3-inch M6600. Designed for enterprise users needing serious muscle and scalable desktop performance in a mobile form factor – think designers working in 3D and engineers doing fancy math […]

Sony, deciding this whole iPad-sparked tablet business might indeed have legs after all, has announced that it plans to release two Android-running tablets this fall. The first, code-named “S1,” has a unique wedge shape-a design thought to make it easier to hold-and a 9.4-inch display, and, according to Sony, is “optimized for rich media entertainment.” […]

Dell Precision M4600 The Dell Precision M4600 mobile workstation starts at 6.15 pounds and features a 15.6-inch display with the option of either multi-touch support or an IPS RGB LED display with PremierColor calibration software. AMD or Nvidia Users can choose from AMD or Nvidia Quadro 2000M discrete graphics, DDR3 (double date rate, type 3) […]

Lenovo is having a hard time keeping its secrets under wrap. Details from the company have leaked regarding its newest tablet-in-the-works, not the consumer-friendly Le Tab but an enterprise-geared ThinkPad Tablet, or Think Slate. The details come from a Lenovo slide presentation outted by ThisIsMyNext, which uses the terms ThinkPad Tablet and Think Slate interchangeably. […]

As AT&T gets the lengthy regulatory process underway, opposition to its $39 billion bid for rival T-Mobile continues to mount. The same day AT&T filed a Public Interest statement with the Federal Communications Commission, taking a next step in its controversial bid for T-Mobile, another voice-the RCA, or Rural Cellular Association-joined the chorus of naysayers […]

Research In Motion’s long-awaited BlackBerry PlayBook tablet finally began shipping April 19. While some early reviewers were iffy on RIM’s software decisions, it was the tablet’s hardware that interested repair site iFixit’s teardown team, which quickly went to work with their screwdrivers and spudgers. The result? The PlayBook-advertised by RIM as “the world’s first professional-grade […]

It took less than a week for Samung to fire back at Apple with a patent-infringement lawsuit of its own. On April 22, Samsung Electronics filed lawsuits against Apple in South Korea, Japan and Germany, related to data transmission and the technology necessary to wirelessly connect a mobile phone and a user’s computer, according to […]

People are talking about the HTC ThunderBolt on the Verizon Wireless network. According to SocialNuggets, a provider of “market intelligence” that it culls from various social-media sources, scores for the ThunderBolt have been rising regarding both it “Net Perception,” or how many more positive than negative sentiments are being chattered about it, and its Social […]

The Apple iPad accounted for 85 percent of worldwide media tablet sales in 2010, ABI Research reported April 20. While the research firm expects the demand for tablets to possibly level off toward 2015 or 2016, sales are expected to remain strong for the next several years as more and more of these mobile devices […]

Nokia posted fiscal 2011 first quarter results April 21 that were surprisingly positive in some respects, beating Wall Street estimates, while still pointing to a rocky road ahead. The smartphone maker also formalized its deal with Microsoft, which will bring Windows Phone 7 to its phones. Nokia’s total mobile device volumes were up 1 percent […]

A day after AT&T and Apple, Verizon Wireless announced the fiscal results of its most recent quarter, which included revenue of $26.99 billion-up just 0.3 percent from a year ago-the addition of 906,000 wireless subscribers and the activation of more than two million Apple iPhones. Ending AT&T’s four-year run as the exclusive U.S. provider of […]

T-Mobile is making a push to let consumers know that, while federal regulators take their time deciding whether the carrier may be purchased by AT&T-a process widely expected to take a year-it’s still a viable option with competitive offerings. In addition to launching three new 4G devices, on April 19 it introduced a Bobsled by […]