Michelle Maisto

Sprint is offering subscribers with BlackBerry and Android-running smartphones a new way to protect their data. The carrier’s Total Equipment Protection coverage now includes an application that enables users to remotely lock their smartphones, erase their contacts from a lost phone, and back up, manage and restore contact information. Devices can also be made to […]

Mobile etiquette-how we behave on and with our smartphones, tablets and laptops-is on the decline, according to a new study sponsored by Intel, a company that helps power a number of the devices with which we continue to offend one another. Sadly, with manners, a sense of personal responsibility is apparently also on the decline. […]

iFixit’s teardown team got its hands on a new Apple MacBook Pro Feb. 24, the same day Apple introduced two new 13-inch models, two 15-inch models and a 17-incher. With the notebook’s innards laid bare, particular points of interest included the MacBook Pro’s seemingly improved wireless connectivity, the overall quality of its construction and of […]

The Apple iPad has plenty of company in the tablet marketplace these days, but during the third quarter of 2010, the tablet that reinvigorated the form factor nonetheless still held 93 percent of the worldwide market share, according to ABI Research. The firm said in a new report Feb. 23 that during the quarter tablets, […]

Apple has updated its line of MacBook Pro notebooks in four major ways, adding next-generation processors from Intel; graphics technology from Advanced Micro Devices; Intel’s new Thunderbolt connectivity solution, which is debuting on the Apple devices; and a wide-screen high-definition FaceTime camera. Apple unveiled the new MacBook Pros Feb. 24, and Intel made an accompanying […]

The Motorola Atrix 4G is the latest victim of the iFixit teardown team’s Torx screwdrivers, plastic opening tools and nosey prodding. The smartphone, which AT&T will begin offering March 6, is alone in coming with a dock that can turn a user’s smartphone experience into more of a netbook experience. It’s also the first smartphone […]

The LG Electronics Optimus 2X, the world’s first dual-core smartphone, was introduced in December and followed shortly after by the dual-core Motorola Atrix 4G and rumors of a dual-core HTC “Pyramid” headed for T-Mobile. From smartphones to PCs, more cores grab more attention. Consequently, according to analyst Jack Gold, with J. Gold Associates, whether they’re […]

Lenovo in March will begin shipping six new ThinkPad laptops for business users, emphasizing ultra-thin design, long battery life, enterprise-grade security and a good deal of extra oomph, thanks to Intel’s “Sandy Bridge” 2nd Generation Core chips. There’s a W520, said to pack the power of a workstation into a ThinkPad; L420 and L520 notebooks, […]

Sony is introducing a new Vaio S Series of notebooks Feb. 22, striving to combine beauty and brawn in slim packaging. Called a “full flat” design, the Vaio S is crafted from magnesium and aluminum, weighs 3.86 pounds and measures 0.94 inches thick. The notebooks, unveiled Feb. 22, feature a 13.3-inch Display Plus screen with […]

Huawei, the Chinese electronics maker and telecom solutions giant whose technology is at the heart of numerous mobile networks, is looking to make a bigger name for itself outside of Asia. As part of these efforts, it has offered to outfit the London Underground with a mobile phone network in time for the 2012 Olympics-for […]

Who’s buying Verizon’s long-awaited Apple iPhone 4? Verizon customers, certainly, judging by the way Verizon sold out of its set-aside stock in a matter of hours during a preorder offer Feb. 3. Also accounting for significant numbers of sales, however, may be a good number existing iPhone and iPod Touch owners, suggests Marco Arment, founder […]

The Motorola Atrix 4G is one of the best smartphones around, The New York Times’ David Pogue and the Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg wrote in recent reviews of the Android 2.2-running smartphone that AT&T will begin selling March 6. The thing about the Atrix 4G, though, is that it’s hardly just a smartphone. Motorola […]