Michelle Maisto

Lenovo reportedly plans to sell its LePad tablet worldwide in June after an initial launch in China, though it’s unclear which markets it will be headed for and whether the United States will be included. In the Feb. 17 report, PC World quoted Jay Chen, a spokesperson for the company, as the source of the […]

Clearwire CEO Bill Morrow told analysts during the company’s quarterly financial conference call that Clearwire now has a “healthy” relationship with Sprint and that the ongoing dispute between the pair is near to finding a resolution. Clearwire was the nation’s first provider of 4G service, which it offers directly to companies as well as through […]

The House of Representatives has voted to overturn the net-neutrality rules that the Federal Communications Commission proposed in December, when the Democrats, instead of Republicans, held a majority of the House’s seats. The Feb. 17 vote was spearheaded by the Republicans, who believe the FCC overstepped its authority in acting to regulate the Internet-or “to […]

That the Apple iPad dominated the tablet market during the fourth quarter of 2010 is fairly a given these days, but likely less known is that the company’s notebooks also shipped at a rate that well exceeded the industry average, according to a Feb. 16 report from research firm DisplaySearch, an arm of the NPD […]

Dell CEO Michael Dell shared, during the company’s Feb. 15 earnings call, that the company planned to enter the 10-inch tablet space later this year, with a device running Android 3.0, known as “Honeycomb.” But according to a leaked document said to be Dell’s product roadmap, Michael Dell was severely understating the company’s plans. According […]

While major electronics vendors from Samsung to Hewlett-Packard and Motorola are making giant “to-dos” over their iPad-competing tablet efforts, these devices actually rank lowest on Americans’ shopping lists this year, Gartner revealed in a Feb. 17 study. When polled about the devices they planned to purchase in 2011, the majority of Americans said they had […]

Apple’s next generation of MacBook pro notebooks may receive an introduction in as soon as two weeks’ time, Apple Insider is reporting, following tips from a number of unnamed sources. This March time frame would reportedly put Apple just a few weeks behind its planned schedule, according to the site, following delays caused by flaws […]

LightSquared-the wireless company backed by billionaire Philip Falcone’s Harbinger Capital Partners, which last year announced its intentions to launch a “wholesale” nationwide 4G Long-Term Evolution network-now has agreements with five customers, according to a Feb. 16 report from Bloomberg. While it has declined to name names, the customers are “a national retailer, a device manufacturer, […]

Apple now has one less lawsuit to worry about. U.S. District Court Judge Jeremy Fogel has thrown out a class-action lawsuit filed against Apple in July 2010, according to a Feb. 14 report from Computer World. The suit claimed that the Apple iPad overheats in warm weather and in direct sunlight, and its three plaintiffs, […]

Dell enjoyed the largest single-year revenue increase in the company’s history during its fiscal year 2011 fourth quarter, it announced Feb. 15, with the company’s enterprise unit delivering the lion’s share of the revenue and profit growth. Dell reported a profit of $927 million during the quarter, on revenue of $15.7 billion. While Dell has […]

Intel is standing behind MeeGo, the mobile operating system on which it had been collaborating with Nokia for a year, despite Nokia CEO Stephen Elop’s Feb. 11 announcement that the phone maker has shifted its primary focus from MeeGo to Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform. “Intel is disappointed at Nokia but life goes on,” Renee James, […]

LG Electronics has again announced plans to come on strong. With its G-Slate tablet scheduled for a U.S. launch on T-Mobile, and a number of high-end Android-running smartphones planned for this year, the device maker is expecting to rebound after suffering considerable losses in 2010. “Customers were only thinking about the iPhone or the Galaxy […]