Michelle Maisto

Acer officials are denying that they plan to phase out the company’s netbook lines as Acer begins to also focus on the tablet market. Additionally, the officials said in a statement that, for the moment, tablets “based on [Intel’s] Sandy Bridge are not yet foreseen.” Citing Taiwan sales manager Lu Bing-hsian, Computer World reported Jan. […]

HTC is planning to launch three media tablets in the first half of the year, according to reports. The first model, according to a Jan. 20 report from Taipei-based DigiTimes, is slated to begin shipping in the United States in March. No specs were offered, but Digitimes noted that an unnamed source said the tablet […]

Samsung is making news of late, and it’s not for the extraordinary sales figures on its line of Galaxy S handsets. Rumors are being traded across the Internet about the Vibrant, T-Mobile’s Samsung Galaxy S handset, have put the phone maker in the hotseat. AndroidSpin first reported Jan. 12 that Samsung was intentionally not updating […]

Curious about the WebOS-running devices that Hewlett-Packard is expected to introduce at its Feb. 9 event? According to sources trusted by Engadget, a few smartphones can be expected, along with two tablets – the “Topaz” and the more petite “Opal.” In a Jan. 19 report, the tech site offered new, and completely unconfirmed, details about […]

Apple’s Jan. 18 announcement of its fiscal first quarter 2011 results was summed up nicely by Technology Business Research analyst Ezra Gottheil. In a research note released after Apple’s earnings call, Gottheil wrote: “We’re running out of superlatives.” Apple posted record revenue and profit, $26.74 billion and $6 billion, respectively; ended the quarter with nearly […]

Apple announced record sales of iPads, iPhones and Macs, as well as its highest-ever earnings and revenue, during a Jan. 18 conference call announcing the results of its fiscal 2011 first quarter, which closed Christmas Day. Net profit during the quarter was $6 billion, or $6.43 per diluted share, on revenue of $26.74 billion. “We […]

Apple, Motorola, Samsung and other vendors are fueling a trend that will mark 2011 as a “tipping point” for tablet sales, consultancy Deloitte said in a Jan. 18 report, echoing findings released the same day by research firm IDC and investment firm Raymond James. By all accounts, tablet shipments are headed skyward. The worldwide media […]

Sprint will continue to offer smartphone users unlimited data access, but it’s going to charge a bit more for that extravagance. Starting Jan. 30, the carrier will begin applying a Premium Data charge of $10 a month to all new smartphone accounts. Current Sprint smartphone customers won’t be affected unless they upgrade or activate a […]

Hewlett-Packard is expected to soon introduce a tablet running WebOS, as well as a smartphone. But a netbook? According to Jan. 17 report from Ars Technica, netbooks are among the planned HP devices that will not only run the company’s prized new mobile OS, but will seamlessly interact. HP reportedly includes netbooks in a discovered […]

The Verizon Wireless iPhone is nice enough, but if we were you, we’d hold off. In short, that’s the opinion being offered by trusted consumer watchdog publication Consumer Reports. In a Jan. 11 blog post, editors Paul Reynolds and Mike Gikas offered a summary of the “good, bad and unknown” about the device, which was […]

Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced Jan. 17 in an e-mail to Apple employees that he’ll be taking another medical leave of absence to focus on his health. Jobs didn’t offer any details about his health, or how long he plans to be on his board-sanctioned leave, but he wrote that he’ll continue to act as […]

In more bad news for AT&T, a Jan. 13 study from ChangeWave is the latest to suggest that the original Apple iPhone provider may suffer a customer exodus once Verizon begins selling its own long-awaited iPhone Feb. 10. Days before Verizon’s big Jan. 11 announcement – “We are pleased to introduce millions of wireless users […]