Michelle Maisto

You can count Pandigital among the companies showing off a new tablet at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Pandital introduced the Multimedia Novel 9-inch Android tablet and color e-Reader Jan. 4, the company’s first e-reader with integrated wireless connectivity through the AT&T network-in addition to WiFi-for accessing the Barnes & Noble eBookstore. […]

The number of 4G-enabled devices on Sprint’s 4G WiMAX network is now up to 17, with the Jan. 4 introduction of the HTC Evo Shift 4G smartphone and the MiFi 3G/4G Mobile Hotspot from Novatel Wireless. Building on the success of the Evo 4G, Sprint’s first 4G smartphone, the Evo Shift 4G features a slide-out […]

Apple will soon have an aggressive new competitor in low-priced television maker Vizio. On Jan. 3, in advance of the Consumer Electronics Show, the company is expected to announce its entrance into the mobile-device market with the introduction of an Android-running smartphone and tablet, according to multiple reports. In a television ad during the broadcast […]

Add Asus to the list of PC makers expected to introduce media tablets at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show, which kicks off Jan. 5. Also known as Asustek Computer, the company that started the netbook craze is expected to introduce at least one tablet with a detachable keyboard and one with a sliding keyboard, Taiwan’s […]

Toshiba is preparing to release its first tablet for the U.S. market at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, the Associated Press has reported. Tentatively called the Toshiba Tablet, the device features a 10.1-inch display and runs Android 2.4-known as “Honeycomb”-an operating system designed specifically with tablet functionality in mind. While […]

Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Samsung and other companies following Apple into the tablet and smartphone markets will want to take note of a Dec. 30 report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project that found that 65 percent of Internet users have paid for online content. “Some observers have questioned whether Internet users are willing to […]

Clearwire Chairman Craig McCaw, offering two days’ notice, has resigned, according to a Dec. 29 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. According to the filing, McCaw’s decision to leave the company was “not due to any disagreements with [Clearwire] or any matters relating to [Clearwire’s] operations, policies or practices.” McCaw’s departure is nonetheless notable, […]

The European Commission announced that the first universal mobile phone chargers should arrive in Europe during the first months of 2011. The chargers, which will charge via micro-USB slots and be interoperable between brands, are result of a June 2009 agreement made by 14 leading mobile phone makers-Apple, Emblaze Mobile, Huawei Technologies, LGE, Motorola Mobility, […]

Skype for iPhone just got a little better, thanks to the addition of video capabilities. That’s right, catching up to the competition-we’re looking at you, Fring-Skype users on the iPad, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod touch fourth generation, or with iOS 4.0 or higher, can make and receive free Skype video calls over a WiFi […]

Defending its BlackBerry PlayBook, Research In Motion released a statement Dec. 30, responding to reports that the PlayBook still has some battery issues to work out. The reports followed from a Dec. 28 research note from Kaufman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu. “One… issue we hear the PlayBook needs to improve is its relatively poor battery […]

When Verizon Wireless CEO Ivan Seidenberg takes the stage at Consumer Electronics Show Jan. 6, will there be any surprises left? On Dec. 28, tech blog Droid Life leaked a dozen images of an Android-running HTC smartphone, said to be the Thunderbolt, and one of the half-dozen 4G-enabled devices that Seidenberg, who is scheduled to […]

Poor battery life is likely the reason that Research In Motion has delayed the launch of its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet until the second quarter of 2011, according to a new report from Kaufman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu. “We hear that the PlayBook needs to improve [its] relatively poor battery life of a few hours compared […]