Michelle Maisto

Nokia introduced two X series smartphones, encouraging a theme of hipness and squareness, at its Nokia Connection event in Singapore June 14.The Nokia X5 is a “unique square slider” phone geared toward teens – that may nonetheless remind some of the new, square Motorola Flipout, which similarly comes in a variety of loud colors. (In […]

Apple has added RadioShack to its small cadre of retail partners who will begin offering the iPhone 4 June 24. Following Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ June 7 introduction of the iPhone 4, Apple announced that newest smartphone will begin selling in Apple and AT&T retail and online stores, as well as at Best Buy and […]

Motorola and BlackBerry maker Research In Motion have decided to just get along and throw their outstanding legal litigations out the window, each announced in a June 11 press statement. The smartphone makers, once at odds over patents, have now entered into a settlement and license agreement.“Under the Agreement, Motorola and RIM will benefit from […]

The Motorola Droid is doing just great, Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha told members of the media after a presentation in Chicago June 9, according to a report from Reuters.The well-publicized and Android-running Motorola Droid proved a great success for the Verizon Wireless network, following its fourth-quarter 2009 debut. But as any starlet can attest, there’s […]

As Apple and Google duke it out in the smartphone arena, the two have raised the game for competitors when it comes to camera technology, according to research firm iSuppli.With the HTC-made Nexus One, which debuted in January, Google set a new standard for smartphone cameras by including an AMOLED (active-matrix organic light emitting diode) […]

Lenovo introduced five new PC products for the enterprise June 10, including what officials say is the industry’s first 23-inch all-in-one desktop for businesses. Lenovo entered the enterprise AIO space in late 2009, but the products were “more mainstream and lacked some features that enterprise customers really needed,” Bill Dominici, product manager for ThinkCentre and […]

Lenovo Aims for Enterprise with 5 Energy-Efficient PCs by Michelle Maisto M90z All-In-One The Lenovo ThinkCentre M90z features a 23-inch display with the option of touch sensitivity, a choice of Intel Core i3 or i5 processors, DDR3 memory, Windows 7, WiFi and Bluetooth, and a selection of hard drives or solid-state drives. M90z All-In-One The […]

Panasonic is offering business travelers a new option for peace of mind with the introduction of the Toughbook F9 business-rugged laptop. At just 3.6 pounds, Panasonic’s calling the F9 the lightest 14-inch laptop in its class.The Toughbook F9 packs a 2.4GHz Intel Core i5-520M vPro processor with Turbo Boost up to 2.93GHz; a 320GB, shock-mounted […]

It’s a good time to be in gyroscope sales, according to market research firm iSuppli.According to an iSuppli report June 9, Apple’s June 7 introduction of the iPhone 4, the newest version of its popular smartphone that will go on sale June 24, is expected to set off enormous growth in the gyroscope market.The gyroscope’s […]

Sprint is offering up some new math following its announcement that the launch of the HTC Evo 4G marked the largest quantity of a single phone that it has ever sold in one day.The Evo 4G was a hit indeed, but Sprint updated its June 4 press statement to scratch the description that the Evo […]

Apple, HTC, Samsung Launch Hot Smartphones this Summer by Michelle Maisto Apple iPhone 4 Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone 4 June 7, joking that some in Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference audience may “already seen this.” The newest version is thinner than the iPhone 3G S and features a larger battery, a proprietary A4 […]

Foxconn has a new plan for ending the ongoing worker suicides that have plagued the electronics manufacturer since the start of the year. The plan includes significant wage increases, the burden of which Foxconn plans to pass along to customers such as Apple, Dell and Sony. According to the Financial Times, Foxconn announced June 6 […]