Michelle Maisto

Sony unveiled its newest Vaio desktop June 8, an all-in-one, touch-enabled PC for living rooms and kitchen nooks that pairs Intel Core processors and a choice of Windows operating systems with a family-friendly price tag. Silver and sleek, with a wireless keyboard and mouse, the J Touch All-In-One, part of a J Series, measures 20.7-by- […]

More ad requests now come from the Apple iPhone than Apple iPod touch, Android is now the second most popular OS, and while consumers generally dodge advertising, when it comes to mobile ads, they’re far more receptive. These findings were among the consumer preferences and device uses revealed by the latest JiWire Mobile Audience Insights […]

Samsung Electronics is hoping consumers will think global and act local. On June 6, the South Korean electronics maker kicked off the Asia release of its Galaxy S, an Android-running smartphone that it’s touting as more personalized to South Koreans than the Apple iPhone.It’s little coincidence, then, that the Galaxy S kickoff coincided somewhat with […]

Motorola introduced the Milestone XT720 smartphone June 7, calling it one of the thinnest Android smartphones to boast an 8-megapixel camera.At 116 by 60.9 by 10.9mm, the Milestone earns bragging rights over the recently introduced Acer Stream, which is also being touted for its slim, 11.2mm-thin physique. (By comparison, the Apple iPhone is 12.3mm thick, […]

Sprint’s June 4 launch of the HTC Evo 4G smartphone was officially the carrier’s most successful launch to date. Its launch marked the largest number of a single phone that Sprint has sold in a day, the carrier said in a June 7 statement.While the Palm Pre and Samsung Instinct have previously set records for […]

Apple is now the world’s most valuable technology company, according to an analysis by research company iSuppli. With its market capitalization at $234 billion, Apple has beat out Microsoft for the worldwide No. 2 position, and is now second only to Exxon Mobil in the overall category. Apple additionally holds a cash reserve of $23 […]

Smartphone maker HTC has acquired Abaxia, a Paris-based mobile software developer. In the past, Abaxia has worked to create software with HTC and also with a number of its handset competitors, including Nokia, Motorola, LG Electronics and Sony Ericsson, as well as wireless carriers such as Orange and France Telecom.According to a June 7 Wall […]

The Dell Streak, once known as the Mini 5 tablet, is now available from U.K. wireless carrier O2 with a stunning variety of pricing options – including, in several instances, free with a two-year service contract.The plans vary from a free 16GB Streak with a two-year contract and a monthly fee of about $51, to […]

The HTC Evo 4G is now officially available on the Sprint network. Being called the country’s first 4G smartphone, the Evo 4G can connect to 4G networks where they’re available – Sprint now offers 4G in approximately 30 metropolitan areas, through Clearwire – and defaults to 3G where 4G isn’t offered.Tethering is also enabled, which […]

IBM and chip designer ARM, with partners Freescale, Samsung, ST-Ericsson and Texas Instruments, have created Linaro, “a not-for-profit open-source software engineering company” focused on speeding the development of Linux-based mobile devices powered by ARM-designed processors.In a June 3 statement on the partnership, the six explained that open-source software communities have traditionally faced the problem of […]

The HTC Evo 4G, the Android-running smartphone being called the country’s first 4G phone, is scheduled to debut on the Sprint network June 4 for $199. Just shy of the carrier’s big day, however, several retailers have announced special deals on the HTC handset, offering it at Sprint’s price, and with a two-year Sprint service […]

T-Mobile has introduced three new LG Electronics mid-tier mobile phones-the Sentio, dLite and GS170-that it will make available sometime this summer. The June 2 announcement marked a first-time collaboration between the two. “We’re expanding our lineup of compelling handset choices for our customers with the addition of these LG phones,” Paul Cole, T-Mobile’s vice president […]