Michelle Maisto

Smartphone maker Palm is seeking bids to be purchased, Reuters reported April 11, citing people familiar with the situation.According to Taiwan’s Economic Daily News, HTC, which makes Google’s Nexus One phone, among other popular models, is said to be open to discussions about acquiring Palm.Goldman Sachs and Qatalyst Partners have reportedly been enlisted to find […]

Apple, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, Intel and Motorola are just six of the 19 electronics manufacturers being sued by Canadian patent holder Wi-Lan, whose portfolio includes more than 800 issued or pending patents. Wi-Lan is accusing the manufacturers of infringing on a patent it holds regarding Bluetooth connectivity in cellular handsets and notebook computers. Wi-Lan filed […]

Nokia announced April 9 that it has acquired MetaCarta, though it offered few other details and shared nothing of the purchase price.Based in Cambridge, Mass., MetaCarta has just over 30 employees, Nokia said in a statement, as well as “expertise in geographic intelligence solutions.”Nokia added: “MetaCarta’s technology will be used in the area of local […]

Research In Motion has reached an agreement to acquire QNX Software Systems from Harman International, the companies announced April 9.The purchase offers a number of new avenues down which RIM might grow its BlackBerry brand. QNX’s open-platform operating system, Neutrino, is currently deployed in business sectors that include industrial, telecommunications, medical, defense, aerospace and automotive […]

Dell, Lenovo PCs Offer Mix of Intel Chips, Windows 7 by Michelle Maisto Lenovo S10-3s The Lenovo S10-3s netbook, which is available in white, black or a spring flowers pattern, weighs 2.43 pounds and features a 10.1-inch display, a chiclet-style keyboard thats 98 percent of a full-size, an Intel Atom N470 processor and a choice […]

Apple has acknowledged on its Website that some early iPad adopters are experiencing issues with the device’s WiFi connectivity and offered a suggestion for resolving the issue.The problem, Apple says, is that after being restarted or roused from sleep, an iPad may not automatically rejoin a known WiFi network.“This can occur with some third-party WiFi […]

Sure the Apple iPad looks unique, but viewed from the inside out, it represents a more “radical departure” from traditional electronics design than might be expected, said iSuppli in an April 7 report.During a recent teardown of the iPad, iSuppli not only discovered that the device likely costs more to make than iSuppli originally estimated, […]

Google has rolled out a Google Maps for Mobile update for BlackBerry handsets. Though this is the first update of the year for BlackBerry users, the wait for Version 4.0 may have been worth it as it includes, among another features, a Search by Voice option. “Simply press and hold the green ‘call’ button, speak […]

Dell introduced three new additions to its Latitude E family of laptops on April 8.One semirugged and two professional, the laptops are the result of a year’s worth of design tinkering and taking to heart to client feedback, and Dell no doubt hopes they’ll encourage enterprises made timid by the global recession to finally refresh […]

Lenovo introduced two new consumer PCs on April 7, the IdeaPad S10-3s netbook and the C200 all-in-one desktop, designed with families in mind.The 2.43-pound IdeaPad features a 10.1-inch display, a chiclet-style keyboard that’s 98 percent of a full-size one, an Intel Atom N470 processor and a choice of Microsoft Windows 7 operating systems.With the addition […]

Microsoft is expected to finally introduce the two smartphones in its project code-named “Pink” on Monday, April 12. The company sent invitations to select journalists for a San Francisco event, with the title “It’s Time to Share.”The phones have been the stuff of rumors for months, with their reported names-Turtle and Pure-being leaked in September […]

Verizon Wireless customers can expect a high-speed Apple iPhone sooner or later, Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg suggested at an April 6 press conference.“It’s [Apple’s] call,” Seidenberg said, according to Reuters. “Eventually it’s our view we’ll get to carrying Apple.”Seidenberg reportedly went on to say that he’d ideally like a version of the iPhone that can […]