Michelle Maisto

A lesser-bragged-about feature of smartphones, such as the Google Nexus One and Motorola Droid, is spurring growth in a market beyond mobile phones, researcher iSuppli reported on Feb. 2.Shipments of MEMs (microelectromechanical systems) microphones, which aid in ANC (active noise cancellation) technology, are now expected to reach 1.2 billion worldwide in 2013, up from iSuppli’s […]

From Hong Kong on Feb. 4, Lenovo announced the happy results of its fiscal third quarter of 2010, which ended Dec. 31.Lenovo’s worldwide PC shipments increased 42 percent year over year, and for the third quarter in a row it achieved its highest-ever worldwide market share of 9 percent. Its pretax profit for the quarter […]

Dell, Sony, Gateway PCs Offer Intel Chips, Windows 7, Smart Pricing Dell, Sony, Gateway PCs Offer Intel Chips, Windows 7, Smart PricingBy Michelle Maisto Dell Latitude 13 The Dell Latitude 13 takes styling cues from the Dell Vostro V13, but this ultra-thin unit, at 3.36 pounds, pairs a 13.3-inch screen with ultra-low voltage Intel processors, […]

With Apple’s Jan. 27 introduction of the Apple iPad, the iPhone maker revived an industry, ABI Research said in a Feb. 2 report, predicting that four million media tablets will ship this year. By 2015, the researcher expects that figure to swell to 57 million units annually.“Apple’s iPad is not the first media tablet, but […]

Verizon Wireless introduced the Motorola Devour smartphone on Feb. 3, an Android 1.6-running smartphone that will arrive on the network in March.When it does, it will be Verizon’s first Android phone with MotoBlur, a software that works to customize a device by syncing contact information and updates from various sources, from Facebook to Gmail to […]

Gateway is revamping its FX, SX and DX desktops with new features and streamlined looks, the PC maker announced Feb. 3.A glossy FX Series for gamers and online entertainment looks fresh from the “Transformers” set, a DX Series sneaks in a Blu-ray drive at an impressively low price and an SX Series, at just $560, […]

Apple has issued yet another firmware update for customers whose new 27-inch iMacs are still suffering from flickering displays.Posted on Feb. 1, the update is intended for 27-inch iMacs that shipped in late 2009 and are running Mac OS X 10.6.2.On Dec. 21, Apple released an update for the graphics firmware on ATI Radeon HD […]

The Sony Ericsson Aspen, introduced Feb. 2, is the newest smartphone addition to the company’s GreenHeart line of environmentally minded devices. The Aspen is geared toward “green” enterprise workers, and consumers with intense texting needs, said Sony Ericsson, which with the Aspen has combined Microsoft’s Windows Phone software with a qwerty keyboard, multitasking capabilities, Microsoft […]

Dell introduced two new PCs on Feb. 2, which it’s referring to as “the beauty” and “the beast.” The looker of the two is the Latitude 13, a thin-and-light laptop for the enterprise, and the more muscular – the world’s most powerful mobile workstation, according to Dell – is the Precision M6500 dual-core mobile workstation.David […]

Sony introduced a Vaio E Series line of laptops on Feb. 2. Geared toward consumers and students, the line starts at $700 and features widescreen displays that measure 15.5 inches on the diagonal, edge-to-edge keyboards with isolated, or Chiclet-style, keys, a dimpled touchpad and a built-in numeric pad. The notebooks weigh 5.95 pounds and offer […]

While Apple introduced the iPad on Jan. 27, the first model isn’t expected to ship until March. The reason for this, a few members of the media with exceptionally good peepers are reporting, is that the iPad hasn’t yet been approved by the FCC and so isn’t yet legal.“Some features and applications are not available […]

American Industrial System (AIS) has added the 2.6-pound Semi-Rugged Touchscreen Tablet PC to its durable lineup of devices for field and field sales force automation applications.No fancy name here (we’re looking at you, iPad), the AIS tablet pairs a low-power, high-efficiency 1.6GHz Intel Atom Z530 processor with a 10.4-inch XGA high-resolution LED transflective LCD that’s […]