Michelle Maisto

Nokia filed yet another patent-infringement lawsuit against Apple on Dec. 29, alleging that Apple has infringed on seven of its patents. The lawsuit, filed with the U.S. District Court in Delaware, is similar to the complaint Nokia made to the International Trade Commission concerning the same patents, also on Dec. 29. The patents are “implementation […]

As Google officially introduced its Nexus One smartphone on Jan. 5, T-Mobile thought you might like to know that its network is now really fast. And getting faster in 2010. In a Jan. 5 statement, the carrier announced that it has enable HSPA 7.2 across its entire 3G network-which reaches 200 million Americans-and that it […]

Shipments of consumer electronics embedded with mobile broadband connectivity are zooming upward, according to a Jan. 4 report from ABI Research. Shipments of the devices-which include e-readers, mobile digital cameras and camcorders, personal media players, personal navigation devices (PNDs), and mobile gaming devices-are expected to increase 55-fold between 2008 and 2014. This would bring total […]

Acer’s newest Aspire One netbooks, the AO532h-based series, run Microsoft’s Windows 7 Starter, Intel’s new energy-efficient Atom N450 processor, and offer several connectivity and battery options. Mobility and all-day performance are Acer’s major boasts with the netbooks. The former comes thanks to the new Aspire One’s 2.76-pound weight and Wi-Fi b/g/n and Ethernet LAN connectivity, […]

AT&T told the Federal Communications Commission in a document dated Dec. 21 2009, that keeping up both its land-line and cellular businesses will prevent it from meeting Congress’ request to extend broadband access to 100 percent of Americans in a “timely or efficient manner.” Calling the PSTN (public switched telephone network) and POTS (plain-old telephone […]

AT&T has told the Federal Communications Commission that in order to meet Congress’ goal of extending broadband access to 100 percent of Americans, it needs to ditch its land-line business in favor of focusing on broadband and IP-based communications. “That transition is under way already,” AT&T wrote in a Dec. 21 communication to the FCC. […]

The Palm smartphones headed to Verizon Wireless in 2010 won’t the same old Pre and Pixi on the Sprint Nextel network. According to reporting from the Boy Genius Report, Verizon will call the former the Palm Pre Plus, and the latter the Palm Pixi Plus. The tech site says it has learned that the devices […]

An Apple tablet PC in the new year is sounding increasingly likely. Lee Kai-fu, former president of Google Inc. Greater China, wrote in a Dec. 28 post on his Website that Apple is expecting to ship 10 million tablet computers in the first year of the device’s release, according to reporting from Bloomberg. Lee is […]

There’s a new e-book maker in town. On Dec. 29, Portland upstart Dulin’s Books announced it would take on bookseller big boys Barnes & Noble and Amazon.com and soon begin shipping an e-reader of it own, the Boox 60 from Onyx International. The Boox 60 will retail for $349 and feature a 6-inch Vizplex E […]

Hewlett-Packard, whether it intended to or not, has released a new netbook, the Mini 210. While HP has yet to formally introduce the netbook, retailer eCost.com has it listed as in-stock and for sale – at $398.99 – and HP has included the Mini 210 on its Customer Care support site, Cnet discovered. The Mini […]

10 Notable Netbooks, Laptops and All-in-One PCs from 2009 10 Notable Netbooks, Laptops and All-in-One PCs from 2009By Michelle Maisto Sony Vaio X Series On Oct. 8, Sony introduced the Vaio X Series, a 1.6-pound ultramobile notebook PC that Sony called the world’s lightest. It runs Windows 7, includes built-in Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth and Mobile […]

Garmin on Dec. 29 introduced the Oregon 450 and Oregon 450t, two new touch-screen GPS devices for fans of the outdoors-and of not getting lost. Both devices feature 3-inch color displays with touch-sensitive displays that can be used while wearing gloves. Intended to be ideal for hikers, cyclists, campers and runners, they offer paperless geocaching, […]