Michelle Maisto

Dell Vostro V13 Laptop, OptiPlex Desktops Offer Low-Cost Computing Dell Vostro V13 Laptop, OptiPlex Desktops Offer Low-Cost ComputingBy Michelle Maisto No Title The Vostro V13, like all products in Dell’s Vostro line, is geared toward cost-conscious enterprise users with little to no IT staff. It’s thin, light and comes with range of processing options, as […]

After a difficult year, Nokia is closing its two U.S. flagship stores, in New York and Chicago, Reuters is reporting, as well as its flagship store on Regent Street, in London.“Flagship stores are important in fashion industry: Apple is fashion. Nokia is consumer electronics,” John Strand, chief executive of Danish consultancy Strand Consult, told Reuters, […]

It’s a Web, Web, Web, Web world. And that’s just the half of it. According to a Dec. 9 report from research firm IDC, there are currently more than 450 million mobile Internet users around the world, and that figure is expected to more than double over the next four years, passing the one billion […]

Nokia has announced the U.S. availability of the Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition and the Nokia E72 smartphones as of Dec. 8. Both phones can help users to stay in the loop with work e-mails and obligations as they head out of the office to celebrate the holidays. Which, according to a Nokia-commissioned study, is something […]

Calling all race fans: Acer has released its latest notebook to give new meaning to descriptions of speed, performance and built-in drives. The newest Acer Ferrari One notebook, available as of Dec. 9, weighs 3.31 pounds and features an 11.6-inch high-definition widescreen CineCrystal LED-backlit display and a 1.2GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processor L310. […]

In a win for Motorola, Google and Verizon Wireless, Time has put the Motorola Droid at the top of its 2009 “Top 10 Gadgets” list. While a slew of smartphones running Google’s Android mobile operating system have arrived in the United States in the last few months, the Droid is leading the pack. “Everybody likes […]

Samsung introduced a new smartphone platform called “Bada”-or “ocean,” in Korean-in London on Dec. 8. The South Korea phone maker unveiled the software development kit (SDK) for Bada and described it as being based on its TouchWiz interface, which offers users one-touch access to favorite applications and features. TouchWiz is included on smartphones such as […]

The overwhelmingly successful Apple iPhone has been blamed for poor service experiences on the AT&T network – according to the carrier, its smartphone network traffic has increased 5,000 percent over the past three years. Now, however, AT&T is putting the iPhone to work, with an app that enables customers to instantly note where and when […]

The Dell Vostro V13 laptop, which the company officially rolled out on Dec. 8, is the latest addition to Dell’s line of desktops and notebooks designed for small businesses and those companies with tight IT budgets.Light, thin, ruggedized and treated to attractive details-“You won’t be embarrassed to take this out of your purse at the […]

LG Electronics announced in September that it would launch 13 “Windows phones” before the end of 2009. On Dec. 7, the latest of these, the LG eXpo, arrived on the AT&T network.The eXpo is geared toward enterprise users, and not only because it runs the Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system, which supports Microsoft Office Mobile […]

The number of enterprise employees using their own PCs at work is on the rise, according to an October report from Gartner, which said the trend has benefits for both employees and employers.In a survey of 528 IT managers in organizations with 500-plus employees in the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom, Gartner found […]

RadioShack is offering the LG Electronics X120 netbook for a special rate through the holiday shopping season. Now through Dec. 24, the X120 will be available for $49.99 with a new two-year service contract with AT&T – or for $399 without a service plan. LG introduced the X120 on Nov. 23 with a $179.99 price […]