Michelle Maisto

HTC and T-Mobile are among the vendors offering discounts during the post-Thanksgiving weekend, which is all too well known for its bargains, dearth of parking spots and instances of otherwise sane people shopping at ungodly hours. According to a Nov. 21 survey from Retrevo, an online electronics shopping site, last year 24 percent of Black […]

China Mobile will be the first carrier to offer Dell’s inaugural smartphone, the Mini 3i. In a joint statement on Nov. 23, the companies announced that the Mini 3i will be available by the end of the month, in a choice of Red Passion or Oiled Bronze. Pricing details were not announced.The smartphone runs Google’s […]

LG Electronics has launched its first netbook for the United States. The LG X120, which runs Microsoft’s Windows XP operating system and features a 10.1-inch LED backlit screen, will be soon available at RadioShack locations.The netbook doesn’t rely on Wi-Fi connectivity alone, and includes an integrated modem for connecting to AT&T’s 3G network. Also notable […]

The overall PC market is expected to show growth in the fourth quarter of 2009, though falling average selling prices will again lead to a decline in the market value of PC shipments, according to a Nov. 23 report from Gartner.Driven by mobile PC shipments, the overall PC market is expected to reach 298.9 million […]

In a recent measure of “buzz” among men 18 and older, Motorola was on the rise, while both Apple and BlackBerry fell, according to data from YouGov’s BrandIndex, which interviews 5,000 people each weekday to gauge consumer brand perception on a day-to-day basis. which The New York Times’ David Pogue described as “all masculine, all […]

During Dell’s fiscal third-quarter 2010 earnings announcement on Nov. 19, Brian Gladden, Dell’s chief financial officer, didn’t rule out the possibility of Mini 3, Dell’s newly revealed smartphone, arriving in the United States at some point.On Nov. 13, Dell introduced the Mini 3, which runs Google’s Android operating system, and announced that it would debut […]

Amazon.com and Wal-Mart have reduced the selling price of the Palm Pixi to $24.99, with a two-year service contract on Sprint’s 3G network, only days after the carrier debuted the smartphone for $99, according to published reports. As of Nov. 20, the carrier had not altered the Pixi’s price on its Website.The Pixi smartphone runs […]

A federal judge in Atlanta has denied AT&T’s request that competitor Verizon Wireless be made to pull its series of “There’s a Map for That” advertisements, according to a Nov. 18 report from the Associated Press. AP reports that the judge has scheduled a Dec. 16 hearing, in which attorneys for AT&T will have another […]

Nokia announced on Nov. 18 that its Nokia N900 – called a smartphone by some, a tablet by others and a “Maemo-powered mobile computer” by Nokia – is now on sale in the United States and shipping to consumers who pre-ordered. The mobile computer moniker sums up Nokia’s intentions for the device: to offer consumers […]

Dell reported fiscal third-quarter 2010 revenue of $12.9 billion, a slim sequential improvement over second-quarter revenue of $12.8 billion. However, it reported that third-quarter net income was $337 million, a substantial drop from the $727 million it earned in same quarter a year earlier. Brian Gladden, Dell’s chief financial officer, said during the Nov. 19 […]

Asus and Toshiba are the most reliable laptop makers, and netbooks have a 20 percent higher failure rate than laptops, according to a Nov. 17 study from SquareTrade, an electronics warranty provider that analyzed the failure rates of more than 30,000 new laptops covered by its warranty plan. The report arrives just in time for […]

AT&T and T-Mobile have both announced new, and very similar looking, BlackBerry smartphones, scheduled to arrive in the next few weeks. The AT&T BlackBerry Curve 8520 will be available at an after-rebate price of $100, and with a 2-megapixel camera with video recording on its feature list. The T-Mobile BlackBerry Bold 9700 will be priced […]