Michelle Maisto

The Motorola Cliq is now available in wide release on the T-Mobile network.While existing T-Mobile customers gained access to the Cliq on Oct. 19, the general public can begin purchasing the Motorola phone as of Nov. 2.T-Mobile was the first U.S. carrier to offer a smartphone with Google’s Android mobile operating system, and with the […]

Just in case Apple does produce a tablet/slate product, consumer electronics shopping site Retrevo decided to poll its users to find out who would buy one and for what price.News of an Apple tablet-the computer maker’s supposed one-upping of the netbook market-began in May, when Gene Munster, an analyst with Piper Jaffray, wrote in a […]

Apple’s iPhone, and its introduction of the ability to customize a smartphone with downloadable applications, is part of the reason why smartphone retail prices are falling as shipment volumes are on the rise, states an Oct. 29 report from ABI Research.While in 2007, 18 percent of smartphones were priced under $200, in 2009 that number […]

Good news for the global mobile handset market: An Oct. 30 report from Strategy Analytics found third quarter 2009 shipments to have improved over previous quarters. While the worldwide handset market showed an average decline of 11 percent over the previous three quarters, the third quarter of 2009 saw 291 million units shipped worldwide – […]

Meet the Motorola Droid, Verizons First Google Android Smartphone by Michelle Maisto No Title The Motorola Droid features a 3.7-inch high-resolution touch screen with a width of 854 pixels, to reduce the need for side-to-side panning. It boasts a total of 400,000 pixels. The iPhone, by comparison, offers 480 by 320 pixels, for a total […]

The Motorola Droid, coming to the Verizon Wireless network Nov. 6, more than holds its own against the Apple iPhone on AT&T and the Palm Pre on the Sprint network. At least on paper, that is. BillShrink.com monitors more than 10 million wireless plans in order to compare offers and help consumers spend wisely – […]

Sprint continued to see customer losses in the third quarter of 2009, the company reported during an Oct. 29 quarterly earnings call. Customer numbers fell by 1 percent from the previous quarter, down to 48.3 million. Rivals AT&T and Verizon, which each also announced profits in the past few days, added 2 million and 1.2 […]

Alert the 13-year-old girls! Sony Ericsson’s new Equinox phone has arrived on the T-Mobile network. Supporting 3G speeds, the phone includes a 3.2-megapixel camera and an integrated application for easily uploading video to YouTube. There’s also an FM radio, Stereo Bluetooth and a 2.2-inch QVGA display.Most distinctly, however, the Equinox offers a pulsing light effect, […]

The BlackBerry Storm2 smartphone is now available in the United States on the Verizon Wireless network.Like Apple’s iPhone, it’s a touch-screen-only device. And while the original Storm faced considerable criticism, Research In Motion is quick to point out that it has updated the Storm2, which officially went on sale Oct. 28, in several ways.These include […]

After a bit of a false start, in which details about the Motorola Droid were leaked in advance, Verizon Wireless has officially announced that the new smartphone, running Google’s Android 2.0, will arrive on Nov. 6.“We’re proud to work with Verizon Wireless and Google on the first smartphone to feature Android 2.0,” said Sanjay Jha, […]

Lenovo is rolling out three new IdeaPad laptops and three IdeaCentre desktops, all of which feature Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system, new Intel processors and Lenovo’s Enhanced Experience for Windows 7, which the company developed with Microsoft in order to offer faster boot-up and shutdown times, as well as multimedia features and maintenance tools. “Our […]

Dell has released what it says is the industry’s thinnest 12.1-inch rugged convertible tablet, the Latitude XT2 XFR. Designed for physically demanding vertical markets such as military, police, field service, factory fulfillment and first responders, the new tablet extends Dell’s mobile solution portfolio, which includes the Latitude E6400 XFR and semi-rugged E6400 ATG laptops.The Dell […]