Michelle Maisto

There’s good news for Microsoft. According to IT asset management company Softchoice, 88 percent of corporate PCs are able to meet the minimum hardware system requirements to run Windows 7, which will finally arrive Oct. 22.The finding is particularly meaningful when compared with the launch of Windows Vista. At the time, only 50 percent of […]

Google‘s popular Android mobile operating system has moved beyond smartphones and made its way into Acer’s newest netbook. Though not without Windows. Acer America on Oct. 15 announced the official U.S. availability of the Aspire One AOD250 netbook, which features a dual-boot operating system. Users can reportedly switch between Android and Microsoft Windows XP Home […]

Acer has shared news of an upcoming slim beauty of a smartphone called the Liquid, which will eventually also spill over into a series of devices. It will be the first to pair Google’s Android 1.6 operating system, aka “Donut,” with Qualcomm’s zippy Snapdragon processor.The Snapdragon processor will also be featured in HTC’s HD2 smartphone, […]

Acer introduced two new notebooks on Oct. 14 and updated several existing models to support Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system. Windows 7, which is said to feature integrated touch capabilities, is additionally on the two new models, which put touch front-and-center.The Acer Aspire 5738PG notebook might more easily be referred to as Acer’s first notebook […]

Nokia, AT&T Offering the Booklet 3G for $299 and in Time for Holiday Shopping by Michelle Maisto No Title The Booklet 3G comes in black, ice or azure; features a 10.1-inch glass display; and weighs in at only 2.76 pounds. No Title The Booklet 3G offers all-day connectivity. Nokia execs encourage users to charge the […]

NEW YORK – Nokia, together with partners AT&T, Microsoft and Best Buy, formally introduced the Nokia Booklet 3G, its first foray into the PC space. The 2.76-pound netbook features Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity, Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system and 12 hours of “true” battery life.The Booklet 3G will be available exclusively at Best Buy for […]

Collaborators and business users have a new option in the Motorola Debut i856, the first slider phone with push-to-talk service, available from Sprint as of Oct. 12. The Debut is the first device to allow users to switch from an active PTT conversation to an interconnect voice call by just touching a button. It was […]

The HTC Hero, with Google’s Android open-source mobile operating system, is now available exclusively on the Sprint network. While it joins the Palm Pre and BlackBerry Tour 9630 among Sprint’s smartphone offerings, it’s the carrier’s first phone to feature Android.It will, however, soon have some company, as on Nov. 1 Sprint will begin selling the […]

Customers using smartphones for business purposes ranked the Apple iPhone above Research In Motion’s BlackBerry, reports J.D. Power and Associates.The finding is part of three studies released Oct. 8: the 2009 Wireless Consumer Smartphone Customers Satisfaction Study, Vol. 2.; the 2009 Wireless Business Smartphone Satisfaction Study; and the 2009 Wireless Traditional Mobile Phone Satisfaction Study, […]

Netbooks are once again a boon to a hurting portable PC market, states DisplaySearch in an Oct. 8 report on quarterly notebook PC shipments, though a reason for their success-low prices-is additionally encouraging a problematic trend.“Mini-notes [also known as netbooks] have been a significant contributor to volume growth in the portable PC market as their […]

Android Smartphones Look to Dominate 2009 Holiday Shopping Season by Michelle Maisto T-Mobile Tap No keyboard here, the T-Mobile Tap is a touchscreen phone with a focus on Web browsing and socializing. It support email, SMS, MMS and IM, and comes with GPS, Bluetooth and a 2-megapixel camera. Users can choose between berry and midnight […]

Rugged-computer-maker Getac Technology announced that its rough-and-tough V100 convertible tablet PCs will soon be available with Resistive Multitouch technology, making them one of the first to boast the capability. Not only will multitouch enable users to move or edit documents on screen, zoom into or out of photos, rotate maps and navigate applications using on-screen […]