Michelle Maisto

The Palm Pre smartphone sold out in many locations, during its debut weekend, seemingly answering Palm’s prayers for a game changer.Sprint, the network hosting the Pre for now, was looking forward to the Pre’s release and the chance to show off its updated network and services, and that it can compete against carriers such as […]

The Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology plans to require that all personal computers sold in the country as of July 1 be shipped with software blocking access to certain Internet sites, the Wall Street Journal is reporting. The software is called “Green Dam-Youth Escort.” In China, “green” is said to refer to Internet […]

The long-awaited Palm Pre is officially now available-and will have two whole days to bask in the glow of the world’s full attention, before Monday, June 8, arrives and with it the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference.The already popular WWDC, at which Apple is likely to introduce a new iPhone, garnered fresh attention on June 5, […]

New details have emerged regarding Acer’s June 2 announcement that it will be shipping netbooks running the Google Android operating system. According to Digitimes, based in Taipei, Taiwan, the netbooks will be dual-OS and run both Android and Windows.Acer Chairman JT Wang believes consumer acceptance of Android is still unclear, according to Digitimes; while it […]

In anticipation of the Pre’s June 6 launch, Silicon Alley Insider compiled a look at Palm’s revenue from February 2004 through February 2009, and described the Pre as “Palm’s Hail Mary” – its last chance to win the game. Which at this point would amount to simply staying in it.According to the chart, Palm’s all-time […]

Top 10 Reasons to Look Forward to Palm Pre by Michelle Maisto Will the Pre still sync with iTunes? On May 28 Palm confirmed that the Pre’s WebOS includes an application, Palm Media Sync, that synchronizes with iTunes and allows users to transfer DRM-free music, photos and video onto the Pre. Will Apple update iTunes […]

Ericcson has launched a mobile broadband module specifically designed for embedding wireless broadband connectivity in netbooks. Ericsson says the F3307 is built on the same technology as its more advanced F3607g, but was streamlined to suit the particular needs of netbooks and other entry-level devices. Power consumption, for example, is 20-50 percent lower than in […]

Freescale Shows Off Futuristic Smartbook Prototypes at 2009 Computex by Michelle Maisto No Title Freescale tasked young designers to create “new models and paradigms,” it said in a statement. This prototype unfolds to offer a separate keyboard and mouse. No Title Freescale said the SCAD designs were highly innovative, yet practical, and “optimal for leveraging […]

The Palm Pre is coming and, so far, the early reviews seem to show that Palm has got a winner of a smartphone to offer customers.The New York Times’ David Pogue and The Wall Street Journal’s Walter S. Mossberg, venerable tech reviewers both, have each spent time with the Palm Pre and weighed in with […]

While Apple and Research In Motion combined sold between 5 and 10 percent of the mobile phones shipped worldwide this year, their shares of the mobile industry’s profits are considerably higher, reports Silicon Alley Insider, citing a chart from Deutsche Bank. For 2009, Deutsche Bank analysts attribute 31 percent of the industry’s operating margin dollars […]

Freescale Semiconductor has announced that the first netbooks using its chips will debut this year, with shipments reaching 1.5 million units by 2010, according to Bloomberg.In January, at the Consumer Electronics Show, the company first displayed its new netbook-intended design, which it calls the i.MX515, and which features a system-on-a-chip platform based on an ARM […]

Acer is bringing its Aspire Timeline series of thin-and-light notebooks to the United States. The notebooks combine Intel’s ultra-low-voltage (ULV) processors with power management features, high-capacity batteries and LED backlit displays, which together contribute to longer-lasting battery life. According to Acer, technology assessment service Principled Technologies found the battery on the Aspire Timeline AS3810T could […]