Michelle Maisto

LG Electronics’ plan to gain double-digit market share in the global mobile handset market by 2012 appears to figure largely on hitching its cart to the Google Android mobile operating system.On March 10, LG officials introduced the Android-running LG-KH5200 in South Korea, and after being vague in January by declining to specify how many phones […]

Dell is targeting different audiences with new products rolled out March 9. With the new lineup of Vostro notebooks and the high-end M4500 workstation, Dell is addressing the needs of both small business customers requiring secure, reliable and nimble solutions, and professionals in areas such as media and entertainment, oil and gas, architecture and engineering, […]

MSI, which is looking to expand into new markets, including the United States, has rolled out its Wind U160 netbook, which offers up to 15 hours of battery life for less than $400.The Wind U160 is MSI’s second netbook to feature the Intel Pine Trail platform – the first was the Wind U135, introduced in […]

Think the Apple iPad is nice enough, but no show-stopper?Don’t be too quick to judge, Broadpoint AmTech analyst Brian Marshall wrote in a March 9 research note to investors, predicting that the next major catalyst for a rise in Apple shares will be the iPad launch.“We believe the general consensus (i.e., select media outlets’) view […]

The Motorola Backflip is now available on the AT&T network, making it the carrier’s first device to run the Google Android operating system. The Backflip – which runs Android 1.5, or Cupcake – is the first of five planned Android-based phones that AT&T will support, and is the 11th smartphone to take advantage of AT&T’s […]

Verizon Wireless officials are saying their plans to roll out 4G Long-Term Evolution networks are coming along swimmingly.LTE trials in Boston and Seattle reportedly saw peak download speeds of 40M to 50M bps and peak upload speeds of 20M to 25M bps-“significantly faster” than current 3G speeds on Verizon’s own or competitors’ networks, the carrier […]

When Nokia sued Apple in October, it noted that it had spent $60 billion on research and development over the last two decades. A peek into such efforts is offered in a patent that has been filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office by Nokia for a mobile device charger that harvests “piezoelectric kinetic […]

Sony is leaking customers to Apple, with gamers increasingly turning toward the iPhone and away from the PlayStation. Apple iPad users and e-reader enthusiasts, too, are expected to cut into Sony Reader profits.To combat this, Sony is developing a lineup of handheld products, which includes a smartphone capable of downloading games and a “multifunction device,” […]

AT&T, which Juniper Research named the top “green” U.S. carrier in 2009, is living up to its Earth-friendly reputation. On March 4, the carrier announced that it’s requiring slimmer packaging, and less of it, from its mobile handset partners.By improving the packaging of device chargers, cases, batteries and data cables, AT&T hopes to eliminate 200 […]

Launch your Calendar application! The Apple iPad will arrive in the United States on April 3, according to Apple.Beginning March 12, U.S. customers will be able to preorder WiFi and WiFi-plus-3G models at www.apple.com, or reserve a WiFi-only model for pickup at an Apple retail store on April 3, Apple announced on its Website March […]