Michelle Maisto

The Dell Adamo XPS laptop demands a second look. And then a third.On Nov. 5 Dell introduced its newest laptop, the second in its design-minded Adamo family, which it launched March 17 with the super-thin Adamo.The Adamo XPS further pushes the ideas of thinness, modern design and innovation that were introduced by its predecessor. For […]

On Nov. 6, Verizon Wireless officially joined the competitive fray surrounding Google’s Android mobile operating system. The U.S. carrier launched not only the Motorola Droid-a $199.99 hopeful iPhone competitor with a dedicated keyboard and Android 2.0-but also the HTC Droid Eris, a $99.99 smartphone running Android 1.5 and relying solely on the virtual keypad on […]

The Motorola Droid will be available on the Verizon Wireless network this Friday, Nov. 6., and The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal have weighed in on the Android-running, iPhone-provoking device. “I regard it as a success overall,” wrote the Journal’s Walter Mossberg on Nov. 5. “It’s the best super-smart phone Verizon offers, […]

The Motorola Droid or Samsung Moment not within the bounds of your holiday recession budget? Nokia has a more modest but wallet-friendly alternative: On Nov. 5, the Finnish not-just-a-phone-maker announced that its 3711 feature phone is now available on the T-Mobile network for $69.99 with a two-year contract The clamshell-style phone features a hidden-until-lit 1.36-inch […]

Parallels makes it easy for Macs and PCs to just get along, and on Nov. 4 it introduced Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac, offering an updated way for them to bond more quickly, more easily and with better integration. Parallels 5, according to the virtualization company, is 300 percent faster than the previous version and […]

It seems increasingly likely that history will remember the Apple iPhone. Not only has the iPhone has been credited with setting off a mobile industrywide race to create ever-growing portfolios of downloadable mobile applications, but a study by ComScore released Nov. 3 found that it’s also a major contributor to the growing adoption of smartphones […]

The Samsung Moment is now available on the Sprint Nextel network, making it the carrier’s second to feature Google’s Android operating system, the two companies officially announced on Nov. 3.Sprint first announced the Moment on Oct. 7, even before the arrival of its first Android smartphone, the HTC Hero, which arrived on Oct. 11.The Moment […]

Sony Ericsson’s newest flagship phone isn’t the Xperia X3 but the Xperia X10, the company’s first Google Android-running smartphone. It will begin rolling out in the first quarter of 2010 and find its way across the world, “including Japan,” the company announced Nov. 3, within the first half of the year. The Xperia X10 will […]

Motorola introduced the MC3100 Series of ruggedized handhelds on Nov. 3, in three form factors: a “straight shooter,” a turret head and a gun scanner. The handheld devices are updates to Motorola’s MC3000 family and intended for indoor use, such as warehousing, retail environments and distribution centers. In September, Motorola’s updated MC9500, a rugged field-service […]

Under the name Milestone, the Motorola Droid-which will arrive in the United States on the Verizon Wireless network Nov. 6-will also be introduced to markets in Argentina, Italy and Germany. Both run Google’s Android 2.0 operating system, but the Milestone replaces the Droid’s CDMA 1x 800/1900 EVDO Rev. A connectivity with support for WCDMA/900/2100, GSM […]