Michelle Maisto

The batteries in a few Lenovo ThinkPad laptop models aren’t holding their own, and now the company is offering to replace them.The batteries, which were included in models that shipped worldwide, don’t present a fire or safety hazard. The issue isn’t a safety recall, Lenovo emphasizes-just a bit of a hassle.“Irreparable damage” and “battery cannot […]

Verizon Wireless is a step closer to its promise of offering nationwide Long Term Evolution (LTE) 4G coverage by 2013. On Aug. 14, the carrier reports, it completed successful LTE data calls in Boston and Seattle, both based on the 3GPP Release 8 standard and over 700MHz spectrum.If any small talk was involved, it was […]

The Dell smartphone reportedly headed for China has arrived, according to Cloned In China. The site reports that the Dell Mini 3i smartphone debuted in Beijing on Aug. 17, at the launch event for Mobile Market.com, which is said to be an app store set to launch at any moment. Cloned In China offers a […]

Some of the Palm Pre’s information-collecting practices are being called into question, after application developer Joey Hess wrote on his blog Aug. 12 that he’d taken a closer look at his Pre’s WebOS and realized it was sending his GPS coordinates and other information, such as which applications he used and for how long, to […]

A new report from researcher iSuppli suggests that the now-prickly relationship between Apple and Google is directly related to the continued rise of wireless data revenues and the desires of all major parties to grab as large a portion of this as possible.iSuppli estimates that global revenue for wireless data services, not including messaging, will […]

Traveling Verizon Wireless customers no longer need fret about the quality, or existence, of Wi-Fi in hotels rooms, airports and beyond, according to Verizon. On Aug. 13 Verizon and ZTE USA introduced the AD3700 Mobile Broadband USB modem with global connectivity.The AD3700 offers high-speed online access in more than 175 “destinations” via Verizon’s EvDO (Evolution […]

On Aug. 11, Apple began offering its 15-inch MacBook Pro with the option of an anti-glare widescreen display-for an extra $50-in addition to a glossy display, Apple Insider first reported.In this it joins the 17-inch MacBook Pro, though the 13-incher still only comes in glossy for now.Approximately two years ago, Apple transitioned its Mac products […]

USAA held a conference call on Aug. 11 to offer more details about the feature it recently added to its iPhone banking application, which now lets users deposit checks by capturing images of the front and back of a check with the iPhone’s camera.During the call, at 2:30 p.m. Central Time, USAA spokesperson Paul Berry […]

Dell on Aug. 11 expanded its Vostro line to include the Vostro 1014, 1015 and 1088. Like the rest of the Vostro line, the new notebook PCs are geared toward small business users, in terms of price and how quickly they can start running out of the box.“Small businesses are a set of customers that […]

The midrange mobile handset market is being squeezed, according to a new report from Juniper Research, which found the strongest growth to be among high-end smartphones and low-cost handsets for emerging markets.These two bookends of the market are expected to account for nearly 79 percent of all new mobile phones by 2014-or just over 1 […]