Michelle Maisto

Read in Style with Sony’s Sleek Reader Pocket, Touch Edition E-Book Readers by Michelle Maisto No Title The Sony Reader Pocket Edition is available in silver, blue and rose and features an E Ink Vizplex electronic paper display, which mimics the look of ink on paper and is gentler on the eyes for reading than […]

The HTC myTouch 3G officially became available on the T-Mobile network Aug. 5. The smartphone – T-Mobile’s answer to AT&T’s exclusive hold on the Apple iPhone and Sprint’s claim to the Palm Pre – features the Google Android operating system.It’s the second smartphone on the T-Mobile network to feature the Android OS, which continues to […]

Sony has introduced two new e-book readers, a $199 Reader Pocket Edition and a Reader Touch Edition for $299.The former is made for slipping into exactly that-pockets, purses and other small spaces-and features a 5-inch screen with Sony’s E Ink Vizplex technology, which makes the display mimic the look of ink on paper and is […]

New data from Mercury Research again revealed mobility to be king in the second quarter of 2009.Reporting market share for X86 processors, which includes x86 notebooks, desktops and server CPUs, Mercury found the overall market to be up by 13.8 percent, compared to the first quarter, though down 2.9 percent on the year.Mobile CPU shipments […]

Toshiba has unveiled plans for a 64GB SDXC memory card, with what it says is the world’s fastest data transfer rate. The card is also compliant with the new SD Memory Standard Version 3.0 UHS104, which is said to deliver data rates of 104MB per second.Additionally, Toshiba has included its SKHC memory card line to […]

A report from ABI Research describes the growth of data traffic transferred over mobile networks-information it says most operators closely guard-and predicts that by 2014, monthly data traffic will exceed 2008’s annual mobile data total. While worldwide mobile data traffic for 2008 was more than 1.3 exabytes-or 1 billion gigabytes-in 2014, analyst Jeff Orr, the […]

Intel has teamed up with Facebook to harness the processing power, and compassion, necessary to pursuing research projects aimed at finding cures for cancer, HIV, Alzheimer’s and other diseases.On Aug. 3, Intel launched a beta Facebook application called Progress Thru Processors, which users can download to donate their computers’ idle processing power.Medical research relies on […]

Apple does indeed have a tablet offering in the works, and it could be available as soon as November, Barron’s is reporting.An industry insider has seen a prototype of the secretive Apple device, which features a 10-inch screen and integrated 3G, according to the financial publication.“One veteran analyst who has seen first-hand a prototype slate-style […]

The Palm Pre is now available on Amazon.com. Home shoppers can purchase the Pre smartphone for $199 with a two-year contract on the Sprint network, or without a service plan for $499.Since the Pre’s June 6 debut-which Sprint CEO Dan Hesse likened to a “coming-out party” for the carrier to show off how it had […]

Expectations around Google’s mobile operating system, Android, continue to run high.Equity research company Broadpoint AmTech indicated a very positive opinion of Motorola in a July 31 report to investors, based, it stated, on the results of Motorola’s most recent quarter, its improving balance sheet and “the promise of the Android [ramp-up] in the holiday season […]