Michelle Maisto

Beginning June 29, the HTC Ozone will be available on the Verizon Wireless network.The smartphone will initially be sold on the Verizon Website for $49.99 after a $70 mail-in rebate and with a new two-year contract. Come July 13, the Ozone will additionally be for sale in Verizon retail stores.The Ozone is similar to the […]

While the Apple iPhone 3G S smartphone is more feature-rich and powerful than the iPhone 3G, its bill of materials is only a few dollars higher, iSuppli reported after a teardown of the device.“The entry-level, 16GB [iPhone 3G S] carries a BOM cost of $172.46 and a manufacturing expense of $6.50, for a total of […]

From HTC comes the Hero, a new smartphone running Google’s Android operating system, as well as a new user environment called HTC Sense.The Hero, following on the heels of the Palm Pre and Apple iPhone 3G S, appears to borrow from, and perhaps even improve upon, some of their better features.The Hero has a very […]

Hewlett-Packard has expanded its ProBook notebook line, as well as introduced the Mini 5101, a netbook that’s as nice to look at as it is to hold. Or rather, the holding might win out. The Mini 5101 features a 10.1-inch (diagonal) screen and a spill-resistant keyboard that’s just 5 percent away from full size, plus […]

Dell has released another dorm-room-ideal laptop, the Inspiron 14. Set to arrive in August, the Inspiron 14 proposes to balance work and play for an economy-friendly starting price of $499. The starting weight is 5.3 pounds, and the dimensions are 1-1.5 inches thick by 13.3 inches by 9.4 inches. The screen (on the diagonal) measures […]

Samsung Electronics is developing a SATA-interface solid state drive for some of its customers to use in their netbooks, the company announced June 23. The SATA mini-card SSDs use less power than other SSDs, are more rugged and, according to Samsung, will expand the use of SSDs from being a primary storage medium to also […]

Intel, the world’s largest chip maker, and Nokia, the world’s largest mobile phone maker, have struck a deal to create new types of mobile computing devices that will challenge the current crop of smartphones and cell phones, the two companies announced June 23.“Smartphones and handhelds have powerful computers inside, and when you combine that with […]

Palm has already pushed out an update of webOS, the software running on the Palm Pre, as well as offered developers some news regarding the availability of the software developer kit for webOS. Palm is looking to keep customers happy and interest alive while it hurries to replenish stocks, after the Pre’s successful debut on […]

Apple has reported that it sold more than 1 million iPhone 3G S smartphones in the first three days of the device’s availability.With 40 million iPhone OS devices already in circulation, as well as the availability of popular new options from competitors, such as the Palm Pre and Nokia N97, analysts predicted sales of 500,000 […]

T-Mobile is expected to officially introduce the myTouch 3G on June 22. Starting July 8, T-Mobile customers will be able to reserve the new smartphone, which runs the Google Android mobile operating system and will sell for $199 with a two-year contract.The myTouch 3G, made by HTC, will be T-Mobile’s second Android-based phone. It released […]