Michelle Maisto

AT&T is using software enhancements to double the capacity of its 3G networks, Telephony Online reported April 20, making the June arrival of a new Apple iPhone-or two-look increasingly likely.The Telephony Online site cited AT&T Mobility Vice President Scott McElroy as saying AT&T is increasing the downlink capacity on its HSPA (High-Speed Packet Access) from […]

Apple, HP, Dell, Others: Every Day Is Earth Day No Title Red Rabbitt is a subsidiary of Redemtech and its refurbished computer brand. “I have a colleague who calls it ‘The eww factor,’” says CEO Robert Houghton, describing what Red Rabbit does away with. Each computer comes with Microsoft Windows XP installed, which customers register […]

“Apple leads and Dell lags,” was the summary of an April 17 “Customer Experience Index (CxPi) 2008 Snapshot” from Forrester Research. The Snapshot took a took a closer look at how five PC makers-Apple, Compaq, Dell, Gateway and Hewlett-Packard-fared within its CxPi, which polled 4,600 consumers about their interactions with various companies across 12 industries, […]

Hitachi CEO Takashi Kawamura, new to the role since April 1, made a speech in Tokyo on April 20, outlining his goals for the company, which will celebrate its 100th anniversary next year.Three key areas he promoted, within plans to expedite efforts to rebuild Hitachi’s business portfolio, were “fusing information and telecommunication systems and power […]

Dell, in cooperation with its announcement of a planned suite of mobile data solutions for its Latitude line of laptops, released a study on the business risks created by lost or stolen laptops, which it commissioned from the Ponemon Institute.Each week, 12,000 laptops are lost in airports, Ponemon reports on its Website, which is a […]

HTC Touch Diamond2 and Touch Pro2 Available (Just Not Yet for the U.S.) by Michelle Maisto No Title The HTC Touch Diamond2 features a 3.2-inch high-resolution wide-screen VGA display. The display on the U.S. Touch Diamond, by comparison, is 2.76 inches. No Title The Touch Diamond2 measures 4.25 by 2.09 by 0.54 inches and weighs […]

To the lucky Singapore and Southeast Asia markets, HTC has released the Touch Diamond2 and Touch Pro2 smartphones.The phones are said to be improvements on the HTC Touch Diamond smartphone released in the United States on April 10 and the HTC Touch Pro, released in October 2008.Both the Touch Diamond2 and Touch Pro2 feature HTC’s […]

Apple sells an average of 90 iPhone 3G handsets, 123 Macs and 240 iPods per day in its New York Fifth Avenue location and other flagship stores-though in an average retail store, those numbers drop to 16 iPhones, 20 Macs and 27 iPods.These numbers were compiled in an April 15 research note from research outfit […]

Dell is rolling out a new suite of mobile data security solutions for its Latitude line of laptops, including encrypted solid-state drives from Samsung that are due in “the coming months.”“We think of security in terms of being preventative and protective,” Dell senior product planner Craig Durr told eWEEK. “Preventative tends to be preventing unauthorized […]

Gartner is reporting a 6.5 percent decline in worldwide PC shipments for the first quarter of 2009, according to numbers released on April 15 that put the quarter’s figure at 67.2 million units shipped.In terms of worldwide numbers, Hewlett-Packard took the lead over Dell, with 19.8 percent of the first-quarter market share, to Dell’s 13.1 […]