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/zimages/6/81356.jpgSamsung Electronics Co. will ship next month a $199 multifunction laser device for small to medium-sized businesses and small offices. The SCX-4100 can print and copy in black and white at 15 pages per minute with 600-dpi (dot-per-inch) resolution. It can scan in color at 4,800 dpi. The machine includes parallel and USB 2.0 interfaces, […]

IBM this week will ship a new color laser printer for small and midsize businesses and small workgroups. The Infoprint Color 1334 laser printer is designed for a specific niche: businesses that print mostly in black-and-white and occasionally in color, officials said. Priced at $1,113, the Infoprint Color 1334 prints 30 pages per minute in […]

As part of its push to propel the color imaging and printing market, Hewlett-Packard Co. on Wednesday introduced two new lines of laser color printers aimed at businesses. For small and midsize businesses, the Palo Alto, Calif., company unveiled the 2550 series, which includes HPs cheapest color laser printer, the 2550L, priced at $499. Armed […]

Industry analysts said they werent surprised by Sonys announcement Tuesday that it will halt production of all Clié handhelds in the United States for the rest of this year, citing increasing competition that traditional handheld devices face from smart phones and other products. “The handheld market in the U.S. is declining and hitting a rough […]

Saving space and souping up mobile storage were among the top priorities as hardware vendors offered sneak peeks at their summer wares. At the Digital Experience mini-trade show here last week, IBM showed off its new compact desktop computer that is due to be announced next week. Sans a monitor and keyboard, the ThinkCentre S50 […]

Lexmark International this week is rolling out five monochrome laser printers for small and midsize businesses, home offices, and small workgroups. The E330, priced at $399, prints 27 pages per minute. The first page prints in under 8 seconds, said Lexmark officials. Powered by a 200MHz processor, the E330 has 32MB of memory (expandable to […]

Filling a gap in its printer lineup, Dell Inc. is expected to roll out this week its first multifunction laser printer. According to sources familiar with the rollout, the monochrome Dell Laser MFP 1600n, priced at $399, can copy and print at 22 ppm (pages per minute), as well as scan and fax. It includes […]

Dell rolled out three Axim X30 handheld computers last week. The devices run Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition software for Pocket PC and are fueled by Intel PXA270 XScale processors. Two models support Wi-Fi and Bluetooth wireless technology and have 64MB of memory. Users can choose between two processor speeds: 624MHz, for $349, or […]

Xerox Corp. spends about $1 billion a year on research and development, gambling that it can predict the future of IT. Not surprisingly, most of the research is dedicated to the Stamford, Conn., companys core business: copiers and printers. But the results can range far afield from Xeroxs traditional photocopiers. At a New York event […]

Itronix this week debuted its GoBook Q-200 rugged handheld computer, which supports Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and wide-area wireless networks. The Q-200 is the latest in a class of handhelds designed to withstand extreme weather conditions. It can operate in temperatures ranging from minus 4 degrees to 140 degrees Fahrenheit and will work after being submerged in […]