Todd R. Weiss

Sony has launched its Xperia XZ2 Premium smartphone, which includes a larger and brighter display, more memory, dual main cameras with improved low-light capabilities and a more powerful battery than the year-old Xperia XZ Premium model it replaces. The Xperia XZ2 Premium handset was unveiled by Sony less than a week after the company began […]

Sony’s latest flagship Xperia XZ2 and Xperia XZ2 Compact smartphones will be available for preorders starting April 13 only through Best Buy, with the handsets available at BestBuy.com starting April 20. The phones will be available in Best Buy stores starting on May 6 and will be available from other retailers, including Amazon, starting May […]

Samsung has announced its Notebook 3 and Notebook 5 laptops, which feature a choice of Intel processors and several display sizes. Offered as part of the company’s everyday premium laptop line, the machines also include dual solid-state drive (SSD) and hard drive storage, full-size keyboards and DDR4 memory. Two models of the Notebook 3 were […]

Chinese smartphone makers Huawei and Xiaomi introduced new top-of-the-line smartphone models in separate launches on March 27, but only Xiaomi’s new Mi Mix S2 smartphone may actually be marketed in the U.S.  The Mi Mix S2 handset includes a six-inch IPS LCD display, improved artificial intelligence capabilities, a faster Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor and other […]

Two of Epson’s latest enterprise document scanners have been certified for use with content management applications from Digitech Systems, adding additional scanner choices for businesses that are looking to manage their growing collections of paper files. The certifications for the color document scanners, the Epson WorkForce DS-770 and the DS 575W Wireless models, were announced […]

Apple has opened the ticket application process for its 29th annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) that will convene June 4 through 8 in San Jose, Calif. Tickets for the conference cost $1,599 and applicants can apply for the randomly-assigned credentials now through 1 p.m. ET on March 22 via Apple’s official WWDC website.  Applicants who […]

BlackBerry, which has evolved from a specialized smartphone vendor into an enterprise software company, is suing Facebook and its Instagram and WhatsApp subsidiaries claiming these companies are infringing on messaging patents long held by BlackBerry. The seven-count, 117-page lawsuit, which was filed March 6, alleges that Facebook and its subsidiaries “created mobile messaging applications that […]

Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S9 and S9+ smartphones were unveiled at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Feb. 25, ushering in a wide range of new features and refinements that the company hopes will translate into fresh sales and upgrades by smartphone buyers. Replacing last year’s S8 and S8+ flagship models, the S9 and S9+ include […]

The first deployments of AT&T’s 5G mobile service capabilities are coming to parts of Dallas, Atlanta and Waco, Texas, by the end of 2018 from AT&T, with nine more U.S. cities to be announced in the coming months. AT&T announced the initial 5G service areas on Feb. 21, as the telecommunications giant begins its build-out […]

Qualcomm has announced its fastest LTE modem chipset, the new Snapdragon X24, which promises download speeds of up to 2 gigabits per second (Gbps) for mobile devices that incorporate them starting later in 2018. The Snapdragon X24, which was unveiled by the company on Feb. 14, is described by the company as the first Category […]