In a report by Nielsen Telecom, half of all mobile data is consumed by only six percent of smartphone users, thus providing evidence that tiered data pricing ma...
In addition to the Toshiba Libretto W100, Toshiba also announced the AC100, which is the company's first smartbook. The new smartbook has a 10-inch display, NVI...
I recently shared my thoughts on why the iPhone isn't on Verizon. One of the major reasons is because the iPhone isn't currently designed with hardware that is...
HP and Palm announced an agreement for the number one PC maker to buy the struggling smart phone company for $5.70 per share, making the total deal worth $1.2 B...
Last week my wife picked up a new Palm Pixi Plus as part of Verizon's New Every Two upgrade plan. My wife visited the Verizon store to check out the phone offer...
There comes a time in every gadgets life when its ball drops and a more mature model comes to market. Never has this been truer than with the Blackberry Curve 8520 which is now available on T-Mobile. The new Curve looks similar to the other phones in the Curve lineup and shares many of the same features but its optical trackpad is what makes it stand out and say, "Look at me." By ditching the traditional rollerball for a smooth trackpad and throwing in a 2G radio RIM was able to create a very functional phone at an attractive price point; $50 at Walmart with a 2 year agreement.
I do a lot of hands-on research on smartphones. I do this for two reasons. First, I believe they are fast becoming one of the prevalent cloud clients, and second, they are fast becoming a popular device to consume video. AMD obviously is involved in building the cloud with the AMD Opteron Processors but also conversion to make a video smartphone-friendly can take a tremendous amount of compute power, and ATI Radeon HD 4800 series graphics and AMD Phenom II X4 processors do those conversions quite well.