Andy Patrizio

Google’s Nexus One smartphone promises a fantastic touchscreen interface and lightning-quick speed but if for some reason you decide it’s just not for you, T-Mobile and Google will hit you with a double whammy of early termination fees. Another day, another Nexus One brouhaha. This time it’s over the revelation that if you purchase the […]

Apple’s next generation iPhone will be a dual-core powerhouse with a removable battery, addressing two of the biggest complaints about the device. That’s if an article in The Korean Times is accurate. The newspaper printed comments from an executive with Korea Telecom, Apple’s exclusive partner to sell the iPhone in the Republic of Korea. In […]

EnterpriseMobileToday explains why the iPhone still stacks up pretty well in a key interface area. Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone is facing challenges on all sides, and despite being the “older” technology – by just a few months – it’s still got the most accurate touch screen when compared against three hotshot Android phones. That’s the […]

There’s likely to be a schadenfreude overdose in Cupertino today as Google finds itself on the receiving end of a chorus of complaints that the 3G coverage in its new baby, the Nexus One smartphone, is lacking. On top of the problem, many users have complained that they don’t know where to turn for customer […]

While many of us do our computing housed within a cushy office environment — with readily available IT support and few environmental dangers with which our systems need to contend — a vast portion of the PC landscape is dedicated to far tougher environs: POS setups, kiosks, factory floors, and so on. That sector has […]

It’s the world’s largest consumer electronics show. Android phones are being unveiled almost by the minute, it seems, while Apple doesn’t even have a booth at this show (and never has). A large bulk of this show is literally built on competing with Apple’s products. And iPhone users can’t use their phones. Washington Post blogger […]

The cellular chipset market is poised for explosive growth thanks to the advent of a variety of new handheld devices, such as e-readers, mobile Internet products and handheld business devices. As a result, research firm IDC is projecting the worldwide market for cellular chipsets to enjoy a 9.3 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) on […]

The primary rules for using embedded processors is keep the heat and power draw down. So wouldn’t going to four cores violate those basic tenants? Not necessarily, argues one analyst in response to Marvell’s new quad-core embedded processor. It may actually save power. Hardware Central explains how. Embedded processors have lagged behind their desktop and […]

There’s a long and storied tradition of combing through tech companies’ patent filings for clues about future product directions. Now, for Apple, both one of the most secretive and most highly scrutinized companies in Silicon Valley, a new cache of information discovered in its filings may offer insight for observers looking for details on upcoming […]

For years, one of the popular themes of the Consumer Electronics Show has been “the wired home.” For his keynote speech this year, Intel CEO Paul Otellini showed off something different: the wireless home. Much of what he discussed centered around wireless technology and getting rid of the spaghetti tangle of cables that have come […]

ViewSonic has been dabbling in the PC business for some time and reaffirmed its commitment to producing a variety of computers with a batch of announcements at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) taking place in Las Vegas this week. The company announced nine new mobile and desktop PC products today, ranging from notebooks to all-in-one […]

HardwareCentral reports on a big win for AMD-spinoff Globalfoundries which has been actively pursuing new customers beyond just AMD. GlobalFoundries today announced that it has signed Qualcomm as its latest client, making the San Diego mobile chip giant its largest customer besides AMD, the company that spun GlobalFoundries off late last year. As a result, […]