Judy Mottl

Staples, the world’s biggest office products supplier, is jumping into the IT sourcing market offering up security, on-site tech and data back-up services for small-to medium-sized (SMB) businesses. The move puts the $27 billion retailer shoulder to shoulderwith tech titans EMC (NYSE: EMC), HP and IBM that are battling to increase SMB market share given […]

One could almost hear the gasps from handset makers and wireless carriers when T-Mobile announced yesterday that its Google G1 smartphone will cost $179.99 with a two-year subscription plan when it’s made available late in October. Without a data contract, the G1 will retail for $399, according to the carrier, the U.S. unit of Deutsche […]

The rumor mill has Research in Motion debuting its first touch BlackBerry device at any moment under the name of either Storm or Thunder, depending on what blog or news service you read. Just this morning Reuters [reports](http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE48M94720080923) that RIM is close to launching the device, which will supposedly be named the BlackBerry Storm 9530, […]

The Android When can something be locked yet still be open? When it’s a mobile handset sold by a wireless carrier concerned about security and bandwidth issues, whose platform was built by an group dedicated to open compute systems. The answer, in short, is the G1. That’s the official name of the T-Mobile HTC handset […]

Two major storage vendors are pushing application-aware technology aimed at different types of enterprises, but with the same promise of improving management and storage of Oracle application data. HP (NYSE: HPQ) today announced a StorageWorks All-in-One (AiO) system for Oracle clusters running on Linux aimed at small and medium businesses (SMBs). It integrates network attached […]

The much-ballyhooed Android phone gets its close-up today at a T-Mobile event in New York. Will the phone live up to the hype? A lot of that depends on the platform, rather than how the smartphone might compete with the iPhone, considered by consumers and phone makers as the gold standard in smartphone design. The […]

Flash memory maker SanDisk is betting that mobile device users want a new option when it comes to enjoying music — one that doesn’t require a mobile phone plan, PC downloads or even Web connectivity. SanDisk (NASDAQ: SNDK) today announced “slotMusic,” an initiative that aims to position its microSD memory cards as a new music […]

Wow – seconds after publishing my blog post on the latest Microsoft ads about everyone being a PC.. I got responses back from those in the ad who offered up email addys in their spots (Bill Gates, a guy named Sean and a guy named Jeff). Here they are: **FROM BILL GATES**: Thanks for checking […]

Sprint CEO Dan Hesse is again the pitch man on Sprint’s advertising campaign. This time he’s sitting at a diner counter talking about ReadyNow, the carrier’s supercharged customer service program that promises to make sure mobile device users leave a Sprint store actually knowing how to use their new gadget. I like Dan Hesse’s demeanor. […]

Ok, depending on who you believe, Microsoft has abruptly ended its Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld advertisements due to criticism, or it was a planned introduction for its second wave of advertising in response to those funny, entertaining Apple ads with the PC guy and the Mac guy. This time it’s a montage of people […]

While the Google/T-Mobile handset will make a splash in the consumer mobile device pool Tuesday, with one research firm predicting the open platform phone will grab 4 percent market share by year’s end, there’s little reason for big enterprise players to sweat, though struggling handset makers should be concerned. A report today from Strategy Analytics […]

Mobile users are so tethered to personal device assistants (PDAs) such as smartphones and portable computers that they’re taking them to bed with them. More than a few would actually kick a spouse from the marital bed in order to make room for a PDA, a new study suggests. The PDA use statistics are from […]