Judy Mottl

While AT&T and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) continue to wrestle with complaints related to 3G network issues with the latest iPhone, an analyst firm speculates Research in Motion may be delaying its latest product release to avoid the same problem. A report by Citi Investment Research, speculates RIM may be moving back the release of its […]

Research in Motion’s soon-to-debut Bold is “strong” but no “game changer” according to a product analysis from Citi Investment Research. Analyst Jim Suva, who isn’t available for an interview this week according to Citi Group corporate communications, likes what he sees with the Bold, the latest BlackBerry due out from RIM anytime. Well, at least […]

Right now a few places still exist where mobile warriors can’t power up a laptop to flick off a few e-mails or send a quick message about a valuable client request. Think emergency rooms, a subway platform or that two-hour flight for an early morning meeting. But the latter could come off the list by […]

Greater productivity, faster and efficient communications and data-on-demand are just three factors propelling smartphones into play and prompting mobile infrastructure build-outs in the enterprise. But don’t forget fashion statements and price wars when counting up the real growth drivers in these mobile devices. According to Gartner Research, worldwide smartphone sales are expected to reach 1.28 […]

Solid state disk (SSD) drives currently cost as much as 30 times more than Fibre Channel drives, but the return is impressive. The high cost has kept SSDs primarily tied to high-end enterprises that can afford such pricey performance. But given that prices for SSDs are dropping rapidly, the drives may become more ubiquitous than […]

Amazon Web Services is more “persistent” than ever today after officially launching its Elastic Block Store (EBS) as part of its Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) environment to let users create large volumes that can behave as raw, unformatted hard drives. Pricing for EBS is based on storage provisioned monthly starting at 10 cents per gigabyte […]

Mobile device advancements hit the news daily, spawning every aspect of communications except for one critical area: the battery. Yes, we’re talking about that small metallic element that plays a crucial role in making smartphones fulfill their productivity promise while under increasing stress due to more robust software and higher-bandwidth connectivity that demand more power. […]

An iPhone user is suing Apple over complaints that the device fails to meet connectivity expectations — a move that illustrates consumers’ growing frustration with their mobile device experiences, industry watchers say. As a result, not only is Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) a target, but that frustration could be a catalyst for future legal action against […]

Source: Palm What’s thinner than the traditional Palm Treo but bigger than the Palm Centro and has no wireless carrier subsidy tied to its $549 price point? The answer is Palm’s (Nasdaq:PALM) latest smartphone, the Treo Pro, which debuted today. While getting good reviews for new features, the device is also sparking speculation about why […]

Mobile device advancements hit the news daily, spawning every aspect of communications except for one critical area: the battery. Yes, we’re talking about that small metallic element that plays a crucial role in making smartphones fulfill their productivity promise while under increasing stress due to more robust software and higher-bandwidth connectivity that demand more power. […]

Imagine not having to go through the machinations to hear a voice mail that you likely don’t need to hear, or not having to scroll for a contact off a smartphone directory listing. Instead you just give a short voice command to read a text version of the voice message or the contact name and […]

Yes, the US swimmer is, in my opinion, the greatest athlete I think we’ll see for a long time. He’s up there with Tiger. But the most amazing thing — as one credit card company would say  — the most ‘priceless’ thing — is that my daughter and I got to watch his races over […]