Judy Mottl

Rumors continue swirling around Microsoft’s next steps in the lucrative smartphone market, with a new report suggesting that the software colossus is planning its own mobile phone. But while Microsoft is dismissing the claims, other industry observers agree that it has to do something to reverse its slide with Windows Mobile in the face of […]

Garmin and ASUS are readying a new line of location-centric smartphones for launch this year, with the first set to debut at the Mobile World Congress conference in two weeks. The news comes a month after Garmin (NASDAQ: GRMN) announced it is developing an Android-based smartphone, and a year after it announced the Nuviphone which […]

Google launched a mobile version of its book search project on Thursday, providing 1.5 million public domain books to readers on the go. The news comes as mobile device adoption soars and smartphone users expect PC-like Internet features and services on handsets. It also comes just days before Amazon debuts the second version of its […]

IBM today unveiled the first major overhaul of its Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) in seven years, a move designed to capitalize on a dramatically altered storage landscape and ballooning business needs. Version 6.0 of the back-up software now offers integration with IBM’s DB2 database, data duplication for greater storage efficiency and reporting and monitoring tools […]

With sales of smartphones on a tear, it might not come as a surprise that enterprise workers are forgoing their desktop phone in favor of advanced devices like the Apple iPhone. But by doing so, they’re likely to cause new headaches for IT, researchers warn. The number of business users who rely only on a […]

Motorola is banking on Android, the promising open source mobile platform, to help steer its floundering mobile device division into a positive revenue stream by 2010. Sanjay Jha, Co-CEO and mobile device leader at Motorola, told investors this week that his 2009-2010 smartphone road map features a variety of Android devices. He touted Android’s development […]

Dell is targeting those who love to Tweet. The No. 2 PC player has launched a plan to push exclusive deals to users of Twitter, building on its already extensive presence on the red-hot microblogging community and seeking to drive more sales at its online Dell Outlet. The first exclusive Twitter deal of that plan […]

Source: Amazon You know that saying about how one can’t be too thin or too rich? Amazon would agree. The e-commerce giant is predicted to rake in $1.2 billion in 2010 from sales related to its Kindle e-reader, according to a new research report, that also states the etailer sold 500,000 units in 2008. The […]

The 2008 holidays were more humbug than happy for Motorola. Sales plummeted 26 percent to $7.1 billion during fourth quarter, leading to a net loss of $3.6 billion, or $1.57 per share, and pushing the beleaguered handset maker from fourth to fifth place in the industry. That’s a dramatic shift from the situation a year […]

Ok, I know I’ll get a few emails for reporting news of yet another CEO relinquishing an annual bonus in the wake of corporate layoffs. That’s what I got when I wrote about Motorola’s top leaders in December [taking](/bus-news/article.php/3792036/Motorola+Slashes+Chief+Pay+Employee+Bonuses.htm) voluntary 25 percent cuts in base salary and bonuses. Co-CEOs Greg Brown and Sanjay Jha are […]

Comcast is quietly running a Wi-Fi network trial at 100 New Jersey railroad station locations. Perhaps a little too quietly. The pilot program went live this past weekend but the giant cable provider hasn’t even alerted customers about it. Success with the trial may lead to a free Wi-Fi service for high-speed Internet subscribers, according […]

Hardcore tweeters and bloggers already take their work with them on their mobile devices. But will all that activity help sell more smartphones? Juniper Research thinks so. The firm said it expects sales of smartphones to rise to over 300 million by 2013, a jump of 95 percent over 2008 sales. Something has to help […]