The Intel Ultrabook Platform – New Competition for MacBook Air

Apple has had tremendous success with their MacBook Air line of ultra-thin, ultra-light, “take-anywhere” laptops. Over the years, Apple’s competition has struggled to compete in this market segment. Many manufacturers released their own variants of slim, lightweight notebooks, only to see them fail to command any market share. Well, Intel plans to change all that. [...]

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Google Enters the Mobile Handset Business

In a not-so-surprising move, Google announced recently it’s intention to purchase Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. This gives Google access to Motorola’s treasured handset technology, and more importantly, their patents. But what does this mean for Samsung, HTC and other handset manufacturers that have invested billions of dollars into their Android handsets? Will they now [...]

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Android is Now the King of the Smartphones

It seems like it was just yesterday that Apple introduced the iPhone (and it’s accompanying iOS Operating System). It was truly revolutionary and changed the smartphone market forever. And now, just a few short years later, and with the help (and bottomless pockets) of Google, the Android operating system has officially outpaced Apple’s flagship as [...]

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The Blackberry Playbook-a challenger to the iPad?

This week, RIM announced the Blackberry Playbook – a sleek tablet with a 7 inch high resolution touchscreen, clearly designed to be a competitor to the Apple iPad. What’s better? Where do I begin? To start, it comes with a dual-core processor. RIM claims that it will be the fastest tablet on the market. Some [...]

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Blackberry Torch-iPhone “killer”, or just another Blackberry?

Last week, Research in Motion released the latest Blackberry model, the Torch, exclusively on the AT&T network. The Torch has a lot of pressure on it – it’s no secret that RIM wants this device to be it’s “iPhone Killer”, and bring consumers back to the Blackberry platform. But will the Torch succeed? What has [...]

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iPhone 4 is right around the corner — or will you wait for Verizon?

The rumor mill is still spinning wildly on this one. As you know, the iPhone is only available on the AT&T network. Like them or not, the general consensus is that their network simply isn’t as robust at Verizon’s. Add to that the recently launched iPad, AT&T customers may be in for even more data [...]

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