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Smartphones to Overtake Non-Smarties in 2015

Really? Who could have guessed? I’m not an official big-shot analyst by any stretch, but I’m pretty sure that I could have made the same conclusion, as could anyone who knows anything about technology trends (like spoiled teenagers). But alas, an actual organization, Telecom Trends International (who?), has just released a report saying that smartphones will indeed overtake “regular” phones by 2015. Gotta love these glimpses into the future. This report, which includes 27 figures and...

Apple Tablet Delayed for OLED Upgrade

Interesting new tablet gossip from DigiTimes today. The Taiwanese paper says its manufacturer sources believe there will now be two tablet models: a 9.7-incher with OLED screen made by LG, plus the 10.6-inch version we've already heard about. Nothing is confirmed, of course, but there's been talk for a while now that Apple and LG had signed a five-year US$500 million panel supply agreement. DigiTimes says that 9.7-inch OLED panels are priced at about $500 bucks today, and the screen would...

Lenovo ThinkPad

Dear Lenovo, thank you for being so loose-lipped about your forthcoming products, we most certainly appreciate it. Joining the now fully detailed X100e is a purported new line of entry-level ThinkPads dubbed the ThinkPad Edge. We've only got the one source and that image above as evidence, but the details appear to make sense in terms of Lenovo's overall lineup strategy. Set to fit in between the professional ThinkPads and more consumer-oriented IdeaPads, the Edge will start off with 13.3-inch...

MSI Wind Top AE2220 hits the US

MSI's all-in-one desktop PC, the Wind Top AE2220 has just arrived Stateside as its flagship model. You won't find yourself disappointed with its features, that's for sure, boasting a 21.5" screen with 16:9 widescreen display, full HD (1080p) resolution and high-fidelity 5.1-channel SRS Premium Sound which ought to be more than enough to offer home users with theater-like multimedia entertainment. Underneath the hood lies the potent twin powers of NVIDIA ION graphics and the latest Intel Core 2...

$300 Contract Free BlackBerry Curve 8520 With One Month Service

Good old T-Mobile's on a roll these days with new phone plans, and this one seems perfectly catered to stocking stuffers. The quartet of phones start at $59.99, but so far we know of two: BlackBerry Curve 8520 for $299.99 and the Pearl for $149.99, according to the Best Buy stores we contacted. There's no contract commitment, and according to the press release, the first month is included in the bill from the point the phone's out of the box and activated. We don't know the details of that...