By Doug Olenick On Feb 11 2013 - 12:14pm

Smartphones, Tablets Becoming Music Mainstays

Port Washington, N.Y. – Listening to music on a tablet or smartphone is increasing, according to The NPD Group.

A new study of 2,300 mobile device

By Joseph Palenchar On Feb 8 2013 - 12:11pm

Blu Products Adds Big-Screen Android Phones

Miami — Blu Products, which was founded in 2009 and sells cellphones in more than 40 countries, has launched two new

By Joseph Palenchar On Feb 8 2013 - 10:24am

Coby Ships First Tablets With Google Mobile Services

Lake Success, N.Y. – Coby Electronics shipped its first Android tablet with access to the Google Play Store and Google Mobile services, and the company plans

By Joseph Palenchar On Feb 7 2013 - 2:31pm

Wikipad Offers Up Downsized Gaming Tablet

Los Angeles – Start-up Wikipad, which

By Joseph Palenchar On Feb 7 2013 - 1:39pm

ComScore: iOS Share Making Gains Against Android

Reston, Va. – The Android OS remained the dominant OS among smartphone users in the U.S. at the end of 2012, but Apple’s iOS share is creeping up at a

By Doug Olenick On Feb 7 2013 - 1:04pm

PC Losing Ground To Tablets, Smartphones

Port Washington, N.Y. – It is becoming more obvious that consumers are moving their online activity away from their PC and onto mobile devices.

The NPD

By Joseph Palenchar On Feb 6 2013 - 4:00pm

BlackBerry Reports Z10 Sales Strong

Waterloo, Ontario – Sales of the BlackBerry Z10, the first phone equipped with the BlackBerry 10 OS, are strong and outpacing launch sales of any previous

By Doug Olenick On Feb 6 2013 - 3:02pm

Shortages Help Stymie Ultra-Thin Laptop Sales

Santa Clara, Calif. – The Ultrabook and ultra-thin notebook categories are being hindered by a lack of ultra-slim and touch-capable panels, according to an

By Doug Olenick On Feb 5 2013 - 11:45am

Dell Goes Private For $24 Billion

Round Rock, Texas — Dell Inc. signed a definitive merger agreement today that will have its founder, chairman and CEO Michael Dell purchase the company for

By Doug Olenick On Feb 4 2013 - 4:58pm

HDD Revenue To Drop 11.8% In ’13

New York — The laptop and desktop PC are not the only products being knocked down by the tablet.

According to IHS iSuppli, hard-disk drive revenue is