HTC's ThunderBolt smartphone. Sales of HTC's ThunderBolt <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/topic/75/Smartphones">smartphone</a> kicked off Thursday, but it isn't clear that faster speeds it offers on Verizon Wireless's LTE (Long Term Evolution) network are exciting buyers, possibly because of their concerns about battery life.
The world of new Hewlett-Packard CEO Leo Apotheker is lot more complicated than the one imagined by his predecessors.
The HTC ThunderBolt smartphone will run on Verizon's faster LTE network. Online retailer Wirefly said Wednesday its first day of pre-sales of the HTC ThunderBolt smartphone were 400% higher than any other cell phone pre-sale in the company's eight-year history.
Motorola Mobility announced today that its Wi-Fi-only Xoom tablet will hit the U.S. market on March 27 for $599 from a variety of retailers.
The HTC ThunderBolt <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9214586/ThunderBolt_goes_on_sale_Thursday_at_Verizon_for_249.99">will arrive</a> Thursday with an unlimited data plan for $29.99 a month, keeping the first LTE <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/topic/75/Smartphones">smartphone</a> from Verizon Wireless in line with unlimited data plans for Verizon's current 3G smartphones, including the <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9108338/Continuing_coverage_Apple_s_iPhone">iPhone</a> 4.
The first LTE phone at Verizon Wireless, the ThunderBolt by HTC running Android 2.2, will be available Thursday for $249.99 and a two-year agreement, the carrier and HTC confirmed early Tuesday.
The price of smartphone materials dropped by 13 per cent last year compared to 2009, according to In-Stat, as volumes of low-cost smartphones increased amid surging popularity.
The dual-screen Kyocera Echo, an Android smartphone, will sell for $199.99 with a two-year agreement starting April 17 exclusively from Sprint, the carrier announced Monday.
Parts of coastal Japan have been so badly hit by earthquakes and tsunamis in recent days that the only communication about other possible dangers such as radioactive fallout from damaged reactors has been one way, coming to residents through portable, battery-operated FM radios.
The CEO of mobile payment service startup Square called accusations that the company was distributing credit-card skimming devices inaccurate and unfair.
If you feel you are a lost cause at setting up and operating the latest tablets and smartphones, you aren't alone.
BOSTON -- SAP AG has deployed 3,500 Apple iPads globally, mainly for its software developers and sales executives who use the tablets for real-time access to vital business intelligence data, SAP CIO Oliver Bussmann said in an interview Wednesday.
PALM DESERT, Calif. - Insurance companies are always trying to peer into the future to determine risks. It's an approach that Frank Wander, the CIO and senior vice president of Guardian Life Insurance Co., uses as well in planning his company's IT direction.
Research in Motion (RIM) has confirmed that its chief marketing Officer, Keith Pardy, is departing for personal reasons, a move that has provoked renewed concerns about RIM's marketing efforts.
University of Michigan researchers last month announced that they have created the first prototype of a millimeter-scale computing system -- one so small that it just covers the letter N on a penny.