10 posts and columns on mobile computing

Talking Science Fiction and Fact With Intel Futurist Brian David Johnson (Video)

in News on October 14, 2011 at 3:51 pm PT

Science fiction makes it possible to have a conversation about the future, Johnson says, by giving us the metaphors we need to figure out what we want and don’t want to happen.
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OuchPad: Best Buy Sitting on a Pile of Unsold HP Tablets

in News on August 16, 2011 at 5:32 pm PT

Hints that sales of Hewlett-Packard’s TouchPad are slow have been numerous. But sales data from Best Buy and other retailers shows just how slow those sales are.
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A Curious, Confusing Launch Party for RIM's PlayBook

in Enterprise on April 15, 2011 at 7:50 am PT

As product launch parties go, the one held last night for Research In Motion’s new PlayBook tablet has to have been one of the strangest.

Intel Hits the Oak Trail but Has Its Eyes on the Cedar Trail

in Enterprise on April 11, 2011 at 1:06 pm PT

Oak Trail and Cedar Trail are codenames for versions of Intel’s Atom processor, a tiny, low-power flavor of chips aimed at smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices. The first is available today; the other still lies ahead.

IBM: The "M" Stands for "Mobility"

in News on June 18, 2009 at 8:19 am PT

Between 2006 and 2011, IBM expects the number of mobile phone users to increase by 191 percent to approximately one billion. Little wonder then that the company is dedicating more resources to mobile services-related R&D.
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IBM: The “M” Stands for “Mobility”

in News on June 18, 2009 at 8:19 am PT

Between 2006 and 2011, IBM expects the number of mobile phone users to increase by 191 percent to approximately one billion. Little wonder then that the company is dedicating more resources to mobile services-related R&D.
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