Spending on electronics such smartphones, netbooks and LCD-TVs rose during 2009, despite the first post-WWII fall in global per capita income. Cash-strapped consumers will cut back on desirables such as restaurant meals, says iSuppli, but electronics remain must-haves. - Electronics are a top priority even for cash-strapped consumers, beating out other desirables when money becomes tight, accordin...

Ive been on a roll recently having seen the N900, X6, and E72 up close, I thought it was time I saw the Booklet 3G which is a departure for Nokia (NYSE: NOK) from their usual devices, squarely in to the land of Laptops (well okay, sub-notebooks, or netbooks, or whatever you want ...

The global PC market can thank Apples iMac for being the main reason desktop computer sales have pulled out of a two-year nosedive, an analyst said Wednesday. The popular Apple all-in-one computer accounted for 25 percent of all desktop growth in 2010. Although notebooks and netbooks account for more than 90 percent of global PC growth,

Android is expected to increase in popularity so not only well be seeing tons of handsets and even netbooks launched with it as their default OS, but also the platform is getting ported to WM phones. Among those theres the HTC Touch Pro2, recently a member of the gang of Windows Mobile devices that received

Intel Corporation announced today a new addition to its award-winning lineup of high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs): the Intel X25-V Value SATA SSD. Priced at $125, the 40 gigabyte (GB) drive is aimed at value segment netbooks and dual-drive/boot drive desktop set-ups to offer users the performance and reliability advantages of solid-state computing at an affordable,

Scott Apeland explains why netbooks need apps as much as phones.

MicroStar International will release their WiMAX-enabled laptops in India over the next few months. India, along with Taiwan, will be looked at as potential growth markets for the 4G technology. MSI launched their latest netbooks at Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this past...

Section: Communications, Mobile, Computers, Mobile Computers, Netbooks, Gadgets / Other PC World writer, Galen Gruman, called out iPad pre-order buyers on Saturday, calling them names in his post, iPad Pre-Orders: For Idiots Only.  Apples iPad went on pre-order Friday and is rumored to have 120,000 devices sold as a result.  Even at the cheapest model, thats $60 million, not a bad day in...

Section: Audio, Portable Audio, Video, Portable Video, Communications, Mobile, Computers, Mobile Computers, Netbooks At 8:30 this morning, Apple is expected to give the iPad an advantage the iPhone never saw, pre-order.  In fact, the Apple Store is down right now.  By allowing pre-orders, is Apple cashing in on the buzz or setting itself up for failure? Apple is taking pre-orders for iPa...

It's the only game in town, says the maker of the other iPad What might the iPad have been? Apple announced it as a Magical and Revolutionary Device, defining "an entirely new category". But it actually only addresses a small part of the yawning gap between mobile handsets and notebook computers, where there's still a lot of defining to be done. There's space there for dramatically ...