2010 Products of the Year

Each year, eWEEK Labs singles out the products that stood out in our testing in the past 12 months. We focus on the offerings that had the biggest impact in their spaces and that did the most to move enterprise technology forward. Product of the Year: Apple iPad It was the hottest thing in computing [...]

Apple’s iPad Refresh: 5 Features It Needs Now

Apple’s next-generation iPad will add a front-facing camera and the ability to operate on both GSM- and CDMA-based networks, according to new reports circulating online. Wedge Partners analyst Brian Blair wrote in a recent research note that the new iPad “is thinner than the existing model and is essentially made from one piece of metal [...]

Apple iPad, Smartphone Use Driving Record Demand for NAND Flash Memory

The Apple iPad, the invigorated tablet market and increasing rates of smartphone adoption are all driving the NAND flash memory market toward record revenues, research firm iSuppli reported Nov. 16. With supply ramping up in the latter half of this year and into 2011, iSuppli analysts expect the NAND flash segment to continue to see [...]

Windows Phone 7 Launches on ATandT and T-Mobile

Microsoft officially launched its Hail Mary pass in the U.S. smartphone market Nov. 8, with the release of Windows Phone 7 on AT&T and T-Mobile. The software company hopes the new line of smartphones will retake market share lost over the past several quarters to the likes of the Apple iPhone and Google Android. AT&T [...]

Apple Sues Motorola over Multitouch in Android Phones

Apple fired back at Motorola for what it alleges is an infringement on patents for multitouch and other touch-screen-related technologies the rival phone maker employs in its popular Android smartphone lineup. Three weeks after Motorola sued Apple over smartphone-related patents, Apple filed two suits in the U.S. District Court in Wisconsin, alleging Motorola handsets such [...]