While executives may call it a streamlining, 2000 RIM employees will check in today to find they’ve been streamlined right out of a job. The move comes as part of a plan aimed at optimizing costs for the company after a disappointing earnings call in June. I suspect the employees will not find relief in more »

In a new report from Good Technology, the company’s customers are activating iOS devices at a much higher rate than Android. Good Technology provides enterprise-grade mobile security and control. According to Good, 65% of activations in Q4 of 2010 were iOS devices. The report revealed iPhone 4 as the most popular device activated. Various iPhone more »

Motorola has been suffering ever since its glory days of the RAZR. But with the DROID now boosting sales and another 20 smartphones due out in the coming year, we can only hope that stockholders will turn it around for Motorola. One of those 20 smartphones, however, might help out the cause. Motorola’s Co-Ceo Sanjay more »

Those who are waiting for the follow up to the Palm Pre may soon find their wait coming to an end. Well, that is assuming that this latest rumor is accurate. The rumor is dealing with the second webOS based handset, which has been dubbed the Palm Pixi. Anyway, according to that rumor, the handset more »

Following on the heels of its big brother the E71, Nokia just released its newest in their E-Line, the E63. It’s a candybar style phone shooting to bring “the QWERTY keyboard form factor to a broader audience at a great price” according to the Nokia website.

Unfortunately, Nokia isn’t telling too much about the inner workings of the phone or what all makes it different from the E71 quite yet. What we do know is that what Nokia is using as its big draw is being able to switch back and forth with a single key press between the corporate e-mail and calendar mode with the personal mode which features e-mail, websites and photos. Nokia also serves up 1GB of cloud storage on Ovi when you buy the E63. And of course, there is the obvious Wi-Fi connectivity. . . .

E-mail, messaging, Internet, touchscreen all for under $100. That is what Samsung has been bringing to AT&T now for about 2 years under the BlackJack name. Today, Samsung changes things up and rolls out the Epix name for what looks to be the 3rd installment in the BlackJack family. Thankfully, its got two big additions more »

Sharp has expanded its Professional LCD Monitors with the launch of the TL Professional LCD Monitor Line. LCD’s in this product line will have a full 1920 x 1080 2-megapixel high-definition resolution display. To kick off the launch the product line, Sharp has released the 52-inch TL-M5200 and the 46-inch TL-M4600. Both of these LCD’s more »

Sprint Nextel has announced that it will close 125 of its retail stores, eliminate over 4,000 3rd party distribution points, and cut 4,000 jobs. Company officials say they expect the cuts to be complete by June. The job cuts affect most departments, including sales, marketing, product and development, network, information technology, finance, human resources, legal more »

After a long wait the iPhone has gone corporate. The offer is fairly simple and does not offer much over getting the iPhone as an individual, except that your local IT department can now just call their usual AT&T business representative. The pricing and the plans will remain the same as an individual purchase and more »

Asus has officially split into three separate companies with each having their specialty. Instead of just being Asus, they will also have Pegatron and Unihan. Asus will handle their own branded notebooks and computers, Pegatron will handle the motherboards and PC related products while Unihan will handle all chassis and non-PC manufacturing. According to reports more »