Consumer Electronics

Hewlett-Packard's purchase of Palm could redefine the PC maker's mobile OS strategy, potentially impacting the company's reliance on Microsoft operating systems.  read more »

A report that Apple will begin production of an iPhone for Verizon and other CDMA networks pushed Verizon's stock higher today.  read more »

Google has a bold strategy to tackle Android's biggest problem: that the OS is available in too many versions, spread across a range of devices. In a bid to end the fragmentation, Google will attempt to carve major features out of the OS into downloadable updates, according to Engadget .  read more »

Reports claim that Apple is now shipping iPads to those who placed orders on the first day.  read more »

Apple has exhausted the supply of iPads slated to arrive at customers' doorsteps this coming Saturday, according to the company's online store.  read more »

Just in time for the long-awaited iPad to go on sale, Apple has acquired the trademark on its name.  read more »

Yesterday's statement from Palm's CEO, lamenting how Motorola's Droid beat the Palm Pre into Verizon stores, I was reminded of a famous Marlon Brando line from "On the Waterfront." Many people know the words, even of they don't know they come from a 1954 motion picture.  read more »

This is the year that Sony, Panasonic, Samsung, and other television makers throw serious weight behind 3D TV, but their sales projections seem rather generous.  read more »

Motorola will be split into two publicly traded companies in the first quarter of next year, with one focusing on handsets and home entertainment devices and the other on making enterprise communications gear, the company said Thursday.  read more »

Sales of Google's Nexus One didn't improve over the smartphone's first month according to Flurry, the same firm that reported limp debut week sales.  read more »