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Intel chief executive officer Paul Ottelini demonstrated a mobile device from LG built on Intel's Moorestown architecture at CES 2010. The device brings "Intel Inside" from computers to mobile devices and follows the unspoken theme of CES 2010 to blur the line between mobile phone and portable computer.

While Intel has a dominant role in processors for computers, it has not had a stake in mobile handsets. However, mobile phones have become smartphones which, according to Google, have now evolved into superphones. At the same time, notebooks became netbooks which are now shrinking to become smartbooks.

Steve Ballmer's keynote address at the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) did not unveil the rumored Microsoft Courier tablet PC. Ballmer did take the opportunity, though, to reveal an HP tablet PC dubbed the "Slate".

The HP Slate was underwhelming, to say the least. Hailed by Ballmer as "something that's almost as portable as a phone and that's as powerful as a PC running Windows 7", the demonstration showed a flat panel computing device that seemed more equivalent to a color Kindle than to a Windows 7 wonder-tablet.

AT&T is embracing the Google Android and Palm WebOS operating systems--adding a total of seven new handsets in 2010 built on the new mobile operating systems. With speculation that its iPhone exclusivity will soon end, AT&T is expanding its portfolio, but AT&T is at a disadvantage and it may be too late to start hedging bets.

AT&T announced that it will be launching five Android-based handsets in the first half of 2010, completing Android's invasion of all four major wireless providers in the United States. Actual details and specifications are scarce, but AT&T did reveal that it will carry a device from Motorola with the MotoBlur interface, a device from HTC, and it will be the first carrier in the United States to offer the Android-based Dell smartphone.

As the workforce becomes more mobile, the tech industry continues to create new tools and technologies that help your workers remain productive on the go without having to lug 100 pounds of gear around. Netbook and notebook computers continue to get smaller and lighter, but can still be cumbersome to haul.

Both RIM and LG have unveiled new products that enable you to deliver presentations directly from your mobile phone without the need for a computer.

The new Nexus One Googlephone may be just the tip of the iceberg. While most of the coverage has focused on how the phone compares to the iPhone and other Android devices, the real importance of Google's entry into the handset game may not be apparent for years.

Rather than thinking of handset comparisons, should we instead be thinking about the Google that buys T-Mobile and gives away handsets that deliver location-based advertising wherever we roam?

Reports suggest that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will unveil details of Microsoft's entry in the tablet PC arena during his keynote speech today at the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The announcement will steal some of the thunder from the extreme hype and speculation over Apple's "iSlate" tablet PC-- which may or may not exist and may or may not be announced at an Apple event later this month.

Tablet PC's are not new. The slate form factor portable computer has been around for almost a decade, since Microsoft initially pushed the concept with its Windows XP Tablet PC Edition. Those tablets were before their time, though, and the concept never really caught on.

Google's new Nexus One smartphone is not an iPhone killer. It may not even be a Droid killer, but it may be Google's first serious and most public misstep. Basically, the Nexus One is a somewhat faster Droid with a somewhat better screen.

Here are six things the Nexus One has going against it:

The Nexus One press event held by Google today was largely underwhelming, in my opinion. There was an underlying message, though, that smartphone users--particularly Android-based smartphone users--can learn a good lesson from.

The press event was supposed to focus on the Nexus One--Google's first branded Android mobile phone. It was really two events, though. The hardware part was the unveiling of the HTC Nexus One device, and the software side was the launch of Android 2.1.

In an important--and potentially expensive--break with the past, Microsoft may not be offering discounted "upgrade" versions of Office 2010.

That would be mean all customers will at least theoretically pay full price when they move from Office 2007 to the new version, due later this year.

Responding to the FCC request for input on a plan for providing national broadband Internet access, the antitrust division of the Justice Department urged the FCC to act quickly to reallocate the available frequency spectrum to expand its availability for wireless broadband, and make the broadband market more competitive.

The Department of Justice filing states "Given the potential of wireless services to reach underserved areas and to provide an alternative to wireline broadband providers in other areas, the [FCC]'s primary tool for promoting broadband competition should be freeing up spectrum."