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Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) acquired Palm Inc. earlier in the year and there has been no new release, no new phones, and no new direction announced.  Until now.  H-P is showing off the Palm Pre...
If one assumes, as does Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO), that the availability and quality of country’s broadband penetration reflects that country’s preparedness for the future, then the US...
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has earnings due on Monday, October 18, 2010, after the closing bell.  While we wanted to look at the consensus data, we also wanted to see what were some of the key...
Most US consumers can buy an Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 4 for $200 or $300, depending on the amount of memory storage. The device can cost closer to $600 when it is not tethered to an AT&T...
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has many winners and losers through time in its partnership suppliers.  The announcement that Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) is going to begin selling the iPad...
Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) has a new problem with its iPhone 4. The screen on the smartphone is prone to shattering. Warranty firm SqaureTrade claims that the iPhone 4 screen is 82% more likely to...
There doesn’t seem to be too much excitement among the technorati for the new Windows Phone 7 operating system from Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT). The comments generally replay the “too little,...
Today’s best unfounded rumor comes from Bloomberg. China Telecom, the third largest wireless company in the People’s Republic, is in talks with Apple Inc., (NASDAQ: AAPL) to sell the iPhone in...
Verizon Wireless will begin to market the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone next year, if media reports are correct. The large cellular provider will also launch a super-fast 4G LTE wireless network...
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) may finally be getting the iPhone from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL).  The Wall Street Journal is flashing headlines without much detail and we would not that...
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is not the number 1 mobile operating system used in smartphones in the US. It is not number 2. Google is now in third place with only 19.6% of the mobile platform market in...
Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) made a mistake when it bought Palm. It is about to make a much more costly mistake in launching  a series of smartphones that run the rickety Palm webOS, scheduled for...
Google Inc.  (NASDAQ: GOOG) is testing the old “why buy the cow if the milk is free” cliché with the Android Mobile OS.  The question remains whether the search engine giant will ever earn a...
Amazon.com (NYSE: AMZN) has begun to raise the price of some of its e-books above their paper versions. According to The New York Times, “Don’t Blink,” by James Patterson and Howard Roughan,...
If you have heard buyout rumors of Skype ahead of its IPO, this newest addition to the Skype team may have you scratching your head a bit.  Skype S.A. has just named Tony Bates as CEO and named him...