smartphone

smartphone Articles

courtesy of ZyngaIs it any wonder that the video game/smartphone game/social media game market is so complex and has reached a level of warfare that analysts can barely follow? Super Data released...
ThinkstockAnyone who doubted that the race for global personal computer (PC) supremacy has shifted outside the United States only needs to look at Lenovo’s most recent quarterly results. Revenue at...
courtesy of SamsungGlobal mobile phone sales totaled 435 million units in the second quarter of 2013, and of that total, some 225 million units, or 51.8%, were smartphones. That is the first time...
Courtesy BlackBerrySome company is supposed to buy BlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY), or at least that is what its board appears to believe. The way the smartphone corporation’s stock trades tells...
Courtesy ZTE Corp.Chinese mobile device maker ZTE Corp. is about to launch its ZTE One smartphone in the United States and the United Kingdom. The device will sell for $80 in the U.S. and will only...
ThinkstockThe notion that BlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY) thinks it should, could, may or even hope to go private is quite frankly nothing but hogwash. Shares were up over 7.5% at $9.93 in late Friday...
Courtesy BlackBerryIn an exclusive report this morning from Reuters, “several sources familiar with the situation” have said that BlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY) may be considering the option of...
courtesy of Apple Inc.For the three months ending in June 2013, Samsung Electronics closed the market share gap slightly between itself and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) in the U.S. market. Compared with...
Courtesy BlackBerryOn the face of it, BlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBBY) and Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) are in equally bad shape, having been marginalized by Samsung, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and a small...
Wikimedia CommonsSome consumers make purchase decisions based on independent research. AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) needs to hope that is so. AT&T is the winner of the recently completed “J.D....
courtesy of Google Inc.The Android operating system from Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is cementing its spot at the top of the heap of smartphone operating systems. At the end of the second quarter,...
courtesy of Sony Corp.Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) posted a profit, but the figure is not likely to satisfy raider Daniel Loeb, who wants the company to break out its studio operations. Sales and operating...
courtesy of SamsungA new smartphone brand study could be the harbinger of a new world order. Two smartphones made by Samsung Electronics were the top U.S. scorers, ahead of various iPhone models from...
courtesy of MicrosoftAccording to Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT), its Surface tablet business lost money in the past fiscal year. One clue that the product was in trouble was the disclosure that...
ThinkstockNEC has decided not to join HTC, BlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY), Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) and smaller rivals in the uphill battle against Samsung and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). It will leave...