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If mobile phones still did nothing but voice calls and text messaging, existing mobile networks would likely be sufficient for another 10 years or more. Smartphones that surf the web and allow users...
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Standard & Poor’s suspects that the new strategy from Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK), set to be announced February 11th, is not going to be enough to boost the company’s competitive position in the...
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Companies locked in a struggle to remain viable and maintain their profits and sales sometimes begin to run out of customers. This happened to GM (NYSE: GM), which had a 50% share of domestic car...
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The iPad from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) lost nearly 20% of its 96% share of the tablet market in the fourth quarter of 2010 to tablets using the Android operating system from Google Inc. (NASDAQ:...
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If there was any lingering doubt about the identity of the 600-pound gorilla in the mobile phone market, today’s earnings announcements from three major mobile players out to put those doubts out...
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Fourth quarter results for Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) were no better than so-so. The company reported revenue of $26.4 billion and EPS of $0.54, excluding one-time items, compared with...
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That the PC market is shrinking is no longer news. Mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets are cutting into PC desktop and laptop sales at a growing rate. What that means for PC makers is that...
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As if any more evidence were needed that the mobile internet is the next big thing, research firm comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) today reported that web-based email usage is declining while mobile...
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A report from Bloomberg this morning has got the online gaming world abuzz. Bloomberg cites “two people with knowledge of the plans” who say that an updated PlayStation Portable, or PSP, handheld...
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The availability of the iPhone 4 from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) on the Verizon Wireless network is expected to be be a big win for the carrier, a joint venture between Verizon Communications Inc....
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Now that Verizon Wireless has struck a deal with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) to offer the iPhone on Verizon’s wireless network, everyone expects the carrier to profit handsomely from the deal. But...
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Nokia Corp. (NYSE:NOK) new Chief Executive Steven Elop was hired in September to lead a turnaround of the struggling cellphone maker whose market value has eroded by $61 billion. With today’s...
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The Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone may appear to be invulnerable at the top of the smartphone food chain, but it may soon have company. ChangeWave reports “Among individual iPhone models, the iPhone 4...
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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,...
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Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) today reported a 68% rise in quarterly profit, proving the BlackBerry maker is far from dead. The shares rose in after-hours trading. Profit was $797 million,...
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