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iPad Market Share Up, Tablet Shipments Down (AAPL, GOOG, AMZN, BKS, MSFT)

Posted: May 3, 2012 at 12:22 pm

International Data Corp. (IDC) this morning released data on first quarter 2012 shipments of media tablets. These include the iPad from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and tablets that use the ...
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Target Dumps Kindle Devices (TGT, AMZN, AAPL, BKS, MSFT, GOOG)

Posted: May 2, 2012 at 12:39 pm

Retailing giant Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) will discontinue selling the Kindle family of tablets and e-readers by this summer. The Kindle devices are made by Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), and ...
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Garmin’s Earnings Surprise: Strength in PND Segment (GRMN, TRMB)

Posted: May 2, 2012 at 9:36 am

Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN) was a business that many expected was going to crash and burn.  The world of free or nearly free personal navigation services from smartphones was just ...
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Samsung’s Sales Surge Continues

Posted: May 2, 2012 at 6:44 am

Data released last week showed that Samsung passed Nokia (NYSE: NOK) as the top handset maker in the world. Just as impressive, in the high-end smartphone sector, Samsung moved ahead ...
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Is LG Turning Its Back on Microsoft? (MSFT, GOOG, NOK, T)

Posted: May 1, 2012 at 10:36 am

Some fast backpedaling by Korea’s LG Electronics has apparently stopped the claim by a Korean newspaper that the electronics giant is ditching Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) and the US company’s ...
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Nook, Windows 8 Pairing Doubles B&N Stock Price

Posted: April 30, 2012 at 8:11 am

Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) announced this morning that the two companies were forming a “strategic partnership,” called ‘Newco’ for purposes of the announcement, ...
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Western Digital Shares Hammered on Bad Karma (WDC, STX)

Posted: April 27, 2012 at 3:06 pm

Last night computer hard drive maker Western Digital Corp. (NYSE: WDC) reported third fiscal quarter revenues and earnings that easily beat pretty low expectations. The company posted revenues of $3.04 ...
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Samsung Passes Nokia as Handset Leader, Its Earnings Rocket

Posted: April 27, 2012 at 6:34 am

Samsung passed longtime global handset leader Nokia (NYSE: NOK) in the first quarter, according to Strategy Analytics. Global handset shipments reached 368 million units for the period, and the South ...
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Kindle Fire Dominates Android Tablet Market (SCOR, AMZN, GOOG, AAPL, SSNLF, MMI, DELL, SNE)

Posted: April 26, 2012 at 4:31 pm

Market research firm comScore Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) reported today that the Kindle Fire from Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is the market share leader by a wide margin among tablet devices ...
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Full Earnings Preview for Amazon.com… Watch Those Margins (AMZN, BBY, RSH, BKS)

Posted: April 26, 2012 at 12:58 pm

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is set to report earnings after the close of trading today and investors who like retail and internet stocks will be paying close attention.  The company ...
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The Cracks Form In Prepaid & No-Contract Cellular (LEAP, PCS, S, T, VZ)

Posted: April 26, 2012 at 9:56 am

MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (NYSE: PCS) is being treated rather poorly after its earnings report missed expectations.  Leap Wireless International Inc. (NASDAQ: LEAP) is being treated even worse.   Competition from Sprint Nextel ...
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A New Apple Analyst Call Over $1,000 (AAPL)

Posted: April 25, 2012 at 10:01 am

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is the Wall Street and Main Street darling loved by just about everybody.  The analyst calls had gone higher and higher on price targets in March ...
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Apple-Fever Spreads To Its Component Makers (AAPL, AMD, BRCM, MRVL, MU, LSI, QCOM, SNDK, SWKS, TQNT)

Posted: April 25, 2012 at 8:31 am

By now everyone in the world knows that Apple blew the door off the hinges on its latest quarterly earnings report.  The consumer electronics giant overcame iPad shortages with very ...
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Will LG, HTC and Sony Exit U.S. Smartphone Market?

Posted: April 25, 2012 at 6:38 am

Near the rear of AT&T (NYSE: T) and Verizon Wireless retail stores sit smartphones like the HTC Trophy, the LG Vortex and Sony Experia. These usually sell for less than high-end Samsung ...
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Apple Earnings: Blowing The Door Off The Hinges (AAPL, DELL, MSFT, GOOG, RIMM)

Posted: April 24, 2012 at 4:38 pm

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has reported earnings for its March quarter and it is a record for the quarter.  Today's report was a blowout at $12.30 EPS and $39.2 billion in revenue.  ...
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