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HTC: The Latest Victim of Smartphone Wars

Posted: February 6, 2012 at 6:45 am

HTC posted fourth-quarter earnings that were less than impressive. It also forecast a disastrous first quarter. These are signs that HTC is the latest company to succumb to the success of Samsung and ...
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Qualcomm Earnings & Guidance Wins… Now $100+ Billion In Market Value (QCOM)

Posted: February 1, 2012 at 4:18 pm

QUALCOMM Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) is out with its quarterly earnings at $0.97 EPS on an adjusted basis and with $4.68 billion in revenues. Thomson Reuters had estimates of $0.90 EPS ...
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Full 360-Degree Earnings Preview for Qualcomm (QCOM, ARMH, BRCM)

Posted: February 1, 2012 at 11:10 am

QUALCOMM Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) is now even closer to its 52-week high ahead of this afternoon's expected earnings report. Shares are now around $59.15 and the 52-week range is $45.98 to ...
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RadioShack Margins Gutted By Sprint (RSH, S)

Posted: January 30, 2012 at 4:34 pm

RadioShack Corporation (NYSE: RSH) pre-announced results for its fourth quarter and the figures are just awful.  This is where a value stock becomes a value trap.  Sales rose about 6% ...
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Only Two Horses Left in Smartphone Race

Posted: January 27, 2012 at 6:38 am

HTC, Motorola (NYSE: MMI), LG and Nokia (NYSE: NOK) might as well curtail their efforts in the smartphone arena. The industry has only two companies left with the ongoing opportunity for ...
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Nokia Falls on Weak Supplier Outlook (NOK, STM, ERIC, MSFT)

Posted: January 24, 2012 at 2:03 pm

Shares of Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) are tumbling today following a glum forecast from one of the company’s main chip suppliers. ST-Ericsson, a joint venture between STMicroelectronics N.V. (NYSE: STM) ...
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Noting Facebook as a Potential RIM Acquirer? (RIMM, GOOG, AAPL, AMZN, MSFT)

Posted: January 18, 2012 at 9:11 am

Research In Motion Limited (NASDAQ: RIMM) has been the ongoing subject of takeover rumors and that has put in at least a near-term floor after the death spiral took away ...
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AT&T Looking Again at Dish? (T, DISH, DTEGY, VZ, VOD, CMCSA, TWC, PCS, LEAP, S)

Posted: January 17, 2012 at 1:09 pm

Will AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) finally make an offer for Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) now that the merger with the T-Mobile USA unit of Deutsche Telekom AG (OTC: DTEGY) ...
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Apple iPad 3 Will Have 4G

Posted: January 14, 2012 at 11:26 am

The news Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad 3 will be released in March, according to several media reports. The machine will likely connect to super fast 4G LTE networks. These are being deployed by ...
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LG Agrees to Meet Microsoft’s Royalty Demand (MSFT, GOOG, AAPL, MMI, ORCL, NOK)

Posted: January 12, 2012 at 12:21 pm

Korea’s LG Electronics has agreed to pay a licensing fee to Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) for the right to use Microsoft claims it owns and that is required for all ...
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LG: Even Third Place Is a Hard Place to Be

Posted: January 12, 2012 at 6:28 am

South Korean electronics firm LG is the third-largest manufacturer of wireless handsets in the world. Nevertheless, the company has struggled to make the business successful. It will not pull back from ...
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Nokia Pushes for U.S. Comeback

Posted: January 10, 2012 at 6:55 am

The three partners in the launch of the new Nokia (NYSE: NOK) Windows-powered Lumia 900 smartphone -- AT&T (NYSE: T), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Nokia -- were effusive about its chances ...
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Sprint Again Shows Why It Is in Third Place

Posted: January 6, 2012 at 6:41 am

Verizon Wireless has deployed its superfast 4G LTE wireless broadband in most large markets around the U.S. AT&T (NYSE: T) is behind in deployment, but not by much. It should have ...
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The Gap Between Handset Makers Widens

Posted: January 6, 2012 at 6:40 am

The gap between the top tier and bottom tier of handset makers continues to widen. Taiwan-based HTC posted is worst quarter in two years. But Samung’s smartphone sales pushed its fourth-quarter profits higher. ...
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Samsung Is US Handset Leader, But Does It Make Money?

Posted: December 30, 2011 at 5:54 am

Samsung had more market share of the US handset market than any other manufacturer in the three months which ended in November. The figure was 25.6% according to Comscore, up .3% ...
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