Microsoft’s (MSFT) Zune does not seem to be doing much good getting the company a piece of the Apple (AAPL) iPod digital music player market. So, the world’s largest software company is…
According to Bloomberg, Nokia’s (NOK) net income rose to 2.83 billion euros ($3.87 billion), or 72 cents share. The company moved market share toward 40 percent by introducing new devices as competitor…
Douglas A. McIntyre Motorola (MOT) hit a new 52-week low today. And, at $16.73, it is no wonder. Nokia (NOK), the US company’s larger rival, is expected to say that it sold nearly 100 million…
Douglas A. McIntyre A number of stocks did badly last week, but with the market up so much over the last two years, only a small number hit 52-week lows. One of those was Motorola…
When Apple’s shares first started trading after earnings came out, they dropped briefly. The 9.8 million iPods the company sold seemed to be below expectations, even if the number was up 21%…
Piper Jaffray has raised its price target for Apple (AAPL) from $160 to $205. up 28% which is stunning. Apple trades at $143 now. So, a stock that is up 130% over…
The head of Qualcomm (QCOM), Paul Jacobs, has worn out his welcome. His father founded the company, so it may be hard to get him out. But, the board has to consider…
The EU has decided to pass over Qualcomm’s (QCOM) new MediaFlo technology in favor of Nokia’s (NOK) mobile-television system as the standard which will be used in Europe. Given that there are…
Nokia (NOK) was having trouble launching hot phones three years ago, Motorola’s (MOT) RAZR would the phone-of-the-year in 2005 and held that title for about 18-months. But, now Motorola looks like a…
Douglas A. McIntyre Motorola’s (MOT) shares are up as much as 3% on rumors that Ed Zander, its CEO, is leaving. Carl Icahn and other activists have tried to push Zander out and he has…
Douglas A. McIntyre Just as there is talk of the FCC opening up spectrum for companies to set up independent voice and data networks, Nokia (NOK) has announced that its adding Ebay’s (EBAY) Skype VoIP…
As the land-line businesses at large telcos like AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ) have been eroded by technology, especially cable-delivered VoIP, earnings have been kept strong by their cellular divisions. Cell subscriber…
One of the biggest knocks against the new Apple (AAPL) iPhone is that it works on AT&T (T) 2.5G network and not a newer 3G network. Consumers want that faster connection speed.…
Now that the Apple (AAPL) iPhone has been out 24 hours and the reviews have been fairly good, the question is whether it will sell the ten million units in 2008. It…
Research In Motion’s (RIMM) stock is up over 150% during the last year. That is much better than Apple’s (AAPL) 110%. In RIMM’s last quarter, revenue was up 76% to $1.1 billion.…
