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.…
Nokia (NOK) seems a bit concerned that some small handset companies in China may start to take a piece of the market there. But, Nokia believes that things in the world’s most…
Douglas A. McIntyre More and more cell phones can access WiFi, allowing the phones to work in cellular dead zones, and potentially saving consumers money by avoiding using cell networks altogether. The Wall Street Journal…
According to Reuters, Bear Stearns (BCS) will put its CFO into a job overseeing its troubled hedge funds. Reuters writes that the Swedish government will review the Nasdaq’s (NDAQ) purchase of Nordic…
The European Union is recommending that the Nokia (NOK) DVB-H become the standard for mobile TV in the big region now and in the future. That leaves the two other formats in…