Portable Intel (INTC) (AAPL) (RIMM) (NOK)
Intel (INTC) has decided to push into the chip market for small mobile devices which can access the internet. According to The Wall Street Journal "Intel, which largely missed out on the market for…
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Newest first · Page 114Apple (AAPL) And RIM (RIMM): A Two-Horse Race In Smartphones
New research out today shows that Research In Motion’s (NASDAQ: RIMM) Blackberry still holds the high ground in the smartphone business, but Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is marking significant inroads. Palm (NASDAQ: PALM) continues to…
Wall St. Votes Against Big Apple (AAPL) iPhone Prediction
A Wall St. research firm suggested that Apple (NYSE: AAPL) would sell 45 million iPhones in 2009 which would bring in $11.7 billion, according to Silicon Alley Insider. Investors don’t think so. Apple’s shares…
Are PC Sales Slowing Down? (AAPL, HPQ, DELL)
The hopes in 2007 were that the upgrade cycle in PC’s was going to last in 2008 and into 2009 and beyond. After all, only a fraction of PC’s in the U.S. and around…
RIM (RIMM) Carves Up Apple (AAPL)
Over the last three months, shares in Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) are down less than 5%. Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) are off over 30%. There have been some concerns about the sale of iPods,…
Dell (DELL) Buys More Parts In China, Flatters The Locals
Dell (DELL) announced that it will buy $23 billion of components in China this year, up 28% from last year. None other than Michael Dell himself said "China is one of the most dynamic…
Microsoft (MSFT) And Intel (INTC) To Reinvent The Wheel
With the performance of the PC reaching its natural limits, the companies with the most at stake, Microsoft (MSFT) and Intel (INTC) are hoping to take computing in directions which users can only imagine.…
Apple (AAPL) Looks At Free iTunes For Everyone
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is in conversations with the music industry about offering its entire iTunes library free. It would recoup the loss of revenue by changing more for its iPod hardware. According to the…
New Electronics Forecast Bad For Apple (AAPL) And Best Buy (BBY)
New data from ChangeWave Research point to a huge drop in spending on consumer electronics. The most recent data was taken from a survey of 4,427 consumers between February 19th and 25th. Only 19%…
Apple (AAPL): Macs On Fire
If research firm NPD Group is to be believed, the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) Mac had 14% of PC sales in the US in February and 25% of the revenue share. According to Apple Insider…
Home Run For Video Games (SNE)(MSFT)
Video games had a great Febuary. MarketWatch writes "Sales of game software in North America reached nearly $669 million for the month, up 47% from the same period last year, according to data released…
AmTech Notes PC Seasonality & Memory Oversupply (INTC, AMD, NVDA, MU, QI)
Doug Freedman at American Technology Research has issued a call in the PC and memory sector this morning. The firm notes that the March quarter is tracking in-line with normal seasonality for most parts…
How Does GE (GE) Hit A 52-Week Low?
On the face of it, there is no way GE (NYSE: GE) should be at a 52-week low. The company is as solid as a rock, a "safe haven" stock. Its yield is 3.7%.…
Apple (AAPL) Misses Movie Rental Target
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is way shy of its movie rental goals. Apple planned to have 1,000 movies available for its set-top box. According to the The Assocated Press that number is closer to 400. Steve…
Sony (SNE) Seeing No US Recession
Sony (NYSE: SNE) is still selling its share of television in the US and a poor economy, to the extent that it exists, is not keeping people away. "We have already had a solid…