Sprint (NYSE: S) is about to release a new phone from Samsung which has many of the features of the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone. According to MarketWatch "The new Samsung Instinct, available from Sprint…
On Wednesday afternoon we’ll get to see earnings out of Research In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM). The estimates from First Call are $0.70 EPS on $1.85 billion in revenues. Next quarter estimates are $0.74…
Yesterday’s news that Motorola (MOT) was breaking the business into two pieces sent the stock exactly nowhere. It has occurred to Wall St. that the company’s large handset division may be worth very little.…
Motorola (NYSE: MOT) announced this morning that it would break itself into two companies. By sometime next year the handset division will be pulled away from the mobility and enterprise divisions. The stock is…
Motorola (NYSE: MOT) today announced that it would break itself into two pieces. The move is an acknowledgment that it cannot sell its money-losing handset business and that the unit may be worth very,…
When the global handset market goes South a number of companies get bombed. The worst goes to the handset companies themselves. That is not good news for Motorola (NYSE: MOT). Chip companies also get…
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is predicting that the number of smartphones will move up to 400 million handsets in the next three years. It expects that its share of mobile operating systems will rise at…
According to Wireles and Mobile News: "Verizon Wireless (VZ)(VOD) was the biggest winner of the Federal Communications Commission’s 700 MHz auction, winning six large licenses that i will give it air space to provide…
Palm, Inc. (NASDAQ: PALM) just posted a loss that of course missed analyst expectations. The loss of -$31.5 million came in at -$0.30 EPS after items and -$0.16 pro-forma on a near-25% drop in…
Large handset company Sony Ericsson said it would miss Q1 earnings because of lack of handset demand. The company said it will only ship 22 million handsets for the period, which would be flat…
After the close, there were several SEC Filings that showed insiders at Level 3 Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT) bought shares of the company. These buys may sound like a lot for the public, but…
Neutral Tandem, Inc. (NASDAQ: TNDM) has filed to sell 4.5 million shares of stock in a secondary offering this morning via underwriter Morgan Stanley. The use of proceeds is zero for all practical purposes…
24/7 Wall St. interviewed Verizon (NYSE: VZ) CEO Ivan Seidenberg about the wireless and broadband industries. When asked about the concern among investors that wireless saturation rates and new cellular price plans are a…
Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) gave its mid-quarter forecast and no one liked it. The company projected slow growth and was especially gloomy about the sales of 3G chips. It said its largest customer was…
Apple has determined that the best way to reach and ultimately exceed its goal of selling 10 million iPhones this year is by adding more features and opening up the code and making the…