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 three-quarters of RIM’s market…
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 Verizon Wireless and AT&T…
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 cellphone manufacturing, but it…
Internet radio company Pandora Media Inc. (NYSE: P) has announced 23 agreements with automakers and after-market suppliers to include the company’s radio player in their product offerings. Pandora also claims to have more than…
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 to rival Apple’s (NASDAQ:…
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 a footprint similar to…
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. There is little reason…
Acme Packet Inc. (NASDAQ: APKT) is trading as though Wile E. Coyote is running the company and trying to sell to the Roadrunner. The company issued an earnings warning after the closing bell which…
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% from the previous three…
It is usually good to be first to market with a popular new technology. That is assuming, however, a company’s version of the new technology works. In the case of Verizon Wireless’s 4G superfast wireless…
Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) is getting some new competition. While companies like Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM) and Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK) have had patent fights with Qualcomm in years past, a new challenge may be…
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) chairman Eric Schmidt says his company will launch a new tablet PC in 2012. The product will run on the firm’s Android OS mobile platform. Google likely will struggle with the product,…
During this year’s holdiday shopping season, some 92% of all online sales generated by mobile devices (smartphones, tablets) were made from devices running iOS from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). That number represents just 3.74%…
Verizon Wireless’s 4G superfast wireless network has been down intermittently. That could drive off customers. And the network is at the heart of Verizon’s (NYSE: VZ) campaign to gain customers from AT&T Wireless and Sprint-Nextel…
When AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) killed the $39 billion deal for T-Mobile USA it had agreed to with Deutsche Telekom AG (OTC: DTEGY), the $4 billion break-up fee going to DT is not likely…