R-I-M Earnings Preview (RIMM)
Research In Motion Limited (NASDAQ: RIMM) is set to release earnings today after the closing bell. Thomson Reuters has consensus estimates for earnings of $1.64 EPS and $5.40 billion in revenue. For the quarter…
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Newest first · Page 92Who Gains if Tablets Continue Explosive Growth? (INTC, MSFT, ARMH, QCOM, AAPL, NVDA, GOOG)
Could tablet computers be the most serious threat to the Wintel duopoly that has dominated personal computing for the past 25 or so years? Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) dominate…
Nokia Delays E7 Smartphone, Shares Slump
Nokia Corp. (NYSE:NOK) new Chief Executive Steven Elop was hired in September to lead a turnaround of the struggling cellphone maker whose market value has eroded by $61 billion. With today’s announced delay of…
Overseas Sales Push Google Android Share
The head of Android operations at Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) says that the adoption of the mobile operating system has gotten a substantial lift from outside the United States. That does nothing to tell investors how…
Sprint’s Day of Reprieve (S, VZ, T)
Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) may be a down and out carrier in the wireless wars against Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) and AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T). What is interesting is that a culmination…
Google’s New Smartphone is Not the Big News (GOOG, BBY, AAPL, RIMM, NOK, MOT, NVDA)
It’s probably an overstatement to say that we have now gotten our first look at the long-awaited Nexus S smartphone from Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG). The new phone, introduced a mobile device conference in…
Why Doesn’t AT&T Quit The Wireless Business
AT&T Inc.’s (NYSE:T) doesn’t have much time left to keep its promises to fix what it bills as the “nations’ fastest mobile broadband network.” It may not be worth the bother. As Consumer Reports…
Clearwire Has To Raise More Capital (CLWR, S, INTC, VZ)
ClearwireClearwire Corporation (NASDAQ: CLWR) needs more capital. The company has just announced that its Clearwire Communications LLC operating subsidiary plans to raise over $1.1 billion in new capital. Clearwire noted that it intends to…
More News Of The End Of The PC: Web Browsing On Mobile Devices Surges
Use of mobile devices for internet access accelerated last month. It is unlikely that total online activity rose by 100% year-over-year last month, so PC activity must have lost momentum A study by Opera…
Verizon: The Fastest Internet In The World, At A Price
Verizon (NYSE: VZ) has upgraded it fiber-to-the-home FiOS system so that it can offer download speeds of 150 megabits per second and uploads of 35 Mbps. The service will be offered to the 12.5…
Motorola, Back From The Dead, Gives Apple A Run For The Money
The Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone may appear to be invulnerable at the top of the smartphone food chain, but it may soon have company. ChangeWave reports “Among individual iPhone models, the iPhone 4 received…
Good, Bad, Or Irrelevant: New BlackBerry Tablet Three Times Faster Than iPad
Verdict: Irrelevant The CEO of Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) told the Web 2.0 conference that his firm’s new tablet PC is “three to four times faster” than the iPad. Jim Balsillie said “Go to YouTube…
UniTek IPO: From OTCBB to NASDAQ (UNTK, UGLB)
UniTek Global Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: UNTK) is the newest IPO and is coming public this morning. The company priced 19 million shares of common stock at $4.75 per share. Prior to this offering, UniTek…
Global Smartphone Sales Nearly Double In Q3, A Bonanza For Carriers.
Research firm Gartner says that global smartphone sales were up 96% in the third quarter compared with the same quarter last year. That outstripped the 35% rise in total handset sales. “Smartphones accounted for…
The Death Of WiMax: Clearwire Says It May Not Make It
Clearwire (NASDAQ: CLWR), says it may not have enough capital to stay in business. The company is the pioneer of the WiMax 4G technology used by Sprint-Nextel (NYSE: S) for its wireless broadband network.…