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- Apple Could Crush Competitors With a $99 iPhone
- Sam Diaz submits: Apple AAPL could slash the price of an iPhone to $99, continue to supply a nice margin of more than 40 percent and potentially dominate the smartphone market. At least that’s the opinion of a research analyst who issued a report Monday, according to a...
- External links 2008-10-27
- Will Storm’s Delays Hurt RIMM’s Q3?
- Sam Diaz submits: I know you’re probably on Blackberry Storm overload by now - but please indulge me once more. Last month, I asked all of you whether I should go iPhone or wait for the Storm. Overwhelmingly, you all told me to wait for the Storm, that...
- External links 2008-11-24
- Could There Be an iPod Shortage for Christmas?
- Sam Diaz submits: Now now. There’s no need to panic. And we certainly don’t want any shopping mall stampedes. But, just between us, word is that there may be a shortage of iPods this holiday season - not that anyone out there is trying to fuel a buying...
- External links 2008-12-04
- RIM Shares Jump After Hours on Earnings Report
- Sam Diaz submits: As expected, Research in Motion reported third-quarter earnings Thursday that fell below its original forecast. For the quarter ending Nov. 30, the company reported adjusted income of $477.3 million, or 83 cents per share, on $2.78 billion in revenue. Analysts had been expecting earnings of...
- External links 2008-12-18
- Is Microsoft Ready to Throw in the Towel on Zune?
- Sam Diaz submits: Is this the beginning of the end for the Microsoft Zune? In a story about Microsoft’s MSFT quest to beat Google GOOG, the Financial Times writes that Steve Ballmer seems “all but ready to throw in the towel on the Zune,” which hasn’t come close...
- External links 2009-01-11
- Can Google save Motorola?
- Sam Diaz submits: Motorola’s MOT mobile handset business - once a possible spinoff - has become so sick that it really is starting to infect the rest of the company. The company’s fourth quarter financials, reported Tuesday, really stunk. But the numbers that were hardest to swallow came...
- External links 2009-02-03
- RIMM, Verizon Fire Salvo in Smartphone War
- Sam Diaz submits: When cell phones took off - really took off - it was in part because the wireless carriers were giving away the handsets. After all, once that contract is signed and the customer starts yakking away, there’s a year of of guaranteed revenue - which...
- External links 2009-02-06
- Motorola Needs to Get Smart About Smartphones
- Sam Diaz submits: Motorola’s MOT first quarter loss may have been smaller than Wall Street had expected, but that’s nothing to celebrate about. The handset business continues to be a drag on the whole company and efforts to turn it around so far haven’t been all that impressive....
- External links 2009-04-30
- Amazon's New Kindle-DX: $489 for an E-Reader?
- Sam Diaz submits: Four hundred and eighty-nine dollars?!?! For an e-reader… That’s not even in color. And doesn’t come with Wi-Fi or games or apps or music playback or… Tell me again why I would buy one of these new Amazon Kindle-DX devices. Because I...
- External links 2009-05-06
- Apple's Growth Potential: Unleash the Power of the iPod Touch
- Sam Diaz submits: In this Apple AAPL story, it’s not about whether you’re a Mac or a PC. This time, it’s all about the iPod Touch, the shy younger cousin of the iPhone that really hasn’t had its moment in the spotlight - until now. Susquehana...
- External links 2009-05-12
- Intuit Introduces Mobile Credit Card Processing
- Sam Diaz submits: Chances are you’ve seen wireless payment terminals, those handheld devices being used by the clerk at the Apple Store or the flight attendant who pours a cocktail at 35,000 feet. The devices allow for instant payments to be processed simply by swiping a credit card...
- External links 2009-05-21
- Zune HD: Trying to Compete with Yesterday's iPod Touch
- Sam Diaz submits: Microsoft MSFT is looking to go head-to-head with Apple’s iPod Touch by introducing the Zune HD, a touch-screen multimedia player that will be capable of playing high definition movies, high definition radio and surfing the Web via a mobile version of Internet Explorer. ...
- External links 2009-05-27
- Rumors Solidify Around Apple Tablet
- Sam Diaz submits: The rumors around the arrival of a tablet computer from Apple AAPL have been out there for a while, but the latest one from the AppleInsider blog seems to have some meat to it. Image Credit: AppleInsider by Sam Diaz
- External links 2009-07-26
- Palm Pre Test Drive
- Sam Diaz submits: A week or so ago, I wrote about a smartphone affair I was having, cheating on my Verizon Blackberry so I could get my hands on a Sprint-powered Palm Pre. I said at the time that I was taking advantage of the 30-day return period...
- External links 2009-08-17
- Are Things Falling Apart at Apple's App Store?
- Sam Diaz submits: I’m probably just as tired as all of you over this matter of Apple AAPL and the Google Voice app for the iPhone. But I would like to share two related posts that I read Tuesday morning and chime in with some reaction to both....
- External links 2009-08-25
- Apple: The Real News Is What Wasn't Announced
- Sam Diaz submits: Let’s recap, shall we? Apple’s news event is over and we now know that there’s a new version of iTunes and some tweaks to the lineup of iPods. Here’s what there isn’t: No Tablet Mac. Well, that shouldn’t come as a big surprise,...
- External links 2009-09-09
- Palm: 823,000 Smartphones Shipped, But Outlook Not Clear
- Sam Diaz submits: Palm’s PALM first quarter had multiple moving parts. The company shipped 823,000 smartphones, announced plans to raise capital, beat estimates, delivered a mixed outlook and said the company’s fortunes will be tied to product launches. Got all that? by Sam Diaz
- External links 2009-09-18
- Barnes and Noble: E-reader Coming Soon?
- Sam Diaz submits: Barnes and Noble BKS is set to make history at a “major event” in New York City next week. And even though the invitation doesn’t offer any hints of what’s coming, many expect that it will be a book reader of its own, according to...
- External links 2009-10-13
- iTunes TV Subscriptions: Could it Happen?
- Sam Diaz submits: Apple AAPL is reportedly working on a subscription model that would open television viewing through iTunes - sort of. We’re not talking about some sort of service tied to the Apple TV product or even a standalone TV with iTunes built-in (at least not yet.)...
- External links 2009-11-02
- Congratulations to Apple's Steve Jobs, Fortune's CEO of the Decade
- Sam Diaz submits: Love him or hate him, you have to admit that Apple CEO Steve Jobs has had a helluva decade. Consider that, under his helm, Apple AAPL defined the portable music player market with the iPod, has shaken up the mobile industry with the...
- External links 2009-11-06
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