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Research In Motion's 3G Counteroffensive: The Smartphone Arms Race Escalates
Paul Carton ChangeWave Alliance submits: Two weeks before the new Apple 3G iPhone was released, a ChangeWave consumer survey showed it was likely to have a tsunami-like impact on the smart phone market. We all know what happened next – an extraordinarily successful 1 million units sold in the...
Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Gadgets, Apple Inc., Motorola Inc., Palm Inc.
External links 2008-08-06
Could Increased Traffic to RIM, Samsung Sites Mean Trouble for Motorola?
Compete submits: When people are looking at wireless phones, the carriers’ sites play a crucial role in the research and shopping process, but manufacturers’ web presence is playing an increasingly important role. The number of people who visited their sites every month is one indicator of an OEM’s popularity...
Tags: Gadgets, Motorola Inc., Research In Motion Ltd.
External links 2008-08-06
The Global Reach of the First Million 3G iPhones
Jason Kincaid submits: Medialets has posted the results of a recent Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research report that details the breakdown of the first 1 million iPhone 3Gs sold worldwide. Earlier this month Apple AAPL announced that it had reached the milestone in only three days, compared to...
Tags: Gadgets, Apple Inc., AT&T Corp.
External links 2008-08-06
Motorola Results: Strength in the Boring Businesses
Kevin Maney submits: Motorola MOT surprised investors by posting a $4 million profit for the quarter, after losing $28 million a year ago. New CEO Greg Brown must have worked awfully hard to eke that out, considering that revenue was down $700 million, dropping to $8.08 billion from $8.73...
Tags: Gadgets, Motorola Inc.
External links 2008-08-01
Icahn Racks Up Gains in ImClone, Motorola, and Amylin
Lon Juricic submits: Activist investor Carl Icahn had a nice day yesterday. Here's why:Bristol-Myers BMY sent Mr. Icahn a letter presenting a $60 per share offer for ImClone Systems IMCL. Icahn is the Chairman of ImClone, and owns 11,669,544 shares of the biotech company. With shares of ImClone...
Tags: Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc., Healthcare, Biotech, Gadgets, Motorola Inc., ImClone Systems Inc.
External links 2008-08-01
AU Optronics: Looking for the Bottom
Scott's Investments submits: AU Optronics AUO, a manufacturer of flat panel displays, continues to slide in a tough consumer environment. Thursday the stock hit a new 52 week low of $11.25 and closed at $11.30. The company's products are used in computer products, such as notebook computers and desktop monitors;...
Tags: AU Optronics, Gadgets
External links 2008-08-01
Raw Data Report: Plantronics, Logitech, iGo
TickerMine submits: Each day, Wall Street is flooded with stock research offering a multitude of conflicting investment opinions. As such, TickerMine is not in the business of providing more opinions. We believe that accurate raw data points can be used to gain insight in to the stock...
Tags: Mobility Electronics, Gadgets, Plantronics
External links 2008-08-01
Apple's Tablet: Consumers Will Buy, But What About Businesses?
Larry Bellehumeur submits: It really can be fun to speculate on new Apple AAPL products, which by the way is all that I am doing. However, I am going to speculate from a different angle than most “techies” in that I am going to speculate on how this...
Tags: Hardware, Gadgets, Larry Bellehumeur, Apple Inc.
External links 2009-11-19
Using The International Kindle Could Rack Up Fees
Not only does the new international Kindle cost more than its U.S. counterpart, owners who want to take advantage of the wireless connectivity will be paying more for it. In addition to the $2 per-book fee for non-U.S. downloads, paidContent has learned from Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) that it will...
Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Wireless, Kindle, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Gadgets, Media & Publishing, Books, eReaders, Companies, Amazon.com, Staci D. Kramer
External links 2009-10-08
BBC Sets iPlayer Syndication Terms, Commits To Roll-Outs For Certain Platforms
The BBC’s plans to share the technology behind the iPlayer with fellow PSBs across the world may have been shot down this week, but it’s still planning to push its on-demand content to as many different third-party platforms as possible.New guidelines issued on Tuesday say third-party deals must be...
Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., iPlayer, Managed Hosting, Quality, Cloud Computing, Blogging, TVs, Business Operations, Internet, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Gadgets, Media & Publishing, TV, IPTV, VOD, Mobile, Companies, BBC, Patrick Smith
External links 2009-10-21
Nokia Sues Apple: iPhone Maker Accused Of Infringing Mobile Patents
You might call it a case of: “if you can’t beat ‘em, sue ‘em”. Finnish mobile giant Nokia (NYSE: NOK) filed a lawsuit against Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) on Thursday on grounds that the iPhone maker has used Nokia’s mobile technology without permission. The case, filed in the U.S. District...
Tags: Apple iPhone, Patent, Nokia Corp., Mobile, Apple Inc., Advertising & Promotion, Smart Phones, Quality, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Business Operations, Gadgets, Legal, Patents, Technologies / Formats, 3G, Companies, Apple, iPhone, Nokia, Patrick Smith
External links 2009-10-22
Amazon Combines Kindle 2, Global; AT&T Replaces Sprint On New Models; International DX In 2010
That $20 price drop for the international Kindle goes a little deeper than the obvious competitive move; it was the company’s way of signaling that Kindle 2 and global Kindle are the same device. The conceit that there were two was a distinction without a difference save in one...
Tags: AT&T Corp., Amazon.com Inc., Sprint Communications, Amazon Whispernet, 3G, Sales Strategy, Cellular Phones, Wireless And Mobility, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sales, Gadgets, Media & Publishing, Books, eReaders, Mobile, Technologies / Formats, Companies, Amazon.com, Kindle, AT&T, SprintNextel, Staci D. Kramer
External links 2009-10-23
Barnes & Noble Won't Sell Nook To Go In All Stores
Its 700-plus U.S. stores should give Barnes & Noble an edge in the contest for e-reader dollars but many won’t be selling the actual Nook on site. Instead, I was told as a customer, the booksellers will order a device for in-store customers from the BN.com website to be...
Tags: E-reader, Publisher, Amazon.com Inc., Barnes & Noble Inc., Nook, Sonys, Gadgets, Media & Publishing, Books, eReaders, Staci D. Kramer
External links 2009-10-26
Marvell Syncs With E Ink On New E-Reader Tech Aimed At Mass Market
The e-reader market is beginning to resemble a crowded subway train at rush hour and the latest entry could make it feel even more crowded. Marvell Technology Group and E Ink are partnering on a “turnkey” tech solution based on one integrated chip called the Marvell Armada 166E, with...
Tags: E-reader, Marvell, E Ink Corp., Gadgets, Media & Publishing, Books, eReaders, Companies, Google, Android, Staci D. Kramer
External links 2009-11-02
Spring Design Sues Barnes & Noble; Claims Breach Of NDA
Somehow a lawsuit had to be lurking ... Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS), which took a spin on the floor with just about everyone before announcing its own e-reader, is being sued by Spring Design for misappropriation of trade secrets and violating a non-disclosure agreement. Cupertino-based Spring claims B&N...
Tags: Touch Screen, E-reader, Barnes & Noble Inc., Spring Design, Nook, Keyboards, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Peripherals, Components, Gadgets, Legal, Patents, Media & Publishing, Books, eReaders, Staci D. Kramer
External links 2009-11-03
Twitter, Peek Launch Co-Branded Mobile Messaging Device
Search, e-commerce, premium accounts, and now ... a Twitter-branded device. Twitter has partnered with Peek, a startup that makes low-cost mobile messaging devices, to launch TwitterPeek, a handset designed—essentially—for Twitterholics. The 2.7 inch x 4 inch, color screen device doesn’t require WiFi, it runs on a high-speed wireless data...
Tags: Twitter Inc., Peek, E-mail, Advertising & Promotion, Instant Messaging, Wireless And Mobility, Online Communications, Marketing, Internet, Gadgets, Mobile, Social Media, Tameka Kee
External links 2009-11-03
Best Buy Gets Stock Options As Part Of New Streaming Deal With CinemaNow
Best Buy and Sonic Solutions, parent company of digital download service CinemaNow, have released more details about the on-demand content partnership they announced this summer. One of the more interesting tidbits is that Best Buy has acquired warrants that will allow it to buy an undisclosed amount of Sonic’s...
Tags: Stock Option, Best Buy Co. Inc., Stock, CinemaNow, Sonic Solutions, Broadband Internet, Digital Media, Telecommunications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Entertainment, Movies, High Definitiion, Gadgets, Technologies / Formats, Broadband, Companies, Best Buy, Tameka Kee
External links 2009-11-03
Spring Design Seeks Injunction Against Barnes & Noble Over E-Reader Tech
Finally got the actual lawsuit Spring Design filed in federal court against Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) over their dueling e-readers and a little time to look through it. (The full PDF is embedded after the jump.) Spring claims that it only shared certain info about its own e-reader...
Tags: E-reader, Barnes & Noble Inc., B&N, Gadgets, Legal, Patents, Media & Publishing, Books, eReaders, Staci D. Kramer
External links 2009-11-04
Coming To Your Living Room In 2010: A Boxee Box
One more set-top box vying for a spot between the TV, the cable/DVR box and the Xbox or PS3 ... Boxee has sealed its first deal with a consumer electronics company, meaning that a Boxee-branded set-top box is currently in development. The company will show mock-ups of the box—though...
Tags: Gadgets, Media & Publishing, TV, Technologies / Formats, Broadband, Tameka Kee
External links 2009-11-12
Microsoft Makes Zune Pass Rent To Own; Subscribers Get 10 Tracks A Month For Keeps
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) just added some lagniappe to its Zune Pass music subscription: effective now, 10 tracks a month can be downloaded for keeps. It's a nice gesture for subscribers—I am one so can attest to that—but it's also a very real PR effort to goose interest in the...
Tags: Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Corp., Public Relations, Operational Accounting, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Finance, Staci D. Kramer, Companies, Microsoft, Entertainment, Music, Gadgets
External links 2008-11-20
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