Microsoft’s toughest choice
Never mind Bing and Xbox. What the heck is Microsoft’s new CEO going to do about its feature phone unit that is churning out 200 …
Tero Kuittinen
After launching mobile game company SpringToys tragically early in 2000, Tero Kuittinen spent eight years doing equity research at firms including Alliance Capital and Opstock. He is currently an analyst and VP of North American sales at mobile diagnostics and expense management Alekstra, and has contributed to TheStreet.com, Forbes and Business 2.0 Magazine in addition to BGR.
Articles by Tero Kuittinen
The madness of HTC
I’m still trying to wrap my mind around the trippy interview HTC’s chairman gave to Bloomberg this week. The comments made by Cher Wang can …
Will Kik’s new experiment change the mobile messaging market forever?
Kik is one of those messaging apps that is flying under the radar for old people, but gaining strong traction among teens and college kids. …
Canadian hug: No bonus for Nokia employees as Elop grabs $25 million
According to a Nokia intranet post acquired by BGR India, Nokia will not be handing bonuses to its handset unit employees for 2013. Exiting CEO Stephen …
Apple’s earnings show us just how bad things are right now for smartphone makers
HTC and BlackBerry each reported dismal Christmas-quarter results — but they’re both terminal losers. Nokia turned in a shocking sequential smartphone unit decline in Q4 …
The phone industry is turning into a painful demolition derby
LG just reported a surprisingly large 43 billion won loss in its mobile communications division, despite 54% unit volume growth during the Christmas quarter of 2013. This …
We are about to see some incredibly sweet smartphone deals
Samsung’s fourth-quarter earnings report showed a 9% decline in mobile device sales from Q3, mirroring eerily the Nokia smartphone volume decline from autumn to holiday …
The burning question on everyone’s mind ahead of Apple’s earnings report
The iPad sales number is the one that’s most likely to surprise us in Apple’s Christmas quarter report, which will be released on January 27th. …
One last gift for Microsoft: Nokia’s smartphone growth has collapsed
After a couple of quarters of promising growth, Nokia’s smartphone unit sales suddenly shrank from the third quarter last year to the Christmas quarter of 2013. …
The 3DS’s blockbuster success could be Nintendo’s downfall
The universally expected, steep sales warning for the Wii U console finally happened. So Nintendo has basically acknowledged its latest home console is flopping. Reviving the Wii …
Hurricane Amazon is destroying Best Buy
Best Buy shares dipped by a massive -30% on Thursday morning as the initial reaction to its shocking same store sales decline for the Christmas …
Government regulators who killed net neutrality became top cable industry lobbyists
The LA Times points out something worth repeating: net neutrality was really killed back in 2002, when the FCC Chairman Michael Powell reclassified cable modem services as …
Say goodbye to privacy: How Nest might transform Google
It’s no wonder some people are freaking out over Google’s $3.2 billion Nest Labs acquisition: it’s another step towards a future when Google has enough access …
Netflix has nothing to fear from Hulu’s sad little content expansion
Netflix is cruising into a hugely ambitious 2014 regarding original content. The glossy political thriller “House of Cards” is getting a new season shot in HD and featuring top …
Has Google Play’s furious sales growth finally stalled?
Distimo’s new app survey has many interesting data nuggets. One fascinating insight is that Apple had 18% app revenue growth in December over November, while Google …
Finally: The dream of charging phones through walls is coming true
Intel intrigued many with its “charging bowl” concept this week. The idea of coming home and dropping your phone and wearables into a tasteful bowl …
HTC’s latest earnings miss is a dark omen for Samsung and even Apple
HTC reported another dismal Christmas quarter, posting a razor-thin $10 million unaudited net profit that missed analysts’ expectations by $12 million. And that profit was only …
The phablet tragedy will bring HTC and Nokia to tears
One day we will tell our grandchildren how the phone market was revolutionized by Samsung’s Galaxy Note, which debuted in October 2011. Its 5.3-inch screen …
Alarm bells should be ringing for the smartphone industry
Samsung’s share price dipped another 5% on Thursday, dropping back to August levels. Markets have started expecting Samsung’s profitability to decline from the autumn quarter to …
The high-end phone market will be a chamber of horrors in 2014
Many news sites have reported perky news items about Flurry’s Christmas app download statistics. And most of them have been comprehensively out to lunch. The …
Netflix offers late Christmas gift to new subscribers with $1 price cut
Netflix has kicked off a new promotion that offers a standard-definition streaming service for $6.99, or $1 less than the popular $7.99 basic service, AdWeek reports. There …
Palm’s webOS resurrected in an LG TV
Palm’s last mobile operating system, webOS, will find new life in LG televisions. According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, the first new …
Little Trouble in Big China: iPhone spells trouble for Samsung, others in China
Monthly 3G subscriber growth in China has dropped sharply just before Apple kicks off wider iPhone distribution in the country thanks to its deal with China …
Intense battles rock Apple’s App Store, but few newcomers can break through
Just days ago, WhatsApp announced it had hit 400 million monthly active users globally — a phenomenal achievement. But in the fickle and trendsetting U.S. app market, …
HTC’s nightmarish year ends with more bad news
Nokia has been hammering HTC with lawsuits in a variety of markets, with meager results. The rather narrow sales injunction against the HTC One mini was …
Facebook’s ability to rip off its rivals will save it
The core Facebook product is looking increasingly middle-aged and teens’ growing revulsion towards the service has been among the biggest tech themes of 2013. Arguably, …
This really, really is BlackBerry’s last chance
BlackBerry managed to miss its sales consensus by 25% even with rock bottom expectations. Drama? Well, no. The share price was drifting up by 2% …
WhatsApp hits 400 million active users – and lashes out viciously at rivals
WhatsApp just hit a major milestone: 400 million monthly active users for its sleek, streamlined cross-platform messaging service. Most companies would be euphoric about this achievement. But WhatsApp …
Amazon is slaying brick-and-mortar stores in holiday gadget sales
Brick-and-mortar retail chains did not seem to have a great Thanksgiving week. But the latest comScore numbers show that online shopping not only had a terrific …
This is why Amazon will soar in the smartphone market
According to a brand new study from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners, those Amazon customers who own a Kindle spend $1,223 on Amazon products annually. Amazon customers without …
