Windows Phone sales to top Android in 2015; smartphone share of global phone sales to double
Smartphones’ share of the global cell phone market is poised to explode over the next four years, according to market research firm Pyramid Research. The …
2011
T-Mobile USA posts pedestrian Q1 report card
T-Mobile USA has just posted its first-quarter 2011 earnings report, and the results aren’t all that hot. While the nation’s fourth largest carrier did increase …
Asustek issues Q2 guidance; 11% increase in shipments, 5% increase in revenue
While Acer scrambles to reverse the current negative trend that saw its PC shipments fall last quarter as revenue dove 56%, Taiwan-based competitor Asustek just …
Canalys: Android dominance grows as Q1 market share climbs to 35%
Market research and analysis firm Canalys on Wednesday released its global country-level smartphone market share data for the first quarter of 2011. According to the …
‘NoDo’ Windows Phone update begins rolling out to HTC Surround
Owners of HTC’s Surround device definitely were not feeling the Windows Phone love a few weeks back. It’s two AT&T counterparts — the Samsung Focus …
Verizon Wireless to carry the BlackBerry PlayBook after all
On April 20th, a Verizon Wireless spokesperson was quoted as saying the company was “still evaluating” whether it would carry Research In Motion’s BlackBerry PlayBook …
HTC ships 9.7M units in Q1, revenue up 174% year-over-year
HTC is getting the job done. The company reported Q1 earnings this morning, and the Taiwanese handset maker saw staggering growth in nearly all metrics. During …
IDC: mobile phone market grew 20% in Q1 fueled by smartphones
The mobile phone market grew almost 20% year-over-year during the first quarter of 2011, IDC has stated. The reason? Smartphones, smartphones, and more smartphones. The …
Acer earnings, shipments fall in Q1
Earlier today, Acer posted its earnings report from Q1 of 2011. The company saw after-tax earnings per share hit an eight year low of NT$0.45 …
Microsoft announces record Q3 earnings of $16.43 billion in revenue, $5.23 billion of net income driven by Office, Kinect products
Driven by strong growth in its Business and Entertainment & Devices divisions, Microsoft posted record Q3 2011 revenues of $16.43 billion — a 13% increase year-over-year. “We delivered …
Motorola Mobility ships 250,000 XOOM tablets in Q1; $3B in net revenues
In the company’s first-quarter earnings disclosure, Motorola Mobility finally put a number on XOOM tablet shipments: 250,000. “The Company shipped a total of 9.3 million mobile devices, including …
Tablets fuel 7% growth in global PC market, report says
According to a new report issued by Canalys today, the global PC market grew 7% during the first quarter of this year – largely fueled …
Apple cuts CDMA iPhone 4 production in half?
DigiTimes is reporting that orders for CDMA iPhone 4 units assembled by Pegatron have been cut in half — with only 5 million devices being …
Sprint has banner quarter, still posts net loss
Moments ago, Sprint released its earnings report card for the first quarter of 2011, and things are definitely improving. The company saw its largest increase …
iPad 2 sales to balloon 200% this quarter according to analyst
Asymco’s Horace Dediu has a long history of pegging Apple earnings, and on Monday morning the analyst issued his revenue and EPS estimates for Apple’s …
Lower Q1 iPad sales prompt analysts to slash 2011 tablet forecast for Apple
Wall Street analysts are beginning to reevaluate their yearly iPad forecasts for Apple, Inc. Previous prognostications from the financial sector had the Cupertino-based company selling somewhere between 40 million and …
Apple overtakes Nokia, becomes world's largest handset vendor by revenue
Strategy Analytics has published a report stating that Apple, Inc. has overtaken Nokia as the world’s largest handset vendor. “We estimate Apple’s wholesale revenues for its …
Verizon Wireless is activating iPhones faster than AT&T
In the company’s earnings report on Thursday, Verizon Wireless revealed that it activated 2.2 million iPhone 4 units in the first quarter of 2011. While …
Nokia reports Q1 earnings; smartphone share dips, profit dips more
Nokia on Thursday reported earnings for the first quarter of 2011, which saw the Finnish giant’s smartphone market share dip below 30% for the first …
Verizon Wireless posts strong Q1; churn down, data revenues up, 2.2M iPhones activated [Updated]
The first-quarter financial figures for Verizon Wireless were not all that surprising. The nation’s largest wireless carrier was widely expected to post strong quarterly results, …
Qualcomm announces Q2 earnings; record revenues of $3.9B
Qualcomm on Wednesday reported its earnings for the fiscal second quarter or 2011. Strong demand for smartphones and other connected devices that utilize the company’s …
Amazon tablet could launch this summer
Amazon is said to be prepping a new tablet device that may launch as early as this summer. According to a report from gadget site …
Apple reports Q2 earnings; iPhone beats the Street, iPad misses big, profit up 95%
Apple on Wednesday reported earnings for the second quarter of fiscal 2011. Reports from Tuesday suggesting Apple might miss iPad sales estimates were accurate as …
ThunderBolt outsells iPhone 4 at Verizon, firm claims
AT&T on Wednesday reported impressive first-quarter iPhone activations that hardly seemed affected by the carrier’s recent loss of iPhone exclusivity. Now, investment research firm ITG …
AT&T reports Q1 earnings; iPhone activations up by 1 million in spite of Verizon iPhone launch
AT&T on Wednesday reported its earnings for the first quarter of 2011. The report is highlighted by impressive iPhone activations that were up by almost …
Sony Ericsson reports Q1 2011 results; profit cut in half on slow sales
Sony Ericsson on Tuesday reported its earnings for the first quarter of 2011, during which profit fell sharply on slowed device shipments. While smartphones made …
Apple's Q2 iPad 2 sales may fall short of estimates
Analyst Horace Dediu on Tuesday uncovered figures Apple provided in a recent legal complaint against Samsung that may give us a preview of iOS device …
JP Morgan raises Q2 estimates ahead of Apple earnings next week
Following RBC Capital Markets General Manager Mike Abramsky’s lead, JP Morgan analyst Mark Moskowitz on Friday raised his revenue and EPS estimates for Apple’s 2011 fiscal …
Google posts 27% increase in revenues; Q1 earnings slightly miss mark
Internet juggernaut Google has released its financial results from the first-quarter of 2011, and things are looking pretty good. The company posted revenues of $8.58 …
iPad causes U.S. PC market to dive; Apple, Toshiba only winners
Apple’s iPad has left the traditional PC market in a state of flux and in a painful bit of irony for Apple’s competition, the Cupertino …
