HTC rebound hits early rough patch
HTC’s stock was hit hard on Tuesday following news of Samsung’s imminent Galaxy S III announcement, which couldn’t have come at a worse time for …
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A month with the new iPad
Apple released its third-generation iPad on March 16th and I purchased mine one day later on the 17th. There were no lines at my local …
Smartphone sales estimated to surpass 1 billion by 2014
Credit Suisse estimates that annual global smartphones sales will surpass 1 billion units in 2014, Reuters reported on Thursday. Global sales are predicted to grow …
Google posts Q1 results, beats Wall Street’s consensus; announces 2-for-1 stock split
Google on Thursday reported its results for the first quarter, topping Wall Street’s estimates. The Internet giant managed earnings of $10.08 per share on $10.65 …
Samsung’s Galaxy Note ‘phablet’ seemingly coming soon to Sprint
The nation’s third largest carrier may be looking to offer the massive Samsung Galaxy Note smartphone/tablet hybrid. TechnoBufflo on Tuesday discovered an image of the “phablet” on Sprint’s website, …
Tablet sales to double in 2012
Worldwide consumer tablet sales are forecasted to reach 118.9 million units in 2012, according to market research firm Gartner. The figure represents a 98% increase …
‘Extremely poor’ Symbian sales, mixed Lumia sales to leave Nokia with another rough quarter
Nokia is in store for yet another rough quarter according to Canaccord Genuity analyst Mike Walkley. The struggling Finnish phone vendor posted a massive €954 million …
Sony sees massive $6.4 billion annual net loss, its worst ever
Sony has revised its full-year earnings projections for the fiscal year ended March 31st to include a tax hit that will see the company report …
RIM: BlackBerry sales to U.S. government on the rise
Research In Motion’s BlackBerry line remains the platform choice for nearly half a million federal workers, including President Barack Obama. While the company struggles with …
Nokia’s Lumia 900 tops Amazon sales chart
Nokia’s first U.S. carrier-backed flagship smartphone to launch in years now occupies the top two spots on Amazon.com’s list of best-selling cell phones. The new …
Apple downgraded as carriers prepare to stunt iPhone growth
Following a huge week that saw Apple’s stock climb above $630 amid a fresh round of analyst upgrades, one analyst isn’t sold on the notion …
Samsung to report record Q1 as profits double
Samsung Electronics on Friday reported unaudited earnings results for the first calendar quarter of 2012. Following a record holiday quarter that saw the company pull …
HTC sees sharp decline in Q1 revenue, profit
HTC on Friday reported unaudited earnings for the first quarter, revealing an extremely rocky start to the new year. The company warned that its first …
Bears maul Nokia’s new Windows Phone; Lumia 900 sales seen fizzling
Reviews of Nokia’s new Lumia 900 smartphone have been mixed. We thought the sleek handset was a breath of fresh air for Microsoft’s Windows Phone …
iPhone 4S remains best-selling U.S. smartphone in March, Samsung gains share
Apple’s wildly popular iPhone 4S retained its position atop the smartphone ranks in the United States last month according to new data analyst data. Checks …
Research In Motion is dead
I saw from the inside and outside how RIM transformed the mobile landscape, and how the company even battled its own inner demons throughout the …
RIM reports Q4 miss; Balsillie resigns as director, CTO and COO both out
With expectations at an all-time low and analysts lowering estimates left and right, Research In Motion on Thursday reported its results for the fourth fiscal …
Best Buy posts mixed Q4 earnings, plans to close 50 U.S. stores
Best Buy on Thursday reported results for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2012. The nationwide retail giant had missed Wall Street’s estimates in both the …
RIM slashes BlackBerry prices in India one day ahead of Q4 earnings
Research In Motion has made drastic cuts to BlackBerry smartphone prices in India just one day before the Waterloo, Ontario-based vendor is scheduled to report …
The ‘phablet’ is a hit: Samsung Galaxy Note sales top 5 million
BGR reviewed the Samsung Galaxy Note in February and while there were a number of features we liked about this phone/tablet hybrid, we found it …
Digital music sales grew 8% in 2011, now total 31% of industry revenue
The past year was a good year for the music industry as sales rose to their best highest point in eight years. According to the …
RIM: ‘Grim and getting grimmer’
Research In Motion is set to report its results for the fourth fiscal quarter and full fiscal year on Thursday, and Wall Street is bracing itself …
Low cost tablets to control 60% of the market by 2016
Since Apple introduced its iPad tablet more than two years ago, the market the market it revived has been approached by nearly every other …
Apple’s new iPad launches in 25 more countries today
Apple’s third-generation iPad tablet became available one week ago, and sales thus far have been staggering. We grew curious when the sleek new tablet seemed …
Apple’s iPhone tops BlackBerry in RIM’s own backyard
Research In Motion has been delivered a another blow from Apple and the iPhone in the company’s home country of Canada. Bloomberg, in conjunction with …
Apple could sell 12 million new iPads this quarter, analyst says
Apple announced on Monday that the company had sold a record 3 million new iPads since Friday’s launch. With Apple’s new tablet set to become …
Online iPad availability improves, new orders ship in 1-2 weeks
When Apple’s new iPad failed to sell out at retail stores in and around New York City, we wondered if launch day turn-out was lower …
Apple has sold more than 3 million iPads since Friday
Apple has just announced that the company sold a record 3 million iPads since the new tablet’s launch this past Friday. “The new iPad is …
AT&T confirms record iPad sales
AT&T on Monday confirmed that it sold and activated more iPad tablets this past Friday than it has on any other single day. “On Friday, …
iPad launch day: Where are all the sell-outs?
iPad launch day is quite a fiasco. Apple Stores around the country see eager customers line up hours or even days ahead of the tablet’s …
