Nook Tablet shipments total 1 million units, report claims
Barnes & Noble’s manufacturing partners have now shipped a total of 1 million new Nook Tablets according to a recent report. Unveiled early last month …
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Production of Apple’s 30-month-old iPhone 3GS to hit 2 million units in Q4
Apple’s manufacturing partners are expected to build 2 million iPhone 3GS handsets in the fourth quarter. Thursday of this week marked exactly two and a …
Android, BlackBerry users want Apple’s iPad over like-branded tablets, study finds
Despite a wide selection of Android tablets as well as an own-brand offering from Research In Motion, Android and BlackBerry smartphone users prefer Apple’s iPad …
Component orders from Nokia to grow 20% in 2012 on strong Lumia demand
Component suppliers in Taiwan expect orders from Nokia to grow 20% in 2012 as demand for Nokia’s Lumia smartphones increases. DigiTimes cites unnamed industry sources …
Kindle Fire likely a ‘blazing success’ despite lukewarm reviews, Morgan Stanley says
Amazon launched its Kindle Fire on November 14th, and reviews seem to be split evenly into two camps. One group says Amazon’s debut tablet falls …
Apple to sell record 30 million iPhones in Q4, UBS says
Apple is on track to sell a record number of iPhone handsets in the December quarter thanks to the launch of its latest smartphone, the …
Revenue from mobile hotspots to balloon 500% over next five years
Despite the proliferation of smartphones that include built-in mobile hotspot capabilities, the market for dedicated mobile hotspot routers like Novatel Wireless’s Mifi line of products …
As Adobe Flash fades from mobile phones, HTML5 adoption already exploding
Adobe announced last month that it was finally putting an end to its efforts with Flash Player for mobile devices, deciding to instead focus on …
AT&T expects record smartphone sales in Q4; LTE hits New York this month
AT&T on Wednesday announced that it expects to sell a record number of smartphones in the fourth quarter. Speaking at the UBS Media & Communications Conference …
Deep discounts bolster BlackBerry PlayBook sales, study finds
Research In Motion announced last week that it will take a $485 million charge in the third fiscal quarter due to poor sales of its …
$6 billion in ‘Cyber Week’ sales sets new record
Online spending during the week ending on December 2nd totalled nearly $6 billion according to comScore, setting a new single-week record. The market research firm …
Amazon may own half of Android tablet market next year
Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet hasn’t even been available for a full month yet, but analysts and the media already seem comfortable declaring it the Android …
Kindle Fire to be second hottest tablet behind iPad in Q4
Amazon’s Kindle Fire will be the second most popular tablet in the world this quarter according to new projections published on Friday by market research …
Amazon Kindle Fire already cooling off, study suggests
Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet may already be cooling off following a huge launch that likely placed the slate among the most popular media tablets to …
RIM says it will miss Q3 guidance, plans to book charge due to poor PlayBook sales
Research In Motion announced ahead of the trading day on Friday that it will miss its third fiscal quarter guidance when it reports its earnings …
Nintendo Wii has biggest-ever Black Friday, new Zelda game sets sales record
Nintendo announced earlier this week that the company kicked off the holiday shopping season with a bang, having seen record-setting sales of its Wii and …
Xbox sees biggest ever sales week thanks to hot holiday weekend
Microsoft announced on Tuesday that last week marked the Xbox 360’s best ever week of sales. The company sold more than 960,000 Xbox 360 consoles …
Nielsen: Android extends smartphone platform lead, Apple still top vendor
Android further cemented its position as the most widely used smartphone operating system in the United States over the past three months according to new …
Samsung aims to beat 2011 smartphone sales estimates
A Samsung executive recently said his company has high hopes that it will beat its original 2011 smartphone sales estimates. The South Korea-based phone maker …
Black Friday 2011 spending sets new record
Early reports from three separate firms suggest that Black Friday retail sales set a new record in 2011. Online sales growth was massive according to …
Most consumers plan to pass on Facebook phone, survey suggests
Thanks in part to the multitude of mobile apps available across every smartphone platform, consumers seem to be uninterested in the own-brand handset Facebook is …
HTC hopes to reverse Q4 sales slump with more competitive smartphones
HTC said it will launch a number of new and competitive smartphone models, including a fresh batch of LTE devices in the United States, to …
Black Friday Kindle sales smash record thanks to Kindle Fire demand
Strong demand for Amazon’s new Kindle Fire tablet and the continued popularity of Kindle eReaders lead to the retail giant’s best-ever Black Friday for the …
Nokia to sell 2 million Lumia phones in Q4, Deutsche Bank says
Fourth-quarter sales of Nokia’s new Lumia line of smartphones will reach 2 million units, Deutsche Bank reaffirmed this week. Nokia’s stock took a hit this week …
‘Inferior products’ to blame for weak HTC sales in Q4, Citigroup says
HTC cut its fourth-quarter guidance for the second time earlier this week, sending shares of the company’s stock to their lowest point in more than …
Sales of Apple’s iPhone 4S stall in South Korea as handset is deemed ‘uncompetitive’
Sales of Apple’s iPhone 4S have reportedly been surprisingly slow in South Korea, where wireless customers are reportedly disappointed with the phone’s poor performance and …
Nokia Lumia 800 sold out in U.K. despite rumors of weak demand
Nokia’s stock took a hit this week as Pacific Crest analyst James Faucette cut his sales forecast for Nokia’s first two Microsoft-powered smartphones. Having initially estimated …
Black Friday 2011: Plan your attack
Brick and mortar shopaholics have so few places to turn for an adrenaline rush these days thanks to the advent of online shopping, but Black …
HTC cuts forecast on competition from Apple and Samsung, reevaluates S3 acquisition
Leading smartphone vendor HTC on Wednesday trimmed its fourth-quarter revenue forecast by roughly 23% as stiff competition from Samsung and Apple has seeming slowed sales. …
Amazon may move 12 million Kindle Fire tablets in 2012
We like the Kindle Fire’s odds, and we revealed as much in our review of Amazon’s new tablet published on Tuesday. Analysts have been betting …
