iPad 2 said to have extinguished Kindle Fire demand
Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet exploded onto the scene late last year. Despite only being available for a month and a half in the holiday quarter, …
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Samsung’s Q1 profit balloons 82% on strong smartphone sales
Samsung managed to top its pre-announced earnings when it reported results for the first calendar quarter of 2012 on Friday morning. The company reported a record operating …
Huawei looks to ship 60 million smartphones this year
Huawei, the world’s sixth largest mobile phone vendor, said on Wednesday that it expects to ship more than 100 million mobile phones in 2012, including …
Apple crushes estimates in Q2, reports profit of $11.6 billion on $39.2 billion in revenue
After a rough month that saw Apple’s stock tumble nearly $90 from a high of $644 earlier this month to as low as $555.18 on …
Apple slides as Wall Street panics over potential iPhone sales miss
Apple’s stock continued to slide on Tuesday morning as some analysts suggest AT&T’s earnings point to a possible rare miss for the Cupertino, California-based company. …
2012 is the year of 4G
4G LTE devices are apparently so hot this year, Sprint is selling LTE phones without a network to support them. Sales of 4G-equipped smartphones, tablets, portable …
Windows 8 aims to take huge chunk of iPad share in less than a year
Microsoft and its partners have seemingly set some very lofty goals for Windows 8. Citing multiple anonymous sources at various unnamed Taiwan-based original device manufacturers, …
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 …
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 …
Nearly 1 billion smart connected devices shipped in 2011
The International Data Corporation on Wednesday announced that shipments of smart connected devices —including PCs, tablets and smartphones — reached 916 million units and surpassed …
Production of new 15-inch MacBook Pro could start in April, 13-inch model in June
Apple has reportedly scheduled mass production of its new 15-inch MacBook Pro to begin in April, and production of a new 13.3-inch model will ramp up …
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 …
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 …
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 …
4G LTE phone shipments to grow tenfold this year
Global 4G LTE smartphone shipments reached 6.8 million units in the technology’s first year. According to a study from market research firm Strategy Analytics, global …
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 …
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, …
Android tablets can’t compete with the iPad 2, let alone the new iPad, analyst says
Since Apple’s iPad event last week, the tablet has seen a record number of pre-orders with shipping times for new orders now reaching two to …
Apple sells out of launch-day iPads
Apple began running out of pre-order iPad inventory less than 24 hours after pre-sales first began. Now, it looks like all of Apple’s initial iPad stock …
Kindle Fire extinguishes eReader demand in Q1
Amazon’s popular Kindle Fire is seen as having a huge impact on eReader shipments in the first quarter of 2012. The 7-inch Android tablet burst …
HTC’s struggles continue, revenue plummeted 45% so far this year
HTC’s revenue during the first two months of 2012 has plummeted 45% compared to the same period last year. The popular vendor on Tuesday published …
‘Be Bold’ is a bust: Ad blitz didn’t help BlackBerry 7 sales in February
Research In Motion’s increased marketing efforts centered around its “Be Bold” campaign in North America have not paid off according to Canaccord Genuity. Sales of …
HTC sees negative smartphone sales trend reversing thanks to HTC One phones
HTC is confident the company’s new One series smartphones will rescue the company from slowing sales, propelling it to the No.5 smartphone vendor spot and beyond. “We are confident …
RIM’s Q4 likely to disappoint, iPhone 5 will overshadow BlackBerry 10
Research In Motion is likely to report a disappointing February quarter according to Jeffries & Company analyst Peter Misek, and the company may soon pre-announce …
