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8 more news items on iPhone: supply, activation, battery flaws, etc.

RBC Capital Markets releases a research report today on iPhone's rollout and prospects.Here are some highlights: iPhone is sold out at most AT&T stores. Apple stores are being replenished daily, but most iPhones are gone within a few hours. As of Sunday there were 2,000-iPhones on Ebay as of yesterday at...

Tags: Apple

Blog posts 2007-07-02

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Another strong quarter for Apple; credit strong iPhone, Mac sales

updated: Apple said today that Mac computers and iPhones saw strong year-over-year sales jumps in the fourth quarter, allowing the company to once again beat Wall Street's expectations for the quarter and sending the stock surging in after-hours trading. Apple today reported fourth quarter earnings of $1.67...

Tags: Revenue, Apple iPhone, Apple Macintosh, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Sales Strategy, Smart Phones, Digital Music, Digital Media, Sales, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-19

Howard Stern blames contract for keeping his show off iPhone app

Howard Stern doesn't sound too thrilled about his show being left off the Sirius XM iPhone app, blaming it on "a rights thing, a contractual rights thing." Stern reportedly spent the first 30 minutes of his Monday show offering his explanation to listeners, who were upset last...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Howard Stern, Blogging, Internet, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-06-23

The elusive $99 iPhone may lose 3G, GPS

MSNBC is jumping on the $99 iPhone bandwagon based on a report based on RBC Capital Markets analyst Mike Abramsky, who believes that the entry-level iPhone will arrive in June or July, presumably at WWDC 2009. Dates for the conference have not yet been announced. The interesting...

Tags: Apple iPhone, 3G, GPS, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Wireless And Mobility, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-02-11

Would Apple sue Palm over Pre IP?

Acting Apple CEO Tim Cook may have just sent a thinly veiled threat Palm's way over the Pre. As most folks know, Palm made a big splash at CES with the Pre and hit a home run that may have saved the company. Meanwhile, Palm may be...

Tags: Software, Palm Inc., IP, Apple Inc., Tools & Techniques, Network Technology, Networking, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-22

Dow and AAPL down big in early trading (updated)

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 300 points on a report that consumer spending is down. Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) is down US$20 (around 16 percent) as of this writing â€" its largest drop in over 8 months. Apple fell $17.97 to $110.27 at 10:10 a.m. New York...

Tags: Apple Inc., The Dow Chemical Co., Investment, Finance, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2008-09-29

Does Microsoft really need Yahoo? Pondering the opportunity costs

The gloves are clearly off in the Microsoft-Yahoo hostile takeover saga. Microsoft threatens a proxy war. Yahoo beefs up severance costs and creates an estimated $500 million in additional expenses for Microsoft if the software giant acquires the portal. But in a research note today, RBC Capital...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Advertiser, Glove, Breza, Corporate Governance, Portals, Sales Force Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Internet, Sales, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-02-20

Analyst: BlackBerry service glitches ignite "concerns," but no harm done (yet)

I've just been sent a copy of BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion stock analyst Mike Abramsky's brand new, quite detailed analysis on RIM. There's plenty to chew on in this RBC Capital Markets report. The first thing I wanted to know is Abramsky's take on...

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Network Operations Center, RIM BlackBerry, Sales Strategy, E-mail, Manufacturing, Handhelds, Sales, Online Communications, Hardware, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2008-02-19

Is it time to give Red Hat some respect?

Red Hat is the Rodney Dangerfield of open source. (To which the cynic responds, "yeah, it's dead." It don't get no respect. We talk here a lot about Microsoft and Novell, about Sun and IBM. Red Hat just keeps plugging away. Red Hat reported...

Tags: Red Hat Inc., Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-10-04

ArcSight files for $75M IPO

Enterprise security and compliance management specialist ArcSight is shrugging off the jittery state of the public markets, filing an S-1 with the SEC for a $75 million initial public offering. The company said its shares would be traded on the NASDAQ with "ARST" as the proposed ticker...

Tags: IPO, ArcSight, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2007-09-11

Noodling over how aQuantive is worth $6 billion

Is aQuantive worth twice as much as DoubleClick? Why would Microsoft pay an 85 percent premium? Did Microsoft have a choice?These are questions I'm noodling as I ponder the Microsoft purchase of aQuantive (see Techmeme, aQuantive history, and Microsoft Q&A).Unfortunately, I'm not getting a lot of help with...

Tags: Yahoo, Web Technology, Microsoft, Google

Blog posts 2007-05-18

A tale of two handheld players: RIM vs. Palm

This a tale of two well-known handheld device makers--Research in Motion and Palm--and their standing in the market. Both companies had investor powwows this week. Palm held an analyst meeting and RIM reported strong earnings.The biggest difference between the two? One, RIM, knows where its going and is...

Tags: Research In Motion, Personal Technology, Palm, Mobile, General

Blog posts 2007-04-13

Buzz builds early for RIM's Indigo

Its no secret that Research In Motions Pearl device is a big hit, but folks are already speculating on how the companys next "Indigo" and "Crimson" smartphones will fare. The Indigo and Crimson codenames are rumored to be different flavors of an upcoming BlackBerry 8800. These versions...

Tags: Microsoft Indigo, Research In Motion Ltd., Pearl

Blog posts 2006-12-22

SWMX Radio vs. Google? SWMX COO talks 'The Real Deal' in exclusive interview

Google was mum on its dMarc Broadcasting acquisition at its Q3 conference call last month (see "Is Google hiding the radio star? Google silent on dMarc Broadcasting").Google spokesperson Michael Mayzel told me that Google is:Planning on releasing a beta version of Google Audio Ads by the end of the year.Industry insiders...

Tags: Business Models, Local, Media, Advertising, Google, TV, Television, The Real Deal

Blog posts 2006-11-05

United States v. Google? The DOJ would be going after the wrong perp

Not that today is pick on Nicholas Carr day or anything see my last blog post. But, while clearing out my RSS reader which I havent looked at in days (thanks to being at Gartner Symposium/ITxpo), I couldnt help but catch Carrs headline United States vs. Google. Eeeek! Antitrust law...

Tags: Google Inc., antitrust

Blog posts 2006-10-12

Google buys into GBuy online payment system?

The latest speculation on an impending Google payment system product launch is from RBC Capital Markets analyst Jordan Rohan, as reported by Forbes.com. Rohan describes “GBuy”:On its core search results pages, Google will designate each merchant accepting GBuy as a ‘trusted GBuy merchant’…Consumers using GBuy, which is set for release...

Tags: Google Inc.

Blog posts 2006-06-09

Canadian bank backs away from SCO

Canadian bank backs away from SCOSo how many people have to say SCO has no case?For the real non-FUDdish versions, check out groklaw.netBWAAAHAHAHAHA!!!Oh, this is nice... more and more folks realizing that SCO has no case. Nice! Now if we can just arrange a nice 4x6 cell for...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, IBM Corp., SCO Group Inc., BayStar

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