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1 million iPhone 4s sold per week
We’ve sold well over 3 million since we launched it 3 weeks ago via Live from Apple’s iPhone 4 press conference — Engadget. Could we dare to think that implies 52 million in a year’s production?
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Farshad
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iPad's incredible demand
The fact that the number of people planning to buy is more than 70 percent of those who have already bought is a good sign for a device that sells for at least $499, said Britt Beemer, America’s Research Group founder.…
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Sony Ericsson units down 20 percent
Sony Ericsson shipped 11 million phones at an average selling price of EUR160 in the second quarter, compared with 13.8 million units at an average price of EUR122 a year earlier. Sales rose to EUR1.76 billion from…
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Not so Sharp
One of the biggest losers in the Kin debacle that hasn’t been talked about is Sharp. OEM for the Kin, and the biggest cellphone brand[s] in Japan….but not in the states of course. Kin was supposed to be their entry point…
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The value of software in mobile phones
Apple will generate 2X as much handset profit as the rest of the industry combined this year DESPITE SELLING ONLY 3% OF THE HANDSETS BY UNIT VOLUME via You Can’t Appreciate How Completely Apple Has Humiliated The…
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Gartner's Nick Jones on Symbian: Abandon ship
Market share is an existential threat to Symbian, it imperils the very existence of the platform. And the main reason Symbian is losing share is the user experience which isn’t competitive with Apple or Android. Based on…
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Remembering netbooks
“That market is falling off a cliff,” said Ashok Kumar, an analyst with Rodman & Remshaw, of the netbook sector. “It cannibalized notebooks and simultaneously all it has done is accelerate a price decline.” Saripella…
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Mobile asymco
Asymco.com is now touch friendly. Visit this site with an iPhone for a touch optimized experience. Mobile theme is WPtouch. This posting is also made using the WordPress app for iPhone and geotagged with my approximate…
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5 billion and no saturation in sight
An Ericsson survey shows that the number of global subscriptions to mobile phone services has passed over 5 billion. The global population is estimated at 6.9 billion. It’s hard to estimate what 100% penetration in this…
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Next of Kin
When the Kin was launched, many, including myself, were skeptical. It was a product that contradicted much of what made sense in the industry. It was not a smartphone, it was not a platform and it was predicated on a…