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Roughly translated: Nokia is rapidly losing share in the smartphone market in Finland. The iPhone is becoming a large part of the market. Sales grew in the first quarter but a growing slice of revenues is going to…
Apple Sells Three Million iPads in 80 Days – Yahoo! Finance. After 1 2 3 million units sold in 28 60 80 days, it’s time to review the analysts’ predictions: First year iPad unit forecasts (sourced from TMO Finance Board)…
Apple just reached a new all-time closing high. It’s remarkable that so soon after a recession the stock is enjoying new highs. The Dow would have to gain 40% to make the same claim. So some may ask whether Apple’s stock…
In recent entries I asked: Can the iPhone reach 10% of the world’s 3G subscribers? and Can iPhone reach 20% of global smartphone market? These were rhetorical questions designed to demonstrate that a growth rate of 50%…
Susquehanna Financial’s Jeff Fidacaro: To $335 from $325. Kaufman Bros.’ Shaw Wu: To $340 from $320. Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster: To $348 from $340. Caris and Co.’s Robert Cihra: To $325 from $310. Morgan Stanley’s Katy…
In Japan’s second cell-phone merger this month, Fujitsu and Toshiba said Thursday they will merge their handset operations … NEC, Casio Computer and Hitachi merged their phone units earlier this month. via Fujitsu and…
“We have long maintained that the company’s ponderous corporate culture would eventually find its footing, but with competitors attacking fiercely at both the low and high end, deterioration in its core European market,…
As a footnote to the unlocked iPhone 4 story, it’s worth noting that the average Apple store pricing for UK and France is around $824 (assuming equal blending between the two countries and between the two models).…
Factory unlocked iPhone 4 Sold by Apple in UK, Canada & France!! | All on the iPhone, iPod touch & iPad. Unlocked iPhones are being made available at UK, Canadian and French Apple stores for the equivalent of $740, £500…
The most impressive number for us is the change in units shipped. For example, leader Nokia held 66.6% of the marketshare in Q1 of ’09, and 45.2% in Q2 for a 7% change in units shipped. Meanwhile, Apple held 10.2% in Q1…