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PCs are going to be like trucks
Best Steve Jobs quote from D8 7:06 p.m. PDT: Is tablet eventually going to replace laptop, Walt asks. 7:07 p.m. PDT: Jobs: “When we were an agrarian nation, all cars were trucks because that’s what you needed on the…
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People are using apps way more than they are using search
Steve Jobs On iAds: [It’s to] make developers more money…. People are using apps way more than they are using search. So if you want to make developers more money, you’ve got to get the ads into apps. But the mobile ads…
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Wall St. discounts Apple's growth potential
Apple, with its $50 a share in cash, could earn as much as $17 to $20 a share in 2011, which means the stock is trading at a cheap 12.5 times next year’s earnings. Cramer said even if Apple hits his $300 target, the…
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Nokia bullish on N900: sales substantially above expectations
A spokesman for Nokia, the world’s top cellphone maker, declined to comment on the sales number, saying the company was pleased with sales, but an executive was more bullish. “Sales have substantially exceeded…
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Analysts predict iPad sales (part II)
After 12 million units sold in 28 60 days, it’s time to review the analysts’ predictions: First year iPad unit forecasts (sourced from TMO Finance Board) Looks like at least half two thirds of these guys have already…
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IDC: I Dream of Claim Chowder
A few eyebrows were raised when Microsoft presented a slide at a French event where they made the claim that 30 Million Windows Phone devices would be sold by the end of 2011. Given that the first Windows Phone won’t…
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Welcome to the new asymco.com
Asymco is now in its third home and fourth design. After starting in February 2010 with iWeb hosted at me.com, moving a month later to WordPress.com, I’ve finally moved the blog to a proper hosting site (dreamhost) and…
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At 135 devices, the Android army marches on but what happened to the Windows Mobile legions?
The number of Android devices is rising steadily; it’s already up to 135. Android devotees should rightly rejoice. However, Android is not the first mobile platform with an open licensing strategy. A quick visit to…
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40 percent of US iPhones are sold to enterprises
Four out of 10 sales of the iPhone are made to enterprise users. When the iPhone came out, what most people heard in the first year from ‘07 to ‘08 was oh my God, it’s not BlackBerry secure. This is not going to work on…
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The black ships from Cupertino
Softbank stopped accepting reservations for the iPad after only three days. In one Twitter exchange, Mitsuru Yoshii sent a message to Softbank Chief Executive Masayoshi Son saying that the iPad was the “21st century’s…