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RIMM near 52 week low
RIMM shares dropped more than 5% after hours after company reported “light” units and a 20% rise in profit with a 24% rise in revenue. RIMM sold 11.2 million units (of which 4.9 million were new subscribers and the rest…
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YLE: Nokia's smartphone share crumbles in Finland
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…
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Analysts predict iPad sales (part III)
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)…
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Apple considered less valuable than the average S&P 500 company [Updated]
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…
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Why I think Apple wants everybody to have an iPhone
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%…
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Analysts upgrading AAPL
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…
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Mobile phone companies consolidate while the smartphone market expands
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…
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Nokia: Throwing in the towel
“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,…
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iPhone 4 ASP is $600
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).…
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Unlocked iPhone 4 priced at €600
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…