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Customers’ biggest complaint about the iPhone 4: They can’t buy one, because it’s sold out. via AppleInsider | Jobs calls Bloomberg story ‘total bull,’ says NYT ‘making things up’. This has also been my complaint and…
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.…
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…
According to a recent ComScore survey, 49.1 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones during the three months ending in May, up 8.1 percent from the corresponding February period. This is equivalent to 20.1 percent of…
Verizon slashes Microsoft Kin phone prices • The Register. My guess is that Microsoft’s business model for the Kin was always to share revenues for Kin data plans. Trouble is that users won’t pay high monthly fees for…
With the recent iPhone 4 launch the media spotlight has faded on the iPad. However, the iPad is still missing in action at many (most? all?) Apple stores. I called four stores in the Boston area and they are only…
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)…
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).…
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…
I’m picking up all kinds of signals that Apple is about to let loose with a storm of operator distribution deals. It all started with Tim Cook’s comment in the last conference call: Over the past year we have moved a…