Posts Tagged ‘ pre ’

Survey: Android surges, iPhone stalls

March 31, 2010
By Philip Elmer-DeWitt
Survey: Android surges, iPhone stalls

While demand for BlackBerries and Palm Pres is drying up, according to ChangeWave Take this with the usual grain of salt, based, as it is, on a survey of early adopters who have already decided to buy a smartphone in the next three months. But in a ChangeWave report released Wednesday, 30% of respondents said they...
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Exit Apple: The man who made the iPod

March 30, 2010
By Philip Elmer-DeWitt
Exit Apple: The man who made the iPod

Tony Fadell leaves Apple nearly 17 months after losing the iPod/iPhone divisionHe came to Apple (AAPL) in 2001 with plans for building what would become the iPod. By 2006 he had replaced Jon Rubinstein — who went on to build the Palm (PALM) Pre — as head of Apple's iPod division, in charge of...
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feature: RIP Palm: it’s over, and here’s why

March 21, 2010
By Jon Stokes
feature: RIP Palm: it’s over, and here’s why

In January of 2009, shares of Palm traded at a little over $3 as everyone awaited details of the once-mighty smartphone maker's plans to save itself from certain death. In the...
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Apple talks tough to handset makers

March 9, 2010
By Philip Elmer-DeWitt
Apple talks tough to handset makers

The HTC lawsuit capped blunt talks that have reportedly shaken their faith in GoogleOppenheimer's Yair Reiner issued a behind-the-scenes report Tuesday that sheds a lot of light on the patent suits Apple (AAPL) filed last week against HTC, the Taiwanese smartphone maker. Citing "industry checks," Reiner writes that: "Starting in January, Apple launched a series of...
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How callers rate the carriers

March 9, 2010
By Philip Elmer-DeWitt
How callers rate the carriers

Verizon leads the pack. AT&T is No. 2. T-Mobile and Sprint bring up the rear There's bad news for Apple (AAPL) and not such great news for Palm (PALM) in a BrandIndex consumer survey published Tuesday by YouGov. Both firms originally tied their cellphones to exclusive U.S. carriers — AT&T and Sprint, respectively — neither...
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iPhone devsugar: App Store approval in…one hour?

February 18, 2010
By Erica Sadun
iPhone devsugar: App Store approval in…one hour?

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Approximately one hour after uploading his new application update to iTunes Connect, Bristol-based iPhone developer Rob Jonson of Hobbyist software got the surprise of his week: an official Apple green light. His latest update to his VLC Remote application had been...
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Google phone vs. Apple iPhone

January 6, 2010
By Philip Elmer-DeWitt
Google phone vs. Apple iPhone

At the end of two years, the Nexus One will have cost you $500 less than the iPhoneOn the heels of Google's (GOOG) release of the HTC Nexus One — popularly known as the Google phone — the folks at BillShrink have done us all a favor. They've put out one of their handy charts...
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Borders’ e-book store no competition for dedicated devices

December 16, 2009
By Jacqui Cheng
Borders’ e-book store no competition for dedicated devices

Borders has decided to follow everyone else's lead and join the e-book party. The company announced Wednesday that it has partnered with e-reading service Kobo to launch its own store geared...
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Apple iPhone closing in on BlackBerry market share

October 28, 2009
By Lauren Hirsch
Apple iPhone closing in on BlackBerry market share

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Paul Carton, Director of Research at ChangeWave Research, reported yesterday at investorplace.com that Apple iPhone is gaining steadily on BlackBerry's market share, a great feat considering BlackBerry's entrenched position in the business sector. iPhone market share is...
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iPhone in "striking distance" of BlackBerry

October 27, 2009
By Philip Elmer-DeWitt
iPhone in "striking distance" of BlackBerry

Apple gains, RIM drifts, Palm holds steady in the latest ChangeWave survey Research in Motion's (RIMM) BlackBerry, with a 40% share, is still the most popular smartphone among the 4,255 owners who responded to a ChangeWave survey in September. But Apple's (AAPL) iPhone is gaining fast, according to research director Paul Carton. "Apple (30%) has seen...
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