Casting doubt on Verizon iPhone rumor
The next day, some analysts are having second thoughts about the Wall St. Journal's scoop
"WSJ's Lame Entry in the iPhone Rumors Game," was the headline on John Gruber's Daring Fireball blog Monday evening, even as after-hours traders were driving Apple's (AAPL) shares to dizzying new heights. (See Apple surges on Verizon iPhone report.)
Gruber's headline could...
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 of...
Apple announcement: What to expect at today's event
The tech world turns its attention to San Francisco to see what Steve Jobs has up his sleeve
The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts was buzzing Tuesday afternoon with black-shirted Apple staffers hauling in electronics, heavy-set security guys guarding the perimeter, TV satellite trucks jockeying for position and workers on a crane plastering the entrance...
Google phone vs. Apple iPhone
At the end of two years, the Nexus One will have cost you $500 less than the iPhone
On 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 comparing...
Apple vs. Palm: Fresh shots across the bow
To the delight of a flotilla of tech writers, Palm (PALM) has responded to the shot Apple (AAPL) fired across its bow last week with a cheeky little blast of its own.
The issue is whether Apple will continue to allow the Pre to sync seamlessly with iTunes, the feature of Palm’s whizzy new smartphone that...
Apple, Palm seen cutting into BlackBerry sales
Growing competition from new smartphones carved into Research in Motion’s (RIMM) June sales, according to a report to clients issued Wednesday by Piper Jaffray’s T. Michael Walkley.
RIM’s BlackBerry still has a huge market share — nearly 20% of the worldwide smartphone market, second only to Nokia (NOK), according to Gartner — but Walkley’s retail checks...
iPhone wait reduced to 30 minutes in New York City
There were only four customers in the queue to buy an iPhone 3GS when I showed up at Apple’s (AAPL) flagship Fifth Avenue store in Manhattan Tuesday afternoon for what I’d been told would be the lunch-hour crush.
This is where I’d hoped to see iPhone demand collide with iPhone supply. I saw nothing of the...
Analyst: Palm has sold 150,000 Pres
With Palm’s (PALM) quarterly earnings due Thursday — along with Jon Rubinstein’s debut performance as CEO — analysts have started to place their bets on what the quarter will show.
First out of the box — or at least, first in our inbox — is RBC Capital’s Mike Abramsky, who expects investors to look past soft...
