Microsoft’s table-sized tablet Surfaces for pre-order
Almost a year after being demoed at the Consumer Electronics Show, Microsoft's next-generation Surface hardware is almost ready for customers. The giant, table-sized tablet, also wall-mountable, can now be pre-ordered from ...
Apple Prepares For iPad 3 By Taking Control Of iPad 2 Supplies [Rumor]
Rumors that Apple’s third-generation will launch early next year have been strengthened by claims from “industry sources” today, who say that the Cupertino company has moved to control supplies of its iPad 2 in a bid to reduce excess inventory. It will reportedly reduce the number of...Is Apple suing Samsung — and tooling up its factories?
CapEx spending is up 9 fold in 3 years, the bulk on equipment for a few key suppliers
Data: Company reports via Bernstein. Chart: PED
When Apple (AAPL) reports an uptick in its cash and marketable securities holdings -- up $5.4 billion to $81.6 billion last quarter -- Bernstein's Toni Sacconaghi can usually be counted on to...
Samsung backs off threat to have iPhone 4S banned in Korea
Samsung threatened to have Apple's next-generation iPhone banned in South Korea before the device was even announced. Now, however, the company is backing down from that threat after a successful launch of the iPhone 4...
Samsung: We Won’t Block the iPhone 4S in South Korea — Just Everywhere Else
In a twist that’s left many scratching their heads, Apple’s rival Samsung dropped plans to block iPhone 4S sales on its home turf of South Korea… the one place they could really hope for a reasonable chance at a court...Android sells the smartphones; Apple makes the money
Three graphs from Oppenheimer's 2012 Handset Guidebook
In the following bar graphs, lifted from a report issued Sunday to Oppenheimer clients by Ittai Kidron and George Iwanyc, may tell you all you need to know about where the smartphone market is headed.
Keep your eye on the magenta bars representing Apple's (AAPL) iPhone and the light blue...
Apple up in Europe despite wider PC sales decline
PC shipments were down in Western Europe, dropping over 11 percent during the third quarter of 2011 vs. the same period a year ago, according to Gartner. But Apple bucked the trend and saw a nearly 20 percent increase in shipments year over year.
Samsung won’t try to block iPhone 4S sales in South Korea
Samsung has surprisingly decided not to file for an injunction against Apple's iPhone 4S in its home country of South Korea, it told major Korean newspaper The Chosunilbo on Monday. The decision comes after similar attempts are already underway in France, Italy, Australia and Japan.
Apple could lose German patent case vs. Samsung in January, gives up iPhone 4S firmware in Australia
In Australia, as part of discovery, Samsung got access to Apple’s Qualcomm baseband source code for the iPhone 4S (lookout for battery issues while you are in there Sammy!). Other matters appeared to be resolved, including Samsung’s access to the firmware used in the iPhone 4S’ baseband chip, supplied by Qualcomm. A software expert had...
Apple won’t have to share carrier contracts with Samsung
Samsung tried to get a look at the full versions of Apple's carrier contracts with Australian providers in an ongoing court case in that country earlier this week. The presiding judge in the case, however, told Samsung's lawyers Friday that Apple need not go that far.
Apple won’t have to share carrier contracts with Samsung
Samsung tried to get a look at the full versions of Apple's carrier contracts with Australian providers in an ongoing court case in that country earlier this week. The presiding judge in the case, however, told Samsung's lawyers Friday that Apple need not go that far.
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Court Orders Apple To Give Australian Carrier Subsidy Details To Samsung [Report]
Remember when Samsung requested that Apple hand over its carrier agreements in the Australian court? Bloomberg is now reporting that the judge has sided with Samsung in the case and is demanding that Apple hand over the juicy details on its iPhone contracts....
