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With 8.7% market share, Apple has 75% of cell phone profits

by Philip Elmer-DeWitt on Feb 3, 2012 • No Comments

Between them, Samsung and Apple are sucking up 91% of the winnings

Click to enlarge. Source: Asymco.com

Asymco's Horace Dediu on Friday updated his quarterly review of mobile phone profits, and the news for everybody but Apple (AAPL) just gets worse.

As the iPhone's share of the market in terms of units shipped has grown from 3% in second quarter...

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35,000 Sign Petition Calling For Apple To Stop Worker Abuse In Chinese Factories

by Killian Bell on Jan 31, 2012 • No Comments

It seems that lengthy report looking into the poor working conditions in Chinese factories assembling Apple products is going to haunt the Cupertino company for some time yet. The latest backlash comes from consumer group SumOfUs, which has launched a petition calling for Apple...

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Here’s a rare prototype translucent Apple hard drive circa 1985

by Christian Zibreg on Jan 24, 2012 • No Comments

Apple and its cofounder Steve Jobs certainly helped design and popularize storage devices throughout computing history. For example, the Mac mainstreamed Sony’s 3.5-inch floppy drive in the 1980s, but Apple was working on its own storage devices even before the Mac debuted. One of our buddies discovered this eBay listing advertising for what appears to be a...

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Apple appoints Sony Ericsson Americas President Anderson Teixeira to Head of Apple Latin America

by Seth Weintraub on Jan 23, 2012 • No Comments

Apple plucked a high-ranking executive from the folding Sony Ericsson Joint Venture, 9to5Mac learned. President of Sony Ericsson U.S. and Head of Region North America Anderson Teixeira will be heading Apple’s Latin America region. He is leaving Sony Ericsson after a decade at the JV. Sony is buying out Ericsson’s piece of the venture and the group is...

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Meet Sony’s new CMOS image sensor, good candidate for future iPhones

by Darrell Etherington on Jan 23, 2012 • No Comments

Sony Corporation unveiled its next-generation back-illuminated CMOS digital image sensor on Monday, which boasts a stacked design that saves space, lowers power requirements and increases quality, all of which adds up to a veritable mating call for Sony component customer Apple.

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Sony unveils next-generation CMOS image sensor with new manufacturing process, a fit for ultra-thin iPhone 5

by Christian Zibreg on Jan 23, 2012 • No Comments

The iPhone 4S camera system has a fifth lens and larger aperture to let more light in. It’s been widely assumed that Apple’s next iPhone is going to be thinner and lighter than its predecessor, the 9.3mm thick iPhone 4S. But camera modules for smartphones aren’t shrinking as fast as other tiny components are and it’s becoming a...

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Sony’s SmartWatch Is The Closest Thing To Apple’s iWatch CES Has To Offer [CES 2012]

by John Brownlee on Jan 12, 2012 • No Comments

LAS VEGAS, CES 2012 – When Steve Jobs unveiled the sixth generation iPod nano in September of 2010, he coyly said, “You can even wear it as a watch!” Overnight, the “iWatch” was coined and a whole new industry was born, as accessory makers...

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Sony looking to rival iTunes with Music Unlimited music service on iOS devices

by Christian Zibreg on Jan 12, 2012 • No Comments

iTunes had long been the only kid in town as Apple-imposed rules of the game prohibited third-party storefronts of any kind on iOS devices. Bowing to government regulators, Apple last year relaxed its strict policy pertaining to third-party stores and enabled subscriptions. This paved the way for music apps from Spotify and Shazam, which have recently become available on the iOS...

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Battle of The Armatures: Upstart Audiofly, Sony Introduce Their First-Ever Armature-Powered IEMs [CES 2012]

by Eli Milchman on Jan 11, 2012 • No Comments

Amazing to think Sony have never offered an armature-driven earphone before; but now that they are, they’re diving in huge time with eleven models. Aussie new kid on the block Audiofly just have one in their new lineup, but it’s a doozy, and...

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Apple’s head of iOS product marketing Greg Joswiak spotted roaming the show floor at CES

by Jake Smith on Jan 10, 2012 • No Comments

While Apple does not have a booth or keynote at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the company is on the show floor scouting the competition. PaidContent’s Tom Krazit spotted Apple’s head of iOS product marketing Greg Joswiak at Sony’s booth. Joswiak talked to PaidContent, with a grin on his face, and said he...

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Sony’s In Serious Denial About The iTV. That’s Why They’re Screwed. [CES 2012]

by John Brownlee on Jan 10, 2012 • No Comments

LAS VEGAS, CES 2012 – Want to see at a glance everything that’s wrong with Sony? Look at that monstrosity above. It’s Sony’s new TV remote, and while the Japanese electronics maker prattled on about its wireless capabilities, backlit keyboard and VoIP microphone, the...

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Hands on with Sony’s first independent smartphone, the Xperia Ion

by Casey Johnston on Jan 9, 2012 • No Comments

Sony plans to introduce its first Sony-branded phone on AT&T’s LTE network this year, the company announced at the Consumer Electronics Show on January 9. The Xperia Ion has impressive specs and a beautiful screen,...

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With 8.7% market share, Apple has 75% of cell phone profits

35,000 Sign Petition Calling For Apple To Stop Worker Abuse In Chinese Factories

Here’s a rare prototype translucent Apple hard drive circa 1985

Apple appoints Sony Ericsson Americas President Anderson Teixeira to Head of Apple Latin America

Meet Sony’s new CMOS image sensor, good candidate for future iPhones

Sony unveils next-generation CMOS image sensor with new manufacturing process, a fit for ultra-thin iPhone 5

Sony’s SmartWatch Is The Closest Thing To Apple’s iWatch CES Has To Offer [CES 2012]

Sony looking to rival iTunes with Music Unlimited music service on iOS devices

Battle of The Armatures: Upstart Audiofly, Sony Introduce Their First-Ever Armature-Powered IEMs [CES 2012]

Apple’s head of iOS product marketing Greg Joswiak spotted roaming the show floor at CES

Sony’s In Serious Denial About The iTV. That’s Why They’re Screwed. [CES 2012]

Hands on with Sony’s first independent smartphone, the Xperia Ion

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