Devices
LG Display Posts Profit but iPhone Dims Outlook
January 24, 2013 9:44 am | by Youkyung Lee, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsLG Display reported a $299 million profit for the fourth quarter Thursday thanks to mobile product launches by key customers including Apple Inc. but warned that earnings will decrease in the current quarter as demand for iPhones wanes...
Apple Earnings, Guidance Disappoint, Stock Plummets 10 Percent
January 23, 2013 6:03 pm | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsInvestors weren't impressed with what Apple had to say in its fiscal first quarter earnings call Wednesday. Shares fell over 10 percent to $460 in aftermarket trading on lowball guidance and a rare dip in quarterly profits, as well as diminishing margins...
Can Apple Maintain Its Shine?
January 23, 2013 8:54 am | by Peter Svensson, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsFor many investors, Apple's best days are behind it. Competitors are catching up, they believe, and the latest iPhone is stumbling. The company's doubters have backed their conviction with billions of dollars. Last week, the stock fell below $500...
Mozilla Unveils Developer Preview Phones
January 22, 2013 11:48 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsMozilla today unveiled some developer hardware to accompany its HTML-5-powered mobile Firefox OS, which is built entirely using open web standards. The company showed off new Firefox OS developer preview phones via its blog, saying that it's developers...
RIM: More Good News Send Shares Soaring
January 22, 2013 10:45 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsShares of RIM are once again soaring, up over 10 percent in morning trading, on news of strong developer support for BlackBerry 10, as well as report from Boy Genius Report that says the company will sell its new devices for a subsidized price of less than $199...
VZW Hits Record $30B in 4Q Revenue, Losses Double on Charges
January 22, 2013 10:41 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsVerizon Tuesday reported record fourth-quarter revenues of over $30 billion, up 5.7 percent annually, but still managed to swing to a quarterly loss that was double what it was in the same quarter last year. Losses that were largely due to charges related to the annuitization of $7.5 billion...
Compare: BB Z10 to iPhone 5
January 21, 2013 2:11 pm | Videos | CommentsA quick look at leaked video of how RIM's new BlackBerry Z10 stacks up to the iPhone 5. Granted, we won't know for sure whether this is a real unit until RIM unveils its new products at the end of the month but this does look legit.
RIM Launches BlackBerry World Ahead of BB 10 Unveiling
January 21, 2013 10:08 am | News | CommentsIn what appears to be more preparation for the Jan. 31 unveiling of BlackBerry 10, RIM today took the wraps off a redesign app store called BlackBerry World, previously known as BlackBerry App World. The changes are being rolled out in stages...
North Korea Loosens Restrictions on Foreign Cellphones
January 21, 2013 9:24 am | by Jean H. Lee, Associated Press | News | CommentsNorth Korea is loosening some restrictions on foreign cellphones by allowing visitors to bring their own phones into the country. However, security regulations still prohibit mobile phone calls between foreigners and locals. For years, North Korea required...
A Disturbance in the Force: The Smartphone Market is Changing
January 18, 2013 5:19 pm | by Andrew Berg | Blogs | CommentsCan you hear it? That's the sound of the device market changing. It sounds a little like the whispers that RIM just might have something with BlackBerry 10. It also sounds a little like rumors that Amazon has the right kind of content ecosystem...
Nokia Sheds 300 IT Jobs, Transfers 820 Workers
January 17, 2013 9:44 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsStruggling Nokia Corp. is downsizing by more than 1,000 jobs, part of a wide-ranging plan to cut costs and streamline operations. The Finnish firm says it will lay off 300 workers in its IT sector and transfer "some activities and up to 820 employees to strategic partners," India-based HCL Technologies and TATA Consultancy...
AT&T Expands FaceTime Over Cellular to Tiered Data Plans, iPhone 4S
January 16, 2013 4:43 pm | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsAT&T has opened up FaceTime over a cellular connection to nearly all iPhone users, including those on tiered data plans. Mark Collins, senior vice president of data and voice products for AT&T, said in a blog post that the move is the "result of ongoing testing," as to the effect...
Tip of the Thumb: Apps that Made the Homescreen
January 16, 2013 12:45 pm | Articles | CommentsIn the past, I've finished the year with a look at my iPhone and the apps that have proven they have staying power. This year, I decided to look at what pieces of software have made their way to my homescreen. These apps earn their chunk of beachfront property...
Investors Cheer RadioShack Split with Target Mobile
January 15, 2013 10:04 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsRadioShack and Target have chosen to part ways, dissolving Radio Shack's hand in Target's mobile phone vending operation. According to statement from RadioShack today, the company is shutting down its Target Mobile stores, which are currenrly present in 1,500 Target stores...
Facebook Announcement Stirs More Handset Speculation
January 14, 2013 11:33 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsSpeculation is running rampant around the Facebook media event scheduled for tomorrow. The hubbub around a possible big announcement has even sent the company's struggling stock up above $30 per share. Perhaps the biggest surprise possible tomorrow would...
Microsoft May Have Exited Gadget Show Prematurely
January 14, 2013 10:58 am | by Michael Liedtke, Ryan Nakashima, AP Business Writers | News | CommentsMicrosoft may have relinquished its starring role in America's gaudiest gadget show a year too early. After 13 straight years in the spotlight, Microsoft's decision to scale back its presence at this week's International CES deprived the software maker of a prime opportunity...
Samsung Sells 100 Million Galaxy S Smartphones
January 14, 2013 10:37 am | by Youkyung Lee, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsSamsung Electronics Co. said Monday that global sales of its Galaxy S smartphones surpassed 100 million units since the first model in the series was released less than three years ago. Samsung said it has sold more than 25 million Galaxy S smartphones...
Report: Apple Cuts iPhone 5 Component Orders, Shares Slide
January 14, 2013 10:17 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsShares of Apple were down 3.5 percent in early trading today after a report surfaced this weekend that the company had cut component orders for the iPhone 5 on weaker-than-expected demand for the device. Citing people familiar with the matter, the Wall Street Journal...
Apple CEO: China Will Be Biggest Market
January 11, 2013 9:05 am | by Joe McDonald, AP Business Writer | News | CommentsApple expects China to overtake the United States as its biggest market, CEO Tim Cook told a Chinese government news agency. "China is currently our second largest market. I believe it will become our first. I believe strongly that it will," the Xinhua News Agency quoted Cook...
Nokia Stock Soars on Revised Guidance, Lumia Sales
January 10, 2013 10:19 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsShares of Nokia soared over 20 percent in premarket trading today on revised fourth quarter guidance that estimates the company's mobile devices business has exceeded expectations and achieved underlying profitability. According to a press release, Nokia's Devices...
Reports of Cheaper iPhone Surface Again
January 9, 2013 1:47 pm | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsRumors surfaced again Wednesday that Apple may be working on a cheaper iPhone. A report published by the Wall Street Journal citing people familiar with matter, suggest Apple may be looking to recapture market share with a lower-end iPhone...
Walmart and Straight Talk to Offer iPhone
January 9, 2013 10:42 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsWalmart and Straight Talk Wireless, a Tracfone brand, which is a subsidiary of America Movil, today announced that it will offer the iPhone 5 and iPhone 4 starting on January 11, 2013. Straight Talk will offer Apple’s iconic devices in more than 2,000 Walmart stores...
AT&T Sold Over 10 Million Smartphones in Q4
January 8, 2013 4:23 pm | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsAT&T said Tuesday that it had sold more than 10 million smartphones in the fourth quarter of 2012, topping its previous record quarter of 9.4 million, set in the fourth quarter of 2011. This included best-ever quarterly sales of Android and Apple smartphones...
Samsung Sees Record-High 4Q Profit
January 8, 2013 10:06 am | by Youkyung Lee,AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsSamsung Electronics Co., the world's largest technology company by revenue, expects record earnings for the fourth quarter of 2012 as shoppers continued to snap up its smartphones and tablets. The company said Tuesday its operating profit for the October-December quarter...
Apple App Store Hits 40 Billion App Downloads
January 7, 2013 10:11 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsApple today announced that customers have downloaded over 40 billion apps from the iTunes App Store, with nearly 20 billion in 2012 alone. According to a press release, the App Store has over 500 million active accounts, which recorded a record-breaking December with over two billion...
