Smartphones
Investors Give Cool Reception to New BlackBerrys
January 31, 2013 6:52 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsThe long-awaited debut of new BlackBerry smartphones flopped on Wall Street. The stock of BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. started to sink Wednesday soon after company CEO Thorsten Heins began to show off the redesigned smartphones, the Z10 and Q10...
Lenovo Profit Boosted by Smartphones, Tablets
January 30, 2013 10:35 am | by Joe McDonald,AP Business Writer | News | CommentsPersonal computer maker Lenovo Group said Wednesday its quarterly profit rose 34 percent to a record high on strong sales of smartphones and tablet computers.The company, vying with Hewlett-Packard Co. to become the world's biggest PC maker...
Amazon Posts Lower 4Q Net Income but Stock Jumps
January 30, 2013 9:21 am | by Barbara Ortutay, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsAmazon's fourth-quarter net income fell 45 percent, as sharply higher revenue failed to keep pace with increased spending on order fulfillment and digital content, a trend that's become the norm for the world's largest online retailer...
Opinion: New Hardware Is Only Half RIM's Battle
January 29, 2013 5:35 pm | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsIf RIM's BlackBerry 10 devices fails to bring its maker back to life, it won't be the device's fault. Rather it will be how far RIM has fallen and the extent to which that decline has left a hole in its ecosystem much bigger than hardware. In case you've forgotten the height...
Corning 4Q Net Income Falls, but Beats Predictions
January 29, 2013 10:17 am | by Associated Press | News | CommentsRevenue surged at Corning during the fourth quarter on strong demand for its Gorilla Glass, which is used in many smartphones and computer tablets. Sales in the company's specialty materials division, which makes the glass...
Turning Mobile Printing On Its Head with Fingerprint
January 28, 2013 3:55 pm | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsPrinters are cheap these days and a lot of people are getting rid of perfectly good wired models in exchange for a wireless unit that allows them to print from their smartphone or tablet. Both Apple and Google have released platforms that allow...
Unlocking Your Cell Phone is Now A Crime
January 28, 2013 10:47 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsAn order issued Saturday by the U.S. Copyright Office of the Library of Congress will make unlocking a cell phone illegal under certain conditions. An amendment to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act will apply to all cell phones...
Samsung 4Q Profits Jump 76 Percent on Galaxy Sales
January 25, 2013 10:47 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsA doubling of profits from Samsung's Galaxy line of smartphones boosted the company's overall fourth quarter profits by nearly 76 percent over the previous quarter. Samsung recorded net profits for the fourth quarter of $6.6 billion...
Investors Shake Off AT&T’s $3.89 Billion 4Q Loss
January 24, 2013 5:43 pm | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsEven after reporting a loss in the fourth quarter, investors seemed relatively confident in AT&T's path going forward. Shares were up slightly in aftermarket trading to $33.90, a gain of .44 percent. AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson kicked off the company's earnings call Thursday...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Report: Windows Phones Will Own Nine Percent Market Share by 2017
December 20, 2012 10:10 am | by Ben Munson | News | CommentsA recent report from Analysys Mason predicts the numbers of Windows Phone units shipped will jump from 11 million in 2011 to 136 million in 2017, effectively giving the OS a nine percent market share. The report also predicts that Android will grow to 58 percent market share by the end of 2013...
Report: Global LTE Smartphone Shipments to Hit 275M in 2013
December 19, 2012 10:20 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsLTE has arrived. According to new research from Strategy Analytics, global LTE smartphone shipments will grow threefold to reach 275 million units in 2013. Companies leading the growth spurt will include Apple, Samsung, LG and others...
Yota Smartphone Aims to Differentiate in Useful Way
December 18, 2012 3:24 pm | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsIt's not everyday an OEM decides it's a good idea to enter the high-end smartphone market. We've already seen the likes of Dell and HP bow out, and the well-established Microsoft and Nokia are no strangers to the challenging market. So why, exactly has the relatively small...
