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  • GSLO: Analysts’ iPhone Predictions Raise Expectations

    Posted on March 29, 2011 | No Comments
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  • CORRECTING and REPLACING Apple’s iPhone Sales Figures Energize GSLO’s Outlook for the Volt

    Posted on March 21, 2011 | No Comments
    NEW ORLEANS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Second graph, last sentence should read: By contrast, he wrote, AT&T sold 1.7 million iPhone 4s during its debut last year (sted 1.7 million iPhone 4s all of last...

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  • RIM sells 100 millionth BlackBerry, hints at two more devices in the near future

    RIM sells 100 millionth BlackBerry, hints at two more devices in the near future

    Posted on June 24, 2010 | No Comments
    Say what you will about BlackBerrys -- although with the Bold 9800 slider and OS 6, things might be looking up -- Research in Motion is still doing strong in the pocketbooks. The company just released its first fiscal quarter 2011 results with revenue growth of 24 percent year-over-year, and here's the rounded-number kicker: its 11.2 million shipments of smartphones this quarter has raised total shipments to over 100 million BlackBerrys. Quite a feat, but enough chit chat about the past -- what does the future hold? In a conference call pertaining to the fiscal results, RIM alluded to two new devices shipping soon, with one for the summer and one closer to fall. We'd bet a pretty penny one of them is the aforementioned slider, but as for the second? Guess we'll just wait and see.

    RIM sells 100 millionth BlackBerry, hints at two more devices in the near future originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Russia’s Yota pulls the trigger, plans migration from WiMAX to LTE

    Russia’s Yota pulls the trigger, plans migration from WiMAX to LTE

    Posted on May 24, 2010 | No Comments
    Remember what HTC's first WiMAX phone was? The EVO 4G's getting all the attention these days, of course, but it was actually Russia's Yota that announced the so-called MAX 4G with Windows Mobile way back in November of '08. Being first to market doesn't always mean you're the most successful, though -- and in the battle for 4G data, WiMAX seems to be rapidly losing momentum to LTE, including an announcement by Yota late last week that they'd be spending $100 million to roll out LTE in five cities this year on the way to a total of $2 billion. Putting it bluntly, Yota says that "the world's biggest operators and device makers such as Nokia and Samsung have chosen the LTE standard... following the global trend, we are seeking to give our clients the best solutions." In other words, it believes LTE is going to be the "best solution" going forward -- and considering the number of manufacturers, carriers, and industry associations throwing their weight behind it at this point, it's hard to disagree.

    Russia's Yota pulls the trigger, plans migration from WiMAX to LTE originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Mon, 24 May 2010 14:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Poll: Are you going to buy an iPad

    Poll: Are you going to buy an iPad

    Posted on April 2, 2010 | No Comments
    This is the 100 million dollar question. Are you, being among the most well-informed and knowledgeable consumer base around, going to buy the iPad? It goes on sale 24 hours from now and we want to know both sides as CrunchGear’s visitors are nearly equally divided between Windows and Mac users. Sound off in the [...]

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  • The FCC’s National Broadband Plan is now live!

    The FCC’s National Broadband Plan is now live!

    Posted on March 16, 2010 | No Comments
    Might as well get this over with now. The FCC has announced its National Broadband Plan, which describes where the agency would like to see the U.S. in a few years' time vis-à-vis broadband and connectedness. It's sorta like the UK's Digital Britain report, published last year. The big thing is this: it's in America's best interest to turn itself into a first-world nation again, and the best way to do that is to develop its Internet infrastructure a wee bit more. That's the gist of it: better, faster Internet access for many more people.

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  • Why are people against the FCC’s National Broadband Plan?

    Why are people against the FCC’s National Broadband Plan?

    Posted on March 14, 2010 | No Comments
    Up until a moment ago, this was going to be a standard "newsy" post: the FCC will announce its National Broadband Plan on Tuesday, here's what it's all about. Then I read the comments of a PC World article discussing that very same plan—many people are outraged that the government would muscle its way into the free market! If Americans wanted fast broadband then the market would provide it on its own terms. That, of course, is complete nonsense: plenty of Americans live in one-ISP towns, and if said ISP provides terrible service, well, though cookies, chico. This is America! Love it or leave it~!

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  • TiVo is headed overseas to millions of potential customers

    TiVo is headed overseas to millions of potential customers

    Posted on March 8, 2010 | No Comments
    TiVo has long been limited to just a few countries, but that's set to change thanks to a new agreement between the DVR company and Conax, a Norwegian content security supplier. The deal has the potential to reach over 100 million potential TiVo customers, spanning 80 countries. This could be big.

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  • What would you even do with a 100 mbps Internet connection?

    What would you even do with a 100 mbps Internet connection?

    Posted on March 8, 2010 | No Comments
    About a year ago I signed up for Cablevision's Optimum Online Ultra, and aside from a little snafu that I'm trying to fix right now (don't ask!), it's been great. How could you go wrong with a reliable 100 mbps down/15 mbps up connection? Only $100/month, too. Other ISPs are getting close to offering similar speeds, thanks to Docsis 3.0, but some people are wondering: will people even need that sort of speed, and if so, then for what?

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  • $2.2 billion liabilities: Japan’s wireless carrier Willcom files for bankruptcy

    $2.2 billion liabilities: Japan’s wireless carrier Willcom files for bankruptcy

    Posted on February 19, 2010 | No Comments
    Wikipedia has a pretty useful list of countries by number of mobile phones in use, which shows that Japan (with around 100 million users) is the No. 7 in the world. The market is largely controlled by mobile carriers NTT Docomo, KDDI au and SoftBank Mobile but seemed big enough to offer enough room for a number of smaller competitors, too. Yesterday, however, a company called Willcom (one of said smaller players) announced it had to file for bankruptcy. The reason: With just $54 million in capital, Willcom managed to amass a whopping $2.2 billion in liabilities. It's the biggest bankruptcy ever in Japan's hyper-competitive mobile industry.

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  • Tesla’s $100M IPO: Losses Expected Until At Least 2012. Musk Taking $1 A Year.

    Tesla’s $100M IPO: Losses Expected Until At Least 2012. Musk Taking $1 A Year.

    Posted on January 30, 2010 | No Comments
    Electric car company Tesla Motors has filed for a $100 million IPO. There were rumors recently floating around that the company, which is led by PayPal co-founder Elon Musk, would go public “soon.” One interesting tidbit from the filing: Musk only takes $1 in yearly salary.

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  • Motorola posts small 3Q profit, picks new CFO

    Motorola posts small 3Q profit, picks new CFO

    Posted on October 29, 2009 | No Comments
    For Motorola, any profit at all is a Good Thing right now, so we're sure there are a lot of smiling faces out in Schaumburg today on news that the company managed just a smidge of black ink in the third quarter. The Mobile Devices division specifically turned in $1.7 billion in revenue (about $100 million less than the quarter prior) and accounted for a $183 million loss, which was offset by wins in the company's other divisions ultimately resulting in $12 million in bankable profit. The company says that it expects to push fewer handsets in the fourth quarter as it scales back "unprofitable" devices in favor of its new Android-based gear -- which is just fine by us -- and yes, indeed, it still intends to split the company into two entities when the time is right. In the meantime, the company has announced a permanent CFO -- Edward Fitzpatrick, who was conveniently already appointed to the position on an interim basis -- putting to bed some of the drama to bed that's surrounded Paul Liska, who vacated the post months ago on bad terms. All told, the DROID and CLIQ launches have cast a rosy glow on Moto's current situation, so now it's time to put the nose to the grindstone and see if these guys can deliver financially through the end of the year.

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    Motorola posts small 3Q profit, picks new CFO originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Auto manufacturers don’t think you should text while driving either

    Auto manufacturers don’t think you should text while driving either

    Posted on September 24, 2009 | No Comments
    This just in: the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers thinks it's a bad idea for you to talk on your phone while driving if you're not using a headset. They also think that you shouldn't text while driving, because that causes you to take your eyes off the road. Well duh?

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  • Update: Netflix announces exactly who won that $1,000,000 prize

    Update: Netflix announces exactly who won that $1,000,000 prize

    Posted on September 21, 2009 | No Comments
    Well, it's official buckaroos, Netflix announced today exactly who won that $1,000,000 prize. If you remember, they announced that one of two teams had finally reached that magical 10% rate they were looking for, but they didn't tell anyone exactly won. Well, the cat is finally out of the bag.

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  • NEC, Casio and Hitachi make cell phone op merger official, want to go international

    NEC, Casio and Hitachi make cell phone op merger official, want to go international

    Posted on September 15, 2009 | No Comments
    The first rumors started spreading about two weeks ago, and it was officially announced yesterday: Major Japanese cell phone makers Hitachi, NEC and Casio are merging their mobile phone operations to become Japan's No. 2 maker (following Sharp). The name of the new venture will be "NEC Casio Mobile Communications".

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