All Entries Tagged With: "android"
HP’s TouchPad Sign of a Revolution?
Last week, Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) announced that it would be discontinuing production of its TouchPad tablet. The company slashed the price of its tablet to $99, in an apparent effort to quickly liquidate existing stockpiles. Perhaps coming as no surprise, demand for the tablet skyrocketed, and retailers ran out within days. At $99, the tablet [...]
The Smartphone: Tech’s Worst Nightmare?
While consumers may be benefiting from the rapid advancement of smartphones, some companies may be suffering from the ever-improving technology. Specifically, older tech companies with product lines that are quickly becoming less relevant, or even obsolete. As smartphones increase in complexity, they continue to add functionality. This additional functionality may be rendering other technological devices [...]
Is Apple Fighting Proxy Wars Against Google?
Shares of smart phone maker HTC (OTC: HTCKF) tumbled in Asian trading on Monday, after the company lost a preliminary ruling in a patent case against tech giant Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). In an effort to stem the damage, HTC announced a share-repurchase program. Yet, as Reuters reported, the announcement did little to stop the bleeding. [...]
Smartphone Maker HTC Adding Software
Continuing an effort to move up the smartphone value chain, Taiwanese handset maker HTC Corp. has acquired multi-media delivery specialist Saffron Digital and purchased a stake valued at $40 million in online gaming company Onlive Inc. The market for mobile software makers is at least as competitive as the hardware market for handsets, but HTC [...]
A Different View of Verizon’s Android Sales
As mentioned in this earlier post, demand for the Android operating system from Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) among customers of Verizon Wireless currently stands at about 80% of the carrier’s smartphone sales. Also in the earlier article, we noted the effect that Android sales have had on the BlackBerry smartphones from Research in Motion Ltd. [...]
Google’s Android Dominates at Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless, a joint venture between Verizon Communications, Inc. (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone Group plc (NYSE: VOD), is the largest wireless carrier in the US with more than 93 million subscribers at last count. In October 2009, the BlackBerry smartphones from Research in Motion plc (NASDAQ: RIMM) had a 93% share of the Verizon Wireless’ [...]
Disruptive Technologies And The Future Of Online Trading
Mary Meeker, the Morgan Stanley analyst who will soon be joining VC firm Kleiner Perkins, was recently recognized by Fortune magazine as the technology industry’s “smartest analyst.” So, I certainly paid close attention to what she had to say during her Web 2.0 Summit presentation. What really caught my eye was Mary’s analysis of the [...]
Apple, Suddenly, Only Ordinary
Apple’s stock price is up 3% in the last month while the Nasdaq is up 4%. This follows a year-to-date rise of nearly 50% in Apple’s shares compared to 10% for the Nasdaq. What happened? Apple has had record earnings each quarter of this calendar year. iPhone 4 sales have exceeded most analyst estimates. The [...]
Oracle Sues Google Over Android (ORCL, GOOG)
Now that Android, the mobile device operating system from Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG), is shipping more than a million copies a week, it seemed likely that someone would want to rain on Google’s parade. That someone turns out to be Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ:ORCL), which has filed a patent and copyright infringement suit against Google for non-licensed [...]
Microsoft Working Around the Clock on Tablet OS
In a presentation to Wall Street analysts on Thursday, Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer said that a Microsoft Windows-powered tablet is “job one urgency here, nobody’s sleeping at the switch.” He noted that Intel Corp. (NASDAQ:INTC) is nearing release of a processor that is specifically designed for low-power, low-weight devices. Ballmer believes that the Intel/Microsoft partnership can make a comeback [...]
