Research In Motion

Bing and Blackberry: Friends Forever!

May 4, 2011

How does it go? The enemy of my enemy is my friend? Two drunks trying to hold each other up? I don’t know. But Microsoft (MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer announced at the BlackberryWorld conference that Bing would become the default search engine on Research In Motion’s (RIMM) Blackberry devices. This isn’t terribly exciting news for either [...]

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iPhone, Android Still Rule While BlackBerry Falters

April 29, 2011

Just a heads up! I have a new article up at Minyanville discussing yesterday’s vital smartphone-industry news. Here’s an excerpt: On February 7th, IDC reported that smartphone shipments surpassed PC shipments for the fourth quarter of 2011, marking an important first for the mobile-computing industry. Then in late March, IDC said it expected the smartphone market to [...]

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Android Market Share Skyrocketing, NPD Says

November 1, 2010

NPD just released its Q3 2010 smartphone market-share numbers, and one thing’s for certain: Google’s (GOOG) Android OS really is taking over. During Q3, 44% of all smartphones purchased in the US were powered by Android. That’s up from 33% in Q2. No, that’s not a typo. Android actually did gain 11 points of share [...]

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Why Intel is Down After An Earnings “Beat”

October 13, 2010

Intel (INTC) is trading down today after delivering what looked like an earnings beat for the third quarter and upside guidance for the fourth quarter. Here’s an excerpt from my latest Minyanville article explaining the market’s reaction: On August 27, Intel lowered its third-quarter revenue and gross-margin guidance, sufficiently lowering investor expectations as to how [...]

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Verizon Rolling Out 4G Service

October 7, 2010

Are your mobile Internets too slow? Then cheer up, because Verizon (VZ) is rolling out 4G wireless internet service in 38 American cities and over 60 American airports by year-end. The initial launch phase will primarily cover cities in the Northeast, including New York City and Philadelphia. Actually, you shouldn’t cheer up because if you [...]

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Microsoft: All Quiet on the Tablet Front

October 6, 2010

(image courtesy of Microsoft) The Apple (AAPL) iPad is hands-down the most important consumer-electronics device released in 2010. Overcoming mass skepticism towards its usefulness, the iPad’s brilliant design, engineering, and user experience have captured the hearts of hordes of consumers – 4.5 million a quarter, according to Bernstein Research. The iPad has gotten big enough, [...]

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Dell, HP Planning New Tablets – Are They Too Late?

September 29, 2010

Coming on the heels of continued strong Apple (AAPL) iPad sales and the Research In Motion (RIMM) PlayBook tablet announcement, word is making the rounds that Dell (DELL) is planning new tablets of its own. Today, Dell Greater China President Amit Midha said the company will launch a new seven-inch tablet within the next few [...]

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RIM Unveils BlackBerry PlayBook

September 27, 2010

Finally! The Apple (AAPL) iPad has some competition, and its name is PlayBook: Research In Motion (RIMM) just unveiled its new tablet. Previously thought to be called the BlackPad, RIM’s brand-spanking new BlackBerry PlayBook sports the following features: 7 inch screen (vs. 9.7 inches for iPad) weight of 0.9 pounds (vs 1.5-1.6 pounds for iPad [...]

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JD Power Says What We Already Knew: People Love Apple

September 24, 2010

(look at all the happy people!) We already knew a few things about Apple’s (AAPL) customer satisfaction ratings. In February, Admob said the iPhone ranked #1 for customer satisfaction among smartphone users, with a full 91% of people saying they would recommend an iPhone to friends and colleagues. On the Mac side of the business, [...]

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