Digitimes: Chrome OS Smartbooks Coming

November 2, 2010

Digitimes is out saying that smartbooks running Google’s (GOOG) Chrome OS operating system are on tap for release this month. First, does anyone out there know what the heck a smartbook is? According to Digitimes, like with the Nexus One smartphone, Google will release its own model alongside those made by companies like Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) [...]

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iPad has 95% of the Tablet Market

November 2, 2010

Now this isn’t much of a surprise – market-research firm Strategy Analytics just came out and said that Apple’s (AAPL) iPad now has 95% of the tablet market. This isn’t much of a surprise. We hear an awful lot of talk about competing tablets, but I’ve only seen one in the wild so far. That [...]

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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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Motorola Tops Estimates – Will It Last?

October 28, 2010

Motorola (MOT) delivered much better-than-expected Q3 earnings numbers this morning, sending the stock up 5% to $8.4o in pre-market trading. Motorola is riding high on its wave of its successful Droid brand of smartphones, all of whom run Google’s (GOOG) red-hot Android operating system. However, I’m not wondering how long its success can last. Samsung, [...]

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Belated Macbook Air Reaction

October 27, 2010

I’ve had some time to digest the new Macbook Air, and hot damn, Apple (AAPL) just ruined life for the old-school Windows PC makers one more time. The old Macbook Air was way overpriced and way underpowered. However, the new models start at just $999 and scream performance-wise due to their fast solid-state drives. Start-up [...]

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PC’s Still Stink: Seagate Misses

October 21, 2010

(image courtesy of Seagate) I’m still a major PC-industry bear, and my negative view was only reinforced by hard-drive maker Seagate’s (STX) earnings miss yesterday. Seagate’s Q1 EPS number came in a 37 cents, missing the consensus forecast by 8 cents. Gross margins were an anemic 20.4%, well-below the company’s prior expectations of 22-26%. Now, [...]

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iOS + Snow Leopard = Mac OS X Lion

October 20, 2010

Okay, so Apple (AAPL) didn’t actually put iOS in the new Macbook Air. It did the next best thing – it married iOS with Snow Leopard and turned it into Mac OS X Lion! We don’t have all the details on OS X Lion just yet, but we do know that it getting some iPad-style [...]

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Verizon to Sell Samsung Galaxy

October 20, 2010

The Apple (AAPL) iPad won’t be the only tablet computer that Verizon (VZ) pushes. Verizon Wireless said today that it will being selling the Samsung Galaxy tablet on November 11th for $600. This does not bode well for the Galaxy. The entry-level iPad sells for just $500, and has a much bigger and thus more-impressive [...]

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iPad Hits Western Digital

October 20, 2010

Yes, the Apple (AAPL) iPad is taking over the world and no I won’t shut up about it. We’ve already seen plenty of comments from tech-world CEO’s and execs regarding the iPad’s impact on PC sales, but that didn’t stop Western Digital (WDC) from joining the fray: “We think that when you look at the [...]

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Prediction: New Apple Macbook Air Will Run iOS

October 20, 2010

Okay, okay, Apple’s (AAPL) Mac event where it is widely expected to unveil a new Macbook Air is just a few hours away, but I wanted to get my prediction in. I think the new Macbook Air is going to run iOS, the operating system powering the iPad and iPhone 4. Think about this. The [...]

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