By Slash Lane Published: 02:40 PM EST A prominent Wall Street analyst has upped his price target for Apple stock from $280 to $375, citing stronger than expected iPad, iPhone and Mac sales, and the fact that the company remains “a small fish in three very large ponds.” On Monday, Charlie Wolf with Needham & [...]
By Daniel Eran Dilger Published: 06:00 PM EST Apple’s retail store revenues leaped 72.8 percent year over year in June quarter, thanks to excitement generated by the iPad launch. According to a report by John Paczkowski in Wall Street Journal All Things Digital blog, the iPad launch brought an increase of 38.7 percent more visitors [...]
By Daniel Eran Dilger Published: 08:00 PM EST Despite strong growth in first half of 2010, Google’s Android platform is still not attractive to commercial development because of rampant app piracy and limitation in security and international sales through Google’s store. According to a report by Jay Yarow of Silicon Alley Insider, a developer of [...]
Verizon today provided a mild shock to the cellular industry by reporting relatively disappointing results for the early part of 2010. Although still taking advantage of phones like the Motorola Droid, its subscriber growth slowed down to 1.5 million new cellphone users in the winter and was noticeably slower [...]
Posted on by Brad Reed, Network World Editor’s Note: The following article is reprinted from Network World. Complaints about 3G coverage aren’t putting a dent in AT&T’s wireless business, as the carrier added 1.86 million wireless customers in the first quarter of 2010. In total, AT&T now has 87 million wireless subscribers, an 11.2 percent [...]
Posted on by Nicholas Bonsack, Macworld.com Many people seem to agree that the iPhone should continue to make a big dent in the mobile gaming market. Just how big a dent, however, is in dispute, particularly when it comes to the [...]
iPad Goes on Pre-Sale Friday Morning The world is one step closer to holding the Apple iPad in its shaking hands: consumers can pre-order iPads on the Apple Website starting tomorrow, Friday, March 12, at 5:30 a.m. PST. Read more on Network World Plastic Logic QUE proReader Delayed Until Summer [Delays] # delays The Plastic [...]
By Neil Hughes Published: 10:15 AM EST Worldwide smartphone shipments stormed back last quarter with 37.2 percent in growth, and Apple’s iPhone led the way with a 97.9 percent year-over-year surge in shipments. But the real coming battle in the mobile market, according to one analyst, lies between Microsoft and Google. Analyst Charlie Wolf [...]