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There’s a common stereotype that men are far more interested in the latest gadgets than women are. There’s perhaps no better example of this than Motorola’s marketing strategy for the Droid line of smartphones: keep it cool, badass and overly aggressive. A study entitled Women in CE from the Consumer Electronics Association, however, is finding that…
CFO of HTC Winston Yung admitted the company “dropped the ball” in 2011 and its high-end devices are not selling as well as expected. This is due mostly to HTC’s hardware being substantially thicker than the competition and often having poor battery life. “While short term performance may not meet the results as expected, we…
Canalys research firm issued a report today that makes us all think back to our very first time getting a blue screen of death on a PC. According to combined statistics from 2011, manufacturers shipped more smartphones than computers in 2011 – 488 million smartphones hit shelves last year, while only 414.6 million PCs did.…
The highly anticipated Nokia Lumia 900 is now available for pre-order at Microsoft retail stores — all fifteen of them! Microsoft confirmed you can pre-order one of these devices for $25. That’s nice, but there’s still no release date or full price tag. Rumor has it the phone will launch on March 18th for a…
IDC, a technology research firm, released statistics today on the data it gathered on mobile phone sales in Q4 2011. According to the numbers, Apple is now the third largest phone manufacturer in the world by shipments, surpassing LG. Apple’s record-breaking iPhone sales last quarter skyrocketed the company into an easy third place, claiming 8.7…
I think it’s safe to say that the iPhone 4S was anything but the disappointment some bloggers and analysts originally expected. There’s endless articles on how much of a success Apple’s latest smartphone has been and demand has been so strong, in fact, rumors are now spouting that other handset manufacturers are pushing their phone launches…
Executive Chairman of Lytro, Charles Chi, told PCWorld in an interview that the company is considering different ways to bring its light-field camera technology into cell phones. Admittedly, Chi says it’s a bit of a stretch at this point but we could be looking at a future where your smartphone will be able to take photos…
Apple had even more to say about its record-breaking Q1 2012 earnings in its quarterly earnings call. Apple CEO Tim Cook attributes the all-time high of 37 million iPhones sold last quarter to “breath-taking customer reception” of the new iPhone 4S, which was introduced in October of 2011. It would seem “breath-taking customer reception” just…
Apple just announced its Q1 2012 earnings with big numbers and big profits. The company made a record $46.33 billion in revenue and a record net profit of $13.06 billion — in a single quarter. The introduction of the iPhone 4S and the continued success of the iPad 2 really helped to boost its numbers…
Back in February, rumors circulated that Apple would unveil the iPad 3 in February and recently, we heard the more specific date of February 24th, right on Steve Jobs’ birthday. Now, yet another report is in stating February is the target month for the tablet’s debut. What is it going to feature? Well, just about…