Archive | July 22nd, 2010
Thursday Afternoon Apple Linkfest
iPhone 4 Bumper refunds get underway – MacRumors Oh Arrogant Apple! – Ken Segall Bloatware creeps into Android phones – Wired Apple turns focus to small businesses – WSJ Mary-Jo Foley buys her first Apple product (an iPad) and loves it – ZDNet iMac refresh on the way? – AppleInsider Apple promotes Jeff Williams to […]
Continue reading...Microsoft posts best Q4 results in company history
22. July 2010
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Techcrunch reports: Microsoft has just reported its earnings for Q4 2010 (their fiscal calendar is a bit odd). Given Apple’s blockbuster quarter announced on Tuesday, there was a lot of talk that Apple would surpass Microsoft in revenue for the first time in recent history. That hasn’t happened. Instead, Microsoft had its best Q4 ever […]
Continue reading...New Microsoft tagline: “Be What’s Next”
22. July 2010
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Microsoft has a new tagline – “Be What’s Next.” Say what you will, but it’s infinitely better than the “Wow” campaign they used to promote Vista. Engadget reports: We’ve just been contacted by Microsoft and told that these are not new logos which will be used on products, rather a standalone treatment to show the flexibility […]
Continue reading...Handset Profits – Apple vs. everyone else
22. July 2010
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In just 3 short years, Apple came out of nowhere and revolutionized the entire notion of what a smartphone is. And though its total share of the handset market is still low (try 3%), the profits Apple rakes in from iPhone sales are anything but. Moreover, Apple’s iPhone profits are greater than the handset profits from RIM, Motorola, Nokia, HTC, and […]
Continue reading...AT&T activates 3.2 million iPhones in last quarter
22. July 2010
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AT&T announced this morning that they activated 3.2 million iPhones during the last quarter, a new company record. Approximately 27% of these activations were for customers brand new to AT&T. By way of comparison, it wasn’t uncommon in previous quarters to see up to 40% of iPhone activations attributable to new AT&T customers. Either way, […]
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22. July 2010
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