11/19/2009
Barron’s
Bernstein Research analyst Toni Sacconaghi this morning weighed in with a fascinating look at the under-appreciated boost Apple (APPL) gets from a highly attractive licensing arrangement for 3G radio patents held by Qualcomm (QCOM).
With the iPhone, he notes in a research report, Apple will take an estimated 9% of the global handset market in [...]
11/13/2009
Macworld – Online
Apple may be feeling the Android heat. The company has changed the way it deals with iPhone app developers letting them now keep closer tabs on how their software is proceeding through Apple’s strict App Store review process. Many see the move as yet another step by Apple to keep app store developers [...]
10/26/2009
Financial Times – San Francisco Bureau
The Apple iPhone, which has been setting the bar in touch-screen smartphones, could soon be overtaken by an army of Google-powered handsets.
Android-based phones – handsets that use the open source Google mobile operating system – are on the march as non-iPhone carriers look for a rival to Apple’s device.
Since its [...]
10/23/2009
All Things Digital
Analysts mulling over Nokia’s IP infringment suit against Apple seem to be of two minds about how the action will play out. There are those, like Neil Mawston at Strategy Analytics and Ben Wood at CCS Insight, who warn that Apple (AAPL) is on dangerous ground here at best. It’s almost impossible to [...]
10/19/2009
Wall Street Journal
Apple has shown few signs of being slowed down by the recession. That’s likely to continue when it reports fiscal fourth-quarter results on Monday.
The maker of iPods, iPhones and Macintosh computers is projected to post a 13% year-over-year earnings increase to $1.42 a share, according to Thomson Reuters, well above the top [...]
