Ever since I wrote “Samsung’s Bendable Phone Could Break Apple’s Innovation Hegemony” here on Forbes I have continued to receive a trickle of emails from readers wanting to know when a device with an unbreakable screen will be available. Usually such emails contain a story of a broken screen on
On Wednesday after the markets closed, Qualcomm QCOM reported earnings. Buried in Qualcomm’s results is bad news for Apple AAPL, BlackBerry and Nokia . Qualcomm owns intellectual property related to code division multiple access (CDMA). This technology is behind many of today’s wireless networks. Qualcomm also provides chip sets for mobile devices. Since Qualcomm licenses the technology
It was a mixed earnings report for Apple . Earnings for the last quarter were good, but the projections for this quarter were ugly with Apple forecasting $33.5 billion to $35.5 billion in revenues, compared to a consensus view of $38.6 billion. Bears are also likely to seize on projected lower
On Tuesday, my inbox was flooded after my last column, “Seven Reasons Not To Be Foolish Ahead Of Apple Earnings.” All of the emails were from readers who felt that they knew for sure what Apple was going to do after earnings. About half of the email writers felt strongly that Apple
Apple Inc.’s just-released earnings show quite a contrast between the recent past and the near future. The projections for next quarter are downright ugly while earnings for the last quarter are a thing of beauty. First let us examine the technicals of Apple AAPL stock and then we will move on to
Quarterly earnings from Apple for the three months ended March 30 come out Tuesday after the market closes. Unlike in prior quarters, there is not a high probability scenario that can be laid out with any degree of confidence ahead of earnings. Acting on Apple stock ahead of earnings this
Until yesterday Apple AAPL had been holding strong after testing its support around $419 multiple times. Today that support has decisively broken with shares plunging more than 6% and briefly below $400 to as low as $398.11 this afternoon. The reason for the crushing action lower in Apple shares is what can be
Apple became the largest company in the world by market capitalization on the strength of innovation in mobile phones. Fortunately for Apple, the last several years there has been a consumer trend to treat their phones as status symbols or fashion accessories. This kind of consumer behavior has also been
This morning, Dish Network started a takeover battle for Sprint. Dish is offering $7 per share which includes $4.76 in cash and the rest in Dish stock. Sprint has an existing deal to be acquired by SoftBank of Japan. Both offers from SoftBank and Dish are expensive because they represent about
(CLICK HERE TO ENLARGE THE CHART) Consumers have voted with their wallets and now it is official that Windows 8 is a flop. The new data from IDC show the steepest decline for PCs in one quarter. Only 76.3 million PCs were shipped in the first quarter of 2013. This number is