BGR reports that AT&T has ordered retail staff to sell “anything but” Apple‘s iPhone. BGR backs up the report by claiming that it has confirmed the directive by three independent sources. According to BGR, regional managers have been telling store managers to steer consumers away from iPhones. I have attempted but not been able to confirm
On Tuesday after the market close, Apple (AAPL) will release earnings. The consensus estimate is $10.35 for earnings per share and $37.23 billion for revenues. There is a big variance between the estimates by analysts. The low earnings forecast is for $9.45 a share while the top end is $12.51; for revenue,
Apple‘s iPhone, the iconic device from that revolutionized smart phones, turned five on Friday, June 29. There has been no other device like iPhone in history. Thousands of developers have written thousands of apps to organize the lives of iPhone users in a manner previously scarcely imaginable. iPhone left its
Microsoft’s trump card against Apple(AAPL) is a suite of productivity software aptly named Office. In my own research, more than half of the corporations my employees have surveyed are reluctant to deploy Apple iPad widely because it does not run Microsoft Office natively. Our research also shows that about 20% of
The initial public offering of Facebook is one of the most eagerly awaited events that I have witnessed in my 30 years in the market. In the same 30-year period, I have seen very few companies accomplish what Apple has accomplished. I’d say that the probability is very high that Facebook will
AT&T helped raise Apple‘s iPhone from its infancy to becoming the most popular phone in the world. How can AT&T now take its love away from iPhone and shower it on the new baby fromNokia, Lumia 900, running Microsoft Windows? Sherlock Holmes would have replied, ‘It is elementary, my dear Watson.’ AT&T had an
Steve Jobs was a hero to me and many, but he was not infallible. Steve Jobs successfully saw around the corner regarding many technologies, but he made a blunder regarding OLEDs. What the heck is an OLED? Most people know that LEDs are light emitting diodes. LEDs are
Texas Instruments (TXN) provided mid-quarter update after the close yesterday. First the stock swooned on lower projections but then bounced right back when Texas Instruments on the conference call stated that the short fall was due to Nokia (NOK). The analysis of the conference call shows
Nokia (NOK) is lifting on buy out rumors by Microsoft (MSFT). A buy out of Nokia by Microsoft is an old rumor that is being regurgitated. Nokia received six downgrades this morning. Nokia’s debt rating is being placed on review for a downgrade by Moddy’s (MCO).
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