Wireless carriers tout a new wave of wireless technology but it will be years before most consumers benefit -- and before carriers make money.
4G Phone: Samsung's Mondi device operates on WiMax networks. Image: Samsung
Verizon Wireless, a joint venture of Verizon (VZ) and Vodafone (VOD), last week announced it had completed data "calls" using its flavor of so-called 4G technology, a new generation of radio upgrades that promises to MORE
Stephanie N. Mehta, Executive Editor - Aug 18, 2009 10:00 AM ET
"Apple Still Shines" is the headline of the PC section of a report issued early Tuesday by the American Consumer Satisfaction Index.
Apple's (AAPL) score actually dropped this year -- from 85 to 84 on a scale of 100 -- even as overall user satisfaction with personal computers rose a point to 75 after two straight years of decline.
But as the report notes,
"the decline has done little to hurt the large MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Aug 18, 2009 8:18 AM ET
Sales in Japan (July). Source: Electronista
The iPhone, which has had a tough time competing in the Japanese market, finally broke through in July with the launch of the iPhone 3GS.
According to a report in Electronista, market data from Gfk Japan shows the 32 GB iPhone in the No. 1 spot for July, ahead of Japanese-made phones from Sharp, Panasonic (PC), NEC, Casio and Sony Ericsson (a Japanese/Swedish joint MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Aug 17, 2009 3:56 PM ET
MacBook Pro. Source: Apple Inc.
Based on U.S. retail sales data released Monday afternoon by the NPD Group, Apple (AAPL) is on track to sell 2.7 to 2.8 million Macs and 9.5 to 10.5 million iPods in its fourth fiscal quarter, according to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster.
Mac unit sales came in up 2% year over year in July, which according to Munster implies 3% to 7% growth for the MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Aug 17, 2009 2:58 PM ET
At Dreamworks Animation, CTO Ed Leonard has to play well with others.
Globe (left) and CTO Leonard play for the same team. Photo: Dan Monick
Top technology executives are no longer sitting at the corporate equivalent of the kids' table. The information technology leaders who gathered at Fortune's Infotech 40 forum at Brainstorm Tech have moved from supporting roles to star billing when it comes to helping their companies cut costs MORE
Stephanie N. Mehta, Executive Editor - Aug 17, 2009 11:45 AM ET
Locked in an epic battle with Apple's iPhone, Research in Motion has managed to grow bigger and more dominant than ever. But the competition is about to get tougher.
Research in Motion (RIMM) ranks No. 1 on Fortune's 2009 list of Fastest-Growing Companies, with a three-year average earnings-per-share growth of 84% and revenue growth of 77%. Even after last year's stock market meltdown, shares of RIM have a three-year annualized total MORE
Jessi Hempel, writer - Aug 17, 2009 10:54 AM ET
Map: TomTom
TomTom, one of the leading manufacturers of stand-alone GPS systems, rolled out its industrial strength iPhone car navigation software across the time zones Sunday, starting in New Zealand and ending with an app for the U.S. and Canadian markets early Monday.
The price, $99.99 for the app and its maps (a car mount adaptor kit is sold separately), is high for an iPhone application and puts it well above MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Aug 17, 2009 9:27 AM ET
"Yes, I am a nerd!" -- JaxBearsFan
Despite the recession, Apple (AAPL) opened three new retail outlets on Saturday -- in Mississauga, Ont., Naperville, Ill., and Reston, Va. -- and its fan base obliged by forming long snaking queues and posting hand-held videos documenting the madness that ensued.
These YouTube videos -- complete with T-shirted Apple employees happily making fools of themselves -- have become icons of the company's extraordinary appeal. MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Aug 16, 2009 11:59 AM ET
Source: Apple Inc.
Apple (AAPL), a company that counts Al Gore among its board members and whose CEO once dated Joan Baez, found itself the unlikely target of an advertising boycott campaign this week.
The issue is an iPhone ad that appeared on the Aug. 7 broadcast of the Glenn Beck show on the Fox News Channel (NWS).
Under pressure from advocacy groups, more than a dozen companies, including ConAgra (CAG), Geico, MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Aug 15, 2009 9:17 AM ET
OpenTable, the online reservation service, is one of the few venture-backed companies to go public this year. Its secret ingredient? Technology that restaurateurs actually like.
From left: OpenTable boardmember Thomas Layton, financier Bill Gurley, and CEO Jeff Jordan
When online reservation service OpenTable (OPEN) went public in May, tech pundits gushed like foodies at a five-star restaurant. Some entrepreneurs and financiers hailed the $60 million initial public offering as a sign MORE
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