Despite dropped calls, service interruptions, sluggish downloads and thousands of would-be customers who say they'd buy an iPhone in a New York minute if only Verizon (VZ) carried it, Apple (AAPL) is not likely to drop its exclusive service deal with AT&T (T) when the current contract expires in 2010.
That's the conclusion of a report issued Thursday by analysts at iSuppli, a market research firm based in El Segundo, Calif.
"The MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Sep 10, 2009 2:10 PM ET
Apple's (AAPL) "It's only rock and roll" event Wednesday triggered a flurry of fresh reports from analysts who track the stock, including Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster, Caris's Robert Cihra, Needham's Charlie Wolf and RBC's Mike Abramsky. (See AppleInsider for a concise summary of their generally positive remarks.)
But we were particularly taken by the report issued Thursday morning by Brian Marshall, who took over the Apple beat at Broadpoint AmTech when MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Sep 10, 2009 11:44 AM ET
She's CEO Larry Ellison's secretive but effective right hand, and one of the most powerful women in Silicon Valley. But who is she, really?
Catz is yin to Ellison's yang. Photo: Jay Mallin, Bloomberg News
After months of on-again-off-again negotiations to sell itself to IBM, Sun Microsystems this spring found a new, if unlikely, suitor. Oracle, the business-software giant, in many ways promised to be a better fit for Sun, the MORE
Adam Lashinsky, Sr. Editor at Large - Sep 10, 2009 10:11 AM ET
How technology is aiding - and shaping - the growing mobile workforce
By Greg Harper, president of Runzheimer International
Harper likes GPS and web-based services. Photo: Runzheimer Int'l.
A couple of decades ago few CEOs would advocate for empty parking lots and vacant office cubicles. Today, that has changed. Currently, more than 50% of the workforce is mobile on any given day, and IDC predicts that number to reach 73% by 2011.
While MORE
Sep 10, 2009 10:00 AM ET
Social networking site elbows in on LinkedIn's job-finding franchise.
When it comes to finding a new job, they say it's all about who you know. With the rise of online social networks that has never been truer.
Today, 42% of adults in the U.S. with Internet access maintain a profile on a social networking site, up from 20% in 2007, according to Forrester Research. And in an economy where almost one-tenth of MORE
Jessica Shambora, Writer-Reporter - Sep 10, 2009 7:00 AM ET
Steve Jobs. Photo: Apple Inc.
For those who couldn't make it to San Francisco for Apple's (AAPL) special music event Wednesday, the company has posted video of the whole thing, from Steve Jobs' entrance to Norah Jones' closing performance.
It's available for a limited time here as a video-on-demand file in QuickTime and MPEG-4 and here as a podcast.
See also:
No Beatles, only Steve Jobs and Norah Jones
Steve Jobs is back MORE
Jobs and Jones. Photo: Apple Inc.
Everybody got something wrong.
The pundits who were sure the Beatles were coming to iTunes had to make do with a live performance by Norah Jones.
The analysts who predicted that Apple (AAPL) would introduce a new Apple TV or a tablet computer had to settle for some price cuts and memory upgrades on the iPod line.
The journalists who insisted that Steve Jobs' days as a MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Sep 9, 2009 2:44 PM ET
Steve Jobs. Photo: Gizmodo
Steve Jobs took the stage at Apple's (AAPL) "It's only rock and roll" event today, marking his first public appearance since Oct. 2008.
He was greeted with a standing ovation that lasted nearly 45 seconds.
"I'm very happy to be here today with you all," he told the gathered journalists, Apple employees and high-tech luminaries at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
"As some of you know, MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Sep 9, 2009 1:11 PM ET
The view from inside the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Photo: Jon Fortt.
Will we get new iPods with video recording? Will Steve Jobs show or won't he? Refresh this page during the event for live updates. It all begins at 10 a.m. PT, 1 p.m. ET. The presentation is about to begin.
Steve Jobs walks out on stage to a standing ovation. He clearly appreciates the reception. He still MORE
Jon Fortt - Sep 9, 2009 1:04 PM ET
Image: Apple Inc.
In an early-morning teaser, Apple (AAPL) has chopped $20 to $120 off the prices of most of its iPod line.
The new prices were posted only hours before a special music event at which Apple is expected to replace most if not all of its existing iPods with new models loaded with more memory and added functions, such as a camera.
Among the cuts:
8 GB iPod touch reduced to MORE
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