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Apple's iPad mini: The rumor mill kicks into high gear
Get out the sandpaper. Apple is said to be manufacturing the tablet Steve Jobs trashed.
FORTUNE -- Rumors that Apple (AAPL) was working on a smaller version of the iPad are nothing new. The Wall Street Journal reported back in February that Apple was testing such a thing and Daring Fireball's John Gruber gave his insider's view in an April podcast:
"What I do know is that they have one in the MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jul 4, 2012 6:24 AM ETPosted in: Apple, Google, iPad, iPad mini, Kindle Fire, Microsoft, Nexus 7, Steve Jobs, Surface, Tablets -
Kindle sales cooling down, Fire heating up?
The e-reader may be getting ready to take a permanent backseat to the sexier tablet.
FORTUNE -- Are people tiring of black-and-white e-readers? It seems that way.
According to a recent report from Pacific Crest Securities, a Portland, Oregon-based investment bank, orders for components used in Amazon's standard e-readers have fallen 75% from the bank's previous expectations.
We still expect new multi-touch, black-and-white devices to launch in Q3, but we are cutting our MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Jun 26, 2012 3:16 PM ET -
Was Amazon's Kindle Fire just a flash in the pan?
Sales of the Kindle e-readers have apparently also fallen off a cliff
FORTUNE -- Thursday was bad-news day for Amazon's (AMZN) Kindle line of tablets and e-readers.
IDC released first quarter tablet sales data that had Kindle Fire shipments falling from 4.8 million in the Christmas quarter to less than 750,000 units last quarter. "Kindle Fire Shipments Fizzle" was the headline on AllThingsD.
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - May 4, 2012 7:31 AM ET
E Ink Holdings, the sole supplier of black-and-white screens for MOREPosted in: Amazon, Apple, E Ink Holdings, e-readers, Google, IDC, International Data Corporation, iPad, Kindle, Kindle Fire, Tablets -
Amazon's risky bet is paying off
Investors panicked in the third quarter when net income dropped as the company spent lavishly on investments in fulfillment and the Kindle. History is not repeating itself.
FORTUNE -- Can Amazon, which has long relied on low profit margins, prove its long-term strategy will pay off? If its latest quarterly earnings are any indication, there's certainly a good deal of reason to think so.
In the first quarter, revenues were $13.2 billion MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Apr 27, 2012 11:04 AM ET -
Today in Tech: Kindle Fire owns 54% of Android tablet market
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* According to a new report from comScore, Amazon's (AMZN) Kindle Fire now accounts for nearly 54% of all Android tablets in the U.S. Also: Amazon blew away estimates with its latest quarterly earnings: $13.2 billion in revenues and $130 million in net income. (Electronista and CNNMoney)
* Zynga (ZNGA) topped estimates MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Apr 27, 2012 8:45 AM ET -
Teen survey: 34% own an iPhone, 40% want one
Apple is the favorite -- once again -- in Piper Jaffray's 23rd semi-annual teen survey
"The bottom line," writes Gene Munster in a note summarizing the results of Piper Jaffray's latest survey of the aspirations of American teenagers, "is that 40% of students plan on buying an iPhone in the next 6 months while 19% of non-tablet owners plan on purchasing a tablet in the next 6 months."
Wishes, of course, can't MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Apr 3, 2012 5:52 PM ETPosted in: Amazon, Android, Apple, Gene Munster, Google, iPad, iPhone, Kindle Fire, Mobile, Piper Jaffray, Tablets, Teen survey, teens -
$1 on Apple's App Store is 89¢ on Kindle and 23¢ on Android
Google could learn something from Amazon about how to run an app store
For 45 days, from mid-January to the end of February, the folks at Flurry analytics ran an interesting experiment.
They found a basket of top-rated apps that are available for the same price on three major app stores -- iOS, Android and Amazon -- whose revenue was generated primarily by in-app purchases. Then they compared the revenue generated by MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Mar 30, 2012 1:47 PM ET -
Today in Tech: Research in Motion loses more top execs
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* Research in Motion (RIMM) reported earnings for its fiscal fourth quarter, with a net loss of $125 million and 19% decline in revenue to $4.2 billion. Former co-CEO Jim Balsillie, chief technology officer David Yach, and chief operating officer Jim Rowan, are all leaving the company. Meanwhile new CEO Thorsten MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Mar 30, 2012 7:11 AM ETPosted in: Amazon, Android, Apple, Foxconn, Google, Hulu Plus, Jim Balsillie, Kindle Fire, Research in Motion -
Competing with Apple: 'Great products may not even be necessary'
A Dartmouth strategy professor on why Amazon may succeed and the Androids could fail
"The innovation game is changing," writes Dartmouth's Ron Adner in the Harvard Business Review. "Delivering great products is no longer sufficient for success. And as the [Amazon's Kindle] Fire's limited memory, ho-hum processor, and lack of camera demonstrate, great products may not even be necessary. Rather, what matters is delivering great solutions."
The key to success in consumer electronics MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Mar 21, 2012 7:29 AM ET -
ChangeWave survey: New iPad roils the business tablet market
Planned sales of competing tablets were falling even before the new iPad was revealed
This was supposed to be the year that Apple (AAPL) started losing market share in the rapidly growing tablet market.
That may be happening among consumers, if you count the Amazon's (AMZN) Kindle Fire as a full-fledged tablet. But there's no sign of it happening in the enterprise.
In fact, a ChangeWave survey of 1,604 business IT buyers conducted MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Mar 13, 2012 9:01 AM ET
