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Analysts: Nokia Really Is Doomed By 2013, Apple To Pass It In 2011
9:00AM Matt Buchanan | We’re not the only ones who think Nokia is doomed if they keep turning out smartphones like the N97. Generator Research says that Nokia’s smartphone marketshare will plummet from over 40 percent today to only 20 percent by 2013. More »
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Palm Moves 300,000 Pres In June, Dwarfs Previous Sales Totals
1:40AM John Herrman | We’ll see plenty of “Pre sells X units in Y amount of time; not as many as iPhone” stories in the next year—in fact, we already have. That may be the wrong way to look at it. More »
Business
Great Moments in Apple Analysis
5:40AM Jason Chen | Benjamin Reitzes of Barclays Capital drops this insightful load in a NYT piece on Apple strategy: More »
Computers
Analyst Says Apple Tablet in First Half of 2010
2:52AM Jason Chen | Gene Munster, an Apple analyst, says that Apple’s likely to release a 7 to 10-inch touchscreen tablet some time in the early half of 2010. Usually analysts’ predictions are sketchy, but Munster’s is slightly less so. More »
Computers
Analysts: PC Sales to Drop 12%, Desktop Demand To Fall 32%, Laptop Demand To Rise 9%
4:39AM Brian Lam | Analysts at Gartner are expecting PC shipments to drop 12%, to 257m computers. I’m surprised that number doesn’t go to half that considering, generally speaking, PCs are fast enough these days that we can all wait a year to buy a new one. Gartner also believes that desktop sales will drop 32% and laptop demand will rise 9%, on account of those spiffy netbooks everyone is carrying around in their giant custom attached pants pockets. [NYT] More »
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WTF: Bad Economy Actually Slowing HDTV Price Drops
2:00AM John Mahoney | One would think that a shitty economy = more cheap stuff for us consumers, right? You know, the whole “go out and shop!” brand of problem-solving we’ve become accustomed to? Not this time. More »
Computers
Analyst Hot for Apple Netbook at Macworld
4:10AM Mark Wilson | According to speculation by Ezra Gottheil of Technology Business Research, Apple will announce a netbook at Macworld. His vision is one of a computer platform supporting the App Store: More »
Phones
Rumour Smash: No Zune Phone at CES
10:35AM Brian Lam | Sorry dudes. Just it first hand from Brian Seitz, Group Manager of Zune: “No Zune phone at CES.” More »
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$US99 Apple Mobile Phone Inevitable, Analyst Says
5:38AM Jesus Diaz | The Kaufman Bros.–technology market analysts, plumber aficionados, and part-time acrobatic artists–are arguing that the $US99 Apple-branded mobile phone is going to happen, echoing what Charlie Wolf already said. Really. One of these days: More »
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