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Wednesday February 24, 2010

Consumer Electronics

March 2, 2010

Apple's Smartphone Battle Plan

(This story was corrected to reflect the actual percentage of cases brought before the ITC that are resolved by a settlement) Apple's attempt to block the import of ...

February 25, 2010

Apple May Put iPhone OS on Other Devices

Apple is showing its true mobile colors. The company is on the lookout for an engineer who can help get its mobile-phone software onto additional devices. On Feb. 15, ...

February 25, 2010

The iPad Accessory Frenzy Begins

Scosche, a maker of accessories for consumer electronics, has made a mint selling products that complement Apple's (AAPL) iPhone and its iPod music player. Now, ...

February 25, 2010

Palm Under Pressure After Sales Shortfall

Palm may be running short of options. The smartphone maker on Feb. 25 cut a key revenue forecast and said demand for its flagship Pre device isn't meeting ...

February 17, 2010

Apple's iPad: No Fun for Small Biz

I'm not a big fan of change. I've lived in the same city all my life. I go to the same supermarket every week. I read the newspaper every day. I drive non-hybrid ...

February 17, 2010

Canon's Cantankerous All-in-One Printer

When Canon (CAJ) unveiled the Color ImageClass MF8050Cn, it billed the color laser printer as a device that could fit the needs of small businesses and home offices ...

February 15, 2010

Opera's Bid to Become an iPhone Browser

Apple's willingness to let competing Web browsers onto the iPhone will soon be put to the test. Norwegian software maker Opera (OPERA:NO) said on Feb. 10 that it has ...

February 12, 2010

Microsoft Aims to Get Back in the Game in Mobile

(Clarifies in first paragraph that Bach spoke to analysts in January.) Just a few years ago, Microsoft (MSFT) looked like a real contender in the mobile-phone market. ...

February 12, 2010

Mobile World Congress: Don't Call It a Phone Show

Mobile World Congress, which kicks off Monday in Barcelona, is the place to be for everyone who's anyone in the mobile-phone ecosystem, and increasingly that includes ...

February 11, 2010

FCC May Pay Broadcasters for Airwaves

The Federal Communications Commission is considering a plan to pay broadcasters to vacate airwaves it could use to alleviate network strain caused by the surging use ...

February 10, 2010

iPad Component Costs Leave Room for Price Cuts

(This story has been updated to include an analyst's comment.) Apple's (AAPL) iPad tablet computer, introduced Jan. 27, may have component costs of as little as ...

February 5, 2010

Apple's Hard iPad Sell

With the introduction of the iPad, Apple's (AAPL) status as a cultural icon reached new heights. Based on an unscientific survey of newspapers archived by The Newseum,...

February 4, 2010

Bar Codes Ride Again on Mobile Phones

Bar codes are getting hip. For decades, retailers and manufacturers have used these patterns of black dots, lines, and squares to encode pricing and other data onto ...

January 28, 2010

Apple iPad Adds to Pressure on AT&T

As Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs unveiled the tablet-style iPad computer Jan. 27, many of his pronouncements were greeted with cheers. In contrast, his revelation ...

January 27, 2010

Apple's Effect on Content Partners: More Good Than Bad

The unveiling of Apple's (AAPL) new tablet computer on Jan. 27 has sparked hopes the device will improve the fortunes of companies supplying content for the device. ...

January 27, 2010

The iPad Threat to PCs

Apple's (AAPL) new iPad, a lightweight device that browses the Web and delivers media, may serve as an alternative to netbooks and pose a threat to PC makers. While ...

January 26, 2010

Verizon Wireless-AT&T Competition Heats Up

This story was corrected to show that Dunston Almeida is a telecommunications consultant at Exothen Capital Consulting Competition heated up in the fourth quarter ...

January 26, 2010

Apple's Tablet: App Makers Target Business Use

In early February, an Apple (AAPL) rep is scheduled to pay a visit to the Cincinnati offices of Western & Southern Financial Group. Employees have been clamoring for ...

January 22, 2010

Meet the Maker of Apple's Other Tablet

The wait is almost over. On Jan. 27, Apple (AAPL) is expected to introduce a tablet device that Mac fans have awaited for years. Rumors that Apple may release a tablet...

January 21, 2010

Lessons in IT from Howard Stern

I've listened to The Howard Stern Show on Sirius XM Radio (SIRI) for years. Howard Stern knows how to deliver an entertaining and interesting radio show. But I never ...

January 21, 2010

With the iPhone, Geodelic Finds Dollars and Seoul

Ever since we first tried out Sherpa, a location-based services application, we became fans of Geodelic, the Santa Monica (Calif.)-based company behind it. The app, ...

January 20, 2010

Apple, Microsoft Discuss Giving Bing Top iPhone Billing

In 2003, when Apple said its iTunes music software would work on PCs using the Windows software of its age-old rival, Microsoft, Apple made up posters that read &quot;Hell ...

January 20, 2010

Verizon Wireless-AT&T 'Price War' May Boost Revenues

Don't be fooled by the latest round of price cuts by Verizon Wireless and AT&T. The two biggest U.S. mobile-phone companies said on Jan. 15 they'll cut monthly prices ...

January 20, 2010

Marketing Machines: Ads Abound on Consumer Electronics

NBC Universal tried some new tricks to promote its new action thriller The Wolfman. The studio placed audio ads on Internet radio service Pandora, ran small banner ads...

January 18, 2010

Will Android Pay for Google's Moves in China?

British scribe Paul Carr is not one to mince words. For him, Google's (GOOG) newfound morality around censorship and China is too little, too late. Four years too ...

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