Opinion: Motorola Droid is the ‘iPhone’ of Verizon

If you look back at recent history, one may consider the iPhone as the main conduit in the proliferation of touchscreen phones today. The iPhone also not only marked the entry of Apple into the mobile phone biz, but more importantly, through its exclusivity on AT&T, became a signature device for the US carrier that [...]

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Apple Quarterly Financial Report: A Bazillion iPhones, a Quadzillion iPods Sold

Apple just released its earnings for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2007 and posted $6.22 billion revenue for the quarter and profits of $904 million. Sales of Mac computers grew 34% and sold 1,119,000 iPhones for the quarter bringing the iPhone total sales since June 29 to 1,389,000. Apple has also sold 10,200,000 iPods, [...]

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270,000 iPhones in 30 Hours, For Real

AT&T’s reported conversion on the iPhone has pretty much debunked the 500k hyped-up sales on iPhone’s first weekend. AT&T’s 146k figure, however, leaves a lot of people scratching their heads. Surely a lot more iPhones were sold before the end of June or on its first 30 hours since it was launched at 6PM [...]

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iPod Fuels Apple’s Best Quarter

Apple Inc. stocks jumped over 7 per cent yesterday after Apple posted a record quarterly earnings with an 88% rise in profit compared to a year ago or $US770 in real money. Gross margins increased by 35.5%. Chris Armruster, a market analyst, called it “pretty unbelievable.” Apple’s profits in the last quarter came from the [...]

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Apple to Offer Subsidized iPhone?

Is the iPhone in trouble? American Technology (AmTech) analyst Shaw Wu had it from reliable sources that Apple is considering selling a subsidized iPhone through its exclusive carrier AT&T. “We are hearing rebates of $50-150 that will be offered by AT&T to lower the price points for iPhone (currently $499 for 4 GB and $599 [...]

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