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FeedPosted Feb 5th 2010 5:00PM by Brian White (RSS feed)
Filed under: Launches, Apple Inc (AAPL)
Taiwan's Acer has been on a tear recently. It markets the eMachines, Acer and Gateway computer brands and overtook Dell Inc. (DELL) recently to become the second-largest computer seller in the world. It may not be the most innovative, but it is selling a large amount of PCs every quarter. Its presence is large in the U.S. retail sector, where Dell's efforts over the last 18 months are still not where they need to be.
Now that Acer Chairman J.T. Wang wants to see Apple's (AAPL) new iPad tablet computer, one has to wonder why Acer cares at all. Although Amazon, Inc. (AMZN) already has the Kindle e-reader device (and ready to unveil a third-generation product to compete with Apple), Acer's Chairman may not realize that Apple is not wanting to compete as a tablet PC manufacturer.
Continue reading Why Acer Won't Be Able to Compete with Apple's iPad
Posted Feb 3rd 2010 4:40PM by Sheldon Liber (RSS feed)
Filed under: International Markets, Other Issues, Products and Services, Launches, Rants and Raves, Competitive Strategy, Microsoft (MSFT), Apple Inc (AAPL), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Market Matters, Next Big Thing, Technology
Shortly after the introduction of Apple, Inc.'s (AAPL) long anticipated iPad tablet computer I was quite surprised to receive an email from one of our more astute readers boldly stating "Game, set and match. See you at $300"
My immediate reaction was that this overly zealous stock trader and Apple enthusiast had let all reason escape his cranium. For me it reinforced how irrational investors are and how little they understand numbers. Apple stock will not reach $300 this year. Continue reading Apple $300 -- Not This Year!
Posted Feb 1st 2010 11:10AM by Brian White (RSS feed)
Filed under: Bad News, AOL (AOL)

After Apple (
AAPL) reported its best quarter ever last week, one would think shares in the iconic gadget maker would have started rising to new highs. Not to mention that after last Tuesday's record quarter announcement, Apple also unleashed a brand-new product after months of salivating hype from the tech press. Instead, AAPL shares have been on a
downward trajectory ever since. Doesn't this defy the laws of physics? Not at all.
Apple, who loves taking ideas, refining them to an ultra-high sheen and releasing them as something "magical," mostly underwhelmed the world with its iPad device last Wednesday. Like anything in Apple's history, all the buildup to its announcement was cheekily detrimental. Continue reading Apple Shares Plunge After Best-Ever Quarter, iPad Announcement
Posted Jan 30th 2010 12:10PM by Trey Thoelcke (RSS feed)
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Microsoft (MSFT), Yahoo! (YHOO), Apple Inc (AAPL), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Ford Motor (F), Halliburton (HAL), Boeing Co (BA), Mattel, Inc (MAT), US Airways Group (LCC), Eastman Kodak (EK), U.S. Steel (X), QUALCOMM Inc (QCOM), Texas Instruments (TXN), Nintendo (NTDOY)
Here are some highlights from this past week's earnings coverage on BloggingStocks:
- Apple Inc. (AAPL) posted its highest quarterly revenue ever, easily beating estimates, as iPhone sales doubled.
- Boeing Co. (BA) swung to a larger-than-expected Q4 profit but guidance fell short of analysts' estimates.
- Chevron Corp. (CVX) fell short of analysts' earnings estimates for Q4, sending shares lower.
- Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) shares rose after optimistic statements by the CEO ahead of Q2 results.
- Eastman Kodak Co. (EK) shares surged after it beat Q4 expectations by a wide margin and cash flow improved.
- Ford Motor Co. (F) reported its first annual profit in four years due to cost-cutting and improved market share.
- Halliburton Co. (HAL) reported lower Q4 earnings but beat estimates by a penny, and revenue also fell.
Continue reading Earnings Highlights: Apple, Boeing, Cisco, Ford, Kodak, Microsoft, Yahoo! ...
Posted Jan 29th 2010 11:30AM by Brian White (RSS feed)
Filed under: Products and Services, Launches, Consumer Experience, Apple Inc (AAPL)
While the entire world was wrapped up in the hype of the Apple (AAPL) iPad launch Wednesday, many tech enthusiasts, bloggers and uber-geeks -- the kind who hang on anything Steve Jobs belches out -- came away mostly underwhelmed and disappointed.
Apple, after knocking the middle ground between laptop and smartphone, unveiled a product that, well doesn't really have any of the best qualities of both. So, the iPad may go down as one of the biggest launch letdowns in Apple's recent history. It's already being called a larger iPod touch with an e-book reader attached. Not flattering, Apple.
Continue reading Apple's IPad Underwhelming for Consumers, but Not Educators
Posted Jan 29th 2010 8:30AM by Steven Mallas (RSS feed)
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), Yahoo! (YHOO), Apple Inc (AAPL), International Business Machines (IBM), Technology
Microsoft (MSFT), the tech giant behind the Windows operating system, whose colleagues include Apple (AAPL), Google (GOOG), IBM (IBM), and Yahoo! (YHOO), issued Q2 numbers after the bell on Thursday. Revenues increased 14%, and diluted earnings per share went up well over 50% to 74 cents.
In terms of expectations, Earnings.com says 59 cents was the number to beat. Obviously, the company had no problem doing that. As the news outlets have been reporting, Windows 7 was the big driver of the quarter's success.
Continue reading Microsoft Q2 Earnings Jump, Aided by Windows 7
Posted Jan 27th 2010 2:30PM by Melly Alazraki (RSS feed)
Filed under: Products and Services, Launches, Apple Inc (AAPL), Marketing and Advertising, AT and T (T), Nokia Corp. (NOK), Sony Corp ADR (SNE), Research in Motion (RIMM)

About an hour ago,
Apple (
AAPL) finally unveiled its much anticipated and rumored tablet computer -- the iPad. For the past couple of years, many wondered why Apple never got into the netbook market. Steve Jobs, Apple's founder, CEO and visionary explained that netbooks simply are not better than laptops. The iPad, however, according to Jobs is.
Specs, from Engadget: The
Apple iPad weighs just 1.5 pounds, and has a 9.7-inch touchscreen LCD display. It's running Apple's own 1GHz "A4" chip, with a 10-hour battery life and a month of standby. It'll come in three sizes and prices points: 16GB -- sold for $499, 32GB -- sold for $599, and 64GB -- $699.
Continue reading Apple Ushers in the iPad -- Can It Live up to the Hype?
Posted Jan 26th 2010 2:30PM by Sheldon Liber (RSS feed)
Filed under: Good news, Products and Services, Launches, Consumer Experience, Rants and Raves, Apple Inc (AAPL), Amazon.com (AMZN), Comic Relief

Tomorrow we are not going to see people landing on Mars, or North and South Korea unite, or the end of poverty and disease. However, the long awaited Apple (
AAPL) tablet computer will be unveiled and from all the excitement it has generated it might even be bigger news than that.
It seems every
one is anticipating that Apple's latest device will have the ability to balance the federal budget and eliminate the deficit. After all the hype anything less may disappoint.
Continue reading Rumored Apple Tablet Is Wowing Them Again
Posted Jan 24th 2010 12:10PM by Trey Thoelcke (RSS feed)
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Forecasts, Yahoo! (YHOO), Verizon Communications (VZ), QUALCOMM Inc (QCOM), Texas Instruments (TXN), SanDisk Corp (SNDK)
The earnings crunch is on. Intel (INTC) and IBM (IBM) have already reported strong earnings results, and some of this week's biggest anticipated earnings gainers are also tech stocks: Apple (AAPL), AT&T (T) and Microsoft (MSFT).
Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters are looking for Texas Instruments Inc. (TXN) to report that its earnings rose 57.1% from a year ago to $0.49 per share for the three months that ended in December. Revenue is expected to total $3.0 billion, up 19.5% from a year ago, during a fourth quarter in which it raised its guidance and declared a quarterly dividend. But the full-year forecast is for earnings of $1.13 per share (-28.0%) on $10.4 billion in revenue (-16.8%). This Dallas-based semiconductor maker's earnings results have been better than expected in the past four quarters, beating estimates by as much as nine cents per share.
Continue reading The Week in Preview: Eye on Tech Earnings (QCOM, SNDK, TXN, VZ, YHOO)
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