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Apple Takes over as Leading Smartphone Seller

Apple’s iPhone has long been regarded as a major technological force in the smartphone market. As such, it has enjoyed dominating sales ever since its introduction five years ago. Now the figures are in, and once again proving that the iPhone is also a definite leader in terms of dollars and cents. According to a [...]

February 17th, 2012 | Posted in Business | Read More »

Apple Preparing for iPad 3 Launch in March

There may not be any specific launch date announced yet, but it seems to be getting more and more obvious that Apple is planning to release their much-awaited iPad 3 next month, or by April at the very latest. In fact, it may be previewed as early as the first few weeks of March, if [...]

February 14th, 2012 | Posted in Business | Read More »

Vodafone Now Offering Lumia 710 to Customers

Vodafone has finally announced the availability of the Nokia Lumia 710 for both prepaid and postpaid customers. This handset was Nokia and Microsoft’s initial Windows Phone offering after switching over from the Symbian OS. And being the first of its kind introduced, it is also the least costly at this point. Despite being what some [...]

February 12th, 2012 | Posted in Business | Read More »

Gauging the Rumored Apple HDTV’s Chances of Success

Rumors regarding an Apple high-definition television began circulating once again this week when leading US retailer Best Buy ran a survey to determine the feasibility of a 42-inch Apple HDTV for American customers. Previously, the buzz was that Apple might release an HDTV, possibly called the iTV, likely late this year, with three different sizes [...]

February 9th, 2012 | Posted in Business | Read More »

Kindle Fire Moving up to Second Place in Tablet Market

The Apple iPad 2 is without a doubt the leader in the tablet computer market. There doesn’t seem to be any clear-cut choice for runner-up, but according to one financial analyst, Amazon might have grabbed that honor following impressive fourth quarter sales. According to Jordan Rohan of Stiffel Nicolaus, Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet sold an [...]

February 4th, 2012 | Posted in Business | Read More »

Clove Pulls Out ASUS Transformer Prime following Hardware Issues

In a statement posted by Clove, the UK retailer announced they will stop selling the ASUS Transformer Prime until further notice. The issues cited by Clove are nothing new to Transformer Prime users or even casual observers. Again, the tablet’s GPS performance has been cited as a factor, as has the recent update to Android [...]

February 3rd, 2012 | Posted in Business | Read More »

White House Introduces Mortgage Overhaul

President Barack Obama formally unleashed his proposed overhaul of the country’s mortgage system on Wednesday that according to him will offer fresh starts for many Americans and provide them a tool to keep their homes from being foreclosed. The new legislation, Obama said, will offer assistance to responsible homeowners at record low rates and provide [...]

February 3rd, 2012 | Posted in Business | Read More »

Kindle Fire May Lead Amazon to Banner Q4 2011

With Amazon set to release fourth quarter 2011 sales figures Tuesday, quite a few analysts are expecting big things from the reputed online retailer. And it’s hardly surprising these business specialists are tracing Amazon’s success to the Kindle Fire tablet computer. According to Jordan Rohan of Stifel Nicolaus, the Amazon ecosystem of e-books, audio and [...]

January 31st, 2012 | Posted in Business | Read More »

Amazon Slashes Samsung Galaxy SII’s Price to $79.99

Samsung Galaxy SII has become more attractive to American consumers as Amazon Wireless opted to slash its retail price to only $79.99, easily making the handset as one of the cheapest high-end smartphone available. According to Amazon the new price tag, will be applicable to the Galaxy SII Epic 4G Touch, but the company was [...]

January 30th, 2012 | Posted in Business | Read More »

Samsung Galaxy Nexus 4G New Retail Price Set for $179

Last month, we saw the Samsung Galaxy Nexus 4G become the first-ever smartphone to feature the latest Android operating system, the Ice Cream Sandwich OS. Unlike other smartphones released with older Android versions such as Gingerbread (2.3) out of the box, the Nexus 4G actually shipped with Android 4.0. This made it a big hit [...]

January 27th, 2012 | Posted in Business | Read More »