Research In Motion reported their Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2012 Results yesterday which showed a 25% decrease in revenue from the previous year and a record net loss of $125 million. Considering Apples record earnings, is it any wonder? Revenue for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012 was $4.2 billion, down 19% from $5.2 billion in [...]
Can Research In Motion Be Saved
January 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The co-CEOs are no more and the RIM ship has been taken over by a different member of the existing executive team, Thorsten Heins. So with the promotion of Mr. Heins to President and Chief Executive Officer, can we expect a reversal of fortunes from RIM? Just so you know exactly what has happened, this [...]
An Honest Amazon Kindle Fire Review
November 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
An iPad2 It Is NOT – But What Do You Expect For $199? When I first got wind of the Fire, I knew it was destined to be mine. Okay, I know that sounds a bit dramatic, so let me explain: I’m a bit of a bibliophile. I loved my first generation Kindle and am [...]
RIM Stock Dives On Q2 Earnings Call
September 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Research In Motion, the one time smartphone market leader, failed to inspire any confidence from the financial community with their Q2 2012 earnings call last week. It’s clear many are wondering what is The Trouble With Research In Motion. But in fine style management has it’s head in the sand! Speaking in the call, Jim [...]
Google Buys Motorola Mobility
August 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment
In a move that’s guaranteed to set the mobile market on fire, Google has entered into an agreement today with Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: MMI) to buy the company for $40.00 per share in cash, or a total of about $12.5 billion. In an announcement on Googles’ investor relations page they said: Larry Page, [...]
RIM Lowers Q2 Target On Playbook Sales
June 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
According to digitimes.com who reports that sources have told them RIM has lowered it’s 2011 2nd quarter sales targets of the Playbook. RIM, viewing that only about 500,000 PlayBooks, its first tablet PC, were sold globally from its launch in mid-April to early June, has downward adjusted its internal sales target for the second quarter, [...]
The Trouble With Research In Motion
June 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
How much market disappointment can Research In Motion sustain before they hit bottom? It seems the company is actively trying to push the envelope in this regard. Every time RIM makes an announcement they only contribute to the downward trajectory the Canadian technology darling is on! RIMs Stock Dives RIM reported it’s quarterly earnings last [...]
HP Touchpad – Number One Plus
May 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
In a recent press conference at Cannes, Eric Cador, senior vice president of the Personal Systems Group in the Europe, Middle East and Africa, said HP will duplicate it’s past successes and become the “number one plus” tablet. The Apple iPad is currently the leader in the space by far and this seems not [...]
Google Announces Chromebook
May 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Google has announced the June 15th launch of Chromebooks. Chromebooks are laptops built by Samsung and Acer which are based on the browser-based Chrome OS. Today, we’re announcing the first Chromebooks from our partners, Samsung and Acer. These are not typical notebooks. With a Chromebook you won’t wait minutes for your computer to boot [...]
Microsoft to Acquire Skype
May 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
In a Press Release earlier today, Microsoft announced their acquisition of Skype for $8.5 billion in cash from the investor group led by Silver Lake. The agreement has been approved by the boards of directors of both Microsoft and Skype. So what’s in it for Microsoft? According to the release: The acquisition will increase the [...]
Microsoft Expected To Buy Skype For 8.5 Billon
May 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
In a deal estimated at 8.5 Billion Dollars, Microsoft is expected to acquire Skype. Skype, which allows people to make calls at no charge, would also give Microsoft a foothold in potentially the lucrative video-conferencing market as global businesses seeking to reduce expenditure shift to lower-cost ways of communicating. “In this atmosphere of Internet Bubble [...]
YouTube Adds 3000 Movies For Rent
May 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Today YouTube announced they would start adding around 3,000 new movie titles for rent. The titles will be available to users in the U.S. In a post on the YouTube Blog: Welcome to the future of video. Please stay a while. Today, we’re announcing another step in our goal to bring more of the video you [...]
Google Emails Expose Importance Of Location Data
May 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Going back to May of 2010, Google has been concerned about location data reports The San Jose Mercury News: “Google executives emphasized that collecting location data from consumers’ smartphones was “extremely valuable to Google,” and detailed the trouble the company was having with data collection in the wake of a privacy blowup involving Google’s Street [...]
Blackberry Playbook Fails To Draw The Masses
April 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Blackberry Playbook, launched yesterday April 19th, 2011, and failed to create much of a ring at the cash registers across North America and the latest headlines say it all. New York Daily News – New tablet a dud as BlackBerry’s PlayBook fails to draw iPad-like fanfare Silicon.com – BlackBerry PlayBook: Another RIM compromise? The [...]
Blackberry Playbook Launches Without Long Lines
April 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Anyone following the tablet space will no-doubt be aware that Research In Motion launched their Blackberry Playbook today. Response has been slow to say the least. Unlike trying to buy an iPad on launch day, there are no long lines being reported. One Canadian news agency reported there was one person waiting in line at [...]
