Tag Archive for 'analyst'
Research firm IDC have spotted the current trend for budget ultraportable notebooks, but unlike the rest of us aren’t entirely convinced. Despite vast sales of the ASUS Eee - and multiple rivals with new notebooks landing every week - IDC don’t believe most mainstream customers will ever see the usually-Linux based devices as “proper” computers. [...]
When I purchased my Xbox 360 I ponied up the extra cash to get a hard drive. Honestly, I think it was something of a mistake for them to release a SKU without the HDD, but I understand why they decided to do it. What I don’t understand is why it costs so much to [...]
Samsung has reiterated its commitment to AMOLED display technology, claiming the panels will reach an economy of scale in terms of production sometime during 2009. According to Woo-Jong Lee, who is VP of Samsung SDI’s mobile display marketing team, medium and large scale applications will become increasingly relevant for the technology, as production ramps up [...]
There has been a lot of criticism of the used game business by big players in the industry. Mostly it is argued that studios lose money when people buy used copies of games, rather than brand new copies from the store. However, at least one market researcher claims that it is the exact opposite.
And in his place COO Greg Brown will be stepping up. Zander is stepping down on his terms and chose to use the end of the first quarter where Motorola saw a profit as a good time to announce it.
I knew Motorola wasn’t doing too good because they haven’t released a hot product in a [...]
I enjoy my Xbox 360, it sees a lot more action these days because I can play Guitar Hero on it. However, despite the fact that it’s a generation (not to mention many years) old, I still love my PlayStation 2. It has been a faithful console, and has been with me for many years. [...]
I’ve made tentative plans to have my body opened up (after my death, of course) and each of the constituent parts valued; that way people will know just how much has been spent on me compared to my inherent worth. After all, it’s an indignity most new iPod models suffer: research firm iSuppli have been [...]
When I was sitting here yesterday covering Apple’s big event I heard that they dropped the price on the 8GB iPhone. I was ecstatic, Apple had found some way to drop the price of their phone to make it more affordable for the average Joe. Unfortunately, I was one of the few that saw this [...]
With the 60GB PS3 dying off, analysts have begun to speculate what will happen to that $499 price point. Will Sony drop the price of the 80GB to fill the void, or will they just forget about it?
So the PS3 is getting a nice $100 price cut in August, Xbox 360s just got their warranties extended, and now Microsoft is rumored to cut prices soon. Man, it’s a good time to be a gamer.
