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Apple iPhone 5 and iPad 2 NFC rumors debunked by analyst that prompted them

Chris Davies, Feb 11th 2011 Discuss [9]

Rumors that Apple is planning a wholesale assault on the NFC ecosystem, with NFC-enabled iPhone 5 and iPad 2 devices together with freely-distributed payment terminals to vendors have been debunked, by the very source that prompted them initially. According to analyst Richard Doherty, speaking to the NFC Times, he was significantly misquoted in the original Bloomberg report, claiming he had sources among Apple engineers whereas in fact he was the third layer in a string of speculation originating from iOS app developer guesswork. Read The Full Story

Apple HDTV rumors reignite: Did Apple spend $3.9bn on displays?

Chris Davies, Feb 4th 2011 Discuss [0]

Apple's recently revealed $3.9bn investment is tipped to be in display manufacturing and development, according to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, who goes on to suggest that the company's increasing panel focus indicates an Apple HDTV is still on the way. Munster, quoted by AppleInsider, believes Apple has moved to secure supplies for panels ranging from iPhone-scale to the 27-inch iMac. Read The Full Story

Samsung Galaxy Tab returns as high as 16% researchers claim

Chris Davies, Feb 1st 2011 Discuss [0]

Samsung has already had to backtrack on its Galaxy Tab performance figures, admitting that sales have actually been "quite small", and now new research suggests that returns rates are also high. ITG tracked sales in the US from the November launch of the Tab through to January 15, the NY Post reports, and found that 15-percent were returned. Read The Full Story

Apple number 3 in PCs if tablets included claim analysts

Chris Davies, Jan 26th 2011 Discuss [2]

Is the iPad a PC, a tablet or something else? If you're Apple you'd say it's iconic and leave it at that, but if you're market analysts Canalys you lump it in with personal computers in general. They've been crunching numbers and - iPad included - reckon that makes Apple the third largest company in the PC industry, only trailing HP and Acer. Read The Full Story

Nintendo Will Face 3DS Shortages Due to Pricing, Analyst Says

Evan Selleck, Jan 20th 2011 Discuss [4]

At the end of September, Nintendo's boss Satoru Iwata said that he was confident in the Nintendo 3DS, the portable gaming unit that's able to play 3D games and movies without the need of 3D glasses. And after the initial announcement about the device, the praise that Nintendo was seeing regarding the upcoming handheld was so promising, that he said the "high price point" of the 3DS in Japan, priced at $300, was due to those glowing initial reviews. Now that the 3DS has an official release date and price in the United States (with an apparent mark-up in the United Kingdom), people are wondering if the $250 price point is too high for Nintendo. One analyst believes it's way too low, and Nintendo should be getting ready to suffer because of it. Read The Full Story

Facebook Brings in $1.86 Billion Worldwide Advertising Revenue in 2010

Evan Selleck, Jan 18th 2011 Discuss [3]

Analysts are claiming that Facebook and Google may have more in common than previously believed, especially when it comes to how Facebook handles advertising. In new results from eMarketer, Facebook is raking in quite a bit of revenue based on advertising through the site. But, what's most surprising to analysts, is not so much how much money that Facebook is drawing in, but the fact that it's not coming from major advertising agencies, but more from small- and medium-sized businesses. Read The Full Story

Verizon iPhone more expensive predicts analyst, missing the point completely

Chris Davies, Jan 10th 2011 Discuss [1]

Verizon iPhone hyperbole continues, with the latest analyst angle being the potential price difference in UMTS and CDMA radios. J.P. Morgan analyst Mark Moskowitz has been crunching the numbers and is predicting that the Verizon iPhone could cost $20 to $30 more than its AT&T counterpart because of the more expensive components, according to Apple Insider. Read The Full Story

Forrester up tablet forecast: 1/3 of US online consumers to have a tablet by 2015

Chris Davies, Jan 4th 2011 Discuss [1]

Forrester has revised its tablet sales estimates for 2011, claiming to have been "too conservative" with their forecast last year, and now predicting that 24.1m units will be sold in 2011. That's more than double the 10.3m estimate Forrester has put on 2010, and the research company expects Apple's iPad to hold the lion's share of sales through 2012. In fact, by 2015 Forrester expects 82 million US consumers - one-third of US online consumers - will be using a tablet. Read The Full Story

Apple HDTV in late 2012 predicts analyst

Chris Davies, Jan 4th 2011 Discuss [0]

The perennial Apple HDTV rumors have resurfaced, with fresh analyst predictions that the company will branch out from the million-selling Apple TV and release an integrated display and media streaming set. Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster is pegging a late 2012 launch for the Apple HDTV, a hybrid display and smart TV system that would include iTunes access for digital content sales and rentals. Read The Full Story

LCD TV Shipments Expected to Slow in 2011, Rise Only 13 Percent

Evan Selleck, Jan 3rd 2011 Discuss [0]

In a new report from market research firm DisplaySearch, general shipments of LCD TVs are going to rise in 2011, but when compared to last year, it won't be anything to get excited about. The firm says that the growth will be noticeable, but that the growth simply won't be as high as it has been in the past. However, despite the fact shipments will rise, it's the price erosion for the LCD market that will leave the market seeing its "first ever revenue decline." Read The Full Story

iPhone keeps US smartphone top spot but Android closing fast says Nielsen

Chris Davies, Jan 3rd 2011 Discuss [1]

Apple's iPhone is still the top smartphone among US buyers, according to Nielsen's latest figures, holding 28.6-percent of the market share compared to Android's 25.8-percent and RIM's 26.1-percent. However, Android adoption over the past six month period is the strongest among the three platforms, suggesting Apple's hold on the top spot is unlikely to last. Read The Full Story

Facebook Visited More Than Google in 2010, Traffic Analyst Firm Says

Evan Selleck, Dec 30th 2010 Discuss [5]

To be "bigger than Google" in the tech world is a pretty big feat. But for Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, it's something that he can officially mark off of his "to-do" list, if he's got one. According to Hitwise, a traffic analyst firm, the social networking site has officially surpassed the search giant as the most visited website in 2010, and by a pretty significant margin, no less. These numbers, though, reflect traffic based in the United States only, though. Read The Full Story