Samsung Galaxy Tab Hits UK Retailers Today
The much talked about 7-inch Samsung Galaxy Tablet hits UK shops today. It runs Android 2.2 and according to reports, it does this very well and impressively. It’s available at various retailers and has a range of prices linked to a variety of dataplans. At Carphone Warehouse for example you can either pay £499.99 with a £10 pay monthly plan on Talk Mobile and that includes 1GB of data. Or if that’s too much of an initial outlay you could buy it for £99.95 and commit to a £40 per month two year contract, this also includes 5GB of data on Three. At Tesco Direct you can pay £529.99 to…
Apple Is Killing The Mobile Phone Business
According to a report in Fortune today, they state that despite Apple being the most profitable mobile company, this has come about largely due at the expense of Nokia, Sony Ericcson, LG and Motorola. Asymco’s Horace Dediu who put this data together said, "Will Android change this picture?" he asks rhetorically. "As I’ve argued before, Android is most attractive to the unprofitable and the strategically constrained. Can having undifferentiated new products change this? As Nokia is unlikely to license Android, and RIM seems very unlikely and Apple is out of the picture, the only possible contenders are Samsung, LG, HTC, Motorola and Sony Ericsson. "Motorola and Sony Ericsson have both…
Apple’s Share of Mobile Phone Industry Profits Rises to 39%
Fortune are running a report based on new research from Canaccord Genuity analyst T. Michael Walkley, it compares Apple’s performance in the mobile/smart phone industry to that of its competitors for the first half of 2010. Apple sold 17 million iPhones during the first half of the year, a tiny fraction of the 400 million handsets sold by top manufacturers Nokia, Samsung, and LG combined. But when looking at industry profits, Apple snagged 39% of the pie while the other three companies combined to take only 32%. At the end of the day, it’s only profits that count, right? ‘We are also impressed with Apple’s ability to monetize its…
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