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iPad Popularity Reduces Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HDX Shipments
Wednesday, November 6, 2013 - 12:43pm | 487Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) lower-cost tablets have been unable to thwart the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) empire. According to DigiTimes, the 2013 Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire HDX have fallen below shipment expectations. This might be why Amazon has stopped talking about its market...
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iPad Air Is Cheaper, More Profitable Than iPad 3
Tuesday, November 5, 2013 - 12:28pm | 456Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) fifth-generation iPad is cheaper to manufacture than the third-generation iPad -- but retails for the same starting price of $499. According to AllThingsD, which has received the first look at IHS' (NYSE: IHS) teardown of the iPad Air, Apple is spending $274 to produce the...
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iPad Air: Hands-On with the Best iPad Yet
Friday, November 1, 2013 - 3:58pm | 497Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) latest tablet is lighter, thinner and faster -- and retails for the same price as last year's model. Starting at $499 for the 16GB Wi-Fi model and $629 for the same unit with cellular service, the iPad Air is easily the most irresistible full-size tablet released in 2013...
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iPad Air Launch Draws Modest Crowd At Apple Store
Friday, November 1, 2013 - 12:54pm | 827Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) fifth-generation iPad arrived in stores this morning, delivering modest crowds to at least one Apple Store. Roughly 25 people were in line at the Somerset Collection in Troy, Michigan, where one of the state's premier Apple Store is located. Most of the customers looked...
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Official iPad Mini And iPad 4 Price Cuts Coming From Apple
Monday, October 14, 2013 - 11:51am | 575Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is reportedly planning to reduce the MSRP of its fourth-generation iPad and first-generation iPad Mini. According to DigiTimes, seven-inch tablets that are priced above $299 (in other words, all of the current iPad Mini units) will be reduced. The same goes for 10-inch tablets...
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Microsoft Might Pay $350 For Your Apple iPhone Or iPad
Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 2:28pm | 470How much are used Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) devices worth to Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT)? The Windows maker has launched a new buyback program with the help of Clover Wireless, a company that specializes in private label trade-ins, buy-backs and repair services for carriers, retailers and OEMs (original...
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iPad Mini Launch Brings Small Crowd, Few iPad 4 Buyers
Friday, November 2, 2012 - 9:44am | 807Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) released the long-awaited iPad Mini Friday morning, but instead of inspiring a large crowd of techies to wait in line all night, the company could barely muster a crowd of 20 people. In fact, at 6:55 a.m. EDT this morning, one Apple Store in Metro Detroit had just 13 people...
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Apple Needs a "Supernatural" Being to Replace Steve Jobs
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 1:58pm | 633On the cusp of earnings, one analyst weighs in on the future of Apple. "I have followed Steve Jobs for more than 20 years," Trip Chowdhry, the Managing Director of Equity Research at Global Equities Research, told Benzinga. "There was only one Thomas Edison. There was only one Albert Einstein....
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iPad Sales Could Fall Below Expectations, Says Wedge Partners
Thursday, March 29, 2012 - 10:41am | 766The world's most popular tablet sold three million units at launch. But its success could be short lived. That's according reports that Wedge Partners has released a negative report on Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), stating that the iPad sales may not be as high as expectations and that March sales could...
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How to Profit From the New iPad
Thursday, March 8, 2012 - 5:44pm | 838By Investing Daily Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) largely delivered what investors were expecting when it unveiled the new iPad yesterday. On the surface, the new tablet looks a lot like its predecessor, the iPad 2. But under the hood, Apple Inc. has given it a number of upgrades, including a faster...
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Sterne Agee Maintains Buy on Apple After iPad Event
Thursday, March 8, 2012 - 8:01am | 164Sterne Agee has published a research report on Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) after the company's 4G LTE Capable iPad announcement yesterday. In the report, Sterne Agee writes, "We view 4G LTE wireless as arguably the most important new feature. The reason is that it is substantially faster (up to 10x more...
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Siri Will be on iPad 3, Says Analyst
Wednesday, March 7, 2012 - 1:22pm | 620“I would be surprised if Siri is not on [the iPad 3],” said Crowell, Weedon & Co.'s James D. Ragan. Ragan, a senior equity analyst, told Benzinga that he finds it interesting how few articles there have been regarding Siri's inclusion. “I think they're gonna do it,” he said. “They've got the...
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iPad 3 Unveiling is Finally Here
Wednesday, March 7, 2012 - 12:39pm | 693Are you ready? You should be. If not, here's a quick refresher: due to be unveiled at approximately 10:00 a.m. PST / 1:00 p.m. EST, the iPad 3 (or iPad HD, as the case may be) is expected to feature a host of snazzy upgrades, including a high-def Retina Display, a faster processor (potentially a...
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Apple Store Down, Preparing for iPad 3
Wednesday, March 7, 2012 - 11:35am | 103Apple has posted its iconic “We'll be back soon” virtual sticky note on its Apple Store website. The company historically posts the sticky note in preparation for a new product launch. As most of you are aware, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will unveil the long-awaited next-generation iPad later today at...
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iPad 3 to Ship 1 Million Tablets at Launch?
Wednesday, March 7, 2012 - 9:12am | 449A new app might have just revealed how many iPad 3s Apple plans to ship at launch. Yesterday, a young startup called Wallit Inc. launched Wallit, a new app for the iPhone, allowing users to (as the website describes), “‘Write on walls' at popular places and ‘start conversations' with the people...