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Not Much Riding on BlackBerry World — Just RIM’s Future

John Paczkowski in Mobile on May 1 at 3:00 am PT

“This is RIM’s big chance to tell the BlackBerry 10 story.”

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Motorola: Can It Sell One Million Droids This Quarter?

Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily in News on November 30, 2009 at 3:50 pm PT

So, just how many Droid smartphones can Motorola sell in the December quarter? RBC Capital analyst Mark Sue asserted in a research note dated Sunday that he thinks the company has already sold 700,000 to 800,000 Droids, which should make it possible for the company to hit his estimate of 1 million Droids for the quarter.

Imaginary Demand for Mythical Apple Tablet Exceeds All Estimates

John Paczkowski in News on September 23, 2009 at 1:06 pm PT

Though it’s not available for purchase and its specs and form factor aren’t yet known, Apple’s mythical tablet device is in high demand. In fact, according to an RBC Capital/ChangeWave survey, many of us would buy one, given the opportunity and the right price.

Insert Lame "New Moto Phone CLIQs With Investors" Pun Here

John Paczkowski in Social on September 11, 2009 at 10:32 am PT

Motorola is getting a bit of long lost love from Wall Street today, now that it has unveiled the CLIQ–the Android-powered handset with which it hopes to regain market share in the intensely competitive cellphone business. Shares in the company spiked more than seven percent after the CLIQ announcement Thursday, and today they’re up well over six percent.

Insert Lame “New Moto Phone CLIQs With Investors” Pun Here

John Paczkowski in Social on September 11, 2009 at 10:32 am PT

Motorola is getting a bit of long lost love from Wall Street today, now that it has unveiled the CLIQ–the Android-powered handset with which it hopes to regain market share in the intensely competitive cellphone business. Shares in the company spiked more than seven percent after the CLIQ announcement Thursday, and today they’re up well over six percent.

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Amazon: Now One-Third of All U.S. E-Commerce

Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily in News on April 14, 2009 at 7:48 am PT

One online retailer to rule them all. Amazon.com could be responsible for close to a third of all U.S. e-commerce transactions, RBC Capital analyst Stephen Ju asserted in a research note this morning. Ju notes that Amazon’s reported revenues consist of a mix of gross revenues from its own businesses plus net third-party commissions.

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Nokia: Signs of Light?

Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily in News on April 3, 2009 at 12:35 pm PT

Are things picking up at Nokia? Maybe… or at least, they seem to be getting worse at a decelerating rate. RBC Capital’s Mark Sue this morning repeated his Outperform rating on the stock and lifted his price target to $16, from $12, asserting that the company’s operating margins in mobile device many have bottomed. “It’s been the most volatile global handset quarter since we can remember, yet the shock to the system seems to be dissipating,” he writes.

Mike Abramsky and the Holy Pre

John Paczkowski in News on March 13, 2009 at 8:57 am PT

Palm hasn’t yet set its price or launch date, but it already has a winner on its hands in the Pre. That’s the word from RBC Capital analyst Mike Abramsky, who gave the device one hell of a write-up this morning. Seems Abramsky, who had previously been neutral on Palm, now believes the company has a chance at “smartphone leadership.”

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Cellphones: Demand Is Even Worse Than You Think

Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily in News on February 27, 2009 at 7:16 am PT

How bad is the market for cellphones? Really bad. Worse than really bad. RBC Capital’s Mark Sue this morning cut his Q1 forecast for global handset unit demand to 230 million, from 248 million, which would mean a sequential drop of 25 percent. For the full year, Sue now expects handset units to drop 18 percent.

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Adobe: In Crummy Economy, Customers Delay Upgrades

Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily in News on February 19, 2009 at 11:37 am PT

Adobe shares are trading lower this morning after RBC Capital analyst Robert Breza trimmed his estimates and price target on the stock, noting that the upgrade cycle for the recently released Creative Suite 4 has been slowed by the weak economy.