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Entries for July, 2011

Nintendo posts first quarterly operating loss; 3DS now just $169.99

Nintendo posted its first quarterly operating loss ever on Thursday in its fiscal first quarter earnings report. The Japanese gaming company recorded a net loss of 25.5 billion Yen ($328 million), which was on a par with the net loss of 25.2 billion Yen ($324 million) the firm reported during the same quarter last year. [...]

Altec Lansing to Launch ‘Orbit iML247′, Portable Stereo Speaker

iSKY networks (representative Ho Choi, www.iskynetworks.co.kr) released ‘Orbit iML247′, a portable stereo speaker by Altec Lansing, in the middle of July. Orbit iML247, a portable 2-channel stereo speaker, is a portable and packable speaker which supplies power and sends music files with USB single cable. Particularly, Orbit iML247 improves sound of laptop 2.5 times and [...]

Adhesives Research to Feature its New Bonding Adhesives for PV Cell Technology

Adhesives Research (AR, www.adhesivesresearch.com), a leading developer and manufacturer of custom pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes (PSAs), specialty coatings, films and laminates features several sophisticated bonding technologies designed for bus bar, solar cell junction box, and encapsulation barrier applications in crystalline and thin film photovoltaic (PV) modules. As an alternative to traditional bonding methods, such as soldering [...]

Samsung Q2 profit sags as flat screen reports losses

SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co, the world’s top memory chip maker, reported a 25 percent fall in quarterly profit as its flat screen business posted a second consecutive quarterly loss, overshadowing strong profit growth from handset sales. Original post by samzenpus

Verizon Wireless wins J.D. Power customer care award

J.D. Power and Associates announced on Thursday that Verizon Wireless ranked highest in the company’s 2011 Wireless Customer Care Performance Study, Volume 2. The carrier’s overall score was 770/1000, which was above the average 761 score in the ‘full service’ category. T-Mobile came in second place with a score of 766, followed by Sprint (752) [...]

Verizon Wireless to pay $10 billion to parents

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Verizon Wireless plans to pay a $10 billion dividend early next year to its parents, Vodafone Group Plc and Verizon Communications . Original post by CmdrTaco

Motorola Mobility posts solid Q2 earnings, new smartphones and tablets inbound

Motorola Mobility on Thursday released its second quarter 2011 earnings and despite recent analyst downgrades, the company recorded a strong quarter. Motorola posted net revenues of $3.3 billion, up 28% from the same time period last year. In addition, mobile device revenues were $2.4 billion, up 41% from the second quarter of 2010. Motorola Mobility [...]

Motorola product delay, tablet margins to hurt Q3

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Motorola Mobility warned that its third-quarter profit would miss expectations due to the second delay of a smartphone launch and price cuts of its tablet computers, sending its shares down 4 percent. Original post by CmdrTaco

HTC Prime and Ignite Windows Phones leaked by retailer

We haven’t seen the HTC Ignite or Prime since March, but a new leak from cell phone retailer The Phone House suggests that HTC is planning to launch both handsets in the near future. The phones will pack Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system, presumably the Mango release, but it is unclear when they will hit [...]

Expedia profit up as bookings grow 19 percent

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Online travel agency Expedia Inc said its quarterly net profit rose as bookings increased by 19 percent. Original post by Soulskill