Google shuts down Nexus One Web store
Google will close an online store that it set up to sell its Nexus One phoneand rely on traditional retailers instead.
The search giant has admitted that sales of the Android-based handset were slower than expected, and that it will teaming up with local network partners to sell the phone through their high street shops and [...]
Android dominates iPhone in US, Sprint and Verizon scrap Nexus One
On Monday, Sprint–America’s third largest wireless carrier–told Gizmodo it had changed its mind about joining Mountain View’s online handset store and offering service in tandem with the Googlephone. As recently as March, the carrier said that it would partner with Google on a version of the Nexus One known as, er, the N1.
The announcement [...]
Research In Motion Cut by Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs downgraded Research In Motion Ltd. (Nasdaq: RIMM) today from Neutral to Sell, following fourth quarter results after the close. The firm cut their price target from $73 to $65.
The firm said structural issues begin to weigh on growth. The firm commented, “We think RIM’s products will increasingly lose differentiation as the focus [...]
Sprint to Field HTC EVO 4G Power Phones
We’ve been rumoring a WiMAX “HTC Supersonic” for a while now, and Sprint just dropped the hard news: the phone will be dubbed the HTC EVO 4G, will be released this Summer and it’s easily the best specced phone we’ve ever witnessed. The hardware is of quite obvious HD2 descent, but with Android onboard [...]