Report: Japan Plans to Bring Back Solar Subsidies
For the solar industry, some promising news from the land of the rising sun. According to Reuters, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry is discussing bring back subsidies for the country’s...
View ArticleSolar Stocks Extend Sell Off on Concerns Over Spain
The sell-off in the solar sector continues today, due largely to ongoing concerns about a proposal for a sharp reduction in solar subsidies in Spain. As I noted yesterday, the Spanish government is...
View ArticleSolar Module Prices to Drop 20 Percent in '09, UBS Says
Sunshine is free. Solar modules are not. But they are getting cheaper: UBS analyst Stephen Chin today revised his forecast for solar module pricing to down 20 percent from a previous estimate of down...
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The Entire D6 Interview With FCC Chairman Kevin Martin and Verizon Wireless...
We’re posting all the interviews from the sixth D: All Things Digital conference that took place in late May. Unfortunately, due to issues too complicated to go into, we have to post all the D6...
View ArticleSolar: Can U.S. Upside Trump European Slowdown?
So here’s the crux of the debate on the solar stocks, which today have gained ground for the fourth straight session, posting some impressive cumulative gains after a long, long slide. The bearish view...
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Newspapers: Please Buy a Kindle. Unless We Can Sell You a Paper Instead.
Even under the best of circumstances, Amazon’s new Kindle DX wouldn’t “save the newspaper business.” But both Amazon (AMZN) and the newspapers are holding back from doing all they can to make sure the...
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Palm Pixie in November?
According to some lines of code secreted away within webOS, Palm has at least one more handset in the pipeline–the so-called Eos (codename: Pixie). The device, intended as a replacement for the Centro,...
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A Verizon-iPhone Deal? Analyst Says "Chances High"
Apple has a lot to gain by ending iPhone carrier exclusivity in the U.S. and signing up Verizon as a second carrier partner. As I’ve noted here before, such a deal could more than double U.S. iPhone...
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Was the iPhone’s Launch in China Really a Bust?
Apple’s internationally coveted iPhone finally arrived at market in China last week and by most accounts, it’s debut was uncharacteristically muted. There is “no sign of the sort of sellout reception...
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Is Verizon's New Early-Termination Fee Anti-Consumer?
Beginning Nov. 15, Verizon subscribers looking to get out of their smart-phone contracts early will pay $350 for the privilege. That early-termination fee is double the current one, but Verizon insists...
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Broadpoint AmTech Analyst Would Like His Verizon iPhone NOW, Please
June 2010. That’s when AT&T’s iPhone exclusivity contract with Apple expires–according to Broadpoint AmTech analyst Brian Marshall, anyway. In an interview with Bloomberg, Marshall once again said...
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So Much for That Free Google Phone Idea
A quick update on the Nexus One, the Android phone Google will likely uncrate at the Jan. 5 media event announced yesterday. According to documents leaked to Gizmodo, Google plans to sell the device...
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AT&T's New Early-Termination Fee for the iPhone: $325
A word of warning to AT&T subscribers who would switch carriers when the company’s iPhone exclusivity deal with Apple finally ends: The cost of doing so will soon rise–substantially. Come June 1,...
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IPhone 4: $188 in Parts, $411 in Magic
The components in the 16GB version of Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone 4 cost $8.55 more than those in its predecessor. This according to iSuppli’s tear-down analysis of the device, which estimates its bill of...
View ArticleSprint to Sell Samsung Tablet for $400
Sprint Nextel Corp. said it plans to sell Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.’s Galaxy Tab tablet computer for a third less than Verizon Wireless, though Sprint will require a long-term contract. Sprint will...
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Analyst Cuts Apple Rating on Prospect of iPhone Subsidy Revolt
Now here are two words you don’t often see in the same sentence: Apple and downgrade. Yet here they are in a note from BTIG Research’s Walter Piecyk, who this morning cut his rating on the company’s...
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Contracts With Apple Should Blunt Any Carrier Pushback on iPhone Subsidies
The possibility of a decline in carrier subsidies for Apple’s iPhone has been top of mind for investors recently, and partially responsible for the tumultuous few weeks the company’s shares have...
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