When Comet went into administration recently there was a lot of talk about the possibility of gadgets being sold of cheaply. The words fire sale were even mentioned by some people. Now confirmation has been received that this will indeed happen and that UK buyers will soon be able to take their pick from some bargain purchases. The confirmation appeared on the company’s...
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Amazon’s entry to the tablet market, the Kindle Fire, has managed to become the first Android tablet PC to see incredible usage in just a short period, making record-breaking sales. According to mobile research firm Flurry, the Amazon Kindle Fire, which was launched on November 15, has already reached the level of Samsung Galaxy Tab in application usage by a Google...
Apple Inc. has reported record fiscal fourth quarter 2011 and first quarter 2012 earnings today. For the last quarter, the company has posted revenue of $46.33 billion and net profit of $13.06 billion, compared to the revenue of $26.7 billion (net profit of $6 billion) in the year-ago period. The company’s gross margin last quarter was 44.7 percent, compared to 38.5...
Activision Blizzard’s latest Call of Duty: Modern Warfare game has surpassed the $1 billion sales mark in just 16 days, a record-breaking feat, according to the publisher on Monday. The first person shooter Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 was launched worldwide on November 8th, blowing away opening-day sales records. It sold 6.5 million units on its debut day, racking...
Activision is really on a hot streak, as the company announced that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 breaks sales records this week. Activision has announced that Modern Warfare 3 has surpassed the five-day sales record of the previous title holder, Call of Duty: Black Ops. According to a statement made by the company, the game has made more than $775 million (£490 million)...
Activision Blizzard Inc. has announced that the newly released action shooter Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 had the biggest release of any game in history, confirming that the series is the company’s best-selling franchise. The success of the game is very crucial for the game publisher, which has opted to launch fewer, better-quality game titles every year. Modern...
PC manufacturer Lenovo has claimed that Samsung Electronics only sold 20,000 Galaxy Tab devices out of the 1 million units it shipped in 2010. In December, the Korean electronics giant said that it had shipped one million units of the original Galaxy Tab tablets, which was made available in the United Kingdom in October 2010. The claim, coming from one of Samsung’s...
Sony Corp.’s announcement of a price cut on the PlayStation 3 resulted in a significant increase in the gaming console’s sales in the United Kingdom. It is also predicted that the sales will continue to increase thanks to a 5,000 run of six-sheet poster ads scheduled to hit the High Streets today. The price decrease has brought down the cost of the 160 GB model...
Apple gave good news to its shareholders by announcing its record revenue and net profit for its fiscal third quarter ending June 25. The company’s net income was £4.6 billion in three months, higher the company’s sales a year earlier. The Cupertino-based company sold more than 9.25 million iPad tablets and 20 million iPhone units in the quarter. The company...
Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer HTC has recorded a massive increase in its mobile phone sales over the past year. For the month of June, the smartphone sales of HTC were 87.8 percent higher than June last year, which helped pause a decrease on its stock price, which had dropped 19 percent since early June. HTC’s increase in sales makes the company the fifth best...
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