Tag: Sales
The PDA is dead – and an N95 is laughing by its grave
Analyst IDC says the shipment numbers of PDAs has dropped by 43% over last year, making a sensationally poor 15th consecutive period of decline for the once-futuristic pocket computers.
Clearly it’s because phones have stolen their thunder. With iPhone, Nokia’s N95, the lovely LG Viewty and numerous…
Analysis: Lack of crowds doesn't mean iPhone's UK launch was a flop
So, it’s the morning after the three nights before. iPhone went on sale in the UK on Friday at 6.02pm – a slightly baffling choice of time bearing in mind that Germans could buy the device 18 hours earlier. But a common theme of reports since has been the idea that the launch was a flop, because queues weren’t as huge as expected.
Radiohead says 'In Rainbows' figures are nonsense
Radiohead has said the independent sales data released for its In Rainbows digital download is a load of old rubbish.
The band said that Comscore’s figures “are wholly inaccurate and in no way reflect…
PS3 sales catching up with Wii in Japan: will the West follow?
It’s not been the best of years for Sony and PS3, but there could be light at the end of the tunnel. Well, kind of. In October, Sony sold 47,183 PS3s, compared to the 110,415 Wiis sold by Nintendo.
PS3 and Xbox 360 have "near identical" UK sales figures for 2007
Sorry fanboys, here’s one statistic that can be trumpeted both ways. According to games trade mag MCV, sales of PS3 and Xbox 360 are neck-and-neck for 2007, contrary to many people’s expectations.
Sony fanboy perspective: this is despite PS3 only going on sale towards the end of March, so Xbox 360 has had 12 more weeks on sale and STILL hasn’t ground Sony’s console into retail dust.
PS3 is irrelevant – PS2 will carry on for another three years at least
SEGA’s American boss Simon Jeffrey has highlighted the importance of Sony’s world-beating PS2, by suggesting the console will hang around for years – and deserves more support from big name games.
“This generation of hardware will have longer legs than any…
Halo 3 a confirmed smash – $170m in the bank already
And that’s just the takings in America, from one day. Microsoft’s very happy that this beats the day one takings of the last Harry Potter book and the launch of Spider-Man 3.
Halo 3’s also currently dominating Friends lists here in the UK too, so expect a similarly GREAT NEWS! WE ROCK! press release…
Daily Tech Hotlinks for 19-Sept-07: Star Wars on Wii, Moore's Law, Republic of Macedonia, Google phone, Video games
– The Star Wars: The Force Unleashed game on the Wii will call upon the Wiimote as a lightsabre (Boing Boing Gadgets)
– Gordon Moore has predicted his Moore’s Law will end in 10 years (Engadget)…
iPhone sales triple after price cut, says analyst
Apple has been selling 27,000 iPhones a day since cutting the price by $200 last week, reckons retail analyst Gene Munster from Piper Jaffray, who says that’s triple the 9,000 daily sales before the cut.
Apple's iPhone passes the million sales mark
Apple has announced that it sold its millionth iPhone yesterday, taking it past the million mark 74 days after its launch in June.
“One million iPhones in 74 days – it took almost two years to achieve this milestone with iPod,” says Steve Jobs. What’ll be interesting is to see how long it now takes to hit two million sales, what with the $200 price drop that was announced last week, and an upcoming launch in Europe.
