With Apple’s iPad not shipping for another three weeks or so, and the 3G version more than a month out, it’s hard to know how well the tablet will sell, or how people will use it. Despite the unknown, AT&T (NYSE: T), which is the exclusive carrier for both the…

While no one wants to wake up to the news that Apple—one of the most successful consumer brands—has filed a lawsuit against you, in this case, little-known HTC must have celebrated just a tiny bit. In 13 years, the Taiwanese has grown to more than 9,000 employees worldwide, including 3,000…

Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) unveiled a completely new smartphone operating system last month that in no way resembles its past corporate image. The new Windows Phone 7 fits somewhere between Bing’s visually appealing user interface and the consumer friendliness of a Zune music player. But to make the necessary leap required…

Bob Iger wasn’t on stage for the iPad launch last month, but the Disney CEO just gave a demo spiel Steve Jobs, the company’s largest shareholder, would applaud about a “really compelling” device that could be a game changer. Volunteering and replying to analyst questions about how Disney plans to…

		EPS*	Rev. vs QQ408	Net Inc. vs QQ408
Disney	Release		Flat	Flat

* vs. Analysts' Estimates: Beat Met Missed

When we did the first version of this chart heading into the 2009 holiday sales season, four contenders—including the unexpected Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) Nook—were set to crowd the instant-download e-reader field that Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) had to itself for the last two years. Within weeks it already had…

For some critics, the lack of participation from content companies at yesterday’s iPad launch threw some cold water on predictions for how the new device could help the media business regain revenues lost to the web. But if you looked hard enough, publishers were there and, more importantly, some have…

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) unveiled the widely anticipated tablet today, which the company is hoping will create a whole new category of devices that fall somewhere between the laptop and the iPhone. Following the formal ceremonies, analysts and members of the press were ushered into a crowded room to get their…

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has officially announced the iPad, a device that is similar to the iPhone and iPod Touch, but bigger. So, what’s it for? Apple invited a few developers and publishers on stage to show off some of the features. While they say all 140,00 iPhone apps will work…

The din of rumor and the clamor of speculation inspired by Apple’s expected announcement is about to peak. We’re all convinced this tomorrow’s “one other thing” will be some kind of magical tablet device. We all expect it will be a big deal. And in these past weeks we’ve witnessed…

Our Tricia Duryee is grabbing live Q&A’s and tweeting from the Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Nexus One press event ... so in the meantime, here’s a rundown of the confirmed details (as opposed to the bits and pieces of rumors that had trickled out in the days before). —Hardware by HTC…

Apple is expected to ship its well-fabled multimedia tablet in March, after unveiling the device later this month at an event in San Francisco. The latest information was reported by the WSJ, which quotes people who were briefed by Apple (NSDQ: AAPL). Earlier today, AllThingsD reported that Apple was expected…

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Late last week, we reported that the IRex wireless digital reader is MIA until further notice but Sony (NYSE: SNE) and Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) still were promising to make their Dec. 24 deliveries. Not so fast. Despite canceling plans to sell the $259 Nook in stores now in…

The Nook can’t be bought to go in stores or ordered for December delivery any more but at least Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) is fulfilling orders. Sony (NYSE: SNE) promises the wireless Daily Edition will be shipping for Christmas. PlasticLogic never promised Que for the 2009 holiday season. But…

Frankly, I am surprised that it took this long. But today, we read in the Wall Street Journal that two major publishers have decided to pull a music industry mistake. Simon & Schuster and Hachette Book Group have announced that they will not release most e-book editions until the hardbacks…

Amid a slew of new features and an interface upgrade, Boxee unveiled its biggest news: the manufacturing company behind the first iteration of its branded set-top box. The streaming media browser partnered with network and data device-maker D-Link to develop the Boxee Box. Boxee announced that it had struck a…

E-book sharing offers one of the more intriguing differences between the Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) Kindle and the Nook from Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS)—and, it turns out, a chance for Jeff Bezos to critique the upstart. After telling an interviewer for the NYT magazine that he would stick to his…

Forget First Paper. The incubated startup Hearst is looking to as a digital content savior is now Skiff, LLC, although the better name might be “Swiss Army E-Reader Ink” given all that it’s trying to do. Skiff, led by Gilbert Fuchsberg and headquartered in NYC with offices in Palo Alto,…

While Time Inc. vet John Squires spent the last few months imagining the digital business model for magazines—and we expect official word any day now that he will be leaving the company to head up a digital magazine consortium, Sports Illustrated Group Editor Terry McDonell has been tackling the editorial…