by David Heyerman on August 26, 2009
- Now that the Cash for Clunkers program has drawn to a close, some interesting numbers are starting to come back. Here are the top ten cars that were bought/clunked.
Most Popular Cars Bought
1. Toyota Corolla
2. Honda Civic
3. Ford Focus
4. Toyota Camry
5. Hyundai Elantra
6. Toyota Prius
7. Nissan Versa
8. Ford Escape FWD
9. Honda Fit
10. Honda CR-V AWD
Most Popular Clunkers
1. Ford Explorer 4WD
2. Ford F150 Pickup 2WD
3. Jeep Grand Cherokee 4WD
4. Jeep Cherokee 4WD
5. Ford Explorer 2WD
6. Dodge Caravan/Grand Caravan
7. Chevrolet Blazer 4WD
8. Ford F-150 Pickup 4WD
9. Chevrolet C1500 Pickup 2WD
10. Ford Windstar
- Is it just me, or does there seem to be a consistency here with the nationality of cars bought/clunked? Hey US auto, get it together, eh?
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by David Heyerman on August 10, 2009
- Obama’s Cash For Clunker program, which allows consumers to turn in cars that receive 18mpg or less for a $4500 rebate towards a new, more fuel efficient vehicle, burned through its original $1 Billion cash infusion faster than a drunk in Vegas.
- No worries to all you low-mpg drivers though, the Senate just approved a $2 billion extension to keep the program going.
- So far, an impressive 220,000 vehicles have been turned in, amounting to right around $923 millions in rebates.
by Jason Wilk on July 14, 2009
- GigaOm (7/14/2009) “Verizon (NYSE: VZ) wants to build its own app store, and is planning a July 28 event to entice developers to its platform. Like everyone else wooing programmers, the company hopes to get the equivalent of the in-crowd building the hottest apps that will elevate its store, and thus its phones and network, to the level of popularity that Apple’s iPhone currently enjoys. But getting a critical mass of developers building great software isn’t an easy task. And while Verizon is romancing developers, the carrier isn’t as solicitous of its handset partners. Verizon’s Ryan Hughes, VP Partner Management, said in an interview Friday that the network operator’s app store will be the sole marketplace on devices sold by the company, meaning stores such as Research In Motion’s BlackBerry App World or Microsoft’s Windows Mobile Marketplace won’t get placement on Verizon handsets unless a consumer downloads them”
- For those thinking that the iPhone is soon headed to Verizon, think again. If Verzion wants to lock up the deck like this and control their own app store, Apple will have nothing to do with them. How Verizon thinks they can have one single app store to work correctly seamlessly across all their devices, they have a ton of bricks coming their way. Just more stupidity coming out of mid-level management in the mobile telecom industry.
by Jason Wilk on April 22, 2009
- AT&T reported solid earnings today, showing little to no signs of slowing from the rough economic state. Beating the Street estimates, the death star delivered first quarter net income of $3.1 billion, or 53 cents a share, on revenue of $30.6 billion. CEO Randall Stephenson said the company continues to play through a tough economy and invest in growth areas.
Highlights:
- AT&T added 875,000 new post-paid subscribers, up 9.2 percent from last year. They now have 78.2 million total wireless subscribers (40% own a 3G device)
- Wireless data revenue is up 38.6 percent from a year ago.
- AT&T doubled the amount of text messages delivered to more than 94 billion. Wow.
- 1.6 million iPhones were activated in the first quarter (40% new to AT&T). That’s down from 1.9 million in the fourth quarter and 2.4 million in the third quarter.
- AT&T added 284,000 U-verse TV subscribers to hit a total of 1.3 million TV subs.
- Total broadband subscribers (includes 3G wireless cards) increased by 471,000 in the first quarter to hit 16.7 million.
by Jason Wilk on April 8, 2009
- Yep. That just happened. The labels are getting what they want all across the board now with variable song pricing showing up on Amazon, Walmart, Rhapsody, etc. This comes a day after Apple made their big push to move 90% of songs in the top 100 to $1.29. Notice the top screenshot however, which contains almost all the same songs as the iTunes top list. Only a few of the songs in Amazon’s are selling for $1.29. We polled yesterday if anyone would go to Amazon to pay $0.30 less for a song. 67% said yes, others wouldn’t bother with the inconvenience.
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