by Jason Wilk on February 4, 2009
- According to BGR, this is an internal document from Sprint outlining all their product release dates for 2009. Just as we thought, the Pre will not be getting any delays from Apple patent pressure. The phone is set to jump onto shelves March. 15th. There hasn’t been a phone coming out of Sprint with this much Hype since….never. I’m expecting big lines for the new phone. Here is the memo below:
Device Name – Projected Warehouse EOL – Replacement (if available)
* Sierra Compass 597 USB – Early February – Sierra 598 USB
* Motorola ic602 – Early February
* LG 160 – Mid-February – Samsung M220
* LG Rumor (blue) – Mid February – LG 265 Rumor II (target in-stock 2/15)
* Motorola i325IS – Mid February – Motorola i365IS
* LG Rumor (green) – Mid March – LG 265 Rumor II (target in-stock 2/15)
* Franklin Wireless U680 USB – Early April
* Palm 800W – April – Palm Treo Pro (target in-stock 2/15)
* LG Rumor (black) – Mid April – LG 265 Rumor II (target in-stock 2/15)
* Motorola i615 – Mid April
* Samsung M520 Lumina – Mid April – LG LX370 (slider)
* RIM BlackBerry Pearl (red) – May
* LG LX400 – Late May
* Palm 755P (blue) – Late May – Palm Pre (target in-stock 3/15)
* Sanyo 6750 Eclipse (pink) – June
* Palm Centro (berry) – June
* Motorola Q9C – Mid June
* Sierra 597E – July – Sierra 2-in-1 Aircard
* Palm Centro (green) – July
* Palm Centro refresh (black) – July
* Motorola VE20 – July
* HTC Touch Diamond – July
* RIM BlackBerry 7100i – August – RIM BlackBerry 8350i
Other must read Sprint/Palm articles:
For Palm And Sprint, It’s All About Pricing
Palm Goes All In With The Pre
Telecom Oligapoly Over Text Message Pricing
The Mobile Platform War Heats Up
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by Jason Wilk on December 5, 2008
- Blackstone Group (NYSE: BX), the hyped global alternative asset manager which businesses include Corporate Private Equity, Real Estate, Marketable Alternative Asset and Financial Advisory, has been on the fritz the last few months.
- Net Income for the Q3 2008 was a loss of $(509.3) million as compared to $99.9 million in the Q2 of 2008 and $299.2 million in Q3 of 2007. Their stock price has dove from a high of $24 this year to the current price of $6.27.
- What’s their grand plan to get back into the Black (no pun intended)? They are adding a new asset arm which includes green tech. Today they announced that they have led the Series C financing of Cellulosic ethanol start-up Coskata. The financing round was shared by two other investment groups besides Blackstone and totalled $40 million (JP Morgan Chase was supposed to be involved, but backed out)
- Coskata is working on mainstreaming a system that produces next-generation ethanol from non-food feedstocks at an operating cost of $1 per gallon. They will use the funding to complete their demonstration facility set to launch in early 2009. That first plant is expected to be able to produce 40,000 gallons of cellulosic ethanol per year when it’s complete.
- A company as unstable as Blackstone at the moment moving into Green Tech is an exceptional risky move at the moment as it is still one of the industries yet to feel the recession due to so many venture groups trying to bet on what the ‘first’ great mainstream technology will be.
- One point that worries me specifically is the scalability of the celusoic ethanol. The US consmes 19.6 million barrels of oil per day, which equates to 607.6 million gallons per day and 221 billion gallons per year. Coskata’s first plant will be able to replace about .0000002% of our oil dependence. Great.
- I am all for green tech, but when an investment like this from such a massive buyout firm is coming in, and things on the frontline are looking weaker than ever, it makes the management look entirely vulnerable. I would be vary wary of Blackstone in the coming quarters. Don’t look for green to save them. If they should have invested in something that looks like it will be gaining traction, Project Better Place is in a far better position in Cleantech. E2T
by John Jorgensen on December 2, 2008
- Buy.com has reported a 40% year-over-year increase in sales for this year’s Black Friday.
- Buy.com has been consistently kicking ass. The online retailer announced its sixth profitable quarter in a row this May with sales of $ $1.4 million.
- Paypal sponsored Buy.com’s Black Friday this year, offering an additional $20 off select items purchased from the site using Paypal.
- Buy.com was one of the only big retail sites to survive the ‘01 tech bubble crash. Its good to see them still going strong.
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by Jason Wilk on November 30, 2008
- Black Friday saw an average of 11% gains in traffic across the board for online retailers.
- Here is a sample of what product trends were surging over 2007 as provided by Experian (owner of PriceGrabber)
Most popular categories on Black Friday
1. Women’s Boots – 203%
2. Watches – 202%
3. Blu-ray/HD-DVD Players – 147%
4. Women’s Sleep & Lounge Wear – 415%
5. Games & Puzzles – 151%
6. Women’s Jackets – 110%
7. Music – 96%
8. Headphones – 103%
9. Women’s Dresses – 107%
10. Women’s Casual Shoes – 143%
Most popular products on Black Friday
1. Nintendo Wii Console
2. Ugg Australia ‘Classic Short’ Boot
3. Sony BDP-S350 1080p Blu-Ray Disc Player
4. Samsung LN52A650 52″ LCD TV
5. Nintendo Wii Fit
6. Panasonic TH-42PX80U 42″ Plasma TV
7. Sennheiser HD 555 Headphones
8. Canon EOS Rebel XSi Black SLR Digital Camera Kit
9. Acer Aspire One AOA110-1295 Notebook
10. Canon PowerShot A590 IS Black Digital Camera
by Jason Wilk on November 27, 2008
- Apple’s global Black Friday sale has gotten off to a weak start in New Zealand and Australia.
- Why is it weak? Well for starters the discount is only available for the iMac and MacBook computers. Secondly, the discount only knocks off $100 for higher powered Macbook Pro or iMac models and only $50 for lower powered machines. Even less for the suite of iPod’s and accessories. I’m sure I could find my old college ID somewhere and get the same discount as that.
- This is bad news for Apple if this discount spreads to the US Black Friday Sales, where analysts were expecting Apple to knock off 15% for most Mac products.
- With such dismal discounts, Apple is taking a big risk that they will be able to keep sales high through this holiday season. I’m Bearish on Apple for this winter.
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