the Hard-Disk-Drive (HDD) based Zune 80 as well as the flash- memory-based Zune 4 and 8,” iSuppli analyst Chris Crotty suggested. iSuppli said that Microsoft has a “surprisingly passive approach” in a market that is still showing explosive growth that...

its relatively weak position in CDMA technology - and the fact it doesn’t dominate the North American market," said iSuppli analyst Tina Teng. "However, the company is planning on introducing new appealing models for the U.S. market and is engaging in a more...

chipset and radio protocol stack where we are almost certain Infineon is the 3G supplier," Windsor wrote. He believes that a firmware upgrade is unlikely to fix the issue. iSuppli analyst Francis Sideco believes anything could cause problems, "from the phone’s...

LCD-TV market in the second and third quarters of 2007 due to its rock-bottom pricing, Samsung and Sony have struck back with their own cuts and new low-cost sets," said iSuppli analyst Riddhi Patel. The research firm said that it is no longer just a game of...

home theater enthusiasts, Vizio has done very well for itself. "Vizio's success in the fourth quarter was partly due to increasing brand recognition, courtesy of the company's strong marketing efforts and retail strategy," said iSuppli analyst Riddhi Patel....

The addition of 3G wireless capability represents an evolutionary design step for the iPhone, not a revolutionary one," said Andrew Rassweiler, teardown services manager and principal analyst at iSuppli. "iSuppli believes Apple aimed for a more cost-effective...

newest, most-compact components in Apple products," said Andrew Rassweiler, an analyst at iSuppli. Apple, however, is not departing from its business model. As before, the retail price of the device is about twice the bill of materials (BoM). iSuppli estimates...

in the product’s functionality and unique usability, due to the addition of 3G communications," said Jagdish Rebello, director and principal analyst for iSuppli. "The original 8 GB iPhone carried a cost of $226 after component price reductions, giving the...