This week’s podcast from The Fonecast starts with impressive quarterly results from Apple, along with figures from Samsung, Motorola and Nokia as well. We then move on to some of the other stories that have been hitting the headlines, including O2’s UK privacy problem and a new ‘unlimited internet’ tariff from T-Mobile.
As usual, you can listen to this week’s podcast on our website audio player, via iTunes, by using our RSS feed or by downloading the MP3.
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Apple, Samsung and Motorola have all published their quarterly results. We talk about these differing figures before moving on to O2's privacy problem, T-Mobile's new unlimited tariff, HP's plans for webOS and last year's growth in tablet sales.
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Mark Bridge writes:
If you want a big money story from the last few days, you want Apple. The company announced its highest quarterly revenue ever, hitting $46.33 billion (£29.66 billion) with record quarterly profits of $13.06 billion. That’s probably enough money to buy the moon, assuming Newt Gingrich is prepared to sell it – or, in the real world, is one of the biggest quarterly profits ever.
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Motorola Mobility Holdings has reported its quarterly and full year results today.
The company recorded an operating loss of $285 million for the year (compared to a loss of $76 million in 2010) and a loss of $70 million in the fourth quarter.
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Motorola Mobility, which is currently in the process of being acquired by Google, has launched a legal case against Apple’s iPhone in the USA.
It’s seeking an injunction against the iPhone 4S and the Apple iCloud based on six Motorola patents.
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