Earlier this week it had been rumored that the presales for the T-Mobile G1 had hit the 1.5 million figure. It was also said that another 2 million of the first Google Android handsets could be sold by retailers.

These figures then proved to be a little optimistic; pre-orders sales are not even close to 1.5 million handsets. If that is not the correct figure, then what is? The Apple iPhone did not hit 1 million sales until 74 days of constant selling.

You have to ask yourself who came up with the figure of 1.5 million, the iPhone sales that I mentioned above were for worldwide sales, that 1.5 million figure was just for the United States. So what is the correct figure for T-Mobile G 1 sales?

Good news for Google (GOOG) after huge speculation as to how well it is doing with share prices taking a few knocks, adding to the concerns from investors and analysts as to a slowdown in on-line advertising surprisingly Google posted third quarter revenue excluding traffic acquisition costs of $4.04 billion.

Overall revenues up 31 percent year over year with total revenue at $5.54 billion. TAC was $1.5 billion or 28 percent ad revenue which is consistent with Quarter 2.

Google sites revenue was $3.67 billion which is up 34 percent year over year and 4 percent in succession. Looking over at Google partner sites total revenue was $1.68 billion making this a 15 percent increase year over year and 1 percent gain on the year earlier.

International revenue was at $2.85 billion which counts for 51 percent of total revenue. Paid clicks shot up 18 percent from the year previous, and saw a 4 percent gain a year earlier. Analyses predicted $4.06 billion in revenue and profit of $4.76 a share. Google posted profits of $4.92 a share.

Trading on October 16 after hours Google shares (GOOG) have surged 14.7 percent or $49.73 to $388.90

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Google Inc. has posted their third-quarter earnings on Thursday, and they are better than analyst forecast. Many had predicted that profits would be lower, as the health of the online advertising market has not looked that good.

Google has said that their net income for the period up to the end of September rose to $1.35 billion, that’s $4.24 per share. The same period last year was $1.25 billion, or $3.92 per share.

According to one analyst, Jeffrey Lindsay from Sanford Bernstein, he said that Google performance was impressive, considering the state of the economy. Lindsay did add that Google had done a great job by cutting costs, in the down market.

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It feels like you have been waiting years for the first touchscreen Blackberry, but it is almost her and we just can’t wait to get our hands on one. Verizon understands that consumers would like to get to grips with the new handset, which is why they are giving you the chance to hold a BlackBerry Storm 9530 before it is released.

Verizon Wireless is to hold a number of events across a number of cities in the U.S. and those that attend will see the new handset on show. You will be able to tell your friends that not only did you see the BlackBerry Storm 9530, but you also got to hold it as well.

The first Verizon Wireless kicks off in Omaha, NE, October 20, and continues until November 20, in Milwaukee. Please remember to take a Kleenex, so you can wipe the saliva of the phone, or just try to keep your mouth closed.

Source – Phones Review

Yahoo Inc.’s shares have soared since Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive raised the possibility of a renewed takeover bid. It seems that investors like the idea of a takeover deal from Microsoft.

While at a presentation, which was being held at the Florida technology conference, Ballmer said that a deal between Microsoft and Yahoo could “still make sense economically.” After that remark, it had a great affect on Yahoo shares, as they soared by almost 17 percent.

If Microsoft is ever going to try and compete with the dominance of Google, then they need Yahoo behind them. No matter how much MSN improves on their search engine that just doesn’t seem to get close to the giant that is Google.

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Nokia (NYSE:NOK) the largest phone maker in the world lost out in the third quarter as profits tumbled 30 percent as sales decreased, overall Nokia losing a share in the market. Although with the holiday period around the corner Nokia predicts sales to increase for the rest of the year. Nokia estimated a 10 percent growth for the whole industry in 2008 and is still standing by its estimate.

Net profits in Nokia from July through September slumped 1.09 billion euro’s ($2.7 billion) from 1.56 billion euro’s the year before. Net Sales dropped to 12.2 billion euro’s ($16.6 billion) from 12.9 billion euro’s which is a 5 percent net sale drop.

Mobile internet services is the key focus for Nokia, with the launch of the Come with Music, this service provides downloadable tracks straight onto your Nokia phone, with millions of tracks to chose from. Plus the first ever touchscreen the Nokia 5800 Xpress Music, which is the Nokia’s answer to Apple’s iPhone and at the moment giving it a good run for its money as we run up to Christmas.

Source: businessweek

Yes you read if right Virgin Mobile USA are dropping their call rates but this only applies of you are calling Central and South America and some parts of Asia. Here is a run-down of countries you can call from Virgin Mobile USA that will only cost you 2 cents a minute: Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong, China, Venezuela, Brazil and parts of Mexico.

And if you call any of these countries then it will cost you 5 cents a minute: Thailand, South Korea, India, Bangladesh, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica and Argentina.

If these price drops aren’t enough to make you smile, Virgin customers can now text someone in Spanish and the message be delivered as a voicemail on a landline, not saying that’s something you need to do every day but it certainly shows us the scope for Virgin Mobile.

Source: phonescoop

The kill switch on the Apple iPhone caused a huge uproar that is because they had hid it from us, and was not upfront. Google have said that they also have a kill switch for their Android phones; this means that T-Mobile G1 users could be affected by this in the future.

The Apple iPhone case is a totally different case to the Google Android, iPhone users did not know about this remote kill switch; however G1 users now know well in advance. But is that enough to stop Android users getting angry?

Google have said that if they had to turn the kill switch on one of the apps on their handsets, then they would fully reimburse the value of what the customer had to pay. So having a kill switch on the Android, is it right?

The Sony PS3 got off to a very slow start when it was first launched, a few price cuts later and things are looking better for the next-gen games console. Consumers have attacked Sony and asked that the price should be reduced even further: however Sony maintains that they already make a loss on the machine.

Gamers have argued that the price of the Sony PS3 should be more in line with the Xbox 360, but Sony have always said that they cannot do that as they make a loss on the PS3 as it is. The reason they say is because of the hardware inside, mainly the Blu-ray player.

So we have hit on a good point, if the PS3 did not have a Blu-ray player it would then be cheaper to purchase. Would having a PlayStation 3 with no Blu-ray player bother anyone. I have had a PS3 for 6 months now, and in that time i have only played a Blu-ray movie twice.

If you had the choice to have a cheaper PS3, and did not come with a Blu-ray player, would you buy that console?

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