Hardware 
What’s your Element? Element Case launches the "Element Case Design Studio(TM)" to design a custom case online. – CNBC
The online “Element Case Design Studio” provides an easy and intuitive way to custom design a case using a multitude of color combinations of the frame, back plate and hardware options … unsurpassed products for the Apple accessories market.
Ultrabook: Anti-Apple Weapon Powering Up, Creating Uncertainty Plus Opportunity – Seekingalpha.com
Coming at the same time are two major ingredients: Intel’s (INTC) new Ivy Bridge chips and Microsoft’s (MSFT) new Windows 8. Will everything go swimmingly for Apple’s competitors? Probably not. There are many issues besides product and price that still … Continue reading
Apple plans to crush carriers and offer direct mobile service, expert says – YAHOO!
Instead, Apple will take on carriers like AT&T and Verizon Wireless by becoming a direct mobile service provider. Veteran wireless industry strategist Whitey Bluestein, who has managed strategic deals for the likes of AT&T, Intel, T-Mobile, Verizon …
RIM offers BlackBerry 10 tools to lure developers – Yahoo Finance
While RIM says the hardware it eventually launches will look much different … only to struggle against the more consumer-friendly iPhone from Apple and the slew of devices that make use of the Android platform. Waterloo, Ontario-based RIM …
IDC: Intel Again Leads Semiconductor Market, More Growth Forecast for 2012 – PC Magazine
IDC also singled out Apple’s 140 percent year-over-year semiconductor revenue growth as among the most impressive performances of 2011. Other companies experiencing strong growth were Intel, Qualcomm, ON Semiconductor, Renesas, Spredtrum Communications …
How High Can Barnes & Noble Fly? – Motley Fool
Apple also happens to be in hot water with the feds over … although this could also end up cannibalizing Nook hardware sales. The deal also settles the patent litigation between the pair, as the subsidiary will have a royalty-bearing … Continue reading
Dell Says it Can’t Build Enough XPS 13 Ultrabooks – Toms Hardware
The iPad is a perfect example of a narrow focus: consumers are willing to shell out $600 or $700 for a solid experience, knowing that Apple is focused on that one specific hardware set instead of multiple tablets in an … Continue reading
What should Apple budge on with the new iPhone? – PhoneDog
They’re counting down to the day that Apple unveils their brand new hardware in the new iPhone. Before that, though, those same people are counting down the days until Apple unveils their new software in the next version of their … Continue reading
Windows 8 sparks concern amongst vendors – TG Daily
“We believe Intel is trying to breathe new life into the PC industry by adopting a page from Apple’s playbook: push a feature-rich, easy-to-use mobile product family that competes on more than just price. ” “[Yet], we do not believe …
Microsoft Ready To Skyrocket On Windows 8 Release – Seekingalpha.com
There are Mac people and there are Windows and between them lies an … Microsoft will release three versions of the new operating system, two compatible with Intel’s (INTC) x86 processor architecture, nearly universal in PCs, and one compatible with … Continue reading
