Quoted: Five companies we heard a lot about in 2009, and some predictions of what we might expect from them over the next 365 days.

Quoted: Says Abramsky: “We are raising our price targets on RIM from $100 to $150, on Apple from $190 to $250, and on Palm from $18 to $25, justified by increased market shares which, as visibility improves to the huge smartphone opportunity, offer upside to financials and potential multiple expansion.”

Quoted: And you know why I know [the commercials are] working? Because two weeks ago we got a call from the Apple legal department saying, hey — this is a true story — saying, “Hey, you need to stop running those ads, we lowered our prices.” They took like $100 off or something. It was the greatest single phone call in the history that I’ve ever taken in business. (Applause.)
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I did cartwheels down the hallway. At first I said, “Is this a joke? Who are you?” Not understanding what an opportunity. And so we’re just going to keep running them and running them and running them.

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Mossberg's review of the iPhone 3GS.

Quoted: Apple last week also made a bold business move to complement these new products. It decided to keep making the current model, the iPhone 3G, and to slash its price by 50%, to $99. That’s an unheard-of price tag for a pocket computer of this power and versatility, and gives millions of additional consumers a reason to choose the iPhone instead of a competitor.

Quoted: At launch on June 17th, MMS is going to be supported by 29 carriers, and tethering will be supported by 22 of them. So when can we finally expect these stateside? MMS is apparently coming “later this summer”. And tethering? A much more nebulous (and ominous) “later”.
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This is ridiculous, plain and simple.
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It’s quickly becoming clear that AT&T is holding the iPhone back.

Well, I know what I want for Christmas.

Quoted: Meet the fastest, most powerful iPhone yet. iPhone 3G S features video recording, Voice Control, 16GB or 32GB of storage, and more.

Quoted: During its forth quarter earnings call today, Google revealed that the Android Marketplace, its app store, has 800 applications now available in it. While that’s almost double the less than 500 apps available in early December, it’s still laughably behind Apple’s App Store, which now boasts over 15,000 apps.