Biz Break: Reviews mixed on Kindle Fire, but pain still seen for Apple

Today: Amazon begins shipping the Kindle fire one day earlier than planned, as reviewers generally agree device is worth the low price. also: Another analyst jumps on Apple (AAPL), sees lessening demand for iPad, and stock fall across the board. Amazon’s low-price tablet hits market, reviews mixed The Kindle fire tablet began making its way …

Apple: Baird Sees Q4 iPhone, iPad Units Solid

By Tiernan Ray RW Baird’s William Power today reiterates an Outperform rating on shares of Apple (AAPL), writing that his visits to retail stores “suggest strong demand” for the company’s iPhone 4S, and that it’s “too early to call” on shipments of Apple’s iPad. Power reiterates a forecast for 27.2 million iPhone units this quarter …

Samsung Nexus Prime Teased in Video After iPhone 4S

There’s nothing like the launch of a major, potentially big-selling product to get the competitive juices flowing. Just hours after Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) unveiled its iPhone 4S, Samsung Mobile released a brief video teasing its forthcoming Android-based Nexus Prime smartphone, which the company is expected to unveil alongside Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) at CTIA Oct. 11. In the …

Technology News: Legal: Heeding the Lessons of SCO, or Not

We recently saw what is being described as the ending of the seven-year-old SCO contract and intellectual property dispute that dragged Linux through the mud before it propelled the open source OS into much broader enterprise use and credibility. You’d think the lessons of SCO would be a shining example for technology companies of what …