These are topsy-turvy times for electronics makers.
Since the Eee PC burst onto the world’s electronics scene last fall, the $400 nearly palm-sized laptop has been a phenomenon. Its Taiwan-based manufacturer, ASUS, says it has shipped 1 million units worldwide through the first quarter of 2008–a success that has helped supercharge enthusiasm among major computer manufacturers to bring out their own ultra-mobile PCs.
Apple Inc. faces a growing threat to its iPhone business, as renegade stores spring up online to sell unauthorized software for the device.
Memo to President Bringdown. Cool it with the "catastrophe" talk, Barack. It’s contagious.
The latest example: Analysts are predicting Apple will launch a $99 iPhone that will sell like crazy–after a quarter during which iPods sold like crazy–causing one analyst to argue that the Cupertino, Calif.-based company’s shares are at risk.
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