Competition in the high-end cell phone market is getting fierce. The winners are quickly outpacing the losers and shareholders are paying the price.

One of the world’s most highly watched phone manufacturers, Research in Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM), and its Blackberry lineup, is losing ground to competitors like Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Nokia (NYSE:NOK). The proof is in the company’s latest earnings estimates.

Earlier today, RIMM drastically revised its fiscal third-quarter guidance. The company had forecast quarterly earnings per share in the range of $0.89 to $0.97, but today announced significantly lower expectations of just $0.81 to $0.83.

The company blames a slow economy and detrimental changes in exchange rates for the decline, but smart investors will look beneath this financial façade and realize Blackberry has some serious…

Projections for high-tech hardware makers are looking grim for the coming years. As a result, investors with shares in semiconductor companies or PC makers would be wise to eat their losses - unless they have the stomach to grind it out perhaps into 2010 or 2011.

Google Inc. (Nasdaq:GOOG) is well established as internet search-engine champion. And its rapid expansion into other technologies means the company is poised to bounce back strongly when the financial crisis is over. Money Map Report editor Horacio Marquez says the current market downturn provides the perfect opportunity to buy Google stock at a bargain price.

After working in Silicon Valley for 15 years, I developed this theory called “The Myth of Empowerment.” While the Myth of Empowerment wasn’t intended to act as a qualitative indicator for stock picking, it turns out that it could easily be applied to the decline of Yahoo (Nasdaq:YHOO) - with the fallout inflicting damage on Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT).

The US may be the world’s biggest economy, but it is lagging way behind in broadband penetration. President-elect Obama wants to change that, bringing broadband to all communities. David Fessler provides seven ways to profit from this “gargantuan” infrastructure upgrade.

Greg Guenthner says small companies often lead the charge toward market recovery. A lot of fundamentally solid small caps are now wearing deeply discounted price tags. Greg says Neenah Paper (NYSE:NP) Silicom Ltd. (NASDAQ:SILC), Buckeye Technologies (NYSE:BKI) are three great examples of bargain stocks.

Money Map Report editor Horacio Marquez says Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) is a bargain at today’s prices. The company continues to grow and diversify, and will keep gaining market share for its products. However, a consumption slowdown and tough competition means caution is essential when building up a position.

People have an insatiable need to be heard these days, says Irwin Greenstein, writing exclusively for Contrarian Profits. And cyperspace provides the perfect medium. Irwin say there is no better way to cash in on this phenomenon than with Apple, Inc. (Nasdaq:AAPL).

While investors remain extremely concerned about the volatility of the U.S. stock market, the weakness of the American economy and the uncertainty of the global financial markets, last week brought “slight” relief from the excessive panic of the eight-trading-session losing streak.

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) just beat earnings estimates. The numbers were jaw-dropping. Over the last three months the internet search-engine company earned $1.35 billion, or $4.92 a share. But Andrew Snyder says the party could soon be over for Google. Management at the company are overconfident…and that’s always a a recipe for disaster.