“May you live in interesting times.” That’s one euphemism that many of the leading players in the mobile handsets market could live without hearing at the moment. This week alone, we’ve seen Nokia announce sweeping job cuts and operational streamlining, rumours have surfaced that Motorola may offer up its handsets division to private investors and that Sony might buy out [...]
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I have to admit to being slightly bemused by Microsoft‘s announcement yesterday that it’s planning to set up its own retail stores business. The company has done exceedingly well in getting its software and solutions preloaded onto many device manufacturers’ products, from computers to games consoles, and by making the best use of alternative distribution [...]
Rumours continue to fly thick and fast that Microsoft is poised to launch its own range of mobile handsets, based on its own Windows Mobile OS platform. However, executives continue to deny outright that any such plans are in hand. Given that such a strategy would, at best, annoy many of the handset vendors that partner with [...]
Motorola has revealed ambitious plans to focus more on high-end mobile devices, such as smartphones, to rescue its ailing mobile handset business. Its strategy – if such it is – is to ‘develop innovative new products’, particularly high-end devices using the new Android operating system (OS). Although the company will continue to support the Windows Mobile OS, news that [...]
It’s safe to say that the mobile phone industry was waiting with bated breath for market leader Nokia to deliver its fourth-quarter and full year results for 2008. It did so this morning, claiming that the number of mobile devices sold in 2008 is in the order of 6% higher than in 2007. Not great news, but [...]
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