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    samij
    Feb 04 02:25 PM
    Nokia Ready to Exploit Motorola's Weakness [view article]
    Thomas, you may want to take closer look at Nokia's numbers before you make your statements. Nokia has very healthy margins on low end phones, just as it has in high end phones.

    You also might want to check Nokia's position in high-end phones. They are just as strong there as they are in low-end.

    Finally, comments about "exploiding" and "third world" countries are stupid. Mobile phones empower the emerging market population more than anything and the margins are great, as pointed earlier. Pure win-win.     Reply
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    Tom B
    Feb 04 01:54 PM
    Nokia Ready to Exploit Motorola's Weakness [view article]
    "I think the previous comment is a bit naive and hyperbolic"

    Maybe slightly hyperbolic, but look at where Nokia had it's gains last quarter. One thing NOK has in its favor is that they make a broad range of handsets down to the cheap junk cell providers give away. Of course, margins on those products is lower than on "smartphones"...     Reply
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    Texrat
    Feb 04 01:49 PM
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    Nokia Ready to Exploit Motorola's Weakness [view article]
    I think the previous comment is a bit naive and hyperbolic. "The entire handset business" will NOT be all about exploiting third world countries, although that will surely represent a large, and likely even majority, percentage of the effort.

    Still, North America remains a key market in many respects, most particularly smartphones and business mobility. Nokia will continue to push for multimedia computers to take a larger share of the overall handset market, and the US will be a big factor in that.     Reply
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    Tom B
    Feb 04 08:48 AM
    Nokia Ready to Exploit Motorola's Weakness [view article]
    I think NOK will outlast even RIMM, worldwide, but, they aren't going to gain much in terms of news sales in the US. The entire handset business in 2008 is going to be about exploiting third world countries where the iPhone hasn't launched yet. Reply
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    digivision
    Jan 31 09:32 PM
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    Under The Radar News - Thursday [view article]
    after looking at the asus specs I'd rather get a 5 yo ibook for less(around $200) but more everything..... hd, ram,larger screen, more memory , faster, wireless etc... yup
    Half of the web sites for kids require a fast processor and a celeron 800 mhz is not going to cut it.. if you only want ti to type stuff then there are better choices     Reply
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    Eli Hoffmann
    Jan 31 06:20 PM
    Under The Radar News - Thursday [view article]
    Indeed! Uncanny. Reply
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    David
    Jackson
    Jan 31 05:54 PM
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    Under The Radar News - Thursday [view article]
    The FT article on laptop vendors is uncannily similar to this:
    Asus Eee: Threat to Apple, Microsoft, HP, Dell and the Hard Drive Vendors?
    seekingalpha.com/artic...

    which Seeking Alpha readers got 20 days earlier.
    :-)     Reply
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    Tom B
    Jan 31 03:10 PM
    Under The Radar News - Thursday [view article]
    "E*Trade shopping for cash."

    I'm sticking with Etrade as a customer, for now. I hop I don't regret that. If things do head south, maybe BAC or somebody will buy them outright--who knows?     Reply
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    Tom B
    Jan 31 03:06 PM
    Under The Radar News - Thursday [view article]
    "Laptop makers mull margins. Sub-$500 laptops from Asus and others are dominating Amazon.com's"

    Right now: 5 Asus; 4 Apple; 1 HP. Looks like the rule is, people either want quality, or a tiny "no worries" device. This might be bullish for the iPod Touch....

    "Fisher begs to differ." Yea! One FOMC-type with sense. Let's make HIM chairman.     Reply
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    taojones
    Jan 31 12:33 PM
    Under The Radar News - Thursday [view article]
    mac notebooks and products filled the top 5 sales slots on Amazon this christmas i don't think the sub 500 notebook is in their sights at all (thank god) Reply
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    elan
    Jan 30 05:24 AM
    Jim Cramer's Mad Money In-Depth, 1/28/08: MOT Knocks NOK [view article]
    jim is great comedy Reply
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    SiliconHuton
    g
    Jan 29 08:51 PM
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    China Mobile, Apple Butt Heads Over iPhone [view article]
    mmii: you're spot on about the Unicom experience. But I suspect we'll be waiting a while for iPhones with CHL embossed on the back. Reply
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    SiliconHuton
    g
    Jan 29 08:50 PM
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    China Mobile, Apple Butt Heads Over iPhone [view article]
    Boettger: Apple wage guerrilla warfare on the Chinese market? Oh, hell yes!

    I saw an estimate yesterday that as many as 25% of all iPhones sold are hacked and never returned to the network that sold them. How many of those have made it into the hands of China's newly-prosperous?

    Anybody want to bet on whether Apple will unlock the GSM/GPRS iPhones once they launch 3G devices?     Reply
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    SiliconHuton
    g
    Jan 29 08:45 PM
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    China Mobile, Apple Butt Heads Over iPhone [view article]
    jmmx: thanks for the post.

    Methinks Mr. Jobs - he of the Great Reality Distortion Field - may well be downplaying what is likely an uncomfortable situation.

    Here's my point - The iPhone does not need CHL right now, and CHL does not need the iPhone. As sad as that might be for all of us living here in the Middle Kingdom, them's the facts.     Reply
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    SiliconHuton
    g
    Jan 29 08:40 PM
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    China Mobile, Apple Butt Heads Over iPhone [view article]
    Reinharden: You're right that Unicom has a GSM network, and in fact they're well into rolling out their GPRS capability. All fine and good. The reason Apple would probably not be prepared to work with China Unicom is the user-experience factor.

    See, if Unicom's GPRS network is so good, I wonder why my BlackBerry 8700 with an overseas SIM card can only find a GSM signal when it roams onto China Unicom's network here in Beijing and not a GPRS signal. I've had to force-select China Mobile on the device or lose all data services the second it gloms onto a China Unicom signal.

    My wife's brand-spanking new RAZR2 V8 GPRS device - she's a China Unicom subscriber - is not getting onto a GPRS network at all anywhere in Beijing.

    Does Unicom have GPRS? Maybe. But you wouldn't know it from OUR day-to-day user experiences in China's capital city, nor those of others who have commented on my blog or emailed me. Whether Unicom has the hardware or not is irrelevant if the network can't offer a consistent user experience on two GPRS devices from two major manufacturers.

    Apple is going to be really sensitive about quality-of-service issues with carriers, a lesson it learned in going with AT&T in the United States. Unicom is in no position to truthfully offer a lot of comfort in that area, a sad legacy of its dual-network (GSM/CDMA) heritage.

    How about them odorless feces?     Reply
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