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    • Thu Dec 6th 19:41 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      European iPhone Sales Better Than Expected
      Hi!
      where is the 90,000 figure coming from? it is only 50,000 in Europe. No, it is not a bad number regardless, its just that its as remote as it can get from the enthusiastic U.S. reception.
      Also, I do not know how many Europeans have picked up the news but when somebody at AT&T announces right before the holiday season that the 3G version is just a few months away, that can't be good for sales of iPhones.
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    • Wed Dec 5th 23:17 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      European iPhone Sales Better Than Expected
      I was looking around for comments on the failure of the iPhone in Europe, and I stumble on this article that projects the opposite impression.
      Numbers rarely lie, in the U.S. the iPhone sold some 250,000 units in the first week(-end), and in Europe we have just 50,000 in the first week: 30,000 France, 10,000 Germany and in the UK they won't comment on numbers, so let me assume 10,000 units.
      I would like to venture that iPhone has been affected by high pricing (especially given the weak US$), Nokia market dominance, and perhaps the fact with 3G the iPhone is not so revolutionary in Europe the way its been in the U.S. I am just trying to get some comments going.
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    • Sat Oct 20th 09:44 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      What Is Nokia Thinking? Navteq Bid Makes No Sense
      I like American commentators talking about Nokia based on their miniscule 5% market share in the U.S. market, while Nokia is a global powerhouse in the rest of the world. Nokia has successfully cornered the markets in Asia and Europe building on different strategies. In India and China they offer ultracheap devices because disposable income is low but, figure what, do you know than in Asia people spend 3-4 times their monthly salaries on a mobile phone. And Nokia is the iconic handset manufacturer just the way Apple is the iconic manufacturer in the U.S. (and elsewhere.) So people are buying cheap Nokia phones and not the domestic copycats.
      Perhaps it is a lot of money to invest on a maps company, but guess what if companies are spending tons of money for Navteq and TeleAtlas is because a) these two maps companies have cornered the market (sorry it is a little more complicated than scanning a world atlas and selling maps), b) navigation tools are huge business with all related applications, c) Nokia is sitting on so much cash that their CEO is finally acquiring some interesting companies.
      Lets just wait and see what Nokia is going to do on their ovi website, cos thats going to be interesting.
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