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The low priced, Android based smartphones of China will change the global market

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Nacsa Sándor

During the 12 months or so China took over the overall leading market role for smartphones from the key markets considered to be in the lead: US, Australia, Brazil, Great Britain (GB), Germany, France, Italy and Spain. An even more … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, Cloud Computing strategy, consumer computing, Geopolitics, smartphones | Tagged Alibaba Group, Analysys International, Android, Apple, Asia-Pacific, Australia, Baidu, Brazil, Canalys, China, commoditization, commoditization of smartphones, Coolpad, devices and services, France, GB, Germany, Gionee, global market, Google, Gordon Frazer, Great Britain, HTC, Huawei, IDC, IHS iSuppli, India, iOS, iPhone, iPhone 3GS, Italy, K-Touch, Kantar, Latin America, lead market, Lenovo, low-end, Meizu Technology, Mexico, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, Oppo, price, price tier, Ralph Haupter, RIM, Russia, Samsung, Shanda Interactive, smartphones, Spain, Symbian, United States, US, Windows Phone 8, Xiaomi, ZTE | 7 Comments

Nokia under transition (as reported by the company)

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Nacsa Sándor

Note and updates: stock price is up 3.17% as per above (those numbers are in US$) – see more: Nokia trying the first Lumia month in China with China Telecom exclusive [March 28, 2012] - Nokia seeks to retake China market share [Reuters, March … Continue reading →

Posted in "smart" feature phones, consumer devices, Mobile Internet, smartphones, tablets, Uncategorized | Tagged Accenture, advertising platforms, advertising services, Alcatel-Lucent, Amdocs, Android, Apple, application store, Asia, Asia-Pacific, automotive, billing platforms, Bing search service, Blackberry OS, broadband optimization, business model, Canada, carriers, China, churn, Cisco, Competition, component suppliers, consumer proposition, counterfeit products, Customer Experience Management, Customer Experience Management (Nokia-Siemens Networks), data plan, data traffic, developed markets, Devices & Services business (Nokia), Devices & Services Other (Nokia), digital map, distribution, distribution network, dual SIM, ecosystem, emerging markets, employee reductions, Ericsson, Europe, execution, feature phones, future technology disruptions, Google, handset vendors, hardware design, HP, Huawei, IBM, imagery, India, innovation, Intellectual Property, Intelligent Sensor Network, Internet companies, iOS, iPhone, Japan, Korea, Latin America, Licensing, Liquid Core, Liquid Net, Liquid Radio, Liquid Transport, Location & Commerce business (Nokia), location-based services, Lumia, managed services, manufacturing, mapping services, market conditions, MeeGo, Microsoft, Microsoft partnership, Middle East and Africa, mobile device industry, Mobile Devices, mobile networks, Mobile Phones (Nokia), monetization models, Motorola Solutions, navigation, navigation services, NAVTEQ, NEC, network architecture, network infrastructure, network management, new revenue streams, Nokia, Nokia Asha, Nokia Lumia, Nokia Maps, Nokia Siemens Networks, non-manufacturing patent licensing entities, Open Street Map, operational structure, operator billing, operator-driven distribution, operators, Oracle, outsourcing, patent portfolio, Patents, personal navigation device, platform support payment, price erosion, price pressure, pricing, product and sales package customization, product assembly, product development, product differentiation, profit margins, profitable growth, research, Research in Motion, restructuring, RIM, sensors, Series 40, smart devices, Smart Devices (Nokia), smartphones, social media, software expertise, software royalty, sourcing models, strategy, subscriber growth, Symbian, telecommunications infrastructure, TomTom, transition, trends, United States, unlicensed products, User Experience, value-added services, Vertu, visual media, war of ecosystems, Windows Marketplace, Windows Phone, wireless broadband, wireless carriers, ZTE | 6 Comments

The high-end Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) marketing

Posted on September 4, 2011 by Nacsa Sándor

HTC Unveils HTC TITAN And HTC Radar Smartphones [HTC press release, Sept 1, 2011] HTC Corporation, a global leader in mobile innovation and design, today hosted a series of consumer meet-ups in London, Paris, Madrid and Berlin to unveil its … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, smartphones | Tagged Android, Apple, Blackberry, cloud client, Gartner, HSPA+, HTC, IDC, Mango, Microsoft, Qualcomm, RIM, SoC, Symbian, Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 7.5 | 4 Comments

First real chances for Marvell on the tablet and smartphone fronts

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Nacsa Sándor

especially because: Kinoma is now the marvellous software owned by Marvell [Feb 15, 2011] Update [Aug 21, 2012]: ZTE’s U880 is based on Marvell’s then market leading PXA920 single chip SoC, and was introduced a year ago at a list price of … Continue reading →

Posted in smartphones, SoC, tablets | Tagged Android, China, China Mobile, cloud client, FDD LTE, Huawei, Marvell, Motorola, Research in Motion, RIM, Samsung, SoC, Tablets, TD-LTE, TD-SCDMA, TDD LTE, ZTE | 3 Comments

Supply chain battles for much improved levels of price/performance competitiveness

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Nacsa Sándor

Current snapshot: Intel rejects 50% Ultrabook CPU price cut demand from notebook players [Aug 16, 2011] Intel’s Oak Trail platform, paired Atom Z670 CPU (US$75) with SM35 chipsets (US$20) for tablet PC machine, is priced at US$95, already accounting for … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing strategy, smartphones, SoC, tablets | Tagged 40nm, Acer, AMD, AMD Bobcat, AMD Desna, AMD Fusion, AMD Ontario, AMD Zacate, Apple, APU, Asus, Asustek, AUO, Bobcat, Chimei Innolux, Chunghwa Picture Tubes, cloud client, CPT, Desna, Hannstar, Hannstar Display, HP, HTC, Intel, iPad, iPad 3, Llano, Motorola, Oak Trail, RIM, slates, SoC, Tablets, Taiwan, Tegra, TSMC, Ultrabook, Windows 7, ZTE | 3 Comments

Nokia feature phones (S40) are losing market more than Nokia smartphones (S60, Symbian)

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Nacsa Sándor

and look what entry level Android smartphones are destroying Nokia’s w/w market: - Huawei’s IDEOS U8150 smartphone for US$86 in Kenya: 350,000 units sold in 8 months [Aug 17, 2011] Gartner Says Sales of Mobile Devices in Second Quarter of 2011 … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, smartphones | Tagged Apple, cloud client, feature phones, Gartner, HTC, Huawei, LG, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, RIM, S40, S60, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Windows Phone 7, ZTE | Leave a comment

Gartner: media tablets are the new segment next to mobile PCs and desktops, as well as web- and app-capable mobile phones

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Nacsa Sándor

Between March 30 and April 13 Gartner delivered quite new research on the IT spending forecasts till the year 2015. This presents a radically changed market outlook best viewed via the following April 5 Gartner webinar slide (warning: Gartner distinguishes … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, HTML5 et al, smartphones, tablets | Tagged Acer, Amazon, Android, Android Market, App Store, Apple, Apple App Store, Blackberry, Blackberry Playbook, cloud client, Computers and Internet, Curated App Store, Dell, Desktop PCs, Gartner, HP, HTML5, iOS, iPad, iPhone, Lenovo, media tablets, MeeGo, Microsoft, Mobile PCs, Nokia, PC, Playbook, QNX, RIM, slates, smartphones, Symbian, Tablets, Toshiba, WebOS, Windows 7, Windows 7 [Phone / Embedded / Handheld], Windows Phone 7 | 1 Comment

Be aware of ZTE et al. and white-box (Shanzhai) vendors: Wake up call now for Nokia, soon for Microsoft, Intel, RIM and even Apple!

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Nacsa Sándor

Update as of August 10, 2012: After acquiring the Qt commercial licensing business in March 2011 from Nokia, the Helsinki based, ~1000 people strong Digia, with 2011 sales of 121.9 million Euro, yesterday acquired all the rest of the Qt … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, smartphones, SoC | Tagged 14 nanometers, 2.5G, 2.75G, 22 nanometers, 2G, 3G, 40nm, 65nm, Alcatel, Android, Apple, Asian Telecom, Bing, Blackberry, Borqs, Broadcom, China, cloud client, Computers and Internet, DBTel, Digitimes, Digitimes Research, EDGE, Fuzhou Rockchip Electronics, Gartner, GFive, Gionee, GLX, Google, GPRS, Gsmart, HSPA+, HTC, Huawei, i-Mobile, IDC, IE9, India, Intel, Internet Explorer, iPhone, iSuppli, K-Touch, Karbonn, Kinect, KingTech Telecom, Konka, Leadcore, Leadcore Technology, Lenovo, LG, LG Electronics, LTE-Advanced, Marvell, MediaTek, MeeGo, Micromax, Microsoft, MIIT, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), Motorola, MStar, NAVTEQ, Nexian, Ningbo Bird, Nokia, Nokia Siemens Networks, open systems, Ovi, Qt, Qualcomm, Research in Motion, RIM, Rockchip, Samsung, Shanzai, Shanzhai, SoC, Spice, Spreadtrum, ST-Ericsson, Symbian, Taiwan, TCL, Thundersoft, TSMC, UX, Victor Infotech, WCDMA, white-box vendors, WiMAX, Windows 7 [Phone / Embedded / Handheld], Windows Phone 7, WirelessMAN-Advanced, WP7, Xbox, Xuntong Antian, Yuhua, Yuhua Teltech, Zerone group, Zoom Technologies, ZTE | 19 Comments

Changing purchasing attitudes for consumer computing are leading to a new ICT paradigm

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Nacsa Sándor

Moving from 2010 into 2011 there is a fundamental shift towards the new ICT paradigm of cloud computing. We have device manufacturers’ forecasts showing that for the first time the cloud client devices, indeed the smartphones alone, will be shipped … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing strategy, E-readers, smartphones, tablets | Tagged Android, Apple, Blackberry, cloud client, cloud computing, Computers and Internet, desktops, netbooks, Nokia, notebooks, RIM, slates, Symbian, Tablets, Windows 7, Windows 7 [Phone / Embedded / Handheld] | 6 Comments

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