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Google is so concerned about Samsung "hijacking" the android market they resell a version of the Galaxy phone stripped of the Samsung value-add apps and kneejerked a purchase of a smartwatch vendor (WINN Labs) the moment they heard the Galaxy Gear is incoming. http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/50...abs-galaxy.htm Google does all the work and Samsung makes all the money. Not a good business to be in. Which is why I think HTC is next: they make good phones but no profits and, like Nokia, don't have the deep pockets needed go stay in the next phase of smartphone evolution--the migration to the feature phone price range. If HTC and the rest of the android herd can't make money in the premium phone segment, what are the odds they'll make money selling cheaper phones? |
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After the bottom feeders fail, the rest are setting themselves up to be a one-stop digital ecosystem provider. In this sense, Microsoft is in a very strong position. The phones themselves are becoming secondary as the technology matures. |
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As much as it pains me, I agree with afv's assessment. Elop's (mis)management of Nokia will go down in history as one of the greatest acts of corporate sabotage ever perpetrated.
Nokia under Elop made the mistake of thinking that its product differentiation lay in software, when that has never been its core strength. As Ben Thompson wrote earlier today, "It would have been to Nokia’s benefit to have everyone running Android, including themselves. Everyone would have the same OS, the same apps, may the best industrial design, distribution, and supply chain win. Elop threw it all away." |
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Buying Nokia's resources means they will no longer be hostage to OEMs so if the "partners" giving WinPhone and Win8 half-hearted "support" want to go elsewhere (Android, Firefox OS, or some other linux-based solution) they'll draw a shrug instead of tears. I suspect MS isn't done shopping. Dell might be a possibility if the effort to take it private tanks. Nook. AMD has long been a solid complement. A few game development studios. Netflix. Conceivably even a movie studio might be a fit. MS has the tools and the money and there is an open window of opportunity they can leverage their way into the gadget business. Last edited by fjtorres; 09-03-2013 at 06:39 PM. |
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If Microsoft's shift towards creating its own hardware keeps producing hits like the Zune, the Kin, and the Surface RT, then they have nothing to fear.
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The fact that Microsoft can withstand so many commercial failures and still be in a strong financial position does indeed strike fear in their competition. They are far more diversified than Google or Apple.
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Not something I would be proud of, "so many commercial failures". And eventually your hat runs out of rabbits.
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The point is they are a strong company that is going to be a major factor in mobile devices. They are just now starting to gain traction, but make no mistake, they will be coming on strong. |
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Zune is dead at this point
There's little need for a Zune 2 at this point. Just purchase a Lumia 520 for $99 off contract (AT&T or Amazon), add up to a 64GB MicroSD card, and viola...a perfect Zune replacement with all the media services of Windows Phone 8.
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