IBM and Intel may be happy with Q1 but TomTom says it won't meet its 2008 target of 20% growth. The €2 billion TomTom thinks Q1 revenue will be in €260- €270 million range vs. €296 million last year. Operating margins will fall to "low single digits." The company says in Q1 "retailers reduced their inventory levels more strongly than expected, especially in Europe" where TomTom has 50% of the in-car market. TomTom competes against Garmin (larger Continue reading...Laptops, Tablets, eReaders
TomTom Won’t Meet 2008 Target
IBM and Intel may be happy with Q1 but TomTom says it won't meet its 2008 target of 20% growth. The €2 billion TomTom thinks Q1 revenue will be in €260- €270 million range vs. €296 million last year. Operating margins will fall to "low single digits." The company says in Q1 "retailers reduced their inventory levels more strongly than expected, especially in Europe" where TomTom has 50% of the in-car market. TomTom competes against Garmin (larger Continue reading...Dell to Join Under $500 Ultra-Portable Makers
Dell will join the growing crowd of makers selling ultra-portable notebooks for $399-$499. Coming in late June or early July, the new line of laptops will have flash memory-based storage of 8-12GB. Michael Dell recently highlighted that for more than one year Dell has invited its customers to share ideas about improving products on IdeaStorm.com. Their site has attracted more than 8900 ideas and features 45 Ideas in Action. Go Dell’s IdeaStorm
Intel: What’s in Your Pocket?
The PDA market is dead, the Ultra-Mobiles never caught on…is it time for a range of wireless internet devices aimed at an alleged gap between smartphones and laptops?
In Shanghai, Intel wants developer buy-in on its MID technology. Introducing products at the Intel event are Asus, BenQ, Clarion, Fujitsu, Gigabyte, Lenovo, LGE, NEC, Panasonic, Samsung, Sharp and Toshiba.
Based on their new Atom processors, Intel claims advantage over makers of chips for cellphones (i.e., Qualcomm) because of Continue reading...
Quo Vadis GPS?
SiRF Technology, GPS chip maker, says there’s weaker-than-expected demand for all products, especially personal navigation devices. They will reduce workforce by 7%, close South San Francisco and Stockholm offices, and pull the plug on plans to develop mobile TV products. GPS was the darling of retail in 2007, so this trend from the chip provider may foretell future retail inventories. Go SiRF
Mobile Broadband Up 157% in USA
Research says the devices accessing internet via U.S. cellular broadband networks more than doubled in 2007. The majority of those machines were corporate-issued machines. According comScore, 2,168,000 devices used broadband cellular connections to access the web in Q4 in USA. And 59% are corporate users. Another study by In-Stat Continue reading...
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