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What’s Up at Euroset?

17 July 2008 Bob Snyder Mobile Phones

Euroset, Russia's largest mobile phone retailer with 5150 outlets and 23% market share, has no president (nor financial director) after Aleksey Chujkin did not have his contract renewed. Discussions are currently underway with AFK Sistema and VimpelCom (Beeline brand) who may buy a stake in the retailer.

Evroset Chairman Euroset, a $5 billion company, sold 12.6 million handsets in 2007 at an average price of $201, or 6.1% more than in 2006.

Euroset has also been looking for a financial director since last month.& Continue reading...

Can Nokia’s “Tube” Answer the iPhone?

11 April 2008 Bob Snyder Mobile Phones

Every mobile maker wants to bury the iPhone. A new Nokia phone with touch-screen is codenamed 'Tube' and will have Java built-in and probably support for the DVB-H mobile TV and mobile video. The device can upload photos to the web, indicating either built-in Wi-Fi or HSDPA connectivity. GPS should be included, as Nokia wants to build location technology into all smartphones.

Nokia hopes to significantly undercut Apple with their manufacturing economies of scale. One analyst thinks Continue reading...

Apple Could Sell 45 million iPhones in 2009

03 April 2008 Bob Snyder Mobile Phones

Gene Munster, Apple analyst at Piper Jaffray's, outlines the steps by which he thinks Apple could sell 45 million iPhones in 2009 -- introducing a 3G model and perhaps a lower-end version; capitalizing on international sales; and adding new features like games and remote purchases.

And in another report Munster says (in the consumer market) Mac's market share is up 10% worldwide and 21% in USA.

Go 45 Million iPhones?

Now Microsoft Will Offer Full Cell Phone Browsing

03 April 2008 Bob Snyder Mobile Phones

Now Microsoft Will Offer Full Cell Phone Browsing

CTIA, the American answer to Europe’s Mobile World Conference, gave Microsoft a chance to announce Internet Explorer Mobile will be available to phone makers in the Q3 (with the first phones to go on sale by year end).

Before iPhone was launched (with a combined phone, browser and music player), cell phones mostly showed stripped-down web versions.

Microsoft also announces Windows Mobile 6.1 and expects mobile OS sales to outpace smartphone growth (to quadruple in 3 to 4 years to about 400 million Continue reading...

Motorola Splits Off Its Mobile Business

26 March 2008 Bob Snyder Mobile Phones

Motorola splits off its mobile handset business into a separate public company. How well does Motorola know the mobile handset business? Apparently not very well, according to billionaire investor Carl Icahn (major shareholder in Motorola). He wants a court order to force the turnover of documents related to Motorola’s spin-off of the cell-phone unit and to the selection of Motorola's senior officers. Icahn says, "… the statements and predictions of Motorola's management Continue reading...

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