Research in Motion has set something in downward motion : The prices. There is no denying that the company is in trouble as it reported a $125 million loss in Q4 2011. Now it wants to gain economies of scale, at least in India, by cutting down the prices. It has already slashed the prices […] Read more
When it comes to revenues for the fiscal period 2010-11, Nokia still rules in India. For all the talk about Nokia’s share slipping away, it has held its own. There isn’t a drastic rise in Nokia’s revenues from the year before but there isn’t significant dip either. At best, Nokia’s India growth has hit a […] Read more
Reigning in the top slot for 14 years, Nokia is all set to lose its smartphone crown to Samsung and Apple. Next quarter (2011Q2), the rankings of top smartphone makers would read Samsung, Apple and Nokia followed by LG, RIM and HTC. These are predictions right now but they aren’t entirely baseless. First off, Nokia […] Read more
RIM is hoping that tablets will revive its fortunes. Tablet clairvoyants are betting big on the consumer PC market. RIM is pinning its hopes on car companies. Research in Motion (RIM) is hoping to sell tablets to cars. RIM’s Playbook has received mixed reviews so far, and the consensus is of it being a rushed […] Read more
Blackberry Playbook running Android apps – this is the preposterous sounding news of the day we are picking up from several sources. If true, this will really be huge. Bigger than Nokia releasing a Microsoft phone. Research in Motion (RIM) is contemplating on using a Dalvik virtual machine for its Playbook and future smartphones. Dalvik […] Read more
Last time I checked, Nokia still leads the smartphone race followed by Samsung, Research in Motion (RIM), Apple and HTC(at some distance). That picture would remain so, for quite some time. Except that Apple and RIM could be jostled along by HTC. Samsung and Nokia should continue their lead to win the smartphone race. Smartphone […] Read more
Nokia is losing smartphone market to Apple, RIM and even HTC in terms of hardware and it is losing to Android and iOS in terms of software. Nokia is just not losing the smartphone race. It is losing the not-so-smart phone race too globally. US and UK are big smartphone markets, rest of the world […] Read more
Global mobile handset market has grown 14.6% in the third quarter, making it the fourth consecutive quarter with double digit growth. A total of 340.5 million handsets were shipped when compared with previous quarter’s 297.1 million units. These are shipments and doesn’t necessarily translate to sales. Smart phones or converged mobile device category is one […] Read more
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