have mobile phones. More and more people now switch from normal phones to Internetenabled smart phones whose performance is as high as that of a computer. How the smartphone developed Although devices combining telephony and computing were conceptualized as early as 1973 and were offered for sale beginning in 1994, the term "smartphone" did not appear until 1997, when Ericsson described its GS 88 "Penelope" concept as a "Smart Phone". The first cellular phone to incorporate PDA features was an IBM
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Ken Kwong-Kay Wong (2011, Pg. 1) states “On February 11, 2011, Stephen Elop, the new CEO who had been at the helm of Nokia for only five months, announced a new mobile strategy to adopt Microsoft’s new but unproven Windows Phone as its primary smartphone operating system”. The market didn’t care for this too much. This was a system that had not been proven to be worthy yet. The share price for stock took a 14 cents per share dive. Key Issues Although, Nokia was doing good, this market was
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Management Summary Samsung wants to introduce a new line of mp4 players. This plan is a detailed analysis on how Samsung can best introduce this product in The Netherlands as well as in Germany. First there is internal analysis of Samsung than external analysis will follow, which will focus on the Netherlands and Germany. Samsung wants to introduce this product in an already very competitive market, the MID market (Mobile internet device). One of the main competitors of Samsung, Apple, is already
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Memo To: CC: Date: December 11, 2010 Re: Part II Team Paper Apple’s New Innovative Product Worldwide mobile device sales were reported to 1.6 bill units in 2010. This was a 31.8 percent increase over sales the previous year. Of those 314.9 million units sold Apple posted 8.7 million in sales that quarter which was a 100 percent unit to the previous year and a market share of 1.2 percent. But the technology sales market place is not just about mobile phones it also includes other mobile
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(GOOG) Android mobile software system dominated the U.S. smartphone market in 2011, representing a share of about 53%, according to research firm NPD Group. Android phones and Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) iPhone continued to take market share from former market leader Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM, RIM.T) and others this year. Apple's share reached 29%, while BlackBerry maker Research In Motion's share fell to 11%. "The competitive landscape for smartphones, which has been reshaped by Apple and Google, has ultimately
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competitors such as Nokia, Apple, and Microsoft. This was problematic as it foreshadowed the question of whether or not RIM was well positioned to continue to meet expectations, deliver award-winning products and services and maintain its lead in the smartphone market. Oftentimes, Wall Street expectations for technology driven companies were also linked to the technology spend and RIM was clearly not ahead of the game in terms of this metric. Just to maintain status quo, it was clear to RIM’s CTO, Mr.
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Summary: This case is about the history of a Canadian multinational telecommunications equipment company headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, that designs, manufactures and markets wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile and telecommunications market. RIM provides platforms and solutions for access to information, including e-mail, voice, instant messaging, short message service (SMS), Internet and intranet-based applications and browsing. RIM’s portfolio includes the BlackBerry wireless
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Lumia 800 is one phone that is expected to create a revolution. Smartphones have their strong following today but users often had to pick between the obvious choices of iPhone or other Android phones. With mobile giant Nokia jumping into the fray things have gotten a lot more exciting and its only good news for customers. Nokia Lumia 800: The beginning of something better and bigger It might not be way off the mark to say that smartphones have become a norm today. From working professionals to young
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problem is true for Apple, for Nokia, for RIMM, for HTC, and for everyone else (Carr, 2010). Beside the fact that Nokia and RIMM both have argued about Steve Jobs’ decision of pulling them into the Antennagate tornado, Jobs did demonstrated that every smartphone has an
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Research in Motion’s Blackberry: an Innovation or Communication Crisis? This report deals with Research in Motion (RIM) a global leader in innovative wireless technology, who revolutionized the Smartphone industry in 1999 with the introduction of the Blackberry. (RIM, 2012)The specific product that will be the focus of this report is their new offering, the Blackberry Torch 9810. (RIM, 2012) 1.0 Marketing Issue Research In Motion (RIM) has failed to capitalize on the BlackBerry market share to employ
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