AllThingsD » fragrance http://allthingsd.com Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:49:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://allthingsd.com/theme/images/logo-rss.jpg All Things Digital http://allthingsd.com/ 144 22 We're Naming It the Motorola STNKR, After Our Q1 Earnings … http://allthingsd.com/20070514/motorola-stnkr/ http://allthingsd.com/20070514/motorola-stnkr/#comments Mon, 14 May 2007 17:29:06 +0000 John Paczkowski http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20070514/motorola-stnkr/ smellophone-723219.jpg Carl Icahn was right. Motorola really is desperate for a new product. How else to explain a patent the company was awarded last month for a “communication device having a scent-release feature and method thereof.” Outfitted with an aromatic gel packet, this smellophone releases fragrance much like a plug-in air freshener. The question is, why? Motorola’s answer: “Some cellular telephone users are the same individuals who enjoy having plug-in scent units located around their homes, and may miss not having a nice-smelling fragrance while they are on the go. Therefore, a need exists for a communication device such as a cellular telephone that can address some of the above-mentioned problems.”

Now, admittedly, fragrance is a multibillion-dollar industry that’s expected to continue its rapid growth through 2007 and beyond. But will that growth extend into the portable-electronics industry? Honestly, I have no idea what Motorola is thinking here. No wonder the company has lost about one-third of its market value since last October.

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Now, admittedly, fragrance is a multibillion-dollar industry that’s expected to continue its rapid growth through 2007 and beyond. But will that growth extend into the portable-electronics industry? Honestly, I have no idea what Motorola is thinking here. No wonder the company has lost about one-third of its market value since last October.

]]> http://allthingsd.com/20070514/motorola-stnkr-2/feed/ 0 Introducing the 'Smellophone' http://allthingsd.com/20070514/ddv20070514/ http://allthingsd.com/20070514/ddv20070514/#comments Mon, 14 May 2007 17:13:06 +0000 John Paczkowski http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20070514/ddv20070514/

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