9 posts and columns on legacy

R&D Spending: Nokia Vs. Apple Shows Size Doesn't Matter

in News on February 4, 2011 at 8:41 am PT

Some additional perspective on Nokia’s massive mobile R&D spend and a point of comparison for its market return. Extrapolating from Bernstein Research data that estimates Nokia spent $3.9 billion on mobile research and development, Asymco’s Horace Dediu has calculated Apple’s mobile R&D spend, and there’s an astonishingly wide gulf between the two.

Not Seeing Much Return on That Massive R&D Spend, Are You, Nokia?

in News on February 3, 2011 at 4:10 am PT

Nokia spent scads of cash on research and development last year, but didn’t see much return on it. Certainly, the investment did little to slow the continuing deterioration of its competitive position.
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Myspace Plans to Lay Off 550 to 600 Employees Tomorrow

in Social on January 10, 2011 at 3:00 am PT

Myspace is finalizing plans to lay off 550 to 600 of its staff of 1,000 tomorrow, as its parent, News Corp., looks for a buyer.

Google’s Andy Rubin Gives a Flash of Tablet Future

in Mobile on December 6, 2010 at 6:33 pm PT

Taking the stage to kick off D: Dive into Mobile, Google’s Andy Rubin gave a glimpse of Android 3.0 running on a prototype Motorola tablet. That was the icing on a pastry-laden talk filled with Gingerbread, Froyo and Honeycomb.

Google: Yo, I Got Yer Office 2010 Upgrade Right Here

in News on May 12, 2010 at 4:45 am PT

Office 2010, the long-awaited “cloud” version of Microsoft’s Office productivity suite, arrived at market today amid some measured trash-talking from Google. In an anomalous post on the search giant’s Enterprise Blog Tuesday, Google Enterprise Product Management Director Matthew Glotzbach advised against purchasing the software, arguing that users would be better served by, you guessed it, Google Docs.

"Hummer of Cellphones" a Bestseller at AT&T

in News on September 8, 2009 at 8:15 am PT

Apple’s iPhone continues to be AT&T’s marquee handset, though the data-guzzling “Hummer of cellphones,” as the New York Times has dubbed it, has inspired widespread customer dissatisfaction with the carrier’s network. Indeed, according to Piper Jaffray, the iPhone 3G and 3GS are AT&T’s top-selling phones.
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“Hummer of Cellphones” a Bestseller at AT&T

in News on September 8, 2009 at 8:15 am PT

Apple’s iPhone continues to be AT&T’s marquee handset, though the data-guzzling “Hummer of cellphones,” as the New York Times has dubbed it, has inspired widespread customer dissatisfaction with the carrier’s network. Indeed, according to Piper Jaffray, the iPhone 3G and 3GS are AT&T’s top-selling phones.
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Pre Sales May Be Slowing. Yes? Nooooooooo!

in News on July 24, 2009 at 3:23 pm PT

Now this is just getting silly. Pali Research says sales of the Palm Pre are slowing. RBC’s Mike Abramsky says they aren’t and claims 325,000 to 375,000 have been sold to date, ahead of his expectations. Jesup and Lamont analyst Kevin Dede says the device is plagued by high exchange/return rates of potentially 40 percent. Abramsky says it’s more likely between two and three percent. Who’s right? Who cares?
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Pre-Diculous, Redux

in News on April 2, 2009 at 12:00 am PT

Palm’s Michael Abbott delivered more than just the keyonote at Web 2.0 Expo. But not that much more. Absent from his remarks Wednesday evening was any news about the price of Palm’s forthcoming Pre handset or a hard-and-fast release date–two bits of information the industry has been pining for since the device was first announced in January.
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