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HP's Palm play
This deal is not about keeping a smartphone brand alive but about keeping HP alive. The days of standalone phone companies or standalone computer companies are coming to an end. Elevation Partners Squeezes Tiny Profit…
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HTC Mulling Home-Grown Mobile OS
According to HTC CFO Cheng Hui-ming, the company is giving serious thought to developing its own mobile operating system via HTC Mulling Home-Grown Mobile OS (Phone Scoop). Delivering precisely what the world needs…
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Is Apple Closing Off the iPhone to Rival Ad Networks?
“Notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement, Device Data may not be provided or disclosed to a third party without Apple’s prior written consent. Accordingly, the use of third party software in Your Application to…
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Analyst likes vertically integrated smartphones
“We believe that user experience complexity will grow and weigh in favor of those companies that can control and deliver superior integration through vertical integration of software and hardware,” link: RIMM, Nokia tops…
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Palm Minnow is Swimming with Sharks
Palm CEO “I’ve never used an iPhone” Rubinstein quoted in the earnings conference call: “We had an arrangement with Sprint that when we launched with Sprint that they would invest in marketing and carry the product and…
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Tim Bray hates the idea that hardware guys can kick software guys around
Tim Bray Throws His Hat Into The Android Ring Because He Hates The iPhone Sorry Tim, get used to it. Your idea that software writers should have the right to put their software on anybody’s hardware is coming to an end.…
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The Below Average CEO: Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo
I vehemently disagree with this premise: Nokia did not take advantage of any of the opportunities that it had by being in first place. It failed to leverage its partnerships with carriers, manufacturers, software…
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Dubinsky gets it, Glaser no so much.
[Donna Dubinsky] called the decision to spin off PalmOS a “huge strategic error.” “As RIM, Apple and Palm all have demonstrated, these devices need to be highly integrated hardware and software developments in order to…
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Why HTC (Part II)
Starting in January, Apple launched a series of C-Level discussions with tier-1 handset makers to underscore its growing displeasure at seeing its iPhone-related IP infringed. The lawsuit filed against HTC thus appears…
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Microsoft: Mobile Platforms Don't Matter
AppleInsider | Microsoft Pink-Zune details emerge alongside Windows Phone 7 Dilger in fine form today ripping Microsoft a new one. The collapse of its Windows Mobile Marketplace has now caused Microsoft to radically…