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And yet...
>>http://www.businessweek.com/globalbi...mpaign_id=yhoo
Some bits that night be relevant...
Originally Posted by April 16, 2009, 11:09AM EST
Investors looked past wretched sales and earnings to drive Nokia shares up 10% on signs of stabilization in the mobile-phone industry...
>>http://www.businessweek.com/globalbi...mpaign_id=yhoo
Some bits that night be relevant...
The massive de-stocking in inventory is largely complete
... the 5800 and other new feature-rich products helped the company boost its share in smartphones to 38% from 36% the previous quarter, according to market watcher Strategy Analytics.
The gain suggests that Nokia can continue to retake market share as it launches more new smartphones, such as the top-of-the-line touchscreen N97 due out in June. "Nokia is very good at moving features from the high end to the midrange and low end," says Mark McKechnie...
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2009-04-16
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It's been mentioned before that Maemo is a contender for a flagship smartphone platform for Nokia and I believe the tablets were a process put in place to test the viability of linux and open source. Nokia are hiring new developers as recently as this month.
The profit margins that Nokia make in a worldwide recession are I think relatively non consequential to maemo. As a result of those figures posted today Nokia stock leapt up by 7-8%, their stockholders are probably pretty happy with that.
The profit margins that Nokia make in a worldwide recession are I think relatively non consequential to maemo. As a result of those figures posted today Nokia stock leapt up by 7-8%, their stockholders are probably pretty happy with that.
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2009-04-16
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It's been mentioned before that Maemo is a contender for a flagship smartphone platform for Nokia and I believe the tablets were a process put in place to test the viability of linux and open source. Nokia are hiring new developers as recently as this month.
The profit margins that Nokia make in a worldwide recession are I think relatively non consequential to maemo. As a result of those figures posted today Nokia stock leapt up by 7-8%, their stockholders are probably pretty happy with that.
The profit margins that Nokia make in a worldwide recession are I think relatively non consequential to maemo. As a result of those figures posted today Nokia stock leapt up by 7-8%, their stockholders are probably pretty happy with that.
Nokia reiterated its expectation that industry sales would decline 10 percent this year from 2008."
From the New York Times.
I speculated awhile back that this sort of thing might affect Nokia's plans for new tablets. I still wonder.