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Nokia Investors Losing Faith In The Company,
Nokia, while trying to find their way back into the smartphone market, is finding it difficult to deal with their shareholders who are increasingly short on patience. After losing to Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android, Nokia is now betting on Windows Phone devices to pull it out of the red. Risto Siilasmaa, the new chairperson, addressed this recent move by Nokia.
Siilasmaa is confident that the company will make it through this period of transition with the support of the right team, strategies and products which are being introduced. However, by far, Nokia hasn’t seen a rise in the sale of their new smartphone series and have failed in balancing the falling sales of their previous products.
Stephan Elop, CEO, admitted that dealing with the transition has been harder than they expected.
With Nokia being pushed to the second position in the mobile phone business by Samsung after their successful run for 14 years, investors understandably upset over the 90 percent drop in the value of Nokia holdings in the last five years. Two third of this drop in value has occurred following the CEO’s decision to switch the company’s preferred mobile platform to Microsoft’s Windows Phone. Making matters worse are ratings given out by S&P and Fitch that reduced Nokia’s earlier glorious ratings to ‘junk’. Shareholders are well aware of the fact that Nokia’s current position is rather disastrous.
Nokia has been one of the best in the market so far and this could be one of the reasons why investors continue to hope and hold on to their shares, even though the company’s status in the market is dwindling. Shareholders like Ari Rikkila who heads a Finnish software company had opted to buy shares in Nokia with Siilasmaa expected to turn the company’s state around, a couple of months back. However, with things not working out too well, investors are hoping they will see results of strategies being implemented by next year at least.
To probably help cope with their troubles, Jorma Ollila, who held office before Siilasmaa, promised to introduce a series of new products that world include hybrid smartphones and tablets.
Once Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system becomes available, Nokia is expected to launch their tablet computer sometime later this year. This move into the tablet market could be tough for the company to deal with, according to analysts. With Microsoft by their side, Nokia is still hoping to be able to compete with Apple and Google soon.
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US mobile industry faces spectrum, deal paralysis,
(Reuters) - Complaints about the shortage of wireless frequencies and a need for U.S. mobile carriers to consolidate will dominate the industry's largest annual gathering next week, but regulatory uncertainty may leave the sector powerless to deal with its most pressing issues anytime soon.
U.S. wireless operators argue that too many competitors are fighting over a mature market and that they urgently need more spectrum to cope with increasing demand for bandwidth-hungry services such as video and social networking.
But experts say regulators' clear reluctance to approve big acquisitions has paralyzed any operators that could otherwise have been keen on combining forces this year.
Similarly, as operators gather at the CTIA wireless trade show in New Orleans starting Tuesday, any spectrum deals will also be delayed until after U.S. regulators announce the outcome of their review of a Verizon Wireless spectrum deal, analysts say.
AT&T Inc has not been shy in its complaints about a spectrum shortage since regulators torpedoed a $39 billion plan to buy No. 4 rival T-Mobile USA last year. Because the deal didn't go through, AT&T had to give T-Mobile USA a massive break-up package that helped to push the No. 2 U.S. mobile provider into a $6.7 billion quarterly loss.
"The No. 1 thing to be discussed at this show is going to be spectrum," Glenn Lurie, AT&T's president of emerging enterprise and partnerships, told Reuters.
"Everybody is going to be talking about the fact that in the U.S. we have a spectrum crisis. That crisis is everywhere and it's a crisis that is hitting everybody."
Because of the collapse of the AT&T deal, which the company argued was necessary because of a spectrum shortage, all U.S. service providers will tread very carefully before considering any big acquisitions, experts say.
This caution will likely last at least until after the November U.S. presidential election, according to several bankers and analysts who expect to see "a cooling period" after the collapse of the deal.
"I don't think anything big can happen without more clarity on the regulatory landscape, which hopefully will be clarified with the election," said a telecom deal expert who asked not to be named because of a lack of authorization to speak to the media.
Of particular concern is an assertion by U.S. regulators, in their review of the AT&T/T-Mobile USA deal, that the market needs at least four national U.S. wireless providers to maintain healthy competition.
This would be problematic for at least one deal some investors would like to see: a merger between No. 3 player Sprint Nextel and No. 4 ranked rival T-Mobile USA. Both lag far behind Verizon Wireless and AT&T.
Other deals could involve smaller rivals Leap Wireless and MetroPCS Communications, which analysts eventually expect to come together or be bought by a bigger company. MetroPCS tried but failed to buy Leap in 2007.
Some analysts hope the regulatory tone on M&A changes next year, as they believe Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski will step down after one term even if President Barack Obama, who had nominated him, gets re-elected.
Genachowski has been outspoken on his concerns about the level of competition in the market but has not commented on his plans in 2013. So until next year, devising major deals among the top four mobile providers could be unwise, analysts say.
"Any significant consolidation would stand a better chance under a Republican administration versus a Democratic administration," said Bernstein analyst Craig Moffett.
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Was BlackBerry World 2012 RIM's last hurrah?
The DJs played on in the epic party of RIM's annual conference. Attendees who love these huge bashes hope there's more to come.
Straight from a visit to Berlin, the global epicenter of euro club music, the disc jockey brothers (yes, they're really brothers) sat for an interview with me here the morning after they spun tunes at the blowout party that's become synonymous with Research In Motion's annual BlackBerry conference.
Quick-witted, amiable, and dressed in T-shirts and jeans, the Bronx natives were the picture of the youthful, cutting-edge merger of pop culture and the tech industry. So much so that I had to ask myself: What are they doing here?
"I have enough entertainment in my life," said Steve, 23, the older of the two brothers. "I don't need a phone to entertain me. I just need it to keep things in order. I need it to get things done."
They're also the new face of RIM in an aggressive advertising campaign to remake the company's image into something younger, cooler, dare I say it, Apple-like. As I chatted with them, that cynical inner voice added: "Good luck with that."
Since the introduction of the first iPhone five years ago, the Canadian company has gone from the admired leader of the smartphone world to the brink of also-ran, with some analysts predicting its market share could drop to 5 percent by the end of the year.
During the most recent quarter, RIM reported it had lost about $125 million compared to a profit of $934 million during the same quarter a year earlier. The company has about $1.77 billion in cash. And even though executives at the BlackBerry World conference kept pointing to growth and enthusiasm for its products overseas and that it still has 77 million customers, in its fiscal fourth quarter the company saw a nearly 80 percent drop in worldwide BlackBerry shipments.
New smartphones and slick new software are on the way, but will they come too late? The morning RIM's new CEO Thorsten Heins unveiled the new BlackBerry 10 software sans any new devices, the company's already depressed stock price dropped roughly 5 percent. Two days later, as the market had time to analyze and digest the news, the company's share price was down 15 percent to its lowest point in eight years.
Scary stuff. But the DJs played on Tuesday night at the RIM party at the Universal theme park. It's easy to make the alternate-reality joke about RIM and its executives promising a turnaround at a theme park that specializes in alternate realities like old-timey movie sets that look like Hollywood, San Francisco, and New York City. But there we were, a blowout bash for 5,000 people run by a company on the ropes, entertaining customers and developers who are simply hoping the party rolls on.
"I sure hope RIM is around next year to throw another big party," said Arjan Govers, an account manager for the Dutch carrier KPN as he lit his cigarette. We were standing in the audience near the music stage, where the Martinez Brothers did their thing. "This is my first one and I don't want it to be my last. RIM flew me over here. Paid for everything. It's been totally fun."
Govers said there is still some demand for BlackBerry devices among corporate customers in the Netherlands. But it's waning. And just like in the U.S., BlackBerry is no longer associated with anything remotely cool. Most people are more interested in the iPhone and Android. He reached in his back pocket and pulled out his iPhone.
"This is what I use as my personal device," he said. "I can get any phone for free. But this is the one I like best. The BlackBerry I use for work."
In each MGM fantasy "neighborhood" there were tables piled with local cuisine. In New York, there were flat-bread cubano and deli sandwiches. San Francisco had stir fry, dumplings, and mini egg rolls.
Wandering through old New York, I could hear "Tonight" from the musical "West Side Story." While strolling through a replica of San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf, i could hear the faint sounds of BlackBerry World attendees enjoying their exclusive rides on one of the park's several roller coasters.
"Next year, the party will be even bigger," said Oscar Castellano, RIM's director of business affairs, told me as we stood outside Mel's Drive-In Diner near faux Hollywood Boulevard. "We are totally energized."
No doubt, but customers and development partners are worried. Many that had been exclusively developing apps for BlackBerry have already begun diversifying and developing for Apple's iOS and Google's Android devices.
Donnie Niles, who works for Groton Utilities, a small power company in Connecticut, laughed when I asked him if he thought there would be a party here next year.
"We were just discussing that," he said, glancing at his co-worker, who took a sip of his Heineken. "I honestly don't know. We're going to keep BlackBerry for now. But I'm skeptical about their future."
BlackBerry developers said that the technology demonstrated at the show looks promising, but they fear the bad press and the depressed stock could lead to a takeover.
"The BlackBerry 10 software looks encouraging for the direction of the technology," said Chairul Irawan, principal at Seatech Consulting Group, which helps develop applications for BlackBerry users in Indonesia. "But today's presentation should have been for the market. They need to convince consumers and the market in general that they have a product that is competitive. But they didn't do that."
Irawan said RIM is still dominant in Indonesia, where his firm focuses its application development. He said the No. 1 feature is the BBM messaging service. But he said like other social-media tools that once dominated, BlackBerry's Messenger could be replaced with something else. He used MySpace and Friendster as examples. Just a few short years ago, Friendster was huge in Southeast Asia. Now it's Facebook.
The next morning, the Martinez Brothers were also talking up BBM, or BlackBerry Messenger. Steve and Christian, 21, have been spinning and deejaying since they were 16 and 14 years old. They're better known on the club scene in Europe and Australia. RIM recently hired them as spokespeople for the BlackBerry and they've already cut several TV commercials and have billboards up in many major markets, like New York City.
The brothers, it was clear, are serious people. Cool? Most definitely. Frivolous? No way. They use their phones to make calls, send e-mails to friends and family, and keep up with fans on Facebook and Twitter. They have no time for games of Angry Birds or Fruit Ninja. And they have no use for other social-networking apps.
When I asked the brothers if they could imagine a day when RIM and its BlackBerry didn't exist, they shrugged and said not really. Remembering what Irawan had told me the night before at the party about MySpace and Friendster, I asked them if they had ever used those old social-networking sites. Their publicist chimed in. Yes they had. In fact, their first big break came from a video taken at a music festival in Miami in 2005 or 2006 that was posted to their MySpace page.
Are you active on your MySpace page now? I asked.
"No," laughed the younger brother, Chris. "Everyone's on Facebook."
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A Review Of The Advantages Of Apple iPhone 4S Accessories,
The chances are that you have heard of, or even own an iPhone 4S. As the most popular smartphone to date, it is the smartphone of choice for many millions of customers all over the world, and Apple’s most advanced smartphone to date. Because of the popularity of the device, many companies have capitalised on this. Accessories for this phone are big business, and choosing the right accessories can improve your user experience to a high degree. In this article I will look at some of the best iPhone 4S accessories out there.
Cases
There is little argument that the iPhone 4S is a stylish device and many are drawn to the design and build quality of the device. It has a reinforced glass finish which certainly looks the part. However there have been numerous cases of this glass, despite being reinforced, shattering on impact of dropped on a hard surface. A way around this is to buy a case for your iPhone. These vary in design and materials used, but one thing that they have in common is that they can protect the glass from shattering. For just a couple of pounds, you can get a rubber case which will do the job well, and many will also find that it will make the iPhone 4S more comfortable in your hand. If you are willing to spend a little more you can get a premium case which may be made out of leather or other materials. These will do the same job as a rubber case but generally will be more aesthetically pleasing. For peace of mind, a case can be a great investment given their benefits and small financial outlay.
Screen Protectors
The screen of the iPhone 4S is of course made from glass, so many users choose to use a screen protector should they drop their phone. These are generally in the form of a small plastic film which sticks to the screen, and will go virtually unnoticed. Not only will this protect the screen should the phone be dropped, but it will also protect it from scratches. This can be useful if you keep your phone in a pocket or handbag along with objects like keys which could scratch the screen. Screen protectors are very cheap and easy to replace. This way you can simply replace a damaged screen protector whenever you need to.
Charging Docks
The iPhone 4S comes supplied with a USC charger which can be used to charge from a mains socket, or via a computer, whereby you can also sync the phone with iTunes. If you are one of the many people who use the alarm function on your White iPhone 4S, you may benefit from the use of a charging dock. These work by connecting to the charger cable, but allow the phone to stand upright, allowing you to stand it on a flat surface like a bedside table. These can also be used on desks, allowing you to glance at information on the screen in order to check for the time or updates without picking up the phone, so you can carry on working.
As you can see there are many types of iPhone accessories, each with their own individual benefits. They can generally be picked up cheaply online or from one of the mobile phone accessory shops found in most towns.
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