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A Bluetooth killer or an enhancer? Seems Nokia's announcement today about its Wibree technology may be either one.
A unique radio technology extending local connectivity to small devices, Wibree is an open industry initiative developed by Nokia Research Center.
It complements other local connectivity technologies, consuming only a fraction of the power compared to other radio technologies, therfore enabling smaller and less costly solutions.
Wibree is the first open technology offering connectivity between mobile devices or Personal Computers and small, button cell battery power devices, such as watches, wireless keyboards, toys and sports sensors.
With a goal of having the new technology available as soon as possible, Nokia is defining the Wibree interoperability specification together with a group of companies representing semiconductor manufacturers, device vendors and qualification service providers. These include Broadcom Corporation, CSR, Epson and Nordic Semiconductor as well as Suunto and Taiyo Yuden.
Sounds pretty cool ...
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According to a published report today on Yahoo! via Reuters, Nokia is abandoning its long-standing practice of giving its cell phones numbers instead of names.
Seems that it's influenced by Motorola with all of its snazzy phone names.
Would a rose by any other name smell as sweet?
Or would the RazR be so cool as the Motorola CP356 or would LG Chocolate excite everyone's taste buds if it was the LG-907 CH?
On the other hand, where would James Bond be without 007?
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Written by VoIP & Gadgets Blog on September 8th, 2006 with no comments.
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It's not easy being green, but gadget companies do have a sense of "eco-friendliness," according to Greenpeace, which has recently rated CE companies in its Green Electronics Guide.
Apparently Nokia's decision to distance itself from PVC resulted in high marks in the Guide, while Lenovo, which bought IBM's PC business, scored the lowest in the survey, although the computer maker defends its environmental record.
According to the company: "Lenovo meets or exceeds applicable environmental regulations globally, and we don't believe Greenpeace's ranking accurately reflects Lenovo's environmental record," according to a company statement.
Read more about it at Network World or at greenpeace.org.
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Written by VoIP & Gadgets Blog on August 30th, 2006 with no comments.
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Here's the study I've been waiting for.
According to a recent PC World/IDB News Service report, feature-rich phones do not drive sales. (Really?)
The study, by J.D. Power and Associates (they of the manmy car satisfaction surveys) showed that U.S. consumers are more interested in the price and design of their mobile phone rather than its advanced features.
(And probably don't intend to use those advanced features, either.)
Here's another useful fact from the survey: Almost 30% of respondents said they selected a particular phone because it was free (the most powerful four-letter word in the English language).
(And what's wrong with a free phone -- haven't we all gone that route?)
Finally, let's not pick on Nokia ...
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Written by VoIP & Gadgets Blog on August 9th, 2006 with no comments.
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Another titanic struggle is in the making -- this time in the digital convergence of music and the cell phone.
While we all wait for Apple's mobile phone announcement, the established mobile phone companies are staking out their ground in the mobile music market.
We already know about Verizon Wireless and V Cast (a service provider goes mobile music) and now we have Nokia (a cell phone set manufacturer) countering with its purchase of Loudeye, which has a digital music catalogue of 1.5 million tracks.
(The price you ask? $60 million.)
The deal will give Nokia content it can offer customers with music-enabled mobile phones. "People should be able to access all the music they want, anywhere, anytime and at a reasonable cost," Nokia EVP Anssi Vanjoki said, according to the BBC.
Here's some more verbiage from the "official press release":
"Music is a key experience for Nokia and Nokia Nseries multimedia computers and we want to be able to offer the best fully integrated mobile music experience to our customers. Loudeye brings a number of key assets to Nokia, including a great team of people, a substantial content catalogue and a robust service platform that will help us to achieve this objective," said Vanjoki. "People should be able to access all the music they want, anywhere, anytime and at a reasonable cost. With this acquisition, we aim to deliver that vision and a comprehensive music experience to Nokia device owners during 2007."
Love that "vision" thing ...
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Written by VoIP & Gadgets Blog on August 8th, 2006 with no comments.
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Nokia says its buying the Seattle-based digital music company Loudeye for $60 million, which aggregates content and rights from music labels for distribution across mobile, Internet and other platforms. Nokia said it is paying $4.50 per share. Loudeye’s stock had sat under $1 for weeks, mostly because investors did not give the money losing music service any chance of making it to the black. It had lost $4.6 million for the first quarter of this year on sales of $8.7 million.
Loudeye previously sold its U.S. assets to Muze, which included the technology used by AT&T and O2 Germany. That was indication that there was a firesale in progress. Loudeye’s other technology, the “OD2 Platform” is used by many more companies in Europe and comes from a company co-founded by the pop singer Peter Gabriel and bought by Loudeye in 2004, says a Loudeye spokesperson.
Loudeye’s troubles are emblematic of the bigger issues around mobile music downloads, which have been slow to take off. (Update: Rafat leaves an insightful comment which explains Loudeye’s problems succinctly.) There is a school of thought that 3G would change that, as faster downloads could make it easier for consumers to buy music on their mobiles. Nokia’s new multimedia phones such as N91 are geared for those kind of services.
That’s what Nokia is buying and plans to launch a branded mobile music service , which could include devices, and the ability to purchase digital music, in 2007. The Post points out that Nokia sold more than 15 million music-enabled phones in April to June, roughly double the amount of Apple’s iPods and making it the world’s largest manufacturer of digital music players. With the amount of iPhone rumors out there, Nokia is gearing up for a mobile music fight.
However, the service could put Nokia in direct conflict with the mobile music service plans of various service providers such as Vodafone.
Written by Katie Fehrenbacher on August 8th, 2006 with no comments.
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Not since the PSP has Sony launched a consumer electronics device that falls into the must-try category. However, MyLo (my life online), a WiFi based handheld that is part-Nokia 770, part Sidekick, part OQO and part SkypePhone wrapped in a PSP-like body might change all that.
You cannot argue with the release of this device. Research shows that WiFi usage inside homes is only going to increase. There will be 160 million broadband enabled, networked homes by 2010, according to The Diffusion Group. This trend offers opportunities to sell devices specially designed for this type of environment.
Nokia was the first one to realize that when they released Nokia 770. Sony’s PSP only offered limited features, but lacked the true portability. Any communicator-type device that wants to be successful in the US, needs to have a keyboard and with MyLo, Sony has done precisely that.
The new device which is optimized for post PSTN communications - IM, email and Skype is targeting the MySpace set, that would rather thumb than talk on the phone. It can playback music, and has 1GB flash-based storage, and can also take additional memory stick slots. It truly does leverage the wireless network, and the feature which could be a killer in the long run is ad-hoc music sharing.
Providing networking possibilities without a wireless network, the mylo personal communicator detects when it comes into the presence of other mylo units. With the ad-hoc application, you can share play lists and stream music between mylo communicators one at a time.
The device has “presence” management features and allows you to track your social network of upto 90 people from a screen called “What’s up.” It also has a built in browser which makes sending emails via web interfaces easy. Now it won’t be Sony if they didn’t trip up a little - the device supports only 802.11b networks and is expensive, about $350. It will be available next month.
Full review at Engadget.
Written by Om Malik on August 8th, 2006 with no comments.
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Indians listening to FM radio on their mobile phones can now watch visuals while listening to their favorite Bollywood songs, as Nokia, Hewlett Packard, local station Radio Mirchi and mobile operator Hutch have launched a new service called ‘Visual Radio.’
The service, which will initially launch in Delhi, will let users buy concert tickets, video clips, games and ring tones. It will also allow users participate in quizzes and audience polls. The application will be available on 10 Nokia handsets including the Nokia Nseries phones. Mobile operator Airtel will also soon provide the service.
“This is a classic case of convergence of telecom, radio and music. The key here would be to provide our listeners with quality content,” said Pankaj Mathur, country manager, HP India Sales.
Nokia initially developed the technology for integration into mobile phones carrying FM radios. HP came on board to market, sell, distribute and implement the Visual Radio solution with operators and radio stations globally.
Written by Shailaja Neelakantan on July 27th, 2006 with no comments.
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Qualcomm’s (QCOM) cell phone tax has been clashing with carriers in developing markets recently. The San Diego giant has a patent portfolio that lets it take a percentage of every CDMA handset sold, including patents for 3G.
Over the past few weeks, three carriers with large CDMA networks — China Unicom in China, Reliance in India, and Vivo in Brazil — have been reported to be investing in GSM networks in part to avoid the Qualcomm toll system.
While the carriers and cell phone makers will all upgrade to 3G eventually, delivering Qualcomm their payoffs soon enough, in the short term, possible losses on CDMA in developing markets could be a real concern to the San Diego giant–those carriers are estimated to make up as much as 5% of Qualcomm’s sales for 2006!
Qualcomm’s senior director of corporate communications Jeremy James had a pretty strong statement on the situtation. He said that the companies that are making the most money off of GSM, like Nokia (NOK), and Ericsson (ERICY) are creating “fear, uncertainty, and doubt” over a “false notion” of how Qualcomm’s royalties effect the availability of low-cost handsets.
He also said that GSM network companies like Ericsson are making CDMA carriers in developing markets “very attractive” offers to build and run GSM networks as “a last ditch effort” to try to maintain their traditional GSM shares as long as possible before the 3G future.
There might be some truth to Qualcomm’s complaint, but with a grain of salt. Analysts like Aman Kapoor from Packetology say that Reliance is probably building a GSM network just to better negotiate with Qualcomm over current royalties for CDMA when it expands that network. Since Qualcomm doesn’t disclose its fees beyond a range, it’s hard to tell exactly how much the royalty fee affects the total cost of the handset.
Nokia’s VP of external affairs, Bill Plummer, responded to Qualcomm’s statement by saying “that is certainly one way to look at the evolution of the wireless market. Another way would be to acknowledge that this is a highly competitive market where operators recognize the inherent benefits associated with open, non-proprietary, globally scalable networks like GSM.”
The real truth is that as all the carriers move to 3G, Qualcomm can quadruple its addressable market in the long term. As 3G handsets start to become more popular, Qualcomm is already growing sales and profits — last week the company reported $1.95 billion in revenues, with $643 million in net income for the third quarter, up 44% and 15% respetively.
But when it comes to its relationships with competitors and vendors the company seems to have few friends out there. Jupiter analyst Sharon Armbrust points out some of the data behind the complaints by the Nokia camp. But with complaints in various countries about its aggressive practices, the company can’t afford to alienate the world’s fastest growing markets India, China and Brazil.
Written by Katie Fehrenbacher on July 26th, 2006 with no comments.
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What do you think?
They have been slugging it out for years to remain the king of the global mobile phone market, a titanic seesaw battle of global brands that has seen both Nokia and Motorola rise to the top, fall back and then battle back.
Who do you think will be the long-term winner?
(Does Nokia's 9300, pictured above, really make a difference?)
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This was a big week for wireless earnings and market figures, with Motorola grabbing the spotlight from Nokia in the ongoing battle between the two dominating global cell phone makers. Motorola, still milking the success of the Razr, gained significant market share in its attempts to catch up with Nokia. Strategy Analystics says in a research report today that Motorola’s market share in the second quarter of this year reached 22.1%, up from 18.1%–Nokia grew more modestly to 33.3% from 32.5%.
The companies’ earnings matched those figures. Motorola said it brought in $10.9 billion in revenue, a growth of 29% from the second quarter last year, and–even better–earned $1.38 billion in profits, up 49% from last year. Nokia said it generated $12.4 billion in revenues, with $1.4 billion in profits, up 22% and 43% respectively from the previous year. Motorola stock rose 7% on the news.
Two things come to mind from the announcements. First, that the rivalry is getting tougher between Motorola and Nokia as the companies both work on dominating both high-end 3G replacement phones and lower-end models in fast-growing markets. Both companies are opening global stores in competitive markets, rolling out design conscious models that are finding popularity and spending major money on marketing. The ultimate battle will come over China, as both companies are gaining sales in the country.
The other note is that the two companies’ strategies are both working pretty well, compared to the rest of the industry, as Motorola and Nokia increase the distance between themselves and the three trailing cell phone makers, Sony Ericsson, LG and Samsung. The market share between Motorola and the third place maker Samsung was at its largest gap since 1999, points out Strategy Analytics.
Motorola also announced a savvy partnership with Yahoo today that will embedd “Yahoo Go for Mobile” on some Motorola cell phones. A move like that could gain more of Nokia’s customers. Nokia better watch its back!
Written by Katie Fehrenbacher on July 20th, 2006 with no comments.
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First they used to be inspired by Apple and iPod. Now they are taking a cue from Apple’s retailing strategy.
Cell phone makers are getting hungry for real estate these days. Motorola launched its first store in Shanghai a few days ago, with plans to open several more in China. Nokia opened its first U.S. store last month, Samsung has its New York showcase, and Earthlink is touting Helio phones in downtown San Francisco.
It looks like a growing trend for mobile manufacturers–traditionally the brand behind the well-branded carriers–to open outlets to market new designs and give tutorials on increasingly complex phones.
It worked for Apple. Build a hip store, add tech-savvy sales people, and stuff a room full of add-ons that customers might buy up while waiting in line. Apple brought in $636 million in net sales for its retail divisions in the most recent quarter, with $29 million in operating income. But the global cell phone companies are a far cry from design-conscious Apple, which may or may not add phones to its line-up one day.
Motorola might have hit it big with the design and branding of the Razr, which sold more than 23 million by the end of last year, but Nokia and Samsung have never been big design leaders. It’s hard to imagine Nokia’s Chicago store getting the attention paid by rabid Mac and iPod fans at Apple’s digs. If Motorola’s Shanghai launch is any indicator–phone tattoos?–we’re not so sure of the prospects.
The trend is also as much a signal of the difficulties of the phone market as anything else. The increase in the world’s phone sales is coming from growing markets with low-margin mobiles, while the markets with significant phone penetration are seeing manufacturers try to push high-end designs to plea for replacements. The stores are a way to tout the most sophisticated and stylish. and that’s likely another reason why phone makers need outlets–the devices are getting so complicated, a lot of customers need basic lessons to start!
One possible upshot of the store trend is that if Nokia can develop a design-driven following, a powerful brand could help the company if it ever decides to go head to head with the carriers. A WiFi phone that looks like the Razr could convince consumers to buy. Our advice to a Nokia is to keep creating those partnerships with Google and maybe the duo can deliver the design power, a compelling store, and an industry-wide shift in who controls the ecosystem.
Written by Katie Fehrenbacher on July 17th, 2006 with no comments.
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Nokia is scheduled to open its first U.S. flagship store on Chicago’s “Magnificent Mile” tomorrow.
The store, which is only the second in the world (the first was in Moscow), will feature the mobile company’s standard equipment as well as Vertu Lounge, a luxury line that features devices embedded with sapphire crystals and gold.
Officials say the company-owned-and-operated store will also feature several interactive displays that guide consumers on how to operate various products.
In hopes of attracting experienced shoppers, Nokia has also unveiled plans to open a flagship store along New York’s Fifth Avenue in the fall of 2006.
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Nokia based out of Finland and Germany's
Siemens announced today plans to merge their telecommunication equipment divisions which would create the world's third-biggest equipment group worldwide.
Each company will hold exactly 50% of the new company called
Nokia Siemens Networks. The merger still requires approval, but this is another trend towards reversing the phone company breakup (AT&T) and the formation of just a few monopolistic phone companies and phone manufacturers.
Kind of reminds me of the bad guy (T-1000, Robert Patrick) in Terminator 2 that was broken into a million pieces in the warehouse only to reform back to its original shape. Can't find that exact scene, but here's the famous Terminator 2 Helicoptor scene where the T-1000 reforms in the cockpit.
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As one of the world's leading high-end cell phone case manufacturers, Krusell has a unique perspective into what's hot at the moment.
This list reflects the sales of phones on six continents and in more than 50 countries around the globe.
According to Krusell, the top 10 selling cell phones last month were:
- Motorola RaZr V3/ V3i/ V3c
- Sony Ericsson K750i/D750i/W800i
- Nokia 6230/6230i
- Sony Ericsson W810i
- Nokia 6280/6282
- Nokia N70
- Qtek 9100/ I-mate K-Jam
- Motorola V1150/Razr V3X
- Motorola SLVR L7
- Qtek S200/I-mate Jamin
Motorola RaZr V3/V3i/V3c is number one for the third consecutive month, but in the upcoming months watch out for big sellers such as LG Choclate, Qtek 8500 and, of course, Sony Ericsson K800i.
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For anyone going mobile, the less gadgets the better. (Rather than the more the merrier.)
Why carry a separate cell phone and MP3 player when you can carry a single gadget that does both?
For that matter, why carry a cell phone and a notebook computer when you can carry a single gadget that does both?
(Good questions, aren't they?)
In the mobile documents field, there a couple of choices and Quickoffice recently previewed Quickoffice 4.0 for S60, a major upgrade to its award-winning solution, at the 2006 Symbian Smartphone Show.
Quickoffice provides smartphone users mobile access to Microsoft Office documents, allowing them to open, edit and save documents in their native format.
In case you're wondering about Symbian, Nokia just named Quickoffice the Series 60 "3rd Edition Challenge Winner" in the category of best enterprise applications for the smartphone. This was announced at the Symbian SmartPhone Show.
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Got a cell phone, become a video star -- why not?
Musician Rob Dickinson’s new video, “Oceans,” is the first music video created solely on a Nokia Nseries multimedia computer, the N93. (You can call it a cell phone, too.)
Directed by Mike Hodgkinson, “Oceans” is the second single off Dickinson’s debut solo album, entitled Fresh Wine for the Horses. (Bad title.)
The “Oceans” music video was shot by Hodgkinson on the Nokia N93, a 3.2 megapixel cameraphone with DVD quality video and Carl Zeiss optics.
Why not indeed?
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Funny (for me, not for Microsoft) to see this report about no one lining up to buy the new Windows Vista and 2007 Microsoft Office when it went on sale in SF.
Well, if you attended the big soiree in NYC yesterday (yes, I did), you know what I mean about funny (as in ironic). The line to get into the Nokia Theatre in Times Square was plenty long and plenty slow moving. And it was plenty cold in 20 something degree weather with that great NYC wind whipping up and down Broadway (and across town, too).
(You can read the official Microsoft press release here.)
Couple of things while I think back to yesterday's event -- why have registration for the event outside (yes, outside) in NYC at the end of January? You would think the PR agency (headquartered across the street from the Times Square event locale) would have known that? (Patrick! Buy an overcoat, man!)
And how about a "neutral" venue? Now Nokia may not compete too directly with Microsoft, but Radio City Music Hall would have done just fine or even the Theatre at Madison Square Garden (or whatever it's called today). Not as bad as holding a Fujfilm event in Southern California at the Kodak Theatre ...)
I'm sure read plenty of other places about Windows Vista "enabling the digital lifestyle" (let's not overwork that phrase too much Bill Gates or Steve Ballmer), but Mr. Bill did have a nice moment thinking back to how different it was 12 years ago when the Windows 95 OS was launched. (Much simpler back then, too, for the boys -- and girls -- from Redmond. (Hey, have you heard about the Internet?)
And whatever happened to something like "Start Me Up" by the Rolling Stones to get this whole thing launched in style -- Vista could use a music tag, don' t you think?
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