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Everybody loves a Top 10 list -- and we're no exception!
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Wirefly, "an online leader in one-stop comparison shopping for cell phones and wireless service plans," which recently named the top-selling music phones in the U.S. (Definition: A cell phone that allows users to import MP3 music files or iTunes from their PCs or download them wirelessly from a content provider.
According to Wirefly, the five popular music phones are:
- 1. Sony Ericsson Z520a/Z525a/Vieo Phone -- (pictured)
- 2. Motorola ROKR iTunes Phone
- 3. Samsung T809 (T-Mobile) and Samsung D807 (Cingular)*
- 4. Samsung MM-A900 (Multimedia Phone)
- 5. Cingular 2125 and T-Mobile MDA*
(*Same cell phones with different model numbers on separate networks)
In the recently published "U.S. Wireless Music 2006-2010 Forecast and Analysis," the anayst firm IDC reported that: "Mobile music storefronts are emerging as one of the most important new channels for fans to discover, purchase and enjoy full-track music and related content." Also, that music cell phones will soon surpass stand-alone MP3 players in terms of popularity.
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Written by VoIP & Gadgets Blog on August 14th, 2006 with no comments.
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We just sat in on the Sprint’s conference call, which brought together Sprint Nextel CEO Gary Forsee, Motorola’s Ed Zander, Intel’s Sean Maloney and Samsung’s KiTae Lee. Here are the details.
Sprint confirmed it has chosen mobile WiMAX as the technology for its 4G network and says it will spend between $2.5 billion and $3 billion on capital expenses by 2008. The company says it is working with Intel, Samsung and Motorola, though didn’t specify how much additional money each of those companies is investing in the plan.
Sprint executives said the network will offer between 2 to 4 Mbps, and will be launched in the Q4 2007, with a nationwide rollout in 2008. With that much bandwidth available, Sprint executives referred to a network that will be built to run user-generated content, and enabling subscribers to access “YouTube and MySpace on the fly.”
Sprint detailed some of the reasons for its mobile WiMAX choice, and said the company can create a “mobile WiMAX ecosystem” with 4 times the performance and a tenth of the cost of a technology like EVDO. In a call after the conference Sprint phrased the benefits as providing ten times the combined performance and cost saving over other available networks, but wouldn’t clarify more on this somewhat confusing metric.
All of the cheering on the call was of course at the expense of Qualcomm, which Sprint did not choose for the 4G network, and which builds a business off of owning proprietary IP standards and a closed model. Sprint said Qualcomm’s tech was not chosen for technical differences, among a variety of reasons, and emphasized its interest in mobile WiMAX as a global standard with a business model for building an ecosystem.
No surprise that Intel’s Maloney emphasized these thoughts in the conference, as did Samsung’s Principal for wireless broadband North America, Tom Jasny in a call after the conference. Jasny put it as “an open standard contributes to large adoption, helps the fundamental economics and encourages countries to make the standards available.” Qualcomm’s stock fell $2.71 after the call to $33.66.
While Sprint’s partners didn’t detail their commitments too much, Sprint VP of Broadband Bin Shen said to us after the conference that a major portion of the deal with be an agreement on marketing — which Intel learned from WiFi can be pretty expensive — as well as network deployment and operational support. Samsung Jasny said its partnership could include chips, network infrastructure, and consumer electronics, including handsets, computer cards among other devices.
Sprint’s Shen said there would be announcements with major partners in the coming months. We’re wondering how Clearwire will fit in? Investors weren’t too confident in the announcement and Sprint Nextel’s stock fell almost 2%.
Written by Katie Fehrenbacher on August 8th, 2006 with no comments.
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So much going on with HD-DVD and Blu-ray that you need a scorecard to keep up with all of the players and their moves in this next-generation format war.
Is there any life to a dual-format player that supports both Blu-ray Disc and HD-DVD like Samsung is apparently considering?
Would have to add something to the existing Blu-ray player (pictured) ...
The phone lines are open ...
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Chip industry is having a very bad day. Intel is cutting a 1000 jobs, which is well a drop in the bucket for a company that is bloated and feels downright dowdy. Then 34 states are suing eight DRAM (memory commonly used in PCs) makers alleging price fixing.
Of the eight, Samsung is feeling heat of its own. Wall Street Journal reports that Samsung saw its second-quarter net profit fell 11%, and margins tighten on its chip business. And if that was no enough, Broadcom Corp., long viewed as the leader amongst mere mortals, got dragged into the options scandal. The company says it will record additional non-cash stock-based compensation expense of more than $750 million mostly because it is now correcting its books for past stock-option grants.
Ironic part is that the chip stocks are almost flat, just like the SOX, the chip index not the baseball team.
Written by Om Malik on July 14th, 2006 with no comments.
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Everybody wants to be a market leader in their product category -- yes, saying you are #1 is important!
Now, after nearly a year of declining market share and the loss of its leadership in the plasma display panel (PDP) industry, South Korea’s LG Electronics has reclaimed the top position in the first quarter of 2006. (This is according to iSuppli Corp.)
LG’s share of worldwide PDP unit production rose to 31.1% in the first quarter of this from 27.5% in the fourth quarter of 2005; LG is now 1 point ahead of Matsushita, which we know much better as Panasonic.
(Anybody remember when we manufactured high-tech stuff like this is the U.S.?)
(In fact, anybody remember the last TV company with a U.S. manufacturing presence?)
Well, take a look at the top five companies in this category:
- LG
- Matsushita
- Samsung
- Pioneer
- Hitachi
The full report is in Electronic Business at www.reed-electronics.com.
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Written by VoIP & Gadgets Blog on July 11th, 2006 with no comments.
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You know, gadgets don't have to look cool to be cool, but it certainly helps. (Exhibit #1 please: the iPod).
Well, if you love design and all things gadgets (and Beyond -- remember that from seeing Click! recently?), then the recent issue of Business Week that featured "The Best Product Design of 2006" is must reading.
According the article, design teams from Asia nabbed a quarter of this year's gold awards, up from 8 percent in 2005. What's more, the bar of excellence is moving ever higher; design has become strategic, the very core of their efforts to differentiate what they make and do.
Take a look at the 2006 Industrial Design Excellence Awards (IDEAs), which is sponsored by BusinessWeek and judged independently by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA). Here's an excerpt from the article:
What were the key surprises this year? The strong showing by Asia is clearly one of the most striking trends. Panasonic won six awards, twice as many as the next winner and far more than any U.S. or European corporation. China’s Lenovo Group computer maker took two golds, the most of any company. Samsung Group won a gold and two silvers and still leads all global corporations, including Apple Computer, for the most idea wins over the past five years.
Wha'ts really interested is actually seeing all of these neat product designs -- you will not believe how cool some of them are! (And even for what might be consider "uncool" products.)
Read all about it at www.businessweek.com.
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I thought notebook computers were supposed to be small (hence "notebook" in the first place).
Well, according to eWeek Magazine, Dell, Acer and Samsung are testing the waters for super-sized laptop computers that look more like briefcases than notebooks.
Driven as much by technology as demand, these new notebooks with 19- and 20-inch LCD monitors are looking for an audience -- high-end gamers, not mobile executives?
Acer was displaying its 20-inch mega-model this week in Taipei at Computex, the world's second largest computer show, while Dell was also targeting high-performance aficionados when it announced the release of its 20-inch laptop model last week (that's the one in the photo). Samsung's model comes with a detachable screen so that users can hook it up to their desktop monitors. Prices? Not cheap -- try $2,700 to more than $5,000
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As a family of four, we all have our favorite gadgets that we seem to always have with us.
Here's what the family had with them for Memorial Day (parade included):
- Dad -- Cell phone (Treo 650)
- Mom -- Cell phone (Samsung)
- Daughter -- Cell phone (LG) and iPod mini
- Son -- PlayStation Portable (PSP)
What did you have?
And can anyone guess what that image is?
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Written by VoIP & Gadgets Blog on May 29th, 2006 with no comments.
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Now cell phones compete on features, on price, on coolness, etc., with price usually meaning the cheaper the better. (And the other ones with more the better as the motto.)
Now for something completely different (apolgies to Mr. Python), Bang & Olufsen and Samsung have teamed up to deliver a really cool looking cell phone called Serene. The price, keeping with B & O high-flying prices for its audio gear, is $1,275.
(Yes, you have read correctly. It does leave me feeling serene; how about you?)
As David Pogue noted in the New York Times today (and I'm sure others have too), it's the Apple iPhone we all are sitting on the edges of our seats waiting for, except that it's not from Apple.
What's interesting here is seeing how Apple will respond to this (am sure nothing public will be said), but it must have the designers in Cupertino like Jonathan Ive taking careful notes and reflecting on how another extremely design conscious company has approached the cell phone.
Hey, let me know how you like that power-assisted clamshell?
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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas --- 2007, that is.
While we're all jazzed about LCD and plasma TVs this year, a report in Technology Review notes that Mitsubishi and Samsung are expecting to have laser TVs on store shelves by Christmas 2007.
The TV features a flat-panel display that uses high-powered lasers to light up the screen.
(No, not like the laser in Goldfinger; thanks www.imdb.com.)
No word on pricing, but don't you think it will be pricey?
(And after so many of us have stepped up to new TVs this holiday season, how many will be in the mood next year.)
Well, if you love gadgets ... 
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While everybody hears about CES and MacWorld, another tech focused show is happening in Las Vegas -- StorageVisions 2007.
Not to be outdone by those two shows, we have some news from this one, too.
In a move to give the growing number of notebook PC users faster, more durable systems that run longer on a battery charge, Hitachi, Samsung, Seagate and Toshiba have formed a new organization called the Hybrid Storage Alliance.
With market research firm IDC predicting that hybrid hard disk drives will constitute 35% of all hard disk drives shipped with portable PCs by 2010, this technology is seen as the industry's answer to the growing demand for notebook PCs that deliver the speed and durability of desktop PCs.
The goals of the industry group are actually very simple:
- Illustrate how flash memory/hard drive hybrid technology can extend the capabilities of today's notebook computers
- Accelerate market adoption of the technology
According to the organization, hybrid technology combines the unmatched capacity and cost-effectiveness of hard drives with the responsiveness, power-efficiency and durability of flash memory.
Microsoft Windows Vista will be the first operating system capable of taking full advantage of the performance, power and durability benefits of hybrid technology. Hybrid drives will leverage the "Windows ReadyDrive" features in Windows Vista to enable a new generation of mobile PCs that boot up and resume from hibernation faster, optimize battery life, outperform standard hard disk drives and are more reliable and robust.
(And wouldn't that be nice!)
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Love to watch TV -- so why not on my mobile phone?
In just a month from now (March 1 or so) Verizon Wireless, the second largest U.S. mobile carrier (time for the "We Try Harder" slogan popularized by Avis?) is reportedly planning to launch an eight-channel live television service for its mobile phone subscribers using Qualcomm’s MediaFLO technology. Expect to see full-length programs from MTV, CBS, Fox and NBC. 
Company isn't saying how much the new "Vcast TV with MediaFLO" will cost each month (why oh why does $15/month come to mind?) 
According to reports, the new service will initially be available on two new handsets, one from LG Electronics, the other from Samsung.
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