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Taken from The Register today:
'Nokia has cut expectations of the mobile-phone market for the third time in as many months, while Palm is planning to cut costs by 20 per cent following a halving of sales.
Less than a month ago Nokia predicted 330 million phones would ship in the last quarter of 2008, a prediction the company now thinks was optimistic - though this time the Finnish giant is only saying that the final number will be lower. Palm admitted that its sales have halved over the last quarter, blaming "economic uncertainty", though increased competition must also be playing its part.
Nokia's approach to bad news is to explain that the whole industry is slowing down, and we should therfore focus on the Finnish giant's market share rather than the number of phones it's actually shipping. The company reckons it can build up market share in 2009 from the current 38 per cent. So we shouldn't be alarmed, but it's hard not to be concerned when they keep issuing warnings like this.
Nokia also reckons retail outlets will be de-stocking for a while - selling what's on the shelves rather than ordering more stock, which will put more pressure on manufacturers including themselves.
Reducing costs seems to be the order of the day: Nokia is promising to "reduce operational expenditure, and scale back capital expenditure", presumably not including the Hollywood office, while Palm is going to trim the workforce and cut back on European operations to the tune of 20 per cent.'
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Posted: 2008-12-04 21:27:55
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Honda poised to quit Formula 1?!
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/[....]rsport/formula_one/7766092.stm
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Posted: 2008-12-05 01:15:03
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@da wanqsta: Sad to see Honda go but they've not made a mark in F1 for a long time.
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Posted: 2008-12-05 05:25:25
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Youve got Blackberries,Apple Iphones,Googgle phones and HTC's to compete against.Its obvious that Nokia over time was going to take a hit.Its bout bloody time.
Level the playing fields.
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[ This Message was edited by: HOBBS on 2008-12-05 05:01 ]
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Posted: 2008-12-05 05:58:43
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Could this be the beginning of the end for F1?
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Posted: 2008-12-05 07:40:05
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Agree with Hobbs, and competition is a good thing, NOKIA can learn a thing or two from Apple.
Shame 1st Jaguar and now Honda are leaving? Maybe they were making a huge loss on it. I read some where that FIA or whatever they call it were warned that if F1 keep going the way they're going on fuel, etc. . .the may end up stopping F1 in the next 2years.
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Posted: 2008-12-05 07:40:12
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P1i sunset pic taken today:
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Posted: 2008-12-05 18:12:19
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The P1i now goes for just £179.99 (approx R2850):
http://www.play.com/Mobiles/M[....]l?searchtype=genre&source=9593
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Sony Ericsson P1i, Nokia 7600.
[ This Message was edited by: amawanqa on 2008-12-05 17:37 ]
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Posted: 2008-12-05 18:29:17
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I really dont know whats going on with my phone. Its crashed 4 times 2day while browsing the net with O.M, and the default browser while on mxit. Its not like im doing anythin intense. I think i good formate is in the near future,
Gucci,
How stable is the new firmware? Dam i wish it was hackable
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Posted: 2008-12-05 21:40:39
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Dam that doesnt sound good Kyle, i know with V10 and V11 FW mine would crash often when running OperaMini but after V20 it doesnt anymore. Ye format may help.
The new FW is pretty stable, better than V20 BUT now some apps HAVE to be installed in Internal Mem which is driving me nuts, i cant wait until its hackable. Dont update bro, atleast not yet.
Yay from next month my Data Bundle is 1GB instead of 500mb lol.
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Posted: 2008-12-05 22:26:36
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