Mobile phones & tablets thread

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Originally Posted by henners88

Good points. I agree Microsoft certainly lead the stakes in squeezing rival companies with their fair share of dirty tricks over the likes of Apple. Its a savage business and you'd have to be mental to think one is more credible than the other IMO. :)

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Tbh Microsoft has been a lot better of recent with this.

Editorial: Google, Microsoft and the incredible shifting mobile landscape -- Engadget
Not sure what this graph actually indicates tbh. One moment you're hearing WP7 has nearly no share now it has 9% (combined with WM! of course)? Tbh there's something very weird about the statistics that we seem to see.....
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget....arketshare.jpg

Interesting to see the suggestions of Microsoft taking over RIM or HTC, though I'm sure the regulators would have puppies if they tried to do that. If they did buy RIM and had BBM integrated with WP7....... *strokes chin* Interesting times.

Well at least there would be a market for it with rioters :D

Of all those possibilities I could see MS buying HTC and rebranding them as Microsoft phones. But where does that leave Nokia?

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Originally Posted by Mark

Of all those possibilities I could see MS buying HTC and rebranding them as Microsoft phones. But where does that leave Nokia?

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Well a small piece of a big pie is better than a big piece of a pie that's constantly getting smaller.

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Originally Posted by Mark

Of all those possibilities I could see MS buying HTC and rebranding them as Microsoft phones. But where does that leave Nokia?

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If HTC were bought by Microsoft though that would negate one of their biggest strengths, their ability to flit between OS's depending on which one is currently strongest.

As for Motorola, I've been to a couple of management courses now where their mobile phone section has been used as a specific example of the vicious cycle of failure. I wouldn't have thought their mobile phone design and manufacturing is as valuable as their patents. It wouldn't surprise me if google shut down manufacturing especially as entering into the hardware market entails a significant change in direction and increased risk for them.

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Originally Posted by Malbec

If HTC were bought by Microsoft though that would negate one of their biggest strengths, their ability to flit between OS's depending on which one is currently strongest.

As for Motorola, I've been to a couple of management courses now where their mobile phone section has been used as a specific example of the vicious cycle of failure. I wouldn't have thought their mobile phone design and manufacturing is as valuable as their patents. It wouldn't surprise me if google shut down manufacturing especially as entering into the hardware market entails a significant change in direction and increased risk for them.

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It's all about the patents really.

It gets more and more ridiculous every day.......

DailyTech - Kodak's Patents Maybe be Worth Five Times the Company's Market Cap.

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Originally Posted by Daniel

It gets more and more ridiculous every day.......

DailyTech - Kodak's Patents Maybe be Worth Five Times the Company's Market Cap.

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Ridiculous? Not really, knowledge and the rights to it have always been worth a lot more then anything else, it just that nowadays there is a lot of noise about smartphone technology patents due to Apple's stupid court addiction.

Well HP's killing off WebOS

Editorial: Engadget on the death of HP's webOS devices -- Engadget

Love this quote from the comments

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Launch Pre 3 in the UK on August 17.

Announce that you're pulling out of the smartphone business on August 18.

Problem officer?

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Originally Posted by ioan

Ridiculous? Not really, knowledge and the rights to it have always been worth a lot more then anything else, it just that nowadays there is a lot of noise about smartphone technology patents due to Apple's stupid court addiction.

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I know, but these days you can patent anything and then sue for it even if the idea is just ridiculously basic.

Genuine inventions and innovations should be protected, but not ridculous stuff like the look of a product.

This made me giggle anyhoo.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net..._6357682_n.jpg

Some trash talking from Elop

DailyTech - Nokia Chief Warns Android Phonemakers Should "Watch Out"

This can either go two ways, Google starts releasing its own phones through Motorola and pisses Samsung and HTC off, or it just uses the patents to defend itself and all is well. Personally I don't see Google making their own phones, but if Samsung and HTC would be stupid to not be just a little worried right now.