Jul 30
Filed under: Handsets, ASUS
CNET Asia has apparently received word that not only will ASUS’ Lamborghini-branded ZX1 smartphone be canceled (as we mentioned earlier this month), but the company will also be putting the brakes on its forthcoming P560 and M536 phones as well. In a statement issued presumably to CNET, the company claims that the project has been postponed due to the “technical immaturity of a key component from one of our suppliers,” though they seem to have left the door open for a reboot. We know one thing for sure — it’s clear that the P560 and M536 weren’t those “more important devices” the company made reference to previously. They probably need the resources for another 25 versions of the Eee PC.
[Thanks, chauco]
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Tags: ASUS, Brakes, Cancellation, Cnet Asia, Eee Pc, Immaturity, Lamborghini, Nbsp, Pc Thanks, Reboot
Apr 18
Filed under: Nokia
Can’t win ‘em all, we suppose. After a positively stellar fourth quarter of 2007 that saw Nokia grab a mind-boggling 40 percent of the world’s mobile market share, the number one manufacturer slipped a smidge in the first quarter of this year, dropping down to 39 percent globally. That news is just one tidbit of a very engaging attention report that sees Nokia’s year-over-year performance improve by a wide margin, while at the same time warning that the value of its mobile business is expected to decline versus 2007 thanks largely to the weak US dollar and a global economy that’s been putting on the brakes as of late. Also of note is CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo’s comment that the company will have no “major new products” shipping in the second quarter, likely putting to rest any hopes that we’d see the N78 out before July — unless the guy doesn’t consider the N78 a major new product, which we think would be a pretty misguided belief. Nokia also notes in this place that it still expects to grow its market share overall in 2008 — despite the 1 percent decline this quarter — so any other players out there gunning at nabbing a piece of that profitable pie are plan to have to keep the pressure on, it seems.
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Tags: Belief, Brakes, Ceo, Dollar, First Quarter, Fourth Quarter, Global Economy, Market Share, Mobile Business, Mobile Market, Nbsp, Nokia, Olli Pekka Kallasvuo, Pekka, Quarter Earnings, Second Quarter, Slips, Smidge, Tidbit, Wide Margin
