Amazon, Nokia and Microsoft would like RIM. Is another alternative possible?

In a difficult situation, RIM succumb to sirens of a redemption? Unless that a takeover bid put itself in place? Or that the Canadian manufacturer is another way to be relaunch?

According to several sources, Amazon, Nokia and Microsoft would all three competing to make their entrance to the capital of the Canadian RIM blackberries have more rating as was still the case a few years ago. It must be said that the action of RIM is down, facilitating the possibility of a takeover bid. "Well informed" people if it according to Reuters, say that Amazon - who had studied the possibility of a takeover of RIM last summer - continues to closely follow this trail.

Of course, any interested company made any comment on these rumours. This is not the case of Nokia and Microsoft, seen as potential buyers, and even via a hypothetical offers grouped because the two firms highly related today following the agreement signed between them around the Windows Phone. According to the Wall Street Journal, it is an idea that someone in the head of the two giants since RIM is at its lowest course for eight years.

Financial quarterly reports disturbing, disappointing sales of PlayBook, global network outages BlackBerry which fuelled the grumbles smartphones RIM holders, not to mention the BB OS 10 delay which is more expected before end of 2012... The image of the Canadian manufacturer is the lowest. But there may be another solution for RIM, outside a decision-making participation or a takeover. This is to provide licensed its operating system to other manufacturers. HTC and Samsung would be takers for the latest news. But then again, it is that of rumours.

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Inventory of fixtures of the market of the mobile: Nokia leader threatened and to be able catch of Android

It moves in the market for mobile telephony. Small dot on the waltz of the market shares of manufacturers and OS.

Worldwide, sales of mobile continues to grow in the third quarter of the year according to figures released by Gartner. Between July and September, it sold a total of 440.5 million mobile or 5.6% from a year ago. If smartphones are clearly the locomotive market in countries where rates of equipment are already very high, it is the feature-phone markets that drive good sales in emerging markets.

Nokia remains the world leader with 105 million handsets shipped in the quarter, but saw its market share fell from 28.2% to 23.9%. On the one hand the Finnish manufacturer of mobile delivered 117 million over the same period a year earlier, and also its main competitors have been strengthened. Nokia is counting on the launch of its Windows Phone Lumia, and other models arriving in 2012, to rise again.

Behind him is pushing Samsung with 78.6 million handsets shipped 71.6 million against a year earlier. Its market share 0.6 points wins and goes to 17.8%, thanks to the success of its Android smartphones in the Galaxy. The difference between these two top of the class with the third manufacturer in the world, remains open, since the other Korean, LG, is the third of the market with 4.8% market share (- 1.8 points) for a total of 21 million phone delivered. Apple follows with 17.3 million iPhones sold, against 13.5 million a year earlier, allowing its market share from 3.2% to 3.9%. The iPhone 4S already sold over 4 million copies would allow Apple to assert his rank.

Also note the strong growth of Chinese ZTE, which in force to go upmarket, gaining 1.3 points of market share to 3.2% with sales two times higher than a year ago, 14 , 1 million phones. It passes RIM BlackBerry stabilized with 2.9% market share, while the Taiwanese HTC is him growing with 12.1 million handsets sold against 6.5 million a year earlier. Follow Motorola returns to growth of market share, and Huawei, another Chinese rising.

Gartner inform us that the smartphone market continues to grow from 115 million phones sold in the quarter, 42% increase over one year. Figures from the firm, Android was well established as the first platform in the market with 52.5% market share. It must be said that it sold three times as many Android phones on these three months a year earlier (60.4 million against 20.5 million). Symbian drop 36.3% to 16.9%, and IOS from 16.6% to 15%. Windows Phone has not yet taken off, with sales down over the quarter and lost market share 1.2 points to 1.5%. Unlike Bada, Samsung's proprietary OS, up from 1.1% to 2.2% with 2.5 million devices sold.

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Steve Ballmer has the audacity to criticize Android and Apple, while the Windows Phone Nokia arrive

Steve Ballmer comes to afford a small interesting media output, not hesitating to distribute bad points to Android and iOS...

"It is inflated!", think about the criticism that Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, just uttering from Android. Because the mobile operating system of Google reports lots of money to Microsoft, which - claiming some patent - negotiated agreements with giants like Acer, HTC or Samsung providing for a payment of royalties on every Android device sold. What did not stop Ballmer out some small murderous sentences against the free OS from Google, Web 2.0 San Francisco Conference.

Among these, are the most striking: "Is there no need to be computer to use a Windows Phone." "I think that this is unfortunately the case to use an Android phone". And if Steve Ballmer recognize that the Android system has the advantage of the price, explaining that "the Mobile Android are the cheapest market", he announced that Microsoft will make one of its areas of work of the sale price. On the Apple iPhone, it was not spared even though Ballmer admits that he is a "good competitor". However that "Windows Phone tiles are better than the Apple icons", and that if talking about many of the Siri assistant currently, "Microsoft does the same thing for years".

Finally, Steve Ballmer has finished his speech in affirming that the Windows Phone Nokia will be well presented at Nokia World next week. But nobody doubted...

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Mobile: Nokia collapses, Apple takes off

Published by Gartner for the second quarter of 2011 mobile sales figures show that Nokia, though remains leader of manufacturers in terms of market share, suffers a sharp drop in close by 8 points to 22.8%. Samsung moves second (16.7%) and takes advantage of the growing popularity of Android.

Android is indeed used and experienced very strong growth with 43.4% of market share in the second quarter, compared to 17.2% last year. Many sellers of Android with Samsung phones (16.3% of shares), LG (5.7%) or HTC (2.6%) and benefit from this climbing popularity.

With 4.6% of shares, Apple ranks fourth vendor of mobile. iOS remains the third most used mobile system, equipping 16.8% of mobile devices. Gartner also indicates that mobile phones generally have experienced good growth this year, with a good from 16.5% to $ 428.7 million units sold. Smartphones accounted for 25% of them, and have experienced a sharp increase in their sales of 74% on the year.

Another study, conducted on the same period by IDC and focus this time only on the market of smartphones, shows also that Apple takes off strongly on this sector. It flies as first place in Nokia. The strong fall of the Finnish manufacturer is indeed confirmed this market, where it passes from 37.3% to 15.7%, leaving him third place behind Samsung (16.2%, 5.6% in 2010). Apple thus passes to, with an increase of 6 points on the year to 19.1 per cent. RIM (BlackBerry) has also experienced a decline in the year, losing 6 points to 11.6%, while HTC climbs gently to 11% market share.

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Nokia 500: an entry under Symbian smartphone

Despite its partnership with Windows Phone 7, Nokia will not abandon its OS mobile home, Symbian. The Finnish firm will continue to offer smart phones of entry via Symbian, the image of the last small Nokia 500. Announced as a basic smartphone, the 500 took advantage of the latest version of Symbian named Anna.

The manufacturer provided did not compromise on the characteristics of its terminal. Screen 3.2 "(640 x 360 pixels resolution), APN 5 megapixels, processor at 1 GHz and built-in FM tuner. Little more, the rear shells of Nokia 500 are interchangeable. Here are two videos of presentation.

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Poor results for Nokia

The Finnish giant Nokia publishes very bad results and remains in a negative spiral. Before escape from its Windows Phone?

Nokia yesterday presented its results for the second quarter of 2011. The Finnish firm displays a turnover of 9,275 billion euros. This is a decrease of 7% over the past year, and 11% from the previous quarter.

The giant of Espoo has elapsed 88.5 million mobile phones, representing a decrease of 20% from the second quarter of 2010. It is however on the smartphones that figures are the worst, with a sequential decline of 31% and 34% from Q2 of last year.

Stephen Elop, President of Nokia, attempts to limit the case stating that the actions taken in this disastrous quarter began to have a positive impact "on the health of the company". We hope for the company that the launch of its first Windows Phone is more too-distant...

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Poor results for Nokia

The Finnish giant Nokia publishes very bad results and remains in a negative spiral. Before escape from its Windows Phone?

Nokia yesterday presented its results for the second quarter of 2011. The Finnish firm displays a turnover of 9,275 billion euros. This is a decrease of 7% over the past year, and 11% from the previous quarter.
The giant of Espoo has elapsed 88.5 million mobile phones, representing a decrease of 20% from the second quarter of 2010. It is however on the smartphones that figures are the worst, with a sequential decline of 31% and 34% from Q2 of last year.
Stephen Elop, President of Nokia, attempts to limit the case stating that the actions taken in this disastrous quarter began to have a positive impact "on the health of the company". We hope for the company that the launch of its first Windows Phone is more too-distant...

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Test the E6 Nokia: the latest Symbian?

 

After an E7 halftone, Nokia completes its range with a new smartphone with physical keyboard. Always under Symbian, dying system of the Finnish mark, the E6 has qualities that merit that it is interested.

Nokia E6: telephone long-term

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