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Will Samsung Mobile take over Nokia?

2011-01-04T06:56:00.000-08:00

The mobile phone industry is always good for a surprise: About five years ago probably noone would have predicted the decline of Motorola. Nobody would seriuosly have predicted the rise of Apple or the complete disappreance of Siemens (well, you may put this eight years ago). But one thing still seems to be certain: The power of Nokia being the number one brand worldwide. But can they keep this position? We have listed the pros and cons about Samsung being the number one in the next five years.

Pros:
1. Samsung has all the technology inhouse. Yes, a strong one. The Korean manufacturer produces everything they need in one of their factories. Displays, memory, all that stuff is already being assembled in Korea by some Samsung engineering crew. I am not so sure about GPS, but these guys build cars and ships in Korea, so why shouldn’t they?

Nokia, on the other hand, still has to buy a lot of technology from other manufacturers. Aren’t actually Samsung displays built into Nokia phones? Well, at least you do not get the latest stuff first, if you are not the producer. Look at the gorgeous AMOLED built into, e.g., the Samsung Galaxy.

2. Operating system choice: Android, Symbian, Windows Mobile and their proprietary system, you name it, they have it. So actually people get choice, and this really is something that people are asking for. I know that Nokia still has a strong position in the smartphone market, but is definitely on the decline. And, those statistics are kind of pro-Nokia, as they name every S60-phone a smartphone. It may be in a certain way, but I bet it is not very often used that way.

3. So much choice: Samsung issues about 130 different phones every year, worldwide. I know this does not make it a safe bet on sales figures. Apple sells millions of one model differing only in memory. But: In contrary to Apple they have a phone for everyone, starting at low end, up to the high end. Yes, Nokia does so too, but let me put it this way: This is no longer an advantage for one of the both.

4. The latest stuff: 12 Megapixel? AMOLED display? 16 million colors? A built in projector? The latest gadgets always come from Samsung. I remember how annoyed they were when Motorola sold the RAZR being the „slimmest phone in the market“. It took Samsung half a year to actually build a phone so slim that you could break it with your fingers. Since than they have always been first to announce groundbreaking inventions. Nokia? Yes, GPS in a phone. That one is yours. But what about the rest of that stuff? Not from Finland, sorry.

Contras:
1. Still very Korea-centered: Samsung is run completely from Korea. Whatever decision is being made, it is made in their central office. This might have become better, but that is my impression of how Koreans run their companies: They just do not trust the input from others. I do not mean to stress stereotypes, I don’t actually have any about Korean. So if the attitude is like „if Koreans buy it, it has to good for the rest of the planet“, this will certainly make it impossible to become number one in a global economy.

2. Too much focused on features: Actually, this goes hand in hand with the first statement. Koreans are really techie guys. All you need to do it to put a button „brand new“ on the box, and it will sell. At least in Korea. Did you know the average Korean buys a new phone every seven months? Well, that says it all but does not apply to the rest of the planet.

3. Not in the super-low end mass market: Samsung currently does not ship super-low-end market phones. Something like the Nokia 1100. Well, LG and Sony Ericsson do not do so either, but they are not on their way to become number one. The thing is, this is essential to succeed in the Indian market, for example. This really drives volumes. The Omnia 8910 may be a nice phone, but from a global perspective it is only for a very small minority.

Honestly, I am not sure who will win the race. I see Nokia on the decline for a while now, vice versa with Samsung.

Source: http://www.youserblog.com/2009/06/will-samsung-mobile-take-over-nokia/

Samsung Sells Its 10 Millionth Galaxy S Smartphone in Less than seven Months

2011-01-03T10:01:00.000-08:00

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a leading mobile phone provider, today announced it had sold 10 million of its Android-powered Galaxy S Smartphones. The milestone was reached less than seven months after the device was launched, in June 2010.

JK Shin, President and Head of Mobile Communications Business at Samsung Electronics, said "The Galaxy S is the result of our 22 year heritage in the mobile industry. It is the realization of our concept of 'the Smart Life' - we wanted to makes users' lives more convenient, more exciting, and more integrated. Today's milestone shows that we have succeeded: 10 million Galaxy S users around the world are living the Smart Life."

The Galaxy S has set a new standard in Smartphones and outperformed even our expectations. We are proud of this achievement; to consistently sell over 1.4 million devices per month clearly demonstrates the consumer demand for relevant, empowering mobile experiences. We will continue to meet this demand, delivering leading innovation and building smartphones that will maximize user experiences.

Introduced by JK Shin at CTIA Las Vegas in March 2010, the Android-powered Galaxy S incorporates a 4-inch Super AMOLED screen and a 1 GHz application processor that enables vibrant HD videos, rich augmented reality content through Layar Reality Browser, and advanced LBS (Location Based Services).

Supporting Samsung's drive to create unique mobile experiences, the company initiated a number of innovative global content initiatives and consumer engagement program. Samsung partnered with NBC Universal Digital Studio to produce the scripted comedy "FCU: Fact Checker's Unit". Airing in the US from August 2010 on broadband, mobile and video-on-demand, the series highlighted the capabilities of the Samsung Galaxy S and marked the first time a digital series had been distributed globally at launch. The eight specially produced episodes were viewed by over 4.5 milllion viewers and FCU was listed as one of the top 3 web series' to watch in 2010 by Ad Age.

Working directly with Galaxy S users, Samsung also collaborated with multi-platform content company, Current Media to foster the creation of user-generated commercials. Customers from around the world were engaged to submit their own-made videos, demonstrating how the Galaxy S enabled them to live a Smart Life. Selected winning videos were promoted on the Current Media website and Samsung mobile fan page.

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Source: Korea IT Times

Wishing you a joyous & peaceful Happy New Year

2010-12-31T09:02:00.001-08:00

Ten Great Tips For 2011

1. Stay out of Trouble.

2. Aim for Greater Heights.

3. Stay Focused on your Job.

4. Exercise to Maintain Good Health.

5. Practice Team Work.

6. Rely on your Trusted Partner to Watch your Back. Take your Time Trusting Others.

7. Save for Rainy Days.

8. Rest and Relax.

9. Always Take Time to Smile.

AND

10. Realize That Nothing is Impossible.

Wishing you a joyous & peaceful

Happy New Year

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2010-12-28T03:10:00.000-08:00

Tips for Handling Telemarketers

2010-11-26T02:09:00.000-08:00

Tips for Handling Telemarketers

Three Little Words That Work!!

(1)The three little words are: 'Hold On, Please...'

Saying this, while putting down your phone and walking off (instead of hanging-up immediately) would make each telemarketing call so much more time-consuming that boiler room sales would grind to a halt.

Then when you eventually hear the phone company's 'beep-beep-beep' tone, you know it's time to go back and hang up your handset, which has efficiently completed its task.

These three little words will help eliminate telephone soliciting..

(2) Do you ever get those annoying phone calls with no one on the other end?

This is a telemarketing technique where a machine makes phone calls and records the time of day when a person answers the phone.

This technique is used to determine the best time of day for a 'real' sales person to call back and get someone at home.

What you can do after answering, if you notice there is no one there, is to immediately start hitting your # button on the phone, 6 or 7 times as quickly as possible. This confuses the machine that dialed the call, and it kicks your number out of their system. Gosh, what a shame not to have your name in their system any longer!!!

(3) Junk Mail Help

When you get 'ads' enclosed with your phone or utility bill, return these 'ads' with your payment. Let the sending companies throw their own junk mail away.

When you get those 'pre-approved' letters in the mail for everything from credit cards to 2nd mortgages and similar type junk, do not throw away the return envelope.

Most of these come with postage-paid return envelopes, right? It costs them more than the regular normal postage, 'IF' and when they receive them back.

It costs them nothing if you throw them away! The postage is around 32P and it is according to the weight. In that case, why not get rid of some of your other junk mail and put it in these cool little, postage-paid return envelopes.

Send an ad for your local chimney cleaner to American Express. Send a pizza coupon to that annoying insurance company. If you didn't get anything else that day, then just send them their blank application back!

If you want to remain anonymous, just make sure your name isn't on anything you send them.

You can even send the envelope back empty if you want to just to keep them guessing! It still costs them 32P.

The banks and credit card companies are currently getting a lot of their own junk back in the mail, but friends, we need to OVERWHELM them. Let's let them know what it's like to get lots of junk mail, and best of all they're paying for it...Twice!

Let's help keep our postal service busy since they are saying that e-mail is cutting into their business profits, and that's why they need to increase postage costs again
. You get the idea!

If enough people follow these tips, it will work ---- I know people who have been doing this for years, and they get very little junk mail anymore.

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2010-09-20T07:10:00.000-07:00

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Nokia Released 5250 Touch screen Mobile Phone

2010-08-26T00:25:00.000-07:00

No.1 Mobile company Nokia has launched the music centric touch screen mobile phone Nokia 5250 phone in this month. The Nokia 5250 music touch screen phone will available on mobile stores from November 2010.

Nokia 5250 has 2.8-inch TFT touchscreen with 16:9 aspect ratio and will support 640x360 pixel resolution. Loaded with Symbian^1 (S60v5 Touch), this multimedia centric phone will come with Guitar Hero 5 Mobile for free. Though its internal memory is mere 51MB, one can add up to 16GB via microSD memory cards. Also, Nokia has added FM radio for the avid radio listeners.

This 5230 phone successor will sport a 2 megapixel camera and has Ovi Share pre-installed to share photos directly to the web. With support for quad-band GSM/EDGE networks and GPRS for data, users can obviously access Ovi Store to install different apps and games.

The device comes with a music player on the home screen and tracks can be downloaded from Ovi Music or your own collection. There is 51MB of memory on board, but audiophiles can expand this to up to 16GB with a microSD memory card - enough space for 4000 songs. The device also offers an FM radio. Topping off its musical credentials, the 5250 comes with a free copy of the acclaimed Guitar Hero 5 Mobile: this is a phone that invites you to rock out while you’re on the move. The Nokia 5250 will ship with the all-you-can-eat music offering, Ovi Music Unlimited, in selected territories.

This is a highly sociable phone. Also on the home screen, you will find your favourite contacts and there is easy access to Facebook, MySpace and the rest. You can also log-in to multiple email accounts such as Ovi Mail, Gmail and Yahoo Mail, as well as instant messenger accounts from all the usual suspects. Extra applications can, of course, be added using the Ovi Store.Battery life is also excellent. The device will last up to 18 days in standby or up to seven hours talktime. If you stick to music, then it can play for 24 hours without stopping.

The 5250 runs the Symbian operating system and offers GSM/EDGE communications over four bands and GPRS for data. It has a 2.8-inch TFT screen with a 16:9 aspect ratio and a resolution of 640 x 360 pixels. On the back, there’s a 2-megapixel camera, with Ovi Share installed to let you upload your snaps to the Web. Eminently pocketable, the device measures 105mm x 50mm x 14mm.

The Nokia X2 handset is tagged with a price of €115 (approx. Rs.7,000) and is expected to entice mobile enthusiasts in India from November 2010.

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Nokia X2 phone to arrive in India soon

2010-05-03T05:56:00.000-07:00

Nokia will soon unleash a new device into the acclaimed Xseries line-up in India dubbed as the Nokia X2 mobile phone.

The company reveals that the latest X2 phone is formulated by taking inspiration from the earlier X-series devices such as the Nokia X6 and Nokia X3. This candybar phone boasts of a 2.2-inch QVGA screen and is noted to be highly portable in nature. The Nokia offering can be easily slipped into the pocket or placed in the handbag as it measures only 13mm and weighs 81g.

The Nokia X2 also packs dual speakers, dedicated music keys, FM stereo and support for up to 16GB of storage via microSD card make for a nifty mobile music device.

Bluetooth 2.1 is supported for wireless music enjoyment whilst hardcore music fans can opt for the 3.5mm headphone jack. Full speed USB 2.0 makes music transfer quick and easy and music can be managed via the Ovi Player PC client or Windows Media Player 11.

It’s not just a musical maestro, the X2 also offers direct access to Facebook from the homescreen and comes with Nokia Messaging goodness for email and Instant Messaging. Other notable feature include instant access to apps from Ovi Store, a five-megapixel camera and a video recorder.

The Nokia X2 handset is tagged with a price of €85 (approx. Rs.5,000) and is expected to entice mobile enthusiasts in India by the end of next month.

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Nokia 7210 Supernova

2010-01-31T01:16:00.000-08:00

For trend watchers who want simplicity with style, the Nokia 7210 Supernova has a chic, slim design and is available in a choice of 'bubble gum pink' and 'vivid blue' in a gloss finish.

With the Nokia 7210 Supernova, people can enjoy music sideloaded from a PC or purchased from Nokia Music Store, as well as manage music with the new Nokia Music PC client, which is available for download. With an SD memory card slot, favorite music and videos can be easily played and saved. A 2 megapixel camera and access to Flickr provide one click access to share photos.

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2010-01-09T02:35:00.000-08:00

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2009-09-10T13:02:00.000-07:00

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Tips To Safe Online Shopping

2009-09-10T12:46:00.000-07:00

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The internet has changed our buying habits. Many people have found the convenience of online shopping to be a great experience. You can easily click and see the product. You have a fun time shopping, browsing, reading and getting informed about products. And you don’t have to take time out from your busy schedule to fight traffic, crowds and lines to buy the perfect gift for your recipient.

No wonder Internet business generated $301 billion in revenue last year, by a University of Texas estimate.

If you compare shopping online to offline you would think as far as security goes, it would favor offline shopping, right? Not really.

In the years past, shoppers were more reluctant to do their shopping online – now things have changed greatly. And that confidence in consumers directly reflects the enormous growth of online sales.

I have a friend who took his wife out for a romantic evening to a local restaurant. The last place you would expect credit card fraud to happen. By the time he noticed they had charged him double the amount for their dinner, it was too late to go back to the restaurant. He rang me and we concluded that it must be a mistake. It was later that we found out that the restaurant owner’s reputation was a bit shaky. Apparently he frequently overcharged customers in the hope they wouldn’t notice.

I don’t know. It’s a funny world we live in.

Does this mean the internet is safe? Relatively yes, but don’t forget, the Internet is an open field and there are some bad elements out there.

We have been shopping online for years. We never had a problem with credit card fraud on the Internet. But then again, we always take precautions. From this point forward, you will see 10 checkpoints online merchants have to pass to secure our business...

Will your credit card details be safe?

Reputable companies online know that one of the things preventing customers from placing orders with them is customers not been sure whether their credit card details will be safe. Responsible companies have taken this concern onboard and have set up their systems to provide the customer with maximum security.

How would you know if you are entering your payment details on a secure page?

You should see a picture of a lock on the bottom right hand side of your screen. This lock will appear on the page that you fill in when ordering and ensures that your name, address and credit card information is being sent to the online store through encrypted code. This encrypted code means that a hacker will not be able to steal your credit card information...

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2009-09-10T12:42:00.000-07:00

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A New Way to Group Shopping - The Next Level in Human Shopping Experience

2009-09-08T20:21:00.000-07:00

The world never stops; rather, it continues to roll forward - including the internet world.

Is there a new way of shopping that would take the internet community to the next evolutionary level in our shopping practices? Yes, a correct mix of Social networking and the group shopping has sounded to be a possible answer. Such an innovative shopping methodology would not require using the credit card on line. Shoppers would bargain using web site but they will buy from their local stores. An aggregated shoppers group will be allowed to acquire quotes for their groups and a best quote will be picked from them and served to all in the group. One important feature of this shopping type is that it promotes the local business. Shoppers would be requested to get the quotes from their local stores for a group of people formed with the help of a web platform.

How will it work?

Any one who intends to buy a product should register their intentions to buy on a public web platform. The web platform will form shoppers into small groups that are intending to buy a product. These groups will be virtual since the details about the group members shall not be revealed to the other shoppers in the same group. When the web platform is able to form a group it would randomly pick up a few from the group and notify them about such group-formation. Those selected member representatives will be invited to acquire quotes for their groups and submit them to the web platform. Upon receipt of multiple quotes from the selected representatives the platform will evaluate them and pick the best one and send it to every one in the group. The members then can go to shop and buy the item in person on terms of the final quote that was served by the site.

Benefits of this new innovative shopping model :

Every one wants to enjoy the feeling of buying goods cheaper, that too the happiness doubles up when they themselves bargain and win the cheaper prices. Bargaining is human instinct and it needs to be satiated through healthy, happier and safer ways.

Though the traditional way of group bargaining may bring huge savings, they do not happen often due to several practical reasons. For example, one may not have trust in some one's bargain capabilities or one may not find others to bind into group in time or one may not have a huge friends and relative circles. The shoppers may get the groups easily in such social network based group shopping platforms and will not encounter any such awkward situations that generally occur when they bargain for known group of friends or relatives.

Triangular Quote Bidding

Even Vendors will also allowed to present their quotations ahead of group formations. The web platform also can try to make efforts in bringing enough number of quotations that will make the bargain much effective in bringing down the prices. This healthy triangular competition for winning a group will offer equal opportunity to everyone in the game.

Shoppers are welcome to give their feedbacks and suggestions on this innovative shopping model.

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2009-09-08T13:40:00.000-07:00