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Asian firms still like their desktops
News Despite rising popularity of notebooks and netbooks, desktops still have a place in region's consumer and commercial markets, say industry watchers.
Tags: Personal Computers, Sales strategy, Product marketing, Hewlett-Packard Co., International Data Corp., Asia-Pacific, Graphics, Notebook, Japan, Lenovo Group Ltd.
Vnet to re-launch Apple's iStudio in Thailand
News To capture growing lifestyle retail market, Thailand's Vnet has taken a controlling stake in Copperwired and is set to re-launch an iStudio Apple shop the same size as that in San Francisco.
Tags: Smart phones, Sales strategy, Apple Inc., Training, Apple MacBook, Thailand, Singapore, Sales, Japan, Vnet Capital
Softbank to give 8GB iPhones away for free
News Apple's iPhone partner in Japan is cutting prices for its monthly data plans, and will offer new subscribers a free 8GB iPhone 3G or a 16GB iPhone for US$118.
Tags: Smart phones, Sales strategy, Apple Inc., Mobile, COO, Cell Phone, Touch-screen Phone, Japan, Softbank Corp., phone
Nokia's net profit drops by 69 percent
News Poor sales in China, the Middle East and Africa prompt analysts to call on Nokia to introduce more 'iconic' high-end smartphones.
Tags: Sales/revenue, Sales strategy, Forecasting, Handhelds, Mobile, Smart Phone, Sales, Forecasting, phone, net profit
With earnings call, Apple heads back to business
News It has been a tough couple of months for the consumer electronics industry, but Apple is expected to report this week that it has weathered the storm relatively well.
Tags: Sales/revenue, Sales strategy, Forecasting, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Sales, earnings per share, Forecasting, Earnings, Apple iPod
Amazon bucks trend of worst retail season in decades
News Amazon proclaims that the 2008 festive shopping was its “best ever,” even though a report released on Christmas Day called the season one of the worst in decades.
Tags: E-commerce, Forecasting, Sales strategy, Sales/revenue, Electronics, Sales, food sale, 1080p, Forecasting, Intel Atom
Motorola's new smartphones: Sales, not 'dazzle'
News Handsets based on the Google-backed Android operating system may lack Razr's flair, but analysts look for success at the market's mid- to low-end.
Tags: Smart phones, Market research, Mobile platforms/communications, Strategic analysis, Investments, Sales/revenue, Apple Inc., Motorola Inc., Smart Phone, Android
Microsoft grants Windows XP a reprieve
News System builders and resellers get extra time to obtain licenses for the discontinued XP for their systems.
Tags: Windows XP, Sales strategy, Microsoft Corp., PC Company, Accommodation, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate, operating system, Microsoft Windows XP, British Broadcasting Corp.
RIM Q3 as expected, but confidence is soaring
News Customer response to new BlackBerrys such as the Storm and Bold prompt Research In Motion to issue guidance way above previous expectations despite the economy.
Tags: PDA phones, Sales force automation, Forecasting, Sales strategy, RIM BlackBerry, Apple iPhone 3G, Research In Motion Ltd., earnings per share, Forecasting, revenue
US online spending doubles for pre-Christmas weekend
News Web shoppers last weekend spent almost double what they spent on the corresponding weekend before Christmas last year, ComScore reports.
Tags: Sales/revenue, Sales strategy, Web sites, online retail, Sales, Consumer, online retail company, chairman, recession, retail company
Forrester: Tech recovery to start in fourth quarter
News IT spending should pick up again in the fourth quarter in the United States, Forrester Research forecasts, followed by increased spending in 2010 in Europe and Asia.
Tags: Forecasting, Sales/revenue, Market research, Business Strategies & Functions, Forrester Research Inc., Outsourcing, Asia, Google Inc., Europe, Gartner Inc.
Samsung wants 30 percent of Thai handset pie
News Samsung has set itself an ambitious target of capturing a 30 percent share in the mobile handset market in Thailand on sales revenue of US$257 million this year.
Tags: Handhelds, Best strategies, Business plans, Sales/revenue, Forecasting, Sales strategy, Sales, Korean company, mobile handset, Forecasting
HP printers a hit in Iran
News Despite a trade ban, a third party is selling Hewlett-Packard's products in cities such as Tehran. According to The Boston Globe, that could be a violation of the law.
Tags: Peripherals, Politics, Sales/revenue, Sales strategy, Hewlett-Packard Co., Iran, Boston Globe, printer, Dubai, brand
Consumer electronics hit by inventory glut
News Inventories pile up for manufacturers of computers, mobile phones and TVs, signaling a worse-than-forecast fourth quarter.
Tags: Hardware, Sales strategy, Sales/revenue, Cost control, Business development/management, SanDisk Corp., Inventory, TV, Electronics, Sales
Samsung electronics: Same CEO, new leadership team
News Korea's biggest company reorganizes hopes a reorganization of its will help it through tough times.
Tags: Sales strategy, Sales/revenue, Best strategies, Business structures, Mobile, TV, Cell Phone, Chip, Choi Gee Sung, CEO
