The acquisition will be carried out by Google on Motorola Mobility with a value of USD 12.5 billion considered a danger to other Android device manufacturers. This was stated by the CEO of Nokia, Stephen Elop.
Elop was more optimistic about her duet with Microsoft to develop smartphones Windows Phone 7 (WP 7). He believes the duo are able to create a strong ecosystem, in addition to iPhone and Android.
"If I was somebody in manufacturing Android or operator or the person in the environment (Android-ed), I would pick up the phone and calling certain executives at Google and say, I see signs of danger ahead," Elop said while attending a seminar in Helsinki.
He also announced that since the announcement of the duet between Nokia with Microsoft, the number of applications for Windows Phone 7 misses quite rapidly which now consists of about 30 thousand pieces. Nokia plans to launch a Windows mobile phone later this year.
"My first reaction was the importance of the third ecosystem and the importance of the partnership, which was announced last February 11, it becomes more apparent now than ever," he added.
On the other hand, Microsoft executives also said the purchase of Motorola by Google will show that Windows Phone 7 was the only platform that treat the partners equally. Similarly, as we quoted from eWeek.
Meanwhile, HP No Longer Use WebOS ..
After numerous speculations emerged about the future of webOS property of Hewlett-Packard (HP). HP finally officially announced no longer use the operating system (OS) is.
HP CEO Leo Apotheker Admittedly, their webOS devices not managed to attract consumers. "The decision to continue with this device is no longer in the interest of HP or its shareholders," she told us.
"We plan to discontinue operations for webOS-based devices, specifically the TouchPad and webOS phones. Instead, HP will continue to explore value optimization software for webOS," said HP's announcement delivered.
But HP's mobile platform acquisitions to Palm for USD 1.2 billion, it seems difficult to compete with the senior competitors. Champ in this sphere, Apple and Google dominate smartphone market with iOS and Android. Shown also RIM's BlackBerry OS, Nokia's Symbian and Microsoft's Windows Phone complement competition.
As is known, the steps HP plunge in the mobile device market is characterized by the webOS-based TouchPad launch in June. Companies from the United States (U.S.) is then launched Veer smartphone.
Apotheker said that HP now plans to license webOS to its third party manufacturers. "We are pursuing all kinds of business models, from licensing to any possibility for webOS," he said.
No comments:
Post a Comment