6:40pm. I'm at my supplier's office. Waiting for Factory #2's Sample maker. I hear he has the samples of the designs developed yesterday. This is were China's productivity really shines. Ideas discussed the day before are now a reality. Barring any major mis-communication, I hope to get some pretty useful samples tonight. They are quick aren't they? My head is still splitting though. Really wish I was home thinking what gimmick to go to tonight but I guess this is part of my job. And so we go back to that old saying: It's tough but somebody's got to do it.
So which is it? Nokia (NOK) and Microsoft (MSFT) announced a partnership today. Both lumbering companies have been in some trouble with their smartphone divisions. Both have been loosing market share to Apple, Android and Blackberry in recent years. WindowsMobile (previously PocketPC and currently WindowsPhone) once the dominant mobile OS, yes folks before the iPhone came into power Microsoft slowly but surely killed of it’s main competitor palm OS, which was acquired by hp last year and is now barely a sliver of a shadow of it’s former former former self. Just this week hp/palm unveiled 2 new smartphones the palm Pre 3 and Veer, as well as their entry into the tablet space with the TouchPad. hp being one of the top computer manufacturers at the moment has the resources to use and spread webOS like a creamy peanut butter across all markets they are in. By being one of MSFT’s biggest customers now suddenly not using Windows7 (still MSFT’s tablet OS of choice) and churning out comp...
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