Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Mobile phone market grew 15.8 percent, study says
>
> ,----[ Quote
>| An ABI Research study claims that 2007 mobile phone sales closed strong, with
>| yearly shipments up 15.8 percent to 1.15 billion.
>|
>| [...]
>|
>| ABI notes that Motorola has beefed up its portfolio except for in the ultra
>| low cost market, and suggests that the new award-winning, Linux-based ROKR E8
>| (pictured top of page) may help it turn the tide.
> `----
>
> http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8186281796.html
No sign of Apple in the big sellers here. Motorola are still doing
quite badly, but it's becoming hard to see why. A few years back, their
phones were awful compared with Nokia, Ericsson and others, but now,
they're pretty similar in capability and appearance.
>
> Re-Examining the PC-as-Appliance Model
>
> ,----[ Quote
>| Macs come close to a toaster model, with Linux right there, given the
>| security and automated update features available. Windows? Right, that's our
>| laugh for this week's column.
> `----
>
> http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-01-25-023-26-OP-HW-SW
>
Mr Proffit should purchase some spanners and fix his dryer :-)
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