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Microsoft and Nokia Join to Build a New Smartphone

Posted on February 13th, 2011 in AAPL, Apple, featured, GOOG, Google, India Shares, inthenews, iPhone, Microsoft, MSFT, NOK, Nokia, Nokia Microsoft alliance, Nokia Microsoft joint venture, smartphones

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NokiaThis is probably one of the most interesting stories of the Internet revolution. Microsoft (MSFT) jumped out the starting gate with its Windows operating system and took the world by storm. Then for some unknown reason, Microsoft missed the entire search engine revolution and Google (GOOG) raced to first place. Now Microsoft has again missed the next leg — the iPhone and iPad revolution, and Apple (AAPL) holds first place in this segment.

Nokia (NOK) was a pioneer in the smartphone revolution, but with Apple’s drive to the top, Nokia lost its momentum. Once Nokia had 50% of the handset market. Now that share has fallen to just 29%. It’s hard to believe but Microsoft has only 2% of the global phone software market.

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Microsoft and Nokia Join to Build a New Smartphone originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Sun, 13 Feb 2011 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apple Expected to Include ‘Wave & Pay’ with iPhone 5

Posted on February 05th, 2011 in AAPL, Android, Apple, featured, GOOG, Google, India Shares, inthenews, Mobile Commerce, Near Field Communication, NFC, NOK, Nokia, Research in Motion, RIM, RIMM, Samsung, smartphones, wave and pay

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iPhoneFirst we had the iPhone revolution. Now, The Financial Times reports that Apple (AAPL) is planning to expand the iPhone to handle mobile commerce, giving the company access to the multibillion-dollar transaction industry.

You are probably wondering what and how this will be done. The iPhone 5, due out this year, likely will incorporate technology called Near Field Communication (NFC). NFC incorporates financial account information and ties the data to specific devices.

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Apple Expected to Include ‘Wave & Pay’ with iPhone 5 originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Sat, 05 Feb 2011 13:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Research In Motion Is on the Mend

Posted on January 24th, 2011 in BlackBerry, India Shares, RIMM, smartphones

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The shares of Research In Motion Limited (RIMM), which I first wrote about on May 5, 2009 at a price of $77.07, rebounded last autumn, rising to about $62 from $42, following a 2010 swoon that came within a whisker of the $42 sell/stop loss.

Look for RIMM’s 2011 revenue to jump 35-40% on strong sales of BlackBerry wireless e-mail devices — a device that has become the standard in large corporations/public institutions, and that has started to gain traction in the consumer segment. Unit sales and subscriber growth remain adequate, but average selling prices are likely to continue to trend lower amid increased competition.

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Research In Motion Is on the Mend originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Telefonica (TEF) Calls Up Growth and Value

Posted on January 17th, 2011 in featured, global telecom, India Shares, john reese, latin america telecom, smartphones, spain telecom, steven halpern, tef, telecom stocks, thestockadvisors.com, validea, wireless phones

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Telefonica (TEF) logo“Telefonica SA (TEF) is a member of our model portfolio; it meets 100% of the criteria we use in our James P. O’Shanghnessy growth and value model,” notes John Reese.

The editor of Validea explains, “The company operates in three business areas: Telefonica Spain, Telefonica Latin America and Telefonica Europe.”

He continues, “The O’Shanghnessy approach — called the Cornerstone Value Strategy — looks for large, well known companies whose market cap is greater than $1 billion.

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