Don’t think that smart makers are sailing smooth just looking at Apple iPhone or BlackBerry Storm success that make you think it’s a great time for cell phone makers.
You may gather some about credit crunch impacts, with the announcement that tells about the expectation of Mobile maker Palm in which the company says that it is expecting to post the last quarter between $180-191m. Just three months back, the company posted its profit figures as $367m.
There are rumors that HSBC seems to ditch its adherence to BlackBerry and considering to give an Apple’s iPhone 3G to its important workers.
ZDNet Australia reveals that HSBC has ordered for 200,000 iPhones that is the biggest order for the new handset yet.
It will help to boost the image of iPhone as a business handset (the image that Apple has been trying to portray for a quite long time) while on the other hand, it would be a massive blow to RIM’s BlackBerry. …read the rest of this entry»