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...Thomas Samsung's a no-Show Mobile phones rang a merry tune this Christmas - especially stylish varieties like NEC's "clamshell," Britain's top seller. Good looks and funky features helped South Korea's Samsung Electronics grab 13.8% of the global market in the third quarter of 2004, ousting Motorola as the world's No. 2 behind Nokia. But Samsung doesn't want to show off about it. The company announced that, for fear of copycats, it will no longer demonstrate its cutting-edge handsets at trade shows like the CeBIT fair in Hanover in March. Samsung values "protecting state...
...early '90s as a wireless specialist. Today, he and other UWB proponents are honing a standard they hope will assure that all UWB devices communicate in the same way. Wisair is part of a large contingent backing one proposed standard, while Freescale, the chip company carved out of Motorola, backs another. The existence of competing standards means that market forecasts vary. Gartner analyst Stan Bruederle says the UWB market will hit a modest $400 million in 2008; San Diego research firm ON World predicts a $1 billion market by then. Yaish subscribes to the more bullish estimate. "UWB technology signals...
...Motorola V710...
...plug in a wired headset when you need to make a call behind the wheel, a cool solution is here. To cut the cord, upgrade to a phone that has Bluetooth connectivity (except for the Samsung, all our featured phones have it), and get a Bluetooth earpiece like the Motorola HS820 ($80; hellomoto.com) You will be surprised how clear it can sound, and you'll have one less distraction on the road...
...hard enough to keep up with changing consumer tastes. But staying ahead of the technological curve can be even tougher. Just ask Motorola, which surrendered its dominant U.S. position in cell phones by ignoring the impending switch from analog to digital technology. Or its rival, Nokia, which missed the popularity of clamshell phones. Recognizing an impending technological shift is just part of the challenge; companies also have to guess right about when to embrace it. "It's like a pitch coming in--you have to decide if it's a fastball or curveball," says Bain director David Harding...